History - British

The Children's Book of London

G. E. Mitton

The Children’s Book of London is a juvenile guide that frames the capital as a living tableau of contrasting…

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

Mrs. A. T. Thomson

The work is a two‑volume collective biography of the Jacobite participants in the uprisings of 1715 and 1745,…

Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John With an Historical Introduction

William Sharp McKechnie

William Sharp McKechnie’s work is a scholarly commentary on the 1215 Magna Carta, paired with a detailed…

The Facts About Shakespeare

Neilson, William Allan; Thorndike, Ashley Horace

The book is a scholarly survey of Shakespeare’s world, written by William Allan Neilson and Ashley Horace…

Richard II Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a historical narrative that traces the lineage of English monarchs from the death of Richard I…

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

The third volume of Luke Tyerman’s three‑part biography of John Wesley offers a dense chronicle of the…

Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I

Sir John Ross

The work is a meticulously compiled memoir and correspondence of Admiral Lord James Saumarez, presented in a…

Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography

George William Erskine Russell

The work is an autobiographical memoir by George William Erskine Russell, a nineteenth‑century English…

Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1

Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

The work is a curated collection of private letters and official correspondence drawn from the family papers…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay’s third volume of The History of England, from the Accession of James II is a…

Stray Studies from England and Italy

John Richard Greene

The work is a miscellany of travel essays, social sketches and literary reflections assembled by John Richard…

Change in the Village

George Sturt

George Sturt’s Change in the Village is a social history that opens with a precise, almost geographical…

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 3—The Church of the Restoration [part 1]

John Stoughton

John Stoughton’s Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 3, The Church of the Restoration [part 1] is a…

The village labourer, 1760-1832 A study in the government of England before the Reform Bill

Hammond, J. L. (John Lawrence); Hammond, Barbara Bradby

The work is a scholarly study of English village life between 1760 and 1832, written by J. L.

A Sailor of King George

Hoffman, Frederick, Captain

The work is a first‑person naval memoir by Captain Frederick Hoffman, compiled from his own journals and…

Margaret of Anjou Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly narrative that situates Margaret of Anjou within the tangled dynastic and foreign…

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys

Dugald Butler

Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England

Frederic William Maitland

Frederic William Maitland’s work is a scholarly collection of three essays that trace the development of…

On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions

Samuel Felton

Samuel Felton’s work is a scholarly catalogue that gathers engraved likenesses of English writers who have…

A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 (of 2) From A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague

Charles Creighton

Charles Creighton’s A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 covers the span from A.D.

"The Red Watch": With the First Canadian Division in Flanders

John Allister Currie

The book is a first‑hand account by Colonel John Allister Currie, a Member of Parliament and veteran of the…

The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists

L. Tyerman

Luke Tyerman’s work is a scholarly biography of Samuel Wesley, the 17th‑century rector of Epworth and father…

Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London

Albert William Parry

Albert William Parry’s thesis is a scholarly survey of English education from the arrival of Christianity…

Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535

Eileen Power

Eileen Power’s Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275‑1535 is a scholarly monograph that sets out to give a…