Founders of the empire
By: by Philip Gibbs
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 1899
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Biography
Table of contents: title: Alfred, the model of English kings.; title: Stephen Langton and the Great charter.; title: Simon de Montfort and the rise of the English Parliament.; title: Sir Francis Drake and the New world.; title: John Hampden and the defence of English liberty.; title: Admiral Blake and the supremacy at sea.; title: Lord Clive and the Indian empire.; title: General Wolfe and the Dominion of Canada.; title: William Pitt, earl of Chatham, and English statesmanship.; title: Captain Cook and the exploration of Australasia.; title: Nelson and Wellington and the defence of the empire.