Project Gutenberg 2008-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 133 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis) 1870 1942 Horne, Charles Francis Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Sigal Alon, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1" by Charles F. Horne is a historical anthology written in the late 19th century. This collection provides a series of biographical sketches detailing the lives of over 200 notable figures throughout history, ranging from ancient leaders and conquerors to influential cultural icons. The anthology aims to shed light on the achievements and impacts of these individuals, making it both educational and engaging for readers interested in history. At the start of this anthology, the biographical sketches of significant historical figures are introduced, including prominent personalities such as Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus the Great, and Alexander the Great. The opening portion highlights the conquests and actions of Nebuchadnezzar, showcasing his ascent to power, military campaigns, and the subsequent fall of Jerusalem to his forces. Written in a narrative style, it emphasizes Nebuchadnezzar's complex character, his achievements in city-building, and his eventual decline due to an episode of madness, setting the tone for the exploration of greatness and tragedy that recurs throughout the upcoming sketches. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Biography CT Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - General 722394 720024 2024-10-11T10:02:16.690987 2023-09-12T03:34:47.842788 text/html text/html 715284 2021-01-04T00:55:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3263387 2021-01-04T00:55:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3398900 2024-10-11T10:02:29.499981 application/epub+zip 3409411 2024-10-11T10:02:21.170998 application/epub+zip 351014 2024-10-11T10:02:19.322995 application/epub+zip 3669843 2024-10-11T10:02:35.565887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3625803 2024-10-11T10:02:28.159943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580096 2022-09-12T09:27:57.224234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 664543 664314 2024-10-11T10:02:15.227026 2023-09-12T03:34:46.725777 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 664298 2021-01-04T00:55:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 255028 2021-01-04T00:55:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 664411 2021-01-04T00:55:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 254892 2021-01-04T00:55:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21444 2024-10-11T10:02:35.715891 application/rdf+xml 15865 2024-10-11T10:02:19.930973 image/jpeg 3832 2024-10-11T10:02:19.631969 image/jpeg 3357022 2024-10-11T10:02:16.930029 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia