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Daily Trivia #19

 In this 2017 book, historian Patrice Gueniffey compares two "exemplars of political and military leadership".

This is a dual biography of two leaders, who both became national figures in the same country at times of crisis and war, one in the 19th and one in the 20th century.


Who are the two figures in question?


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