The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Ragozin, Zenäide Alexeievna

RAGOZIN, rä-gō'zēn, Zenäide Alexeievna, Russian-American writer: b. Russia, 1835. She traveled widely in Europe and in 1874 came to the United States. She is a member of the leading American and European literary societies, and has achieved a wide reputation as an author. Her most important books are &lsquo;The Story of Chaldea&rsquo; (1886); &lsquo;The Story of Assyria&rsquo; (1887); &lsquo;The Story of Media, Babylon, and Persia&rsquo; (1888); &lsquo; History of the World&rsquo;; &lsquo;Siegfried, the Hero of the Netherlands&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;Roland, the Paladin of France&rsquo;

(1899); &lsquo;Salammbo, the Maid of Carthage&rsquo; (1899).