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...allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully illustrated by the author-artist....

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...PREFACE by Steven James Bartlett xiii SAPPHO’S JOURNAL FOREWORD by Willis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 621 COLOPHON 625...

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...f five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears h... ... VOICES FROM THE PAST A Quintet: SAPPHO’S JOURNAL CHRIST’S JOURNAL LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL LINCOLN’S JOURNAL ... ... NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal ` Christ’s Journal ` Leonardo da Vinci’s Journal Shakespeare’s Journal ` Lincoln’s Journal W... ... VOICES FROM THE PAST A Quintet: SAPPHO’S JOURNAL CHRIST’S JOURNAL LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL LINCOLN’S JOURNAL ... ...oving, almost before he moves, a shift of air, let’s say. “Watch me play jacks with Libus, old soldiers at their fun. I could cheat you...if you ga... ...oy. I remembered songs in the evening. I heard her laugh- ter as we played jacks. I smelled her barley bread... I smelled roasting lamb.... Father wa... ...a frenzied pitch of “no!” Chorus, players! This love, this royalty by jackanapes brought to earth, the stage to my back: what can a man affirm i... ...found forgotten things, things I had supposed lost or destroyed, a velvet jacket faced with grubby ermine, a pair of crimson trousers, a leather bre... ...he click-a-click of my scythe as it bladed. Crickets chirped. Magpies and jackdaws took the air. There was a kingfisher diving. I long to dive wher...

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...ry to forge the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. —Jack Weatherford Largest Land Empire Ever Positive achievements of the ... ... trail resurfaces in northeast Asia near the end of the twelfth century. Jack Weatherford, in his page-turner biography Genghis Khan and the Making ... ...looked upon zero as ―dangerous Saracen magic!‖ In 1202, a book written by Leonardo of Pisa—Liber Abaci—explained how much easier Arabic numbers coul... ..., as has Cheryl R. Dee, PhD, at the National Library of Medicine. Author Jack Weatherford was kind enough to grant me free rein in paraphrasing inf... ...ero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. New York: Viking, 2000. Shlain, Leonard. The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Ima... ...: The Conflict between Word and Image. New York: Viking, 1998. Shlain, Leonard. Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light. New Y...

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...bottles. Some ten persons were around, seated or standing; two of whom had jackets and aprons: others were sleeping stretched on benches. Two men, in ... ...rowned with an oak-garland; amid the wavy sea of red nightcaps, carmagnole jackets, grenadier bonnets and female mob- caps; far-sounding like a sea! T... ...irators of Orleans,’ for ‘assassinating,’ for assaulting the sacred Deputy Leonard-Bourdon: these with many Nameless, to whom life was sweet, have die... ...rt with flowing tricolor taffeta; in close frock, tricolor sash, sword and jack-boots,’ these men are powerfuller than King or Kaiser. They say to who... ...e, Tyrants of the Sea; yet we also, are we weak? Lo! all flags, streamers, jacks, every rag of tricolor that will yet run on rope, fly rustling aloft:... ...treet, you meet M. le Marquis, with a rough deal on his shoulder, adze and jack-plane under arm; he has taken to the joiner trade; it being necessary ...

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... I pledge my word you’ll find the pleasant land behind Unaltered since Red Jacket rode that way. Still the pine-woods scent the noon; still the cat-bi... ...ket trailing behind him. A man told me he was a real Red Indian called Red Jacket, and I followed him into an alley-way off Race Street by Second Stre... ...rolling pills on top of the old spinet, while he played his fiddle and Red Jacket sang hymns. I liked it. I had good victuals, light work, a suit o’ c... ...ebanon.” ‘I rubbed my eyes, and fetched ‘em out of the “Buck” stables. Red Jacket was there saddling his, and when I’d packed the saddle-bags we three... ...took orders for that famous Seneca Oil which he had the secret of from Red Jacket’s Indians, and he slept in friends’ farmhouses, but he would shut al... ...n the stocks one half-day for rogues and vaga- bonds at a village under St Leonard’s forest, where, as I have heard, nightingales never sing; but the ...

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...y to forge the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world.‖ —Jack Weatherford Largest Land Empire Ever Positive achievements of the ... ...rail resurfaces in northeast Asia near the end of the twelfth century. Jack Weatherford, in his page-turner biography Genghis Khan and the Making ... ...looked upon zero as ―dangerous Saracen magic!‖ In 1202, a book written by Leonardo of Pisa—Liber Abaci—explained how much easier Arabic numbers coul... ...as has Cheryl R. Dee, PhD, at the National Library of Medicine. Author Jack Weatherford was kind enough to grant me free rein in paraphrasing inf... ...ero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. New York: Viking, 2000. Shlain, Leonard. The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Ima... ...: The Conflict between Word and Image. New York: Viking, 1998. Shlain, Leonard. Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light. New Y...

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...d gallantry displayed in the cap- ture since 21st December, 1861, of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of various... ...adron commanded by Flag-officer Farragut which led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of rebel g... ...SAXTON. WAR DEPARTMENT, May, 24 1862. 2 P.M. GENERAL SAXTON: Geary reports Jackson with 20,000 moving from Ashby’s Gap by the Little River turnpike, t... ...importance. Y ou are therefore directed by the Presi- dent to move against Jackson at Harrisonburg and operate against the enemy in such way as to rel... ...ranklin on Harrisonburg to relieve General Banks, and cap- ture or destroy Jackson’s and Ewell’s forces. You are in- structed, laying aside for the pr... ... LOWE. [Cipher .] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.,July 9, 1863. HON. LEONARD SWETT, HON. F . F . LOWE, San Fran- cisco, Cal.: Consult together a...

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...r with those who are obliged to pretend that they are gentlefolk. The boy, Leonard Bast, stood at the extreme verge of gentility. He was not in the ab... ...y.” “Nice evening.” “Evening.” Mr. Dealtry, a fellow clerk, passed on, and Leonard stood wondering whether he would take the tram as far as a penny wo... ...h the calamity in question had just been announced to him. “Ah, yes,” said Leonard, who was not going to let on that he had not bought a Sunday paper.... ...thing, eh?” “Good-evening, Mr. Cunningham.” “Good-evening, Mr. Bast.” Then Leonard entered Block B of the flats, and turned, not upstairs, but down, i... ...t of way, and picked the photograph up. It represented a young lady called Jacky, and had been taken at the time when young ladies called Jacky were o... ...th their mouths open. Teeth of dazzling whiteness extended along either of Jacky’s jaw’s, and positively weighed her head sideways, so large were they... ...dious, and complain that true joy begins in the eyes, and that the eyes of Jacky did not accord with her smile, but were anxious and hungry. Leonard t... ...rous as the photographer had suggested, and cer- tainly not so white. Yes, Jacky was past her prime, whatever that prime may have been. She was descen... ...greeting the apparition with much spirit, and helping it off with its boa. Jacky, in husky tones, replied, “What ho!” “Been out?” he asked. The questi...

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...o all the kingdoms and provinces of Europe. We were shown, at the house of Leonard Smith, a tailor, a most perfect looking-glass, ornamented with gold... ...old, are frequently seen in those places: there were likewise a great many Jack-a-lanterns, so that we were quite seized with horror and amazement! Bu... ...ut poor in his begin- nings: and for my Lord Oxford’s jests of him for the jacks and upstarts, we all know it savoured more of emulation, and his hono...

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...On the contrary, there is in each a difference, a very marked personality. Leonard Gaultier, who published this engraving towards the end of the sixte... ...e other little children of the country, they made him a fair weather whirl-jack of the wings of the windmill of Myrebalais. 65 Rabelais Chapter 1.XII... ...ich is the buttery, and there make them drink like roysters and line their jackets soundly. And that this cougher might not be puffed up with vain-glo... ... At even or odd. At the frolic or jackdaw. At cross or pile. At the opinion. ... ...e pounding stick. At the relapse. At jack and the box. At jog breech, or prick him for-ward. At th... ...almost all de- faced and worn out. Thus went he out in a fair long-skirted jacket, putting his frock scarfwise athwart his breast, and in this equipag...

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...eatures and real viking blue eyes. “What dost want ter ma’e a stool-harsed Jack on ‘im for?” said Morel. “All he’ll do is to wear his britches be- hin... ... came up the room. He had short legs, was rather stout, and wore an alpaca jacket. So, with one ear up, as it were, he came stoutly and inquiringly do... .... “You should see the Flying Scotsman come through at half-past six!” said Leonard, whose father was a signal- man. “Lad, but she doesn’t half buzz!” ... ...like a decayed mushroom, standing out pathetically on the side of a field. Leonard and Dick immediately pro- ceeded to carve their initials, “L. W.” a... ... timid of entering, with their bags of food, for fear of being turned out. Leonard, a comic, thin fellow, went first; Paul, who would have died rather... ...and she sat at evening picturing what it would be like. Annie came in, and Leonard, and Alice, and Kitty. There was wild rejoicing and anticipation. P... ...e such a fool. I want you to come and fetch me back from here. I came with Jack Bredon yesterday, in- stead of going to work, and enlisted. He said he... ...ites that high!” she rallied them. It was a nasty thrust. He in his dinner jacket, and Clara in her green dress and bare arms, were confused. They fel... ...ted being wakened. It amused her. She saw his neck in the flannel sleeping-jacket, as white and round as a girl’s. He rubbed his hair crossly. “It’s n...

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...es, where high-rouged Dames of the Palace are even now dancing with double-jacketted Hussar- Officers;—and also on this roaring Hell porch of a Hotel-... ...l over France: Dampmartin, with his knotted forage-cords and piled chamois jackets, is at Strasburg in the South-East; in these same days or rather ni... ...lle; what a thirty hours, since Choiseul quitted Paris, with Queen’s-valet Leonard in the chaise by him! Black Care sits behind the rider. Thus go the... ...bottles. Some ten persons were around, seated or standing; two of whom had jackets and aprons: others were sleeping stretched on benches. Two men, in ... ...rowned with an oak-garland; amid the wavy sea of red nightcaps, carmagnole jackets, grenadier bonnets and female mob-caps; far-sounding like a sea! Th... ...a- tors of Orleans,’ for ‘assassinating,’ for assaulting the sacred Deputy Leonard-Bourdon: these with many Nameless, to whom life was sweet, have die... ...rt with flowing tricolor taffeta; in close frock, tricolor sash, sword and jack-boots, ’ these men are powerfuller than King or Kaiser. They say to wh...

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...before he had made many steps, he was obliged to turn and warn Humfrey and Jack that they were not to walk swaggering along the streets, with hand on ... ...ed up, and we heard shots, and screeches, and splashes, till, as I said to Jack Smithers, ’twas as if one half the place was murthering the other. The... ...as at, “No,” says I, “not an inch do we budge without news of my Lord.” So Jack stood by the rope, and let them see that ’twas as much as their life w... ... The Chaplet of Pearls come up with us just to show them the way across to Leonard’s. That’s no unlikely place for her to lurk in, as you said this mo... ...t leave the coach-door, and as soon as we are past the barriers, I’ll send Jack Smithers to make known we are coming.’ Philip, without further ceremon... ...banian garb, a red cap with a long tassel, a dark, gold-embroidered velvet jacket sitting close to his body, and a white kilt over his legs, bare exce...

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... . . Well, then, poor G—— lies under ground! So there’s an end of honest Jack. So little justice here he found, ’Tis ten to one he’ll ne’er come b... ...s followed (as in fame, so in judgment) by the modest and simple-minded MR LEONARD WELSTED, who, out of great respect to our poet not naming him, doth... ...ficant, and clear, Alike informs the soul, and charms the ear,’ &c. And MR LEONARD WELSTED thus wrote 181 to the unknown author, on the first publica... ... rhyme; the Muses, on their racks, Scream like the winding of ten thousand jacks; 160 Some, free from rhyme or reason, rule or check, Bre... ... 6d. The T riumvirate; or, a Letter from Palaemon to Celia at Bath. Anon. [Leonard Welsted]. 1711, folio, price 1s. The Battle of Poets, an Heroic Poe... ...r of Gen- esis. Writ by E. Roome. Folio. 1729. Labeo. A Paper of Verses by Leonard Welsted, which after came into One Epistle, and was published by Ja... ...tley, his nephew, and a small imitator of his great uncle. 320 ‘Welsted:’ Leonard Welsted, author of the T riumvirate, or a Letter in verse from Pala...

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...d like him to turn public man in that way—making a sort of political Cheap Jack of himself?” “He might be dissuaded, I should think. He would not like... ... and having a friendly collo- quy, in which they agreed that Lydgate was a jackanapes, just made to serve Bulstrode’s purpose. To non-medical friends ... ... after his signature, observing when he did so, that he was once taught by Leonard Lamb of Finsbury who wrote B.A. after his name, and that he, Raffle... ...s cruelty—it was a history as full of sensation as “This is the house that Jack built.” Mrs. Garth was obliged to interfere, the other young ones came... ... object to be constantly insisting on the merits of all articles from boot-jacks to “Berghems;” but Mr. Borthrop Trumbull had a kindly liquid in his v... ... much 754 Middlemarch what her father must have been when he wore a round jacket, and showed a marvellous nicety of aim in playing at marbles, or in ...

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...d like him to turn public man in that way—making a sort of political Cheap Jack of himself?” “He might be dissuaded, I should think. He would not like... ... and hav ing a friendly colloquy, in which they agreed that Lydgate was a jackanapes, just made to serve Bulstrode’s purpose. To non medical friends ... ... after his signature, observing when he did so, that he was once taught by Leonard Lamb of Finsbury who wrote B.A. after his name, and that he, Raffles... ...s cruelty—it was a history as full of sensation as “This is the house that Jack built.” Mrs. Garth was obliged to interfere, the other young ones came... ... object to be constantly insisting on the merits of all articles from boot jacks to “Berghems;” but Mr. Borthrop Trumbull had a kindly liquid in Midd... ...he three was very much what her father must have been when he wore a round jacket, and showed a marvellous nicety of aim in playing at marbles, or in ...

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...except, I believe, that he was the first Mayor of Georgetown. He supported Jackson for the Presidency; but he was a Whig, a great admirer of Henry Cla... ...f Henry Clay, and never voted for any other democrat for high office after Jackson. My mother’s family lived in Montgomery County, Pennsyl- vania, for... ...warm discus- sion, which finally became angry—over some act of Presi- dent Jackson, the removal of the deposit of public moneys, I think—after which t... ...ederate States. The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri, in 1861, Jackson and Reynolds, were both supporters of the rebellion and took refuge... ...IDING AT A UNION MEETING—MUS- TERING OFFICER OF STATE TROOPS— LYON AT CAMP JACKSON—SERVICES TENDERED TO THE GOVERNMENT THE 4TH OF MARCH, 1861, came, a... ... Division, Brig.-Gen. John C. Robinson. First Brigade, Col. Samuel H. Leonard. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Henry Baxter. Third Brigade, ...

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... Grewe Senior Counsel, Special Projects Elinore Flynn Hartz Family Liaison Leonard R. Hawley Professional Staff Member L. Christine Healey Senior Coun... ...er 1994 trip to Manila, and to bomb U.S.-bound cargo carriers by smuggling jackets containing nitrocellulose on board. 7 KSM left the Philippines in S... ... videotape, Dulles main terminal checkpoints, Sept. 11, 2001; see also Tim Jackson interview (Apr. 12, 2004). 15. Metropolitan Washington Airports Aut... ... videotape, Dulles main terminal checkpoints, Sept. 11, 2001; see also Tim Jackson interview (Apr. 12, 2004). 16. For investigation findings, see FAA ... ... the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2001,” undated. For screener evaluations, see Tim Jackson interview (Apr. 12, 2004). 17. See AAL record, SABRE information fo... ... the 9/11 operation. Ibid. On the FBI followup in 1998–1999, see FBI memo, Jack S. to FAA ACI,“FBI Investigative Efforts,” Jan. 27, 1999; FAA records,...