Download or read book Leading Figures in European History written by Richard Phillipson Dunn-Pattison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Leading Figures in European History There are many people who, while genuinely interested in history, have never, either from want of time or opportunity, read a consecutive history of Europe. They have a general idea of certain periods like the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Revolution. With these epochs they connect the names of certain great men which are practically on everybody's lips: but, when they come to think about it, they find they have a very shadowy idea of their lives and characters. It was suggested to me that here lay a want which might be supplied by means of a book containing a series of biographies which more or less covered the whole of European history. Consequently, in writing this book my object has been to present to the general reader, and to the student busily engaged with other subjects, a succession of sketches of the leading figures of the past, illustrating the growth of ideas and principles which have contributed to form present-day Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.