Diaz (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

This biography of Porfirio Diaz, the president of Mexico from 1876-1911 and former general in the Mexican army, examines the life and events of this controversial figure in Mexican history—his impoverished childhood, his rise to power, and his exile following the Mexican Revolution.

David McDowall Hannay (1853-1934) was a British naval historian, who helped to prove sea power as an important military tool. As a journalist, he contributed to many, varied publications. His works include A Short History of the Royal Navy, The Navy and Sea Power, Naval Courts Martial, The Sea Trader, biographies of Tobias Smollett and Frederick Marryat, and the novels King Dobbs, Eustace Conyers, and Singleton Fontenoy.