Heroes of Modern Europe

								


Produced by Al Haines

[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