Zaharoff the Armaments King

THE DIFFICULTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER.

I. ON THE TRACK OF A YOUNG MAN FROM THE EAST.
A Piece of Universal History--A Piece of Family
History--The Child is Father of the Man--The
Case of Haim Sahar of Wilkomir--Sir Basil
Casanova--The Detective at Work--The First
Conquest of Athens.

II. DEAD MEN OVERTURE.
The Duel with Mr. Maxim--A Stay in Russia--Cherchez
la femme--Clouds over South America
--In the Prime of Life--a portrait--Maxims
for Budding Armament Kings--The Duel with
a Gentleman from Le Creusot--The Noise of
Battle--In the Paris Press--Spring Interlude,
1914.

III. ALMOST A MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE.
Chance and mischance--The Second Conquest
of Athens--Merely Fiction.

IV. THE VOICE BEHIND THE THRONE.
A Little Study in Human Nature--The Invasion
of France--Blood versus Oil--Unknown Motives
--The Private War of a Millionaire--Retreat.

V. NATIONS AS PAWNS.
Divide et impera--And Germany?--One Fatherland
less--The milliard-pound Peace.

VI. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF AN OLD GENTLEMAN.
A Principality for a Woman--Lies about Zaharoff
--The end of Zaharoff.

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