Leo Tolstoy in his bare Apartments at Yasnaya Polyana (Repin)

HEROES OF MODERN EUROPE

BY

ALICE BIRKHEAD B.A.

AUTHOR OF
'THE STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION'
'MARIE ANTOINETTE' 'PETER THE GREAT' ETC.

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS

GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD.
LONDON —— CALCUTTA —— SYDNEY

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First published July 1913
by GEORGE G. HARRAP & Co.
39-41 Parker Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2

Reprinted in the present series:
February 1914; August 1917; May 1921; January 1924; July 1926

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