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Great Leaders

by George T. Ferris

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Compiler
Ferris, George T. (George Titus), 1840-
Title
Great leaders: Historic portraits from the great historians
Credits
Turgut Dincer, Chuck Greif 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
Biography
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 66792
Release Date
November 22, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.GREAT LEADERS
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ENGRAVED PORTRAITS. — GREAT LEADERS.
  5. 5.THEMISTOCLES AND ARISTIDES. By GEORGE GROTE.
  6. 6.PERICLES. By ERNST CURTIUS.
  7. 7.EPAMINONDAS. By ERNST CURTIUS.
  8. 8.ALEXANDER THE GREAT. By GEORGE GROTE.
  9. 9.HANNIBAL. By THEODOR MOMMSEN.
  10. 10.THE GRACCHI. By PLUTARCH.
  11. 11.CAIUS MARIUS. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.
  12. 12.MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTUS. [10] By THEODOR MOMMSEN.
  13. 13.LUCIUS SYLLA. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.
  14. 14.POMPEY. By THOMAS KERCHEVER ARNOLD.
  15. 15.SERTORIUS. By PLUTARCH.
  16. 16.JULIUS CÆSAR. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.
  17. 17.TRAJAN. By CHARLES MERIVALE.
  18. 18.THE ANTONINES. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  19. 19.ZENOBIA, QUEEN OF PALMYRA. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  20. 20.CONSTANTINE, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPEROR. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  21. 21.JULIAN THE APOSTATE. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  22. 22.THEODOSIUS THE GREAT. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  23. 23.ATTILA, THE SCOURGE OF GOD. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  24. 24.BELISARIUS. By LORD MAHON.
  25. 25.MOHAMMED, [19] THE FOUNDER OF ISLAM. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  26. 26.CHARLEMAGNE. By SIR JAMES STEPHEN.
  27. 27.ALFRED THE GREAT, OF ENGLAND. By DAVID HUME.
  28. 28.OLAF TRYGGVESON, KING OF NORWAY. By THOMAS CARLYLE.
  29. 29.CNUT OR CANUTE OF ENGLAND, ALSO KING OF DENMARK. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  30. 30.WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  31. 31.ROBERT GUISCARD. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  32. 32.THOMAS À BECKET, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. By DAVID HUME.
  33. 33.SALADIN. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  34. 34.HENRY II, KING OF ENGLAND. By DAVID HUME.
  35. 35.GENGHIS OR ZINGIS KHAN. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  36. 36.SIMON DE MONTFORT, EARL OF LEICESTER. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  37. 37.EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  38. 38.ROBERT BRUCE. By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON.
  39. 39.EDWARD III, KING OF ENGLAND. By DAVID HUME.
  40. 40.RIENZI. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  41. 41.TIMOUR OR TAMERLANE. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  42. 42.JEANNE D’ARC. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  43. 43.MAHOMET OR MOHAMMED II. By EDWARD GIBBON.
  44. 44.LORENZO DE’ MEDICI. By JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
  45. 45.GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA. By JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
  46. 46.CÆSAR BORGIA. By CHARLES YRIARTE.
  47. 47.CARDINAL WOLSEY. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  48. 48.FRANCISCO PIZARRO. By WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT.
  49. 49.HERNANDO CORTÉS. By WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT.
  50. 50.MARTIN LUTHER. By THOMAS CARLYLE.
  51. 51.IGNATIUS DE LOYOLA (SAINT), FOUNDER OF THE ORDER OF JESUS. By Sir JAMES STEPHEN.
  52. 52.THOMAS CROMWELL, EARL OF ESSEX. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  53. 53.CHARLES V, EMPEROR OF GERMANY. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.
  54. 54.WILLIAM OF NASSAU, PRINCE OF ORANGE. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.
  55. 55.JOHN KNOX. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.
  56. 56.DUKE OF ALVA. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.
  57. 57.QUEEN ELIZABETH. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  58. 58.MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTS. By DAVID HUME.
  59. 59.JOHN PYM. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  60. 60.HENRY IV, KING OF FRANCE. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.
  61. 61.WALLENSTEIN, DUKE OF FRIEDLAND. By FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER.
  62. 62.CARDINAL RICHELIEU. By Sir JAMES STEPHEN.
  63. 63.GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, KING OF SWEDEN. By FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER.
  64. 64.EARL OF STRAFFORD. By DAVID HUME.
  65. 65.OLIVER CROMWELL. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.
  66. 66.LORD HALIFAX. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.
  67. 67.LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.
  68. 68.WILLIAM III OF ENGLAND. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
  69. 69.PETER THE GREAT, CZAR OF RUSSIA. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.
  70. 70.DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. By WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY.
  71. 71.SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. By WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY.
  72. 72.FREDERICK THE GREAT. By THOMAS CARLYLE.
  73. 73.WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  74. 74.EDMUND BURKE. By WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY.
  75. 75.GEORGE WASHINGTON. By WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY.
  76. 76.MIRABEAU. By THOMAS CARLYLE.
  77. 77.CHARLES JAMES FOX. By WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY.
  78. 78.JEAN PAUL MARAT. By HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE.
  79. 79.PRINCE TALLEYRAND. By ARCHIBALD ALISON.
  80. 80.GEORGE JACQUES DANTON. By HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE.
  81. 81.ROBESPIERRE. By HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE.
  82. 82.WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
  83. 83.NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. By LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS.
  84. 84.DUKE OF WELLINGTON. By ARCHIBALD ALISON.

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