Famous Men of Modern Times is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time. Summary by Laura Caldwell
Chapters
1 Preface 4 min 2 Lorenzo the Magnificent 9 min 3 Christopher Columbus 15 min 4 Ferdinand of Aragon 6 min 5 Vasco da Gama 15 min 6 Chevalier Bayard 11 min 7 Cardinal Wolsey 12 min 8 Charles V of Germany 11 min 9 Solyman the Sublime 8 min 10 Sir Francis Drake 15 min 11 Sir Walter Raleigh 11 min 12 Henry of Navarre 11 min 13 Wallenstein 10 min 14 Gustavus Adolphus 8 min 15 Cardinal Richelieu 9 min 16 Galileo 10 min 17 Oliver Cromwell 11 min 18 Louis XIV 10 min 19 Sir Isaac Newton 9 min 20 William III, King of England 10 min 21 Sobieski 8 min 22 Peter the Great 12 min 23 Charles XII of Sweden 10 min 24 Frederick the Great 12 min 25 William Pitt 7 min 26 George Washington 12 min 27 Robespierre 5 min 28 Napolean Bonaparte 10 min 29 Horatio Nelson 12 min 30 Thaddeus Kosciusko 7 min 31 Abraham Lincoln 11 min 32 Garibaldi 9 min 33 William Ewart Gladstone 11 min 34 Count Von Bismarck 8 min
