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Various. The True Story Book
The True Story Book
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
PLATES
A BOY AMONG THE RED INDIANS
CASANOVA'S ESCAPE
ADVENTURES ON THE FINDHORN
THE STORY OF GRACE DARLING
THE 'SHANNON' AND THE 'CHESAPEAKE'
CAPTAIN SNELGRAVE AND THE PIRATES
THE SPARTAN THREE HUNDRED
PRINCE CHARLIE'S WANDERINGS
CHAPTER I
THE FLIGHT
CHAPTER II
ON THE LONG ISLAND
CHAPTER III
IN SKYE
CHAPTER IV
ON THE MAINLAND
TWO GREAT MATCHES
THE STORY OF KASPAR HAUSER
AN ARTIST'S ADVENTURE
THE TALE OF ISANDHLWANA AND RORKE'S DRIFT
HOW LEIF THE LUCKY FOUND VINELAND THE GOOD
THE ESCAPES OF CERVANTES
THE WORTHY ENTERPRISE OF JOHN FOXE, AN ENGLISHMAN, IN DELIVERING TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX CHRISTIANS OUT OF THE CAPTIVITY OF THE TURKS AT ALEXANDRIA, JANUARY 3, 1577
BARON TRENCK
THE ADVENTURE OF JOHN RAWLINS
THE CHEVALIER JOHNSTONE'S ESCAPE FROM CULLODEN
THE ADVENTURES OF LORD PITSLIGO
THE ESCAPE OF CÆSAR BORGIA FROM THE CASTLE OF MEDINA DEL CAMPO
THE KIDNAPPING OF THE PRINCES
THE CONQUEST OF MONTEZUMA'S EMPIRE
The Youth of Cortés
The Wonders of Mexico
The Beginning of the Expedition
The March to Mexico
The Occupation of Mexico
Fighting in Mexico
The Night or Horror
The Siege and Surrender of Mexico
ADVENTURES OF BARTHOLOMEW PORTUGUES, A PIRATE
THE RETURN OF THE FRENCH FREEBOOTERS[29]
THE OUTDOOR WORLD
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Published by Good Press, 2019
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The writer of the Latin letter was the monk Balbi, imprisoned in the Leads with a companion, Count André Asquin. He followed it by a much longer one, giving the history of his own life, and all that he knew of his fellow-prisoners. Casanova formed a very poor opinion of Father Balbi's character from his letters; but assistance of some kind he must have, since the gaoler must needs discover any attempt to break through the ceiling, unless that attempt was made from above. But Casanova soon thought of a plan by which Balbi could break through his ceiling, undiscovered.
'I wrote to him,' he relates, 'that I would find some means of sending him an instrument with which he could break through the roof of his cell, and having climbed upon it, go to the wall separating his roof from mine. Breaking through that, he would find himself on my roof, which also must be broken through. That done, I would leave my cell, and he, the Count, and I together, would manage to raise one of the great leaden squares that formed the highest palace roof. Once outside that, I would be answerable for the rest.
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