History - European

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy

Keppel, Henry, Sir; James, Rajah of Sarawak

The work is a first‑hand narrative of a mid‑nineteenth‑century naval expedition, written by Sir Henry Keppel…

Impressions of South Africa

James Bryce

The work is a sweeping historical‑geographical study of South Africa, beginning with a concise appraisal of…

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6

Edward Gibbon

The sixth volume of Edward Gibbon’s monumental History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues…

The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765

J. E. Heeres

The work is a scholarly compilation that gathers and annotates primary documents relating to Dutch…

Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima

A. Hilliard Atteridge

The work is a historical survey of naval warfare, concentrating on the great sea battles that shaped the…

The Huguenots in France

Samuel Smiles

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative by Samuel Smiles that treats the Huguenot uprisings in…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09

The volume opens with a dense, documentary‑style account of the early Atlantic slave trade, tracing how…

Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I

Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon

The work is a first‑person memoir by Baron Fleury de Chaboulon, a former secretary of Napoleon and a senior…

The French Revolution - Volume 3

Hippolyte Taine

The work is a scholarly study of the French Revolution, the third volume of Hippolyte A.

Lectures on the French Revolution

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton, offers a scholarly lecture series on the French Revolution,…

The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 4 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 4

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

The fourth volume of François‑René Chateaubriand’s *Mémoires d’outre‑tombe* continues the diplomat‑author’s…

France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman’s third volume in the “France and England in North America” series offers a detailed…

Memoirs to Illustrate the History of My Time, Volume 1

François Guizot

The work is a sprawling memoir in which François Guizot, a leading statesman of the Restoration and July…

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Complete Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen

Mme. Campan

The work is a first‑hand chronicle by Madame Campan, the queen’s principal lady‑in‑waiting, documenting the…

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli’s *History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy* is a dense political chronicle that…

Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)

Elizabeth W. Champney

The work is a richly illustrated survey of the great Renaissance villas that once served as the sumptuous…

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6

Edward Gibbon

The sixth volume of Edward Gibbon’s monumental History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues…

Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent (vol. 1 of 2)

Alfred von Reumont

Alfred von Reumont’s work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly biography of Lorenzo de’ Medici, the…

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete

Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de

The work is a sprawling memoir that blends personal grief with courtly reportage.

World's War Events, Vol. I

World’s War Events, Vol. I is a scholarly chronicle of the political and diplomatic currents that led Europe…

Khartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan

Bennet Burleigh

Bennett Burleigh’s work is a first‑hand chronicle of the British‑Egyptian campaign that culminated in the…

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840

Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de

The work is a memoir by Dorothée Dino, later Duchess of Talleyrand and of Sagan, that records the political…

The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)

George Saintsbury

This volume is a scholarly survey of European literature from the twelfth to the thirteenth centuries,…

The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1

George Warburton

The work is a sweeping historical survey of the struggle for dominance in North America up to 1763, focusing…