Biographies

The Life of James McNeill Whistler

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins; Pennell, Joseph

The work is a meticulously compiled biography of James McNeill Whistler, written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell…

Richard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research

Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham

The work is a scholarly biography of Richard III that sets out to reassess the Tudor‑era vilification of the…

The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Modest Chaikovskii

The volume is an edited, illustrated English edition of Modest Tchaikovsky’s monumental Russian biography of…

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I

Alexander Wheelock Thayer

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I is a scholarly biography by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, presented…

The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 3 (of 6) New Complete Library Edition

The Past Paston Letters, A.D. 1422‑1509, Volume III is a scholarly edition of a primary source collection,…

Night Bombing with the Bedouins

Robert Henry Reece

Robert Henry Reece’s Night Bombing with the Bedouins is a first‑hand account of aerial warfare during the…

The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting

Thomas Commerford Martin

The volume is a comprehensive technical record of Nikola Tesla’s pioneering work in poly‑phase currents,…

Francis Beaumont: Dramatist A Portrait, with Some Account of His Circle, Elizabethan and Jacobean, And of His Association with John Fletcher

Charles Mills Gayley

The work is a scholarly biography that treats Francis Beaumont not merely as half of the famous…

The whole truth and nothing but

Hopper, Hedda; Brough, James

The book is a sprawling memoir that blends personal recollection with behind‑the‑scenes gossip about…

Autobiography

John Stuart Mill

This work is the autobiographical sketch of John Stuart Mill, the eminent 19th‑century English philosopher,…

Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings

Wiliam Cabell Bruce

The work is a scholarly biography that draws almost entirely from Franklin’s own papers, letters, and the two…

The Journal of a Disappointed Man

W. N. P. Barbellion

The work is a diary that records the inner life of a young British naturalist whose ambition is gradually…

Lawrence and the Arabs

Robert Graves

The book is a biographical study of Thomas Edward Lawrence, the famed “Lawrence of Arabia,” written by Robert…

Eminent doctors: Their lives and their work; Vol. 2 of 2

G. T. Bettany

The work is a biographical compendium of eminent British physicians, and this volume opens with an extensive…

The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"

George Davidson

George Davidson’s “The Incomparable 29th and the ‘River Clyde’” is a first‑hand wartime diary that blends…

The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1 (of 2)

Mrs. Julian Marshall

The work is a scholarly compilation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s letters and journal entries, assembled…

Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United States

Benjamin Harrison

This volume gathers the public utterances of Benjamin Harrison, the twenty‑third President of the United…

A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes

Lady Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson

Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson, Lady writes a first‑hand wartime diary that doubles as a travelogue of German…

The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2

Miss Pardoe

The work is a detailed historical narrative by Julia Pardoe that chronicles the final years of Marie de…

Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete

Louis Constant Wairy

This work is a memoir by Louis‑Constant Wairy, the Emperor’s chief valet, first issued in 1830 and now…

Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 1

Joseph Grego

Rowlandson the Caricaturist, Volume 1 is a scholarly compilation edited by Joseph Grego that presents a…

Jerome Cardan: A Biographical Study

W. G. Waters

This work is a scholarly biography of Girolamo Cardano, the celebrated 16th‑century Italian mathematician and…

Through the Year with Famous Authors

Mabel Patterson

Through the Year with Famous Authors is a biobibliographic compendium that strings together brief portrait…

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History

John G. Nicolay