Biographies

Memoirs of the Empress Catherine II. Written by Herself

Empress of Russia Catherine II

The work is a first‑person memoir penned by Catherine II herself, the celebrated Empress of Russia who ruled…

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1

Wallace, Alfred Russel; Marchant, James, Sir

The work is a scholarly compilation of Alfred Russel Wallace’s own letters and reminiscences, edited by James…

Aristotle

George Grote

This work is a scholarly reconstruction of George Grote’s unfinished magnum opus on Aristotle, presented as…

Danton: A study

Hilaire Belloc

This work is a scholarly biography of Georges‑Jacques Danton, the charismatic leader who rose to prominence…

Christopher Columbus and his monument Columbia: being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose

The volume is a nineteenth‑century tribute anthology that gathers together a selection of writings,…

The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson

Robert Southey

Robert Southey’s work is a biographical narrative that traces the formative years of Horatio Nelson, later…

Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)

Frank Harris

Frank Harris’s volume is a biographical memoir that concentrates on Oscar Wilde’s two‑year ordeal in English…

Las Casas: "The Apostle of the Indies"

Alice J. Knight

Alice J. Knight’s work is a biographical narrative that places Bartolomé de las Casas within the broader…

Records of a Girlhood

Fanny Kemble

The work is a memoir written by Fanny Kemble, the 19th‑century actress and writer, and it begins with a…

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

This volume presents a scholarly edition of Ludwig van Beethoven’s correspondence, assembled from the…

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 2 (of 3) 1859-1880

John Morley

John Morley’s second volume of The Life of William Ewart Gladstone is a scholarly biography that situates…

The girlhood of Queen Victoria, vol. 1 (of 2): A selection from Her Majesty's diaries between the years 1832 and 1840

Queen of Great Britain Victoria

The work is a carefully edited selection from Queen Victoria’s own journals, covering the years 1832‑1840,…

The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair

The work is an autobiographical memoir by Upton Sinclair, the prolific American novelist and social reformer…

The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1

Emperor of Rome Julian

The volume gathers the surviving speeches, addresses and related writings of Julian, the fourth‑century Roman…

The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain

Samuel Smiles

The work is a nineteenth‑century biography of Thomas Telford, the celebrated civil engineer, written by…

George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and His Friends

Clement King Shorter

This work is a scholarly biography that interweaves George Borrow’s own letters with extensive commentary on…

Journal 01, 1837-1846 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 07 (of 20)

Henry David Thoreau

This volume presents the seventh installment of Henry David Thoreau’s extensive diary, covering the years…

Theodoric the Goth: Barbarian Champion of Civilisation

Thomas Hodgkin

Thomas Hodgkin’s work is a scholarly biography that treats Theodoric the Ostrogoth as a pivotal, if…

My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers A Handbook

George P. Upton

The Standard Cantatas is a handbook that follows the same format as Upton’s earlier volumes on “Standard…

Through St. Dunstan's to Light

James H. Rawlinson

The work is a first‑person wartime memoir that follows a Canadian soldier from the front lines of the Great…

The Jesuits, 1534-1921 A History of the Society of Jesus from Its Foundation to the Present Time

Thomas J. Campbell

Thomas J. Campbell’s “The Jesuits, 1534‑1921” is a comprehensive historical survey of the Society of Jesus…

The Story of Commodore John Barry

Martin I. J. Griffin

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical sketch of Commodore John Barry, presented as a “brief record”…

John Brown, Soldier of Fortune: A Critique

Hill Peebles Wilson

Wilson Peebles Hill’s John Brown, Soldier of Fortune: A Critique is a late‑19th‑century historical polemic…