Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08

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. Volume VIII: Great Rulers covers: ALFRED THE GREAT, QUEEN ELIZABETH, HENRY OF NAVARRE and more.