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Now It Can Be Told
Philip Gibbs
The work is a first‑hand chronicle of the First World War written by Philip Gibbs, a veteran British…
ReadThe Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (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
ReadAnnals of the persecution in Scotland: From the Restoration to the Revolution
James Aikman
The work is a historical chronicle of the Scottish Reformation’s darker side, tracing the persecution of…
The Great Boer War
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Great Boer War is a contemporary historical account of the South African conflict of…
ReadThe Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the East Coast
Various
The volume is a comprehensive, illustrated survey of Britain’s eastern waterways, assembled from a range of…
ReadThe Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 3 (of 4)
The work is a meticulous county‑wide survey that blends legal documentation, genealogical sketches and…
ReadNotes and Queries for Worcestershire
John Noake
The work is a scholarly appeal to the collective effort of local historians, clergy, and antiquarians to…
ReadThe Condition of Catholics Under James I. Father Gerard's Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot
John Gerard
The work is a first‑person historical account that combines a detailed autobiographical sketch with Father…
Types of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British Navy
A. T. Mahan
This work is a scholarly portrait of six eminent British naval officers, presented as “types” that illustrate…
The History of the Post Office in British North America
William Smith
The work is a scholarly survey of the development of the postal system in British North America, written by…
Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore With chapters on coffee planting in Coorg, the Mysore representative assembly, the Indian congress, caste and the Indian silver question, being the 38 years' experiences of a Mysore planter
Robert H. Elliot
Robert H. Elliot’s Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore is a sprawling memoir that blends agricultural…
ReadReport to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State For the Home Department, from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an Inquiry Into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain; With Appendices
Edwin Chadwick
The work is a governmental inquiry report compiled in the early nineteenth century by the Poor Law…
![Cover of Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2]
Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writings; A New Chronology of His Plays; A Disquisition on the on the Object of His Sonnets; And a History of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age](/covers/53626.jpg)
ReadShakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writings; A New Chronology of His Plays; A Disquisition on the on the Object of His Sonnets; And a History of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age
Nathan Drake
The work is a scholarly compendium by Nathan Drake, M.D., published in London in 1817, that gathers…
ReadGairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations
John H. Dixon
John H. Dixon’s “Gairloch in North‑West Ross‑Shire” is a comprehensive local history that blends records,…
ReadMontreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914
William H. Atherton
The work is a scholarly chronicle of Montreal’s evolution from the British conquest in 1760 through the early…
ReadA memoir of Sir John Drummond Hay, P.C., K.C.B., G.C.M.G., sometime minister at the court of Morocco
Brooks, Louisa Annette Edla Drummond-Hay; Drummond-Hay, Alice Emily; Hay, John H. Drummond
The memoir is a post‑retirement recollection of Sir John Hay Drummond Hay, a long‑serving British Consul…
ReadBattle Honours of the British Army From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Charles Boswell Norman
ReadHistory of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1 Compiled from the Original Records
Francis Duncan
The work is a meticulously compiled chronicle of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, assembled by Francis Duncan…
ReadThe Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)
The work is a nineteenth‑century parish survey that treats Cornwall’s ancient manors, churches and geology as…
Pioneers in Canada
Harry Johnston
Harry Johnston’s Pioneers in Canada is a sweeping historical survey that traces the European incursion into…
ReadHenrietta Maria
Henrietta Haynes
The work is a scholarly biography of Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I, written by Henrietta…
ReadSecret Service Under Pitt
William J. Fitz-Patrick
The work is a scholarly reconstruction of the covert operations that underpinned British policy in Ireland…
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
William Henry Giles Kingston
The work is a sweeping historical survey that sets out to trace the evolution of Britain’s naval power from…
ReadSocial Transformations of the Victorian Age: A Survey of Court and Country
T. H. S. Escott
The work is a scholarly survey rather than a narrative history, offering a series of observations on the…