Heroes of the Nations series

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The Heroes of the Nations series was a collection of biographies of famous people who influenced nations and changed the course of history. The series was published in New York and London from 1890 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The founding editor was Evelyn Abbott. Each biography was printed in one crown octavo volume in large type with maps and illustrations accompanying them. [1]

Contents

Titles in series

Some other books were initially intended to be part of the series, but were published separately after the 50-volume completion of the series:

See also

Notes

  1. "Heroes of the Nations (advertisement)". The Athenaeum (3262): 583. 3 May 1890.
  2. "Review of Henry V by C. L. Kingsford". Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. 93 (2431): 701. 31 May 1902.

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