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Historic Girls

Elbridge Streeter Brooks

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Twelve short stories of real girls who have influenced the history of their times.
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"She is here, O Prefect," said the intrepid girl. "I am that rebel—Helena of Britain!"

The smile upon the prefect's face changed to sudden sternness.

"Trifle not with Roman justice, girl," he said, "I demand the keeping of thy word."

"It is kept," replied the princess. "Helena of Britain is the cause and motive of this revolt against Rome. If it be rebellion for a free prince to claim his own, if it be rebellion for a prince to withstand for the sake of his people the unjust demands of the conqueror, if it be rebellion for one who loveth her father to urge that father to valiant deeds in defence of the liberties of the land over which he ruleth as king, then am I a rebel, for I have done all these, and only because of my words did the king, my father, take up arms against the might and power of Rome. I am the chief rebel. Do with me as thou wilt."

And now the prefect saw that the girl spoke the truth, and that she had indeed kept her pledge.

"Thy father and his city are pardoned," he announced after a few moments of deliberation. "Remain thou here, thou and thy companions, as hostages for Britain, until such time as I shall determine upon the punishment due to one who is so fierce a rebel against the power of Rome."

So the siege of Camalodunum was raised, and the bloodless rebellion ended. Constantius the prefect took up his residence for a while within King Coel's city, and at last returned to his command in Gaul and Spain, well pleased with the spirit of the little maiden whom, so he claimed, he still held in his power as the prisoner of Rome.

Constantius the prefect came again to Britain, and with a greater following, fully ten years after King Coel's revolt, for now, again, rebellion was afoot in the island province.

Carausius the admiral, biding his time, sought at last to carry out his scheme of sole supremacy. Sailing with his e

Shan 11/09/2019
It was the audio that I listened to and it wasn't very interesting
Julie 03/15/2019
I learnt a lot about historical women from this book. Although it is written in a style from the past, it is still interesting and a good read.
Ragne 10/14/2016
An interesting read, several of these girls I hadn't heard about.
It's naturally coloured by the time in which it's written, Brooks adds a bit of moral at the end of each story, but I think a modern writer would as well, though in a different way, focusing on different things.

I see that some thinks
Rithun 02/11/2016
Good book to understand the women of the past who were heroes of their time. Writing is a little outdated and at some places makes for difficult reading
Becki 03/01/2014
It was interesting stories but the writing left a little to be desired.

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