Heroes of Modern Europe
by Alice Birkhead
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About this eBook
- Author
- Birkhead, Alice
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
- Subject
- Europe -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21114
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21114
- Release Date
- April 16, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Leo Tolstoy in his bare Apartments at Yasnaya Polyana (Repin) — HEROES OF MODERN EUROPE — BY
- 2.ALICE BIRKHEAD B.A. — AUTHOR OF 'THE STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION' 'MARIE ANTOINETTE' 'PETER THE GREAT' ETC. — WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS — GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD. LONDON —— CALCUTTA —— SYDNEY
- 3.Contents
- 4.Illustrations — Heroes of Modern Europe — Chapter I — The Two Swords — Chapter II — Dante, the Divine Poet — Dante in the Streets of Florence (Evelyn Paul) — Chapter III — Lorenzo the Magnificent — Chapter IV — The Prior of San Marco — The Last Sleep of Savonarola. (Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A.) — Chapter V — Martin Luther, Reformer of the Church — Chapter VI — Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor — Chapter VII — The Beggars of the Sea — Philip II present at an Auto-da-Fé. (D. Valdivieso) — Chapter VIII — William the Silent, Father of his Country — Last Moments of Count Egmont (Louis Gallait) — Chapter IX — Henry of Navarre — Chapter X — Under the Red Robe — An Application to the Cardinal for his Favour (Walter Gay) — Chapter XI — The Grand Monarch — Chapter XII — Peter the Great — Chapter XIII — The Royal Robber — Frederick the Great receiving his People's Homage (A. Menzel) — Chapter XIV — Spirits of the Age — Chapter XV — The Man from Corsica — Chapter XVI — "God and the People" — Chapter XVII — "For Italy and Victor Emmanuel!" — The Meeting of Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi (Pietro Aldi) — Chapter XVIII — The Third Napoleon — Chapter XIX — The Reformer of the East — Chapter XX — The Hero in History — Index
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