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Excerpt from A History of Modern Europe From the Middle of the Sixteenth Century Not, he was forced into war to justify his seizure of power and to show himself worthy of being a Napoleon. He found himself fighting, just because he had, or thought. 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. Fo...

Lay on, Lay on-they fail'-the Bruce's victory at Stirling The Battle of Bannockburn holds a significant place in the history of Scotland and the Scottish people. Fought in 1314, when Edward II reigned in England, it was by no means the first clash of arms to decide the sovereignty of Scotland, nor was it the last-that was the battle of Culloden Moor in 1745. Bannockburn remains iconic because it was the most significant Scottish victory in the...

Lay on, Lay on-they fail'-the Bruce's victory at Stirling The Battle of Bannockburn holds a significant place in the history of Scotland and the Scottish people. Fought in 1314, when Edward II reigned in England, it was by no means the first clash of arms to decide the sovereignty of Scotland, nor was it the last-that was the battle of Culloden Moor in 1745. Bannockburn remains iconic because it was the most significant Scottish victory i...

Excerpt from The Resseguie Family: A Historical and Genealogical Record of Alexander Resseguie of Norwalk, Conn, , And Four Generations of His Descendants In view of the fact that the advent of the Resseguie family in America occurred nearly a century after the earliest settlements had been made, and at a period when the eastern coast had become comparatively well populated, and when town and church organizations had long been completed, it a...

Excerpt from Bannockburn The legend of an army of men, devotedly believed for many centuries, is now dead but it died only a very short time ago. It is therefore wrong to sneer at those who rewrite certain portions of history in the light of recent investigation, for the very effort to rewrite is stimulating. We now know far more of Nelson than we did in the centenary year of Trafalgar, for the blue book published last year shows that the men...

Excerpt from The Ancestry of Daniel Bontecou, of Springfield, Mass: A Record of Forty Successive Generations, Extending Through Thirteen Centuries Pepin the 0141, sometimes called Pepin of Landen, the founder of the family, is said to have been born about 560. He was of a Brabant family and took his designation from Landen (now in Liege, Belgium). Rebelling with other of the great lords of Austrasia, against the rule of Brunehaut, who was reg...

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Excerpt from The Bontecou Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Pierre Bontecou, a Huguenot Refugee From France, in the Lines of His SonsThe work originated in the desire of the compiler to trace his lineal descent on the maternal side. Nothing like a genealogy was at first contemplated, but, the discovery of each fact developing a desire for further knowledge, the work continued to grow until its present proportions were reached.About the...

This 1925 book sets out a history of Europe from the 16th century to 1914, with the assistance of eight useful genealogical tables of the ruling families of Europe and nine detailed maps. Morris' book is an interesting study in British attitudes to Europe immediately before the First World War.