This early works is a comprehensive and informative look at the subject. Themain purpose of the work is to present a connected view of the principleevents and t... » 

This early works is a comprehensive and informative look at the subject. Themain purpose of the work is to present a connected view of the principleevents and transactions which led to the empires rise and accordingly thelater stages of expansion have been touched upon much more lightly than theearlier stages which are less generally known and understood...... Many of theearliest books particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before arenow extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing theseclassic works in affordable high quality modern editions using the originaltext and artwork. «