Heroes of Modern Europe

Heroes of Modern Europe, by
Alice Birkhead

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Title: Heroes of Modern Europe
Author: Alice Birkhead
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 XIV. SPIRITS OF THE
AGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 XV. THE MAN FROM
CORSICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 XVI. "GOD AND THE
PEOPLE" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 XVII. "FOR ITALY AND VICTOR
EMMANUEL!" . . . . . . . . . . 195 XVIII. THE THIRD
NAPOLEON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 XIX. THE REFORMER OF
THE EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 XX. THE HERO IN
HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Illustrations
LEO TOLSTOY IN HIS BARE APARTMENTS AT YASNAYA
POLYANA (Repin). . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
DANTE IN THE STREETS OF FLORENCE (Evelyn Paul) . . . . . . .
22
THE LAST SLEEP OF SAVONAROLA (Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A.) . .

60
PHILIP II PRESENT AT AN AUTO-DA-FÉ (D. Valdivieso) . . . . . 78
LAST MOMENTS OF COUNT EGMONT (Louis Gallait) . . . . . . . .
90
AN APPLICATION TO THE CARDINAL FOR HIS FAVOUR
(Walter Gay) 124
FREDERICK THE GREAT RECEIVING HIS PEOPLE'S HOMAGE
(A.