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Title: Heroes of Modern Europe

Author: Alice Birkhead

Release Date: April 16, 2007 [EBook #21114]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: Leo Tolstoy in his bare Apartments at Yasnaya Polyana
(Repin)]

HEROES OF MODERN EUROPE

BY

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

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First published July 1913

by GEORGE G. HARRAP & Co.

39-41 Parker Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2

Reprinted in the present series:

February 1914; August 1917; May 1921; January 1924; July 1926

Contents

CHAP.

I. THE TWO SWORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
II. DANTE, THE DIVINE POET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
III. LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
IV. THE PRIOR OF SAN MARCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
V. MARTIN LUTHER, REFORMER OF THE CHURCH . . . . . . . . 52
VI. CHARLES V, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
VII. THE BEGGARS OF THE SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
VIII. WILLIAM THE SILENT, FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY . . . . . . 86
IX. HENRY OF NAVARRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
X. UNDER THE RED ROBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
XI. THE GRAND MONARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
XII. PETER THE GREAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
XIII. THE ROYAL ROBBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1