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  2. Audie Murphy - Wikipedia

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    audiemurphy.com. Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history. [5][6] He received every military combat award for valor ...

  3. Category:Love stories - Wikipedia

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    Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story; The Taming of the Shrew; Tarzan & Jane; Texas (musical) The Thorn Birds; Those Who Love (novel) Titanic (1997 film) To Sir Phillip, With Love; A Town Like Alice; Tristan and Iseult; Troilus and Cressida; Troilus and Criseyde; Twice Upon a Time (1953 film) Twilight (novel series) The Two Gentlemen of Verona

  4. Rani of Jhansi - Wikipedia

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    The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was a unit of the Indian National Army (INA), which was formed in 1942 by Indian nationalists in Southeast Asia during World War II. The regiment was named in honor of Rani Lakshmibai, the warrior queen of Jhansi who fought against British colonial rule in India in 1857.

  5. Chivalric romance - Wikipedia

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    t. e. As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric knight-errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest.

  6. Romantic hero - Wikipedia

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    Romantic hero. The Romantic hero is a literary archetype referring to a character that rejects established norms and conventions, has been rejected by society, and has themselves at the center of their own existence. [1] The Romantic hero is often the protagonist in a literary work, and the primary focus is on the character's thoughts rather ...

  7. Momotarō - Wikipedia

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    Japan. Nationality. Japanese. Momotarō (桃太郎, "Peach Boy") is a popular hero of Japanese folklore. His name is often translated as Peach Boy, but is directly translated as Peach + Tarō, a common Japanese given name. Momotarō is also the title of various books, films and other works that portray the tale of this hero.

  8. Beowulf - Wikipedia

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    Beowulf (/ ˈbeɪəwʊlf /; [ 1 ] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature. The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the ...

  9. Esther - Wikipedia

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    Esther. Esther, [a] originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. [1] His grand vizier Haman is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian Mordecai because of ...