Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.
Offers a reassessment of political culture in the early years of the American republic, exploring both the public actions and private papers of key figures like Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton.
Traces the life of the French general and statesman who was instrumental in persuading France to aid the colonists in the American Revolution and then returned to participate in the political scene in his own country.
Young Italian nobelman, Cosimo, rebels against the authority of his parents in the late eighteenth century by climbing into the trees where he proceeds to make a very full life for himself.
Chronicles the political and cultural events that transpired in Europe between the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648 to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and examines how it influenced Europe and the world in the years following.
