古德明英語軍事小故事:報夫仇(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事,古德明,香港英語教育作家,他開了一個《征服英語專欄》,在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事,用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。
報夫仇
jane de belleville was a french noblewoman. in 1343, when her husband, oliver, was beheaded by the king of france on unauthenticated suspicion of treason, jane sold off her estates, bought three warships, and took to the english channel. she proceeded to hunt down french ships, and was utterly merciless with the crews of the ships she captured.
jane also made several descents on normandy, whose inhabitants saw this beautiful woman, with a sword in one hand and a torch in another, eyeing with pleasure all the horrors of her misplaced revenge.
in 1356, jane retired from piracy to marry an english lieutenant. she eventually returned to france, and in 1359 died there, near the land she and her beloved oliver had once owned.
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