Biographies

Richard the Lion Heart

Kate Norgate

Kate Norgate’s work is a scholarly biography of Richard I, king of England, that treats his short reign and…

A Daughter of the Middle Border

Hamlin Garland

The work is a semi‑autobiographical narrative by Hamlin Garland, an American writer whose career spanned the…

The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 3, 1854-1861: A selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861.

Queen of Great Britain Victoria

This volume gathers a selection of Queen Victoria’s private and official correspondence from 1854‑1861, drawn…

Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Vol 1-4, Complete

Lyndon Orr

Famous Affinities of History, by Lyndon Orr, is a sweeping biographical survey that treats England’s monarchs…

Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volumes 1 and 2: Her correspondence from 1720 to 1761

Mrs. Montagu

The work is a two‑volume edited collection of Elizabeth Montagu’s letters, spanning 1720‑1761, assembled by…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1

United States. Work Projects Administration

This volume is the eleventh in a series of folk histories compiled by the Federal Writers’ Project for the…

Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave is a first‑person memoir that records the author’s harrowing…

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III.

Mrs. A. T. Thomson

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, Volume III, is a collection of contemporary letters, reports, and…

Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman

Sarah H. Bradford

The work is a modest, purpose‑driven memoir compiled by Sarah H.

Society as I Have Found It

Ward McAllister

Society as I Have Found It is a sprawling memoir by Ward McAllister, the self‑styled arbiter of New York’s…

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

The work is a memoir written by Louis‑Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Napoleon’s former private secretary,…

Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4)

Plutarch

Plutarch’s Lives III is a collection of biographical sketches that juxtaposes Greek and Roman figures,…

Pen-portraits of literary women: by themselves and others, Volume 2 (of 2)

The work is a biographical portrait of Harriet Martineau, an English writer and social reformer, presented in…

The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 1, 1837-1843: A selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861.

Queen of Great Britain Victoria

This volume is a curated selection of Queen Victoria’s personal correspondence from the early years of her…

Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497

Julia Cartwright

The work is a scholarly biography of Beatrice d’Este, Duchess of Milan, set against the intricate web of…

The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The volume presents the complete surviving correspondence of Marcus Tullius Cicero, arranged strictly in…

William Pitt and national revival

J. Holland Rose

This work is a scholarly biography of William Pitt the Younger, written by J. Holland Rose, a Litt.D.

Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver

Canot, Theodore; Mayer, Brantz

The work is an autobiographical memoir that doubles as a first‑person account of a young sailor’s immersion…

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical study by John Marshall, catalogued under the subjects of United…

The Journal to Stella

Jonathan Swift

The Journal to Stella is a manuscript‑style compilation of Jonathan Swift’s private correspondence, addressed…

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

Marshall’s second volume presents a meticulous military biography of George Washington, focusing on the…

Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II

Sir John Ross

This volume is a collection of memoirs and correspondence by Admiral Sir James Saumarez, presented by his son…

My own story

Emmeline Pankhurst

My Own Story is an autobiographical account by Emmeline Pankhurst, the leading British suffragette, that…

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete

da Vinci Leonardo

The volume is a facsimile of Leonardo da Vinci’s own handwritten treatises on optics, collected under the…