Stump the German

[Eva Elisabeth]

For the first time I've decided to give up on a trivia question and apologize that it was obviously a very poor one. Well, I thought a king would make you think of legends, and of telling or reading such to someone. And this is what Fanny Seward did on the evening of April 14 - she read to her father from the "Legends of Charlemagne" by Thomas Bulfinch.

In her recently published Fanny Seward bio, Trudy Krisher writes: "As a subject for her ailing father, Charlemagne was a fitting choice. The eight-century leader had undertaken war in order to bring peace and unity to a diverse people torn by unending conflict. Likewise, Abraham Lincoln, aided by Fanny's father, had served as a similar leader eleven centuries later."

Here's the book:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4927/4927-h/4927-h.htm

Roger and Roger, thank you for guessing on this question, and for correctly identifying Charlemagne!