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-F�� (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. Menzel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
THE MEETING OF VICTOR EMMANUEL AND GARIBALDI (Pietro Aldi) 204

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Heroes of Modern Europe
Chapter I
The Two