Kirjahaku

For the Love of Armin is the story of the battle that defined Europe. In today's Europe, there is a boundary between those who prefer beer and those who drink wine. Where the romance languages based on Latin are spoken and where the Germanic languages are spoken. This came about because of the battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., in which the Roman armed forces lost three legions and their supporting auxialiary units.This resulted in the Germanic leader named Armin (Germanic name} or Arminius (Latin name) wiping out the Romans and cutting the head off the Roman leader prior to taking it to his ally called Marobod, king of Bohemia. Marobod sent the head to Rome where it was received by the first Roman emperor, Augustus. The fact that Rome had now lost more than 20,000 soldiers was an immense blow to Ausgustus and he did not shave or comb his hair for months afterwards. At night Augustus could be heard yelling, "Varus, Varus, give me back my legions "All of this resulted in Rome recalling all Roman units from Germania and they never returned, other than to conduct some isolated raids and other incursions. After their victory, the Germanic tribes were worried that Armin was going to become a king and end their fiercely indepedent life styles. This resulted in the murder of the hero and the enslavement of his wife. Things cam to a head with the enslavement and sale to a gladiator school of Thumelicus - the son of Armin. This novel is heavily based upon fact

In June 178 A.D., the king of the Britons, named as Lucius, sent a letter written in Latin to Pope Eleutherius begging him to send missionaries to Britain and to convert himself and his people to Christanity. That was done, and in 459, the king of Britons called Vortigern asked the newly confederated Germanic tribes of Engels, Kimbern and Saxons to help him in fighting against the Picts and Scots who were invading his country. The first Germanic Merceneries arrived in 449 A.D. and Vortigern imediately put them to work in bringing the invading Picts and Scots to heel. These Germanic warriors were under the command of the twin Kimbern (Germanic tribe from the north of the Jutland peninsular) princes called Hengest and Horsa. The Germanic protectors were welcomed everywhere they went and soon the Engels (Angles) and Saxons arrived. This resulted in the Engels settling in Northumbria, parts of Essex, and other areas, while the Saxons settled in Wessex, Sussex, and some other areas, while the Kimbern settled in Kent and the Isle of Wright. The Engels (Angles) called the area where they settled Engel-land. After seven years, the Britons grew tied of their Germanic allies and broke the truce between them, resulting in both peoples fighting. that resulted in the Britons going to the west coastal area of Northumbria, Wales and Cornwall. The story continues to the end of reign of King Alfred the Great and his struggle against the Danish Viking invaders.

In the late eighteen haundreds, a German engineer went to China and built the first railways there from Shanghai towards the border of southern China and Vietnam. with money paid to himby the German colonial Organisations, he was again in their employand was sent to the then German colony of German south West Africa, now now as Namibia. His son was born in Africa and after thhe family lft for Germany, in due course he and his family settled in Australia. Things were difficult in thhe new country and some members of the family were subjected to uundersttandable rasim due to thhe fact that is was just aftter WW2 that the family arrived in Australia. The Grandson of the German engineer lied about his age in order to serve with thhe Australian army in the Vietnam War.Inn doing so, he altered the date shown on his Auustralian Naturalisation paper from 01/03/1947 to 01/03/1946 by using a black pento alter the seven in 1947 to a six. This resulted in him being put into the Australian army and sewrving in Vietnam with his unnit being the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). He met a buddhist monk while there, who spoke fluent Englishand who told him about his Grandffather. Mick then promised to return as a qualified engineer and help rebuild the country the he had helped too destroy during the Viietnam War. When he applied for an Australian passport, the Dept. of Immmigration and Citizenship (DIAC) not only refuused to giver him one, but also cancelled hhis Auustralian citizenship on the grounds that he had lied his age and altered an official document when he volunteered for service in thhe Vietnam War, 40 years prior to this. It hen took another three years of fighting the buearucrats before his Australian citizenship was restored.

"A Castle of Doomsday" is historical fiction closely based on facts and it is also the story of the castles inside the city walls of York. Both of them were built by William the Conqueror. One of Bailey Hill and the other one was York Castle. Its keep has since become known as "Clifford's Tower". both castles were originally constructed of timber. They were burned down by the people of York and their Danish Viking allies.Richard the First was the son of Henry II and gained fame by his courage, becoming known as Richard the Lionheart. He presided over the apparent 'Massacre of the Jews' at the keep of York Castle in 1190. That resulted in fire which burned the keep, and it was replaced with a new construction, again of timber. During a storm in 1228 the York Castle was demolished. It was replaced with the stone structure which is still there today. The people around york became calling it "Clifford's Tower" after the hanging of Baron roger de Clifford for treason in 1322 A.D...

Two thousand years ago, these people and their Nordic cousins had complete full equality between the sexes, which was taken from these people within two generations of their conversion to Christianity.

His Forefathers and Mick traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous generations. Friedrich Kramer, an intrepid German engineer, revolutionises railway and communications technologies in early 20th century China and Namibia, unknowingly setting the stage for international espionage and warfare. His son, also named Friedrich, grapples with the shadows of WW2 and seeks redemption and a fresh start in Australia, only to find his son, Michael confronting his battlefield in Vietnam. Each generation wrestles with the legacies of the past, forging their paths in a world that refuses to forget. This is a gripping tale of ambition, Identity, and the relentless pull of heritage.