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Your ringside seat to history - from the
Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of
those who lived it, presented by Ibis
Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of
educational programming.
Attila
the Hun, 448 AD
A Roman emissary dines with the
"Scourge of God" - the most feared barbarian of
his day.
Louis XIV, 1671
A courtier describes a feast held by
the "Sun King" that includes fireworks, a
harried chef and a suicide.
 Queen
Victoria, 1837
"I was awoke at 6 o'clock by
Mamma... my poor Uncle, the King, was no more."
Eighteen-year-old Victoria describes her first
day on the
job.
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John
Brown's Raid, 1859
Robert E. Lee, commander of the U.S.
forces that responded to the attack, describes
John Brown's attempt to capture the arsenal at
Harpers Ferry, Va.
Death of a Zeppelin,
1916
"I saw
high in the sky a concentrated blaze of
searchlights, and in its centre a ruddy glow
which rapidly spread into the outline of a
blazing airship." The terror of the night skies
is shot down over London.
 The Forced
Suicide of Field Marshall Rommel,
1944
"I shall
be dead in a quarter of an hour." Hitler forces
his "favorite General" to take his own
life.
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"The true measure of a man
is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good."
Samuel Johnson
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The Siege
of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Sherman's
March to the Sea, 1864: a Southerner's
Perspective
The Bataan
Death March, 1942
