History - British

The Commonwealth of Oceana

James Harrington

The Commonwealth of Oceana is a seventeenth‑century political treatise that begins with an extensive…

Bygone Punishments

William Andrews

Bygone Punishments is a Victorian‑era survey of historic penal practices, compiled by William Andrews and…

The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 2 of 2

S. C. Hall

The work is a scholarly survey of England’s historic manor houses, written by Samuel Carter Hall and…

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 3 (of 4).—1874-1892

Charles L. Graves

Mr. Punch’s History of Modern England, Vol. III (1874‑1892) is a illustrated chronicle that blends political…

The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 2/2

Arthur Griffiths

Arthur Griffiths’s Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 2/2 is a forensic survey of England’s criminal justice system…

The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816

Thomas Walker

The work is a historical monograph by Thomas James Walker that sets out to document the first purpose‑built…

Concerning the bi-literal cypher of Francis Bacon discovered in his works

Elizabeth Wells Gallup

This volume is a scholarly work by Elizabeth Wells Gallup that sets out her exhaustive research into the…

The Roman Wall A historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, deduced from numerous personal surveys

J. Collingwood Bruce

The Roman Wall presents itself as a scholarly survey of the ancient Roman frontier that stretches from the…

Famous Fighters of the Fleet Glimpses through the Cannon Smoke in the Days of the Old Navy

Edward Fraser

Edward Fraser’s work is a naval‑history anthology that gathers half a dozen episodes from Britain’s “Old…

Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)

Francis S. Drake

The work is a nineteenth‑century compilation of primary material concerning the 1773 shipment of tea to the…

Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover, volume 2 (of 2)

Dr. Doran

The work is a sprawling biographical chronicle of the Hanoverian queens of England, compiled by Dr John…

Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; Between 1793 and 1849

William O. S. Gilly

This volume is a meticulously compiled record of every Royal Navy shipwreck from 1793 to 1849, drawn from…

London Clubs: Their History & Treasures

Ralph Nevill

The work is a detailed social history of London’s clubs, tracing their evolution from early coffee‑houses to…

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree

Louis Creswicke

Allen's West London Street Directory, 1868

Samuel Allen

Allen’s West London Street Directory, 1868, is a Victorian‑era reference work that catalogues the commercial…

Battles of English History

H. B. George

The work is a survey of England’s major land battles, written by H. B.

Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature

Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley’s Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature is a scholarly survey of English…

The History of the First West India Regiment

A. B. Ellis

The work is a detailed military history of the First West India Regiment, compiled by Alfred Burdon Ellis, a…

Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester

Drake, James, active 1825

The work is a practical guide to travelling the Grand Junction Railway, the line that links Birmingham with…

The British Expedition to the Crimea

Sir William Howard Russell

The work is a first‑hand historical account of the British Crimean campaign, written by Sir William Howard…

The Western Front Drawings by Muirhead Bone

The work is a wartime visual record, a collection of Muirhead Bone’s drawings that chronicle the British…

The Viceroys of Ireland

Charles Kingston

The Viceroys of Ireland is a comprehensive historical study that traces the succession of English…

Worcestershire in the Nineteenth Century A Complete Digest of Facts Occuring in the County since the Commencement of the year 1800

T. C. Turberville

This work is a utilitarian chronicle of Worcestershire from 1800 to the mid‑nineteenth century, compiled by…

Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals

Alfred Marks

Alfred Marks’s Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals is a scholarly survey of England’s most infamous execution…