Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century
CHAPTER XI
The European Revolution of 1848
Corrupt Courts and Rulers--The Spirit of Liberty Among the People--Bourbonism--Revolutionary Outbreak in France--Spreads to Other Countries--The Struggle in Italy--In Germany--The Revolt in Hungary--The Career of Kossuth the Patriot, Statesman and Orator--His Visit to America--Defeat of the Patriots by Austria and Hungary--General Haynau the Cruel Tyrant--Later History of Hungary 167