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... story , or point a moral . It is merely an incident quite out of character , yet for that reason interesting . It is in this manner that a true story becomes garbled and twisted , and consequently I have often wondered what was the real ...
... story , or point a moral . It is merely an incident quite out of character , yet for that reason interesting . It is in this manner that a true story becomes garbled and twisted , and consequently I have often wondered what was the real ...
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... stories of the escapades of the South Italian lords , has preserved a story of the Duchess's later life . She was , he says , filled with hatred for her step - son Bohemund , and had one of her potions administered to him . When he was ...
... stories of the escapades of the South Italian lords , has preserved a story of the Duchess's later life . She was , he says , filled with hatred for her step - son Bohemund , and had one of her potions administered to him . When he was ...
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... story told to him by the Prior of the Theatrines at Barletta that one could be poisoned from eating fruit that had been bitten by the spider . This story shows how the tarantula was feared . From the eighteenth century onwards ...
... story told to him by the Prior of the Theatrines at Barletta that one could be poisoned from eating fruit that had been bitten by the spider . This story shows how the tarantula was feared . From the eighteenth century onwards ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Gargano Peninsula the sacred cavern of | 54 |
The Feast of St Nicholas at Bari the robbing of | 91 |
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