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ReadChronicles of the house of Borgia
Frederick Rolfe
Frederick Rolfe’s Chronicles of the House of Borgia is a sweeping historical essay that treats the rise and…
ReadIreland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 2 (of 3), 1642-1660
Richard Bagwell
ReadA History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume II
Henry Charles Lea
ReadLeon, Burgos and Salamanca: A Historical and Descriptive Account
Albert Frederick Calvert
Albert Frederick Calvert’s work is a scholarly survey of the architecture and history of three historic…
ReadA Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two
Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Thomas Frognall Dibdin’s A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume II…
ReadThe true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were. A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated and commented by Theophilus de Garencieres, Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond.
Nostradamus
The volume presents a 17th‑century English translation and commentary on the prophetic verses of Michel…
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera
Pietro Martire d' Anghiera
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 is the first half of Pietro Martire d’Anghiera’s eight‑decade chronicle of the New…
ReadThe Republic of Ragusa: An Episode of the Turkish Conquest
Luigi Villari
The work is a scholarly survey of the Republic of Ragusa, written by Luigi Villari, whose focus is the city’s…
ReadThe Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II
Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The volume is a scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven authored by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, a…
ReadThe Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations
Paul B. Du Chaillu
The work is a scholarly survey of Viking civilization, assembled by the explorer‑author Paul B.
The Haskalah Movement in Russia
Jacob S. Raisin
The work is a scholarly survey of the Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment, as it unfolded in Russia from the…
ReadGróf Károlyi Gábor följegyzései (1. kötet)
Károly Eötvös
The work is a memoir‑type record compiled by Károly Eötvös, who presents himself as the confidant of Count…
ReadMemoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. I)
Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de
This work is a first‑hand memoir by Emmanuel‑Auguste‑Dieudonné, comte de Las Cases, who spent eighteen months…
ReadMontreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914
William H. Atherton
The work is a scholarly chronicle of Montreal’s evolution from the British conquest in 1760 through the early…
ReadA memoir of Sir John Drummond Hay, P.C., K.C.B., G.C.M.G., sometime minister at the court of Morocco
Brooks, Louisa Annette Edla Drummond-Hay; Drummond-Hay, Alice Emily; Hay, John H. Drummond
The memoir is a post‑retirement recollection of Sir John Hay Drummond Hay, a long‑serving British Consul…
Joan of Arc
Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower
The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower that sets out to…
ReadLouis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle, 1652-1693
Arvède Barine
The work is a historical study that intertwines the early reign of Louis XIV with the life of his cousin…
ReadThe Story of Siena and San Gimignano
Edmund G. Gardner
The work is a scholarly survey of the art, architecture, and political history of two of Tuscany’s most…
ReadEarly Printed Books
E. Gordon Duff
This work is a scholarly survey of the earliest phase of printing, written by Edward Gordon Duff and first…
ReadThe Alhambra being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration
Albert Frederick Calvert
Albert Frederick Calvert’s work is a richly illustrated survey of the Alhambra, intended as a compact…
ReadColumbus and Other Heroes of American Discovery
N. D'Anvers
Columbus and Other Heroes of American Discovery is a nineteenth‑century reference work that sets out to trace…
ReadThe Story of Florence
Edmund G. Gardner
The work is a concise yet richly illustrated survey of Florence’s political and artistic development,…
ReadHenrietta Maria
Henrietta Haynes
The work is a scholarly biography of Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I, written by Henrietta…
ReadEminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 2 (of 3)
Montgomery, James; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
This volume is a biographical compendium that gathers the lives of eminent Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese…