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First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic.nnThis replica edition features all the original illustrations, hard to come by in other recent versions. It will delight both readers of history and lovers of beautiful, classic books.nnVolume IX: "European Statesmen" covers:nn¿ Mirabeau: the French Revolutionn¿ Edmund Burke: political moralityn¿ Napoleon Bonaparte: the French empiren¿ George IV and Toryismn¿ the Greek Revolutionn¿ Louis Philippe: the citizen kingn¿ and more
