History - British

The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts)

John Bickerdyke

The work is an encyclopedic survey of English ale and beer, presented as a single‑volume “curiosities” that…

Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social

Walter Besant

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson

Samuel Smiles

The work is a sweeping historical survey of railway development, written by Samuel Smiles as part of his…

England in America, 1580-1652

Lyon Gardiner Tyler

This work is a scholarly survey of English colonial activity in North America from the first English attempts…

The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 2 (of 4)

The work is a nineteenth‑century county history that begins with an exhaustive geographic description of the…

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II

Charlotte M. Yonge

The work is a series of compact historical sketches that aim to fill the gap between the brief anecdotes…

Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life

Jersey, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of

Fifty‑One Years of Victorian Life is a sprawling memoir by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child‑Villiers, Countess…

Rogers' Directory of Norwich and Neighbourhood

Edmund Dawson Rogers

Rogers’ Directory of Norwich and Neighbourhood is a nineteenth‑century reference work that combines a…

The regimental records of the British Army: A Historical Résumé Chronologically Arranged of Titles, Campaigns, Honours, Uniforms, Facings, Badges, Nicknames, Etc.

John S. Farmer

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)

Edmund Burke

This volume gathers a series of speeches and pamphlets by Edmund Burke that were originally delivered in the…

The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement, 1905-1910

E. Sylvia Pankhurst

The work is a first‑hand chronicle of the militant women’s suffrage movement in Britain from its early…

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II

Richard Hakluyt

The volume is a segment of Richard Hakluyt’s monumental compilation of English seafaring narratives, the…

Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 4 With a Memoir and Index

Thomas Babington Macaulay

The work is a mixed compilation of critical, historical, and miscellaneous essays assembled by Thomas…

A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Sir J. W. (John William) Fortescue

Fortescue’s work is a regiment‑history of the 17th Lancers, written in 1895 by Sir J. W.

Merrie England in the Olden Time, Vol. 2

George Daniel

Merrie England in the Olden Time, Vol. 2 is a sprawling anthology of early‑modern English folklore, ballads,…

History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name

Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie’s History of the Mackenzies is a revised, expanded clan chronicle first issued in 1879…

The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops

R. J. King

The Magna Carta

Anonymous

This work is a facsimile of the 13th‑century charter that King John issued to his subjects, commonly known as…

Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas

William Wood

Flag and Fleet is a sweeping historical study that argues the Royal Navy has been the decisive factor in…

Somerset

Wade, G. W. (George Woosung); Wade, J. H.

This work is a practical guide to the county of Somerset, written by the brothers G. W. Wade and J. H. Wade.

Heraldry as art: An account of its development and practice, chiefly in England

G. W. Eve

Heraldry as Art is a scholarly survey of the development and practice of heraldic design, with a particular…

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans

Theodore Roosevelt

The work is a scholarly survey of the United States Navy’s role in the War of 1812, written by Theodore…

A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 3 (of 3)

Sir Henry Keppel

The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 or a collection of speeches, letters, journals, etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Robert Forbes