Biographies

All in a Life-time

Morgenthau, Henry; Strother, French

All in a Life‑time is the autobiographical memoir of Henry Morgenthau, a future United States diplomat whose…

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)

The book is a collection of letters written between 1862 and 1868 by a handful of New‑England volunteers who…

Caroline the Illustrious, vol. 1 (of 2): Queen-Consort of George II. and sometime Queen-Regent; A Study of Her Life and Time

W. H. Wilkins

The work is a scholarly biography of Caroline of Ansbach, Queen‑Consort of George II and four‑time…

George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 (of 3)

George Eliot

This volume is a carefully edited compilation of George Eliot’s own letters and journal entries, arranged…

Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)

Edward Gibbon

The volume presents the private correspondence of Edward Gibbon, the eighteenth‑century English historian…

The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete

Abraham Lincoln

This volume gathers the writings, speeches, and correspondence of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the…

Victorian worthies: Sixteen Biographies

George Henry Blore

The work is a collection of brief biographical sketches of sixteen prominent Victorian figures, assembled by…

Life of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)

Otto Jahn

Otto Jahn’s second volume of “Life of Mozart” is a scholarly biography that blends documentary correspondence…

Soeur Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte Face Histoire d'une âme écrite par elle-même

Thérèse, de Lisieux, Saint

Ce volume est le témoignage intime de Sœur Thérèse de l’Enfant‑Jésus, rédigé par la jeune fille elle‑même et…

Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Complete Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe

Du Hausset, Mme.; Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de

The work is a collection of secret memoirs attributed to Madame du Hausset, the lady’s‑maid of Madame de…

Balzac

Frederick Lawton

Frederick Lawton’s work is a scholarly introduction to the life and times of Honoré de Balzac, the towering…

Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail

Harry A. Lewis

Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail is a biographical treatise that assembles a parade…

Marie Antoinette

Hilaire Belloc

The book is a scholarly biography that treats Marie Antoinette not as a collection of anecdotes but as a…

Memories (volume 2 of 2)

Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale

The work is a first‑person memoir by Algernon Bertram Freeman‑Mitford, Baron Redesdale, chronicling a…

Chapters from My Autobiography

Mark Twain

The work is an autobiographical fragment by Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, drawn from a…

Makers of British Botany; A Collection of Biographies by Living Botanists

The volume is a scholarly collection of biographical essays on the leading British botanists from the…

Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1

John Hill Burton

John Hill Burton’s “Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1” is a scholarly biography that weaves…

The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

A. T. Mahan

The work is a scholarly biography that treats Admiral Horatio Nelson not merely as a hero of the Napoleonic…

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum

In Stahlgewittern, aus dem Tagebuch eines Stoßtruppführers

Ernst Jünger

Der Text ist ein Tagebuch eines Infanterieführers aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, das Ernst Jünger aus seinen…

American Indian Stories

Zitkala-Sa

The work is a collection of autobiographical sketches and oral‑tradition recordings by Zitkala‑Sa, a Yankton…

The Journal of Leo Tolstoi (First Volume—1895-1899)

Leo Tolstoy

The first volume of Leo Tolstoy’s journal, covering the years 1895‑1899, presents the writer’s reflective…

Caesar: A Sketch

James Anthony Froude

James Anthony Froude’s Caesar: A Sketch is a scholarly outline rather than a full biography.

The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I)

Henry James

The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I) gathers the prolific correspondence of the American novelist whose life,…