# Great leaders: Historic portraits from the great historians Author: Ferris, George T. (George Titus), 1840- [Compiler] Genre: Category: Biographies Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66792 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Great+leaders%3A+Historic+portraits+from+the+great+historians+Ferris&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Every one perusing the pages of the historians must have been impressed with the graphic and singularly penetrative character of many of the sketches of the distinguished persons whose doings form the staple of history. These pen-portraits often stand out from the narrative with luminous and vivid effect, the writers seeming to have concentrated upon them all their powers of penetration and all their skill in graphic delineation. Few things in literature are marked by analysis so close, discernment so keen, or by effects so brilliant and dramatic. In some of the later historians this feature is specially noticeable, but it was Hume’s admirable portrayal of the character of Alfred the Grea... ## Chapters - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-leaders-historic-portraits-from-the-great-historians-66792/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-leaders-historic-portraits-from-the-great-historians-66792/chapters/16/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-leaders-historic-portraits-from-the-great-historians-66792/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-leaders-historic-portraits-from-the-great-historians-66792/chapters/17/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-leaders-historic-portraits-from-the-great-historians-66792/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-leaders-historic-portraits-from-the-great-historians-66792/chapters/20/index.md) - [Part 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-leaders-historic-portraits-from-the-great-historians-66792/chapters/29/index.md) - 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