The Secret History part 1
Procopius of Caesarea: The Secret History
The Secret History claims to provide explanations and additions that the author could not insert into his work on...
A King in Disguise part 5
Unbounded was the joy and congratulation of the courtiers on thus meeting with him safe and uninjured. The king then turning round to the...
A King in Disguise part 4
Even I, a poor fisherman, with a wife and little family, am not forgotten, and enjoy my poverty in peace. He permits me to...
A King in Disguise part 3
As he thus stood, listening to the distant thunder and the raving of the storm, he stretched his view in vain to discover some...
A King in Disguise part 2
Residing there during several years, I acquired an excellent knowledge of the language, manners, and peculiar practices of the people, when I was at...
A King in Disguise part 1
Matteo Bandello (1480 – 1560)
Bandello, a Lombard noble by birth, is, next to Boccaccio, the most celebrated of the Italian story-tellers, and he, like...
The Friar of Novara part 7
Here the risible muscles of the-notary would permit him to proceed no further, and his laugh was speedily caught and re-echoed through the whole...
The Friar of Novara part 6
Ser Tomeno, the moment he had perused this document, lost no time in acquainting Agabio with the progress of the affair, and he, desiring...
The Friar of Novara part 5
This done, they next despatched a confidential servant with a message to the wily monk in their mother`s name, begging that he would no...
The Friar of Novara part 4
Alarmed at the idea of being in a similar predicament, and feeling extremely weak and troubled, such was the impression of the monk`s oratory,...
