Great leaders: Historic portraits from the great historians

Biography
HERNANDO CORTÉS. By WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT                        216
(_From the “History of the Conquest of Mexico.”_)

MARTIN LUTHER. By THOMAS CARLYLE                                     222
(_From the “Life of Martin Luther.”_)

IGNATIUS DE LOYOLA (SAINT), FOUNDER OF THE ORDER
OF JESUS. By Sir JAMES STEPHEN                                       230
(_From “Stephen’s Essays.”_)

THOMAS CROMWELL, EARL OF ESSEX. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                235
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

CHARLES V, EMPEROR OF GERMANY.[2] By JOHN LOTHROP
MOTLEY                                                               240
(_From the “Rise of the Dutch Republic.”_)

WILLIAM OF NASSAU, PRINCE OF ORANGE. By JOHN LOTHROP
MOTLEY                                                               248
(_From the “Rise of the Dutch Republic.”_)

JOHN KNOX. By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE                                   255
(_From the “History of England.”_)

DUKE OF ALVA. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY                                 259
(_From the “Rise of the Dutch Republic.”_)

QUEEN ELIZABETH. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                               265
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTS. By DAVID HUME                           275
(_From the “History of England.”_)

JOHN PYM. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN                                      280
(_From the “Short History of the English People.”_)

HENRY IV, KING OF FRANCE. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY                     284
(_From the “History of the United Netherlands.”_)

WALLENSTEIN, DUKE OF FRIEDLAND. By FRIEDRICH VON
SCHILLER                                                             291
(_From the “History of the Thirty Years’ War.”_)

CARDINAL RICHELIEU. By Sir JAMES STEPHEN                             299
(_From the “Lectures on the History of France.”_)

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, KING OF SWEDEN. By FRIEDRICH VON
SCHILLER                                                             303
(_From the “History of the Thirty Years’ War.”_)

EARL OF STRAFFORD. By DAVID HUME                                     310
(_From the “History of England.”_)

OLIVER CROMWELL. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY                        315
(_From the “History of England.”_)

LORD HALIFAX. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY                           322
(_From the “History of England.”_)

LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY                    327
(_From “Essays.”_)

WILLIAM III OF ENGLAND. By THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY                 329
(_From the “History of England.”_)

PETER THE GREAT, CZAR OF RUSSIA. By THOMAS BABINGTON
MACAULAY                                                             339
(_From the “History of England.”_)

DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. By WILLIAM E. H. LECKY                          344
(_From the “History of England in the Eighteenth Century.”_)

SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. By WILLIAM E. H. LECKY                           351
(_From the “History of England in the Eighteenth Century.”_)
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Great leaders: Historic portraits from the great historians

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