{"product_id":"2940148368724","title":"The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes XI-XII","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • two complete books\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\u003eVOLUME XI\u003cbr\u003eAn Outline Narrative of the Great Events,\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES F. HORNE\u003cbr\u003eHenry Hudson Explores the Hudson River (a.d. 1609),\u003cbr\u003eHENRY R. CLEVELAND\u003cbr\u003eGalileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eThe Telescope and Its Discoveries (a.d. 1610), \u003cbr\u003eSIR OLIVER LODGE\u003cbr\u003eThe Beginning of British Power in India (a.d. 1612), 30\u003cbr\u003eBECKLES WILLSON\u003cbr\u003eThe Dutch Settlement of New York (a.d. 1614), \u003cbr\u003eDAVID T. VALENTINE\u003cbr\u003eHarvey Discovers the Circulation of the Blood (a.d. 1616), \u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS H. HUXLEY\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Defenestration\" at Prague (a.d. 1618)\u003cbr\u003eThe Thirty Years War,\u003cbr\u003eSAMUEL R. GARDINER\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES F. HORNE\u003cbr\u003eThe First American Legislature (a.d. 1619),\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES CAMPBELL\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction of Negroes into Virginia (a.d. 1619)\u003cbr\u003eSpread of Slavery and Cultivation of Tobacco, \u003cbr\u003eCHARLES CAMPBELL\u003cbr\u003eJOHN M. LUDLOW\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Pilgrims Settle at Plymouth (a.d. 1620), 93\u003cbr\u003eJOHN S. BARRY\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth of Modern Scientific Methods (a.d. 1620)\u003cbr\u003eBacon and Descartes, \u003cbr\u003eGEORGE HENRY LEWES\u003cbr\u003eSiege of La Rochelle (a.d. 1627)\u003cbr\u003eRichelieu Rules France, \u003cbr\u003eANDREW D. WHITE\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Puritan Exodus to New England\u003cbr\u003eThe Founding of Boston (a.d. 1630), \u003cbr\u003eJOHN G. PALFREY\u003cbr\u003eTriumph and Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Luetzen (a.d. 1632),\u003cbr\u003eBENJAMIN CHAPMAN\u003cbr\u003eRecantation of Galileo (a.d. 1633), \u003cbr\u003eSIR OLIVER LODGE\u003cbr\u003eThe Educational Reform of Comenius (a.d. 1638),\u003cbr\u003eSIMON SOMERVILLE LAURIE\u003cbr\u003eThe First Written Free Constitution in the World (a.d. 1639)\u003cbr\u003eEarliest Union among American Colonies (a.d. 1643),\u003cbr\u003eGIDEON H. HOLLISTER\u003cbr\u003eJOHN MARSHALL\u003cbr\u003eAbolition of the Court of Star-chamber (a.d. 1641)\u003cbr\u003eThe Popular Revolt against Charles I,\u003cbr\u003eHENRY HALLAM\u003cbr\u003eLORD MACAULAY\u003cbr\u003eThe Founding of Montreal (a.d. 1642), \u003cbr\u003eALFRED SANDHAM\u003cbr\u003ePresbyterianism Established\u003cbr\u003eMeeting of the Westminster Assembly (a.d. 1643), \u003cbr\u003eDAVID MASSON\u003cbr\u003eMasaniello's Revolt at Naples (a.d. 1647), \u003cbr\u003eALFRED VON REUMONT\u003cbr\u003eThe Peace of Westphalia (a.d. 1648)\u003cbr\u003eThe War of the Fronde, 285\u003cbr\u003eARTHUR HASSALL\u003cbr\u003eReligious Toleration Proclaimed in Maryland (a.d. 1649), \u003cbr\u003eG. L. DAVIS\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Civil War in England\u003cbr\u003eThe Execution of Charles I (a.d. 1649),\u003cbr\u003eLORD MACAULAY\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES KNIGHT\u003cbr\u003eCromwell's Campaign in Ireland (a.d. 1649),\u003cbr\u003eFREDERIC HARRISON\u003cbr\u003eMolière Creates Modern Comedy (a.d. 1659), \u003cbr\u003eHENRI VAN LAUN\u003cbr\u003eCromwell's Rule in England\u003cbr\u003eThe Restoration (a.d. 1660), \u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS CARLYLE\u003cbr\u003eJOHN RICHARD GREEN\u003cbr\u003eSAMUEL PEPYS\u003cbr\u003eUniversal Chronology (a.d. 1609-1660), \u003cbr\u003eJOHN RUDD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME XII\u003cbr\u003eAn Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE\u003cbr\u003eLouis XIV Establishes Absolute Monarchy (A.D. 1661) JAMES COTTER MORISON\u003cbr\u003eNew York Taken by the English (A.D. 1664) JOHN R. BRODHEAD\u003cbr\u003eGreat Plague in London (A.D. 1665) DANIEL DEFOE\u003cbr\u003eGreat Fire in London (A.D. 1666) JOHN EVELYN\u003cbr\u003eDiscovery of Gravitation (A.D. 1666) SIR DAVID BREWSTER\u003cbr\u003eMorgan, the Buccaneer, Sacks Panama (A.D. 1671) JOHANN W. VON ARCHENHOLZ\u003cbr\u003eStruggle of the Dutch against France and England (A.D. 1672) C.M. DAVIES.\u003cbr\u003eDiscovery of the Mississippi La Salle Names Louisiana (A.D. 1673-1682) FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU\u003cbr\u003eKing Philip's War (A.D. 1675) RICHARD HILDRETH\u003cbr\u003eGrowth of Prussia under the Great Elector His Victory at Fehrbellin (A.D. 1675) THOMAS CARLYLE\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Penn Receives the Grant of Pennsylvania Founding of Philadelphia (A.D. 1681) GEORGE E. ELLIS\u003cbr\u003eLast Turkish Invasion of Europe Sobieski Saves Vienna (A.D. 1683) SUTHERLAND MENZIES\u003cbr\u003eMonmouth's Rebellion (A.D. 1685) GILBERT BURNET\u003cbr\u003eRevocation of the Edict of Nantes (A.D. 1685) BON LOUIS HENRI MARTIN\u003cbr\u003eThe English Revolution\u003cbr\u003eFlight of James II (A.D. 1688)\u003cbr\u003eGILBERT BURNET\u003cbr\u003eH.D. TRAILL\u003cbr\u003ePeter the Great Modernizes Russia Suppression of the Streltsi (A.D. 1689) ALFRED RAMBAUD\u003cbr\u003eTyranny of Andros in New England The Bloodless Revolution (A.D. 1689) CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT\u003cbr\u003eMassacre of Lachine (A.D. 1689) FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU\u003cbr\u003eSiege of Londonderry and Battle of the Boyne (A.D. 1689-1690) TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT\u003cbr\u003eSalem Witchcraft Trials (A.D. 1692) RICHARD HILDRETH\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Bank of England (A.D. 1694) JOHN FRANCIS\u003cbr\u003eColonization of","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072805748976,"sku":"2940148368724","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148368724_p0.jpg?v=1763702624","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148368724","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}