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Caesar Rodney
A biography about a politician from Delaware who in revolutionary times was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Great Disasters
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Never Again . . . Forever!
A book of poetry, prose, photographs and paintings to honor the sacrifice of those who came before, and paid, some with their very lives, for their different belief, appearance, capability or livelihood. We hope to move you deeply with our words and pictures, knowing that, as George Santayana famously said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
The Spanish Inquisition
Describes the activities of the Spanish Inquisition, which used questioning, torture, and execution to battle heresy both in Spain and in the New World.
Colonial Leaders
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Philip II
Presents the life and accomplishments of Spain's monarch who led the Counter-Reformation and held the title of "Most Catholic Majesty."
With the Heart of a King
Philip II of Spain, the most powerful monarch in sixteenth-century Europe and a ferocious empire-builder, was matched against the dauntless queen of England, Elizabeth I, determined to defend her country and thwart Philip's ambitions. Philip had been king of England while married to Elizabeth's half-sister, Bloody Mary Tudor, a devout Catholic. After Mary's untimely death, he courted Elizabeth, the new queen, and proposed marriage to her, hoping to build a permanent alliance between his country and hers and return England to the Catholic fold. Lukewarm to the Spanish alliance and resolute against a counterreformation, Elizabeth declined his proposal. When under her guidance England's maritim...
