Great leaders: Historic portraits from the great historians

Biography
CHARLEMAGNE. By Sir JAMES STEPHEN                                    100
(_From “Lectures on the History of France.”_)

ALFRED THE GREAT, OF ENGLAND. By DAVID HUME                          107
(_From the “History of England.”_)

OLAF TRYGGVESON, KING OF NORWAY. By THOMAS CARLYLE                   111
(_From the “Early Kings of Norway.”_)

CNUT OR CANUTE OF ENGLAND, ALSO KING OF DENMARK.
By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                                                116
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                         120
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

ROBERT GUISCARD. By EDWARD GIBBON                                    126
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

THOMAS À BECKET, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. By
DAVID HUME                                                           130
(_From the “History of England.”_)

SALADIN. By EDWARD GIBBON                                            135
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

HENRY II, KING OF ENGLAND. By DAVID HUME                             138
(_From the “History of England.”_)

GENGHIS OR ZINGIS KHAN. By EDWARD GIBBON                             142
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

SIMON DE MONTFORT, EARL OF LEICESTER. By JOHN RICHARD
GREEN                                                                148
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                     153
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

ROBERT BRUCE. By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON                                157
(_From “Essays.”_)

EDWARD III, KING OF ENGLAND. By DAVID HUME                           163
(_From the “History of England.”_)

RIENZI. By EDWARD GIBBON                                             167
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

TIMOUR OR TAMERLANE. By EDWARD GIBBON                                173
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

JEANNE D’ARC. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                                  180
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

MAHOMET OR MOHAMMED II. By EDWARD GIBBON                             186
(_From the “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”_)

LORENZO DE’ MEDICI. By JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS                        190
(_From the “Italian Renaissance.”_)

GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA. By JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS                       195
(_From the “Italian Renaissance.”_)

CÆSAR BORGIA. By CHARLES YRIARTE                                     201
(_From “Cæsar Borgia.”_)

CARDINAL WOLSEY. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                               208
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

FRANCISCO PIZARRO.[1] By WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT                   211
(_From the “Conquest of Peru.”_)
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Great leaders: Historic portraits from the great historians

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