Prince Eugene of Savoy

by George Upton and George P. Upton

The story of the brilliant career of Eugene, generally known as Prince Eugene of Savoy, has its special lesson for youth. He was intended for the Church, but was ambitious for a military career. Louis the Fourteenth had marked out for him the profession of an abbe; but monarchs, even the most powerful, do not always dispose. When "the little Capuchin," as he was contemptuously called, applied to that sovereign for a commission in the French army and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1545209693
• ISBN13: 9781545209691
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"