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Men Who Have Made the Empire

George Chetwynd Griffith · History_-_Royalty · 18 章

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MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE EMPIRE Chapter 2 CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FOREWORD I WILLIAM THE NORMAN, PIRATE AND NATION-MAKER II EDWARD OF THE LONG LEGS “BURY ME NOT TILL YOU HAVE CONQUERED SCOTLAND”III THE QUEEN’S LITTLE PIRATE “THE MASTER-THIEF OF THE NEW WORLD”IV OLIVER CROMWELL “HEALER AND SETTLER”V WILLIAM OF ORANGE, OVERCOMER OF DIFFICULTIES VI JAMES COOK, CIRCUMNAVIGATOR VII LORD CLIVE, QUILL-DRIVER AND CONQUEROR VIII WARREN HASTINGS, THE FIRST UNCROWNED KING OF INDIA IX NELSON “ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY.”X WELLINGTON “THE PRIDE AND THE GENIUS OF HIS COUNTRY.” —Queen Victoria.XI “CHINESE GORDON” “HONOUR—NOT HONOURS”XII CECIL RHODES “ALL ENGLISH—THAT’S MY DREAM!”THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE