History - European

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans

Theodore Roosevelt

The work is a scholarly survey of the United States Navy’s role in the War of 1812, written by Theodore…

Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia

William Fiddian Reddaway

The work is a scholarly history that seeks to trace Frederick the Great’s career and its impact on the…

A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three

Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Thomas Frognall Dibdin’s third volume of A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and…

A History of Spain founded on the Historia de España y de la civilización española of Rafael Altamira

Chapman, Charles E. (Charles Edward); Altamira, Rafael

This work is a single‑volume synthesis of Spanish history that deliberately frames the narrative for an…

The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent

Samuel Murray Hussey

The work is a memoir by Samuel Murray Hussey, an Irish land agent who lived to eighty, offering a…

Canute the Great, 995 (circa)-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age

Laurence Marcellus Larson

Laurence Marcellus Larson’s study is a scholarly biography that places King Cnut the Great at the centre of a…

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4)

William Milligan Sloane

The work is a scholarly biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, originally serialized in the Century Magazine in…

Six Centuries of Painting

Randall Davies

Fray Luis de León: A Biographical Fragment

James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

The work is a scholarly fragment by James Fitzmaurice‑Kelly that attempts to rescue a lost biography of Fray…

The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights of Man

Thomas Paine

The volume presents Thomas Paine’s “Rights of Man,” the second part of his polemic against Edmund Burke’s…

Life on a Mediaeval Barony A Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century

William Stearns Davis

Normandy: The Scenery & Romance of Its Ancient Towns, Complete

Gordon Home

The volume is a travel‑and‑description work by Gordon Home that surveys the towns, countryside and historic…

The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia

F. Hamilton Jackson

The work is a scholarly travelogue that surveys the Austrian‑ruled coasts of the Adriatic, first the…

The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power

John S. C. Abbott

John S. C. Abbott’s work is a sweeping historical survey that treats the Austrian Empire as a single, living…

The life of Poggio Bracciolini

William Shepherd

The work is a scholarly biography of Poggio Bracciolini, the fifteenth‑century Italian humanist whose efforts…

Venice: The queen of the Adriatic

Clara Erskine Clement Waters

Clara Erskine Clement Waters’ Venice: The Queen of the Adriatic opens with a vivid, almost painterly…

An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

Henry Charles Lea

Le H. C. Lea’s work is a scholarly survey of the enforced celibacy of the clergy from the earliest Jewish…

History of the Jews, Vol. 5 (of 6)

Heinrich Graetz

Letters of a Diplomat's Wife, 1883-1900

Mary King Waddington

The book is a collection of personal letters written by Mary King Waddington, wife of the French…

Portuguese Architecture

Walter Crum Watson

Walter Crum Watson’s Portuguese Architecture is a scholarly survey of the nation’s built heritage, written…

The war against Germany: Europe and adjacent areas

Kenneth E.; United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History Hunter

This volume is a pictorial supplement to the United States Army’s official World War II history series,…

Gallipoli Diary

John Graham Gillam

John Graham Gillam’s Gallipoli Diary is a first‑person account of a supply officer attached to the 29th…

A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809: From the battle of Corunna to the end of the Talavera campaign

Charles Oman

Charles Oman's A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2 continues the exhaustive chronicle of the conflict,…

Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 3 (of 8) English Explorations and Settlements in North America 1497-1689