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Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
T. W. Rolleston
The work is a scholarly survey of Celtic civilization, written to correct the popular misconception that the…
ReadThe ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; Vol. 1/3
MacGibbon, David; Ross, Thomas
The work is a scholarly survey of Scottish church building from the first Christian settlements through the…
ReadGreat Britain at War
Jeffery Farnol
Jeffery Farnol’s Great Britain at War is a wartime reportage assembled from a series of articles the author…
ReadDomestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 1 (of 2)
Robert Chambers
Robert Chambers presents a wide‑ranging survey of Scotland’s “domestic annals” from the Reformation onward,…
ReadBlackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
Various
The volume is a scholarly periodical from the April 1847 issue of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, devoted to…
ReadThe Life of That Wonderful and Extraordinarily Heavy Man, Daniel Lambert From His Birth to the Moment of His Dissolution; With an Account of Men Noted for Their Corpulency, and Other Interesting Matter
Anonymous
The work is a nineteenth‑century chapbook that chronicles the life of Daniel Lambert, the famously massive…
ReadRowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2
Joseph Grego
Rowlandson the Caricaturist, Volume 2 is a reference work that gathers the titles of Thomas Rowlandson’s…
The Life of Gordon, Volume I
Demetrius Charles Boulger
The work is a biographical study of General Charles George Gordon, the celebrated British officer of the…
St. John's College, Cambridge
Robert Forsyth Scott
The work is a detailed historical guide to St. John’s College, Cambridge, written by Robert Forsyth Scott.
Old and New London, Volume I A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places
Walter Thornbury
Walter Thornbury’s Old and New London is a sprawling, encyclopedic narrative that stitches together the…
ReadEcclesiastical History of England, Volume 2—The Church of the Commonwealth
John Stoughton
ReadRecords of the Kirk of Scotland containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies from 1638 downwards, as authenticated by the clerks of assembly.
Church of Scotland. General Assembly
The work is a meticulously compiled record of the Church of Scotland’s General Assemblies, beginning with a…
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Lord Chamberlain" to "Luqman" Volume 17, Slice 1
Various
ReadThe Library of William Congreve
William Congreve
The work before you is a scholarly edition of the private catalogue compiled by the dramatist William…
ReadA history of Canada, 1763-1812
Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas
Charles Prestwood Lucas’s work is a scholarly survey of Canada’s formative years from the 1763 proclamation…
ReadThe Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)
John Knox
The second volume of John Knox’s collected works continues his chronicle of the turbulent years of the…
Lord George Bentinck: A Political Biography
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Lord George Bentinck’s political biography, penned by Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield, is a…
ReadEcclesiastical History of England, Volume 4—The Church of the Restoration [part 2]
John Stoughton
La vie et la mort du roi Richard III
William Shakespeare
Cette œuvre est la tragédie historique de William Shakespeare consacrée au dernier roi d’Angleterre de la…
ReadThe English Home from Charles I. to George IV. Its Architecture, Decoration and Garden Design
J. Alfred Gotch
ReadNarrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8) The United States of North America, Part I
ReadHistory of the Fylde of Lancashire
John Porter
John Porter’s History of the Fylde of Lancashire is a nineteenth‑century regional study that sets out to give…
ReadThe Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
R. H. Tawney
The work is a scholarly investigation of England’s agrarian transformation from the waning Middle Ages to the…
ReadMemories (volume 1 of 2)
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale
The work is a memoir in two volumes by Algernon Bertram Freeman‑Mitford, Baron Redesdale, written as a…