{"product_id":"2940148368618","title":"The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume XIII","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eAn Outline Narrative of the Great Events,  \u003cbr\u003eCHARLES F. HORNE\u003cbr\u003eJohn Law Promotes the Mississippi Scheme (A.D. 1716),  \u003cbr\u003eLOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS\u003cbr\u003ePrince Eugene Vanquishes the Turks\u003cbr\u003eSiege and Battle of Belgrad (A.D. 1717),  \u003cbr\u003ePRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY\u003cbr\u003eBursting of the South Sea Bubble (A.D. 1720),  \u003cbr\u003eLOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS\u003cbr\u003eBach Lays the Foundation of Modern Music (A.D. 1723),  \u003cbr\u003eHENRY TIPPER\u003cbr\u003eSettlement of Georgia (A.D. 1732),  \u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM B. STEVENS\u003cbr\u003eRise of Methodism (A.D. 1738)\u003cbr\u003ePreaching of the Wesleys and of Whitefield,  \u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM E.H. LECKY\u003cbr\u003eConquests of Nadir Shah\u003cbr\u003eCapture of Delhi (A.D. 1739),  \u003cbr\u003eSIR JOHN MALCOLM\u003cbr\u003eFirst Modern Novel (A.D. 1740),  \u003cbr\u003eEDMUND GOSSE\u003cbr\u003eFrederick the Great Seizes Silesia (A.D. 1740)\u003cbr\u003eMaria Theresa Appeals to the Hungarians,  \u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM SMYTH\u003cbr\u003eDefeat of the Young Pretender at Culloden (A.D. 1746)\u003cbr\u003eLast of the Stuarts,  \u003cbr\u003eJUSTIN McCARTHY\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Franklin Experiments with Electricity (A.D. 1747),  \u003cbr\u003eJOHN BIGELOW AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN\u003cbr\u003eVoltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva (A.D. 1755),  \u003cbr\u003eJOHN MORLEY\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE W. KITCHIN\u003cbr\u003eBraddock's Defeat (A.D. 1755),  \u003cbr\u003eWINTHROP SARGENT\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE WASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003eCAPTAIN DE CONTRECŒUR\u003cbr\u003eExile of the Acadian Neutrals (A.D. 1755),  \u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM H. WITHROW\u003cbr\u003eClive Establishes British Supremacy in India\u003cbr\u003eBlack Hole of Calcutta: Battle of Plassey (A.D. 1756),  \u003cbr\u003eSIR ALEXANDER J. ARBUTHNOT\u003cbr\u003eSeven Years' War (A.D. 1756-1763)\u003cbr\u003eBattle of Torgau,  \u003cbr\u003eWOLFGANG MENZEL\u003cbr\u003eFREDERICK THE GREAT\u003cbr\u003eConquest of Canada\u003cbr\u003eVictory of Wolfe at Quebec (A.D. 1759),  \u003cbr\u003eA.G. BRADLEY\u003cbr\u003eUsurpation of Catharine II in Russia (A.D. 1762),  \u003cbr\u003eW. KNOX JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003eConspiracy of Pontiac (A.D. 1763),  \u003cbr\u003eE.O. RANDALL\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act (A.D. 1765)\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Henry's Speech,  \u003cbr\u003eJAMES GRAHAME\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE BANCROFT\u003cbr\u003eWatt Improves the Steam-engine (A.D. 1769),  \u003cbr\u003eFRANÇOIS ARAGO\u003cbr\u003eFirst Partition of Poland (A.D. 1772),  \u003cbr\u003eJAMES FLETCHER\u003cbr\u003eThe Boston Tea Party (A.D. 1773),  \u003cbr\u003eGEORGE BANCROFT\u003cbr\u003eCotton Manufacture Developed (A.D. 1774),  \u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS F. HENDERSON\u003cbr\u003eIntellectual Revolt of Germany\u003cbr\u003eGoethe's Werther Arouses Romanticism (A.D. 1775),  \u003cbr\u003eKARL HILLEBRAND\u003cbr\u003ePestalozzi's Method of Education (A.D. 1775),  \u003cbr\u003eGEORGE RIPLEY\u003cbr\u003eUniversal Chronology (A.D. 1716-1775),  \u003cbr\u003eJOHN RUDD","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072805552368,"sku":"2940148368618","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148368618_p0.jpg?v=1763701501","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148368618","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}