“Bruce was not slow in taking the warning” 243
“See! I have spoiled my good battle-axe” 260
Ferdinand of Aragon 266
Isabella of Castile 268
Segovia: The Alcazar and Cathedral 271
The Cathedral and Port of Malaga 274
Court of Lions, Alhambra 280
Columbus 282
Prison of the Inquisition at Barcelona 286
Tomb of Ferdinand and Isabella in the Cathedral of Granada 289
Philip II. 291
Queen Mary plighting her Troth to Philip 292
Destroying Statues, etc., in the Cathedral at Antwerp 304
Philip II. 308
Gustavus Adolphus 312
Gustavus Adolphus—from a picture by Van Dyck 318
Death of Gustavus and his Page 332
Louis XIV. 334
Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin 340
Louis XIV. taking leave of Fouquet 344
Death of Turenne 350
Jean Baptiste Colbert 352
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes 354
Peter the Great 368
The Krémlin of Moscow 373
Peter saved from Slaughter by his Mother 374
Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in the Fortress 385
Peter the Great in the Dutch Ship-yard 389
Peter the Great 392
Frederick II., King of Prussia, æt. 58 398
Frederick the Great 418
Arrest of Voltaire by order of Frederick 427
Equestrian Statue of Frederick the Great, æt. 73 430
Napoleon 434
Napoleon in the Prison of Nice, 1794 442
Napoleon at Fontainebleau 462
Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon 466
The Rock at St. Helena 474
BOYS’ BOOK OF FAMOUS RULERS.
AGAMEMNON.
1184 B.C.
“The rule
Of many is not well. One must be chief
In war, and one the king.”—_Iliad._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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