Battles of Destiny

About this eBook

Author

Shepperson, Isabel, 1867-

Credits

Produced by John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Battles

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56951

Release Date

April 10, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BATTLES OF DESTINY
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.INDEX TO CHAPTERS
4. 4.Chapter I. MARATHON — Callimachus, War Ruler. — Miltiades. — All the Glory That Was Greece. — Sparta.
5. 5.Chapter II. ARBELA — Human, Too Human. — A Deity. — Philosophies. — Alexander’s Feast. — Hellenism.
6. 6.Chapter III. ZAMA — Capua. — Defeat. — And After.
7. 7.Chapter IV. TEUTOBERGER WALD — Trapped. — Der Mordkessel. — Effects. — Arminius.
8. 8.Chapter V. ADRIANOPLE — Rivers.
9. 9.Chapter VI. CHALONS — Battle. — Effect. — Attila.
10. 10.Chapter VII. TOURS — The Eighth Century. — The Church. — Greek Fire.
11. 11.Chapter VIII. HASTINGS-SENLAC — If. — Pegasus. — Rollo the Dane. — William of Normandy. — The Lady Emma, Pearl of Normandy. — Matilda of Flanders. — Monasteries. — Harold Godwin. — William the Conqueror. — Robert’s Rebellion. — Exeunt Omnes.
12. 12.Chapter IX. ORLEANS — La Pucelle. — Charles VII. — Joan’s Voices.
13. 13.Chapter X. LEPANTO — To Fight or Not to Fight. — The Christian Knight. — Ocean Encounters. — Death of Ali Pasha. — Don John of Austria.
14. 14.Chapter XI. THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA — Storms. — The Sixteenth Century. — Sea Fights.
15. 15.Chapter XII. NASEBY — Queen Henrietta Maria. — Wonders of Portraits. — Sorrow. — Milton. — Charles II. — Death of Queen Henrietta. — Bossuet’s Sermon. — Reflections.
16. 16.Chapter XIII. BLENHEIM — Louis XIV.
17. 17.Chapter XIV. PULTOWA — Republic or Empire. — Charles XII. of Sweden. — Sclavonic versus Teutonic. — Death of Charles.
18. 18.Chapter XV. SARATOGA — Plan. — Benedict Arnold. — General Frazer. — Surrender.
19. 19.Chapter XVI. VALMY — September Twentieth. — Retribution. — Battle. — France a Republic.
20. 20.Chapter XVII. WATERLOO — Quatre-Bras and Ligny. — King Making Victory. — Exile. — Cor ne edito (Eat not the Heart). — Hero Worship. — Retrospect. — Let Wars Cease.
21. 21.FOOTNOTE:

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