45. HOW THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS

 

AND THE LESS DIVINE BUT MORE REASONABLE RIGHT OF

 

PARLIAMENT ENDED DISASTROUSLY FOR KING CHARLES II

 

46. IN FRANCE, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS

 

CONTINUED WITH GREATER POMP AND SPLENDOR THAN EVER

 

BEFORE AND THE AMBITION OF THE RULER WAS ONLY TEMPERED

 

BY THE NEWLY INVENTED LAW OF THE BALANCE OF POWER

 

47. THE STORY OF THE MYSTERIOUS MUSCOVITE EMPIRE WHICH SUDDENLY

 

BURST UPON THE GRAND POLITICAL STAGE OF EUROPE

 

48. RUSSIA AND SWEDEN FOUGHT MANY WARS TO DECIDE WHO

 

SHALL BE THE LEADING POWER OF NORTHEASTERN EUROPE

 

49. THE EXTRAORDINARY RISE OF A LITTLE STATE IN A DREARY PART

 

OF NORTHERN GERMANY, CALLED PRUSSIA