Biographies

Matthew Fontaine Maury, the Pathfinder of the Seas

Charles Lee Lewis

The work is a scholarly biography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the 19th‑century U.S.

The Life of John Ruskin

W. G. Collingwood

The work is a scholarly biography of John Rus‑kin, written by his former pupil William Gershom Collingwood…

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day

Ferdinand Gregorovius

This volume is a scholarly reconstruction of Lucrezia Borgia’s life drawn from the very documents and letters…

Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England

James Endell Tyler

James Endell Tyler’s work is a detailed memoir of Henry V, tracing the monarch from his accession as Henry of…

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement

Colley Cibber

Colley Cibber’s An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber is a self‑written autobiography that has long…

Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life

Mrs. Alec-Tweedie

分甘余話

Shizhen Wang

When the movies were young

Linda Arvidson

In the World War

Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz

The work is a first‑hand memoir by Count Ottokar Czernin, an Austro‑Hungarian diplomat who served through the…

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan

Alexander Michie

The work is a biographical‑historical study of Sir Rutherford Alcock, the long‑serving British consul and…

Kościuszko A Biography

Monica M. Gardner

The work is a scholarly biography that presents the life and achievements of Tadeusz Kościuszko, the famed…

Jane Austen and Her Times

G. E. Mitton

The work is a biographical study that places Jane Austen within the social and cultural world of her own era…

Football days: Memories of the Game and of the Men Behind the Ball

William H. Edwards

The work is a memoir‑style tribute to the early days of American football, written by former player and…

Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; Etc.

Sir Charles Alexander Gordon

The work is a sprawling memoir of Sir Charles Alexander Gordon’s thirty‑nine years of service, tracing his…

Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers

John Guille Millais

The book is a biographical memoir of Frederick Courtenay Selous, a celebrated hunter, explorer and soldier,…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume V, Indiana Narratives

United States. Work Projects Administration

This volume presents a series of oral histories collected by the United States Work Projects Administration,…

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia – Volume 21” is a sweeping, essay‑like study that treats…

The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427

Johannes Schiltberger

This work is a scholarly edition of Johann Schiltberger’s own account of his wanderings from 1396 to 1427, a…

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III

Alexander Wheelock Thayer

The work is a scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, presented in a…

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

Izumi Shikibu; Murasaki Shikibu; Sugawara no Takasue no Musume

The volume brings together three celebrated Heian‑period diaries, those of Sarashina, Murasaki Shikibu, and…

The Life of Francis Thompson

Everard Meynell

Everard Meynell’s biography of the poet Francis Thompson is a tightly woven portrait of a 19th‑century…

Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1

Edward FitzGerald

The work is a curated collection of Edward FitzGerald’s correspondence, assembled after his death to give…

A Half Century Among the Siamese and the Lāo: An Autobiography

Daniel McGilvary

This work is an autobiographical account by Daniel McGilvary, a long‑serving Presbyterian missionary who…

Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Complete

Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d'

The work is a sprawling memoir and correspondence collection that brings together the letters, anecdotes, and…