“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” - Niccolò Machiavelli. A study of legendary Russian military force The Cossacks, an essay on Thomas Jefferson, a history of The Knights Templar, a biography of Louis XIV ‘The Sun King,’ a short history of Spain and a study of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. It’s all here and more in Strategy Six Pack 10 : The Cossacks by William Penn Cresson. Thomas Jefferson by Elbert Hubbard. The History of the Knights Templar by Charles Addison. The Sun King – A biography of Louis XIV by John Abbott. A Short History of Spain by Mary Platt Parmele. The Lincoln Assassination by George Alfred Townsend. Includes image galleries for The Cossacks and The History of the Knights Templar . John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 - June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer. Charles Greenstreet Addison (died 1866) was an English barrister and historical, travel and legal writer. William Penn Cresson 1873-1932. Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 - May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Among his many publications were the nine-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great . He died aboard the Lusitania , when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. Mary Platt Parmele (July 14, 1843 - May 26, 1911) was an American author and historian. George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914), was a noted war correspondent during the American Civil War, and a later novelist.