History - European

Hans Holbein the Younger, Volume 1 (of 2)

Arthur B. Chamberlain

This volume is a scholarly biography that sets out to give the most complete account possible of Hans Holbein…

Louis Philippe Makers of History Series

John S. C. Abbott

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical biography that traces the extraordinary fortunes of Louis…

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a monumental, twelve‑volume…

Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Henry-Russell Hitchcock

Napoleon

Herman Théodore Chappuis

Dit werk is een historisch overzicht van het leven van Napoleon I, samengesteld door luitenant‑kolonel H. Th.

The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert

Horace Wyndham

The work is a biographical study that treats the life of Lola Montez, the 19th‑century dancer‑courtesan who…

Political Women, Vol. 1

Menzies, Sutherland, active 1840-1883

Political Women, Vol. I is a historical study by Sutherland Menzies that surveys the lives of a handful of…

The History of the Popes: From the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time, 3rd Ed. Vol. 1

Archibald Bower

Archibald Bower’s The History of the Popes is a polemical survey of papal authority from its legendary…

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 08 (of 15), Russian

Charles Morris

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality, Volume 8, is a sweeping survey of early Russian history that begins…

The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

Paul Barron Watson

The work is a scholarly history of Gustav I Vasa, king of Sweden from 1523 to 1560, written by Paul Barron…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 03 (of 10) Filarete and Simone to Mantegna

Giorgio Vasari

Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

Henry Vizetelly

Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines is a detailed reference work by Henry Vizetelly, a…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

The volume opens with a sweeping assessment of early‑seventeenth‑century Europe, tracing how the decline of a…

Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1

Elise Whitlock Rose

The work is a travel‑and‑architecture guide that surveys the great cathedrals and cloisters of southern…

Celtic Scotland: A history of ancient Alban. Volume 1 (of 3), History and ethnology

W. F. Skene

William Forbes Skene’s first volume of Celtic Scotland sets out to rebuild the early history of the land now…

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…

The French Revolution: A History

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle’s “The French Revolution: A History” is a sweeping, essay‑like chronicle that begins with a…

Erasmus and the Age of Reformation

Johan Huizinga

Johan Huizinga’s Erasmus and the Age of Reformation is a scholarly biography that situates the Dutch humanist…

Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 2 of 2)

John Morley

The work is a scholarly edition of John Morley’s “Diderot and the Encyclopædists,” volume two of a two‑part…

Soldan's Geschichte der Hexenprozesse. Zweiter Band

Wilhelm Gottlieb Soldan

Der zweite Band von Wilhelm Gottlieb Soldans „Geschichte der Hexenprozesse“ ist ein historisch‑juristisches…

A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 1 (of 3), Classical and mediæval criticism

George Saintsbury

George Saint‑Bury’s “A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe” is a scholarly survey that begins…

History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Vol. 6 (of 8)

J. H. Merle d'Aubigné

This volume is the sixth of Merle d’Aubigné’s monumental eight‑part History of the Reformation in Europe,…

The French Revolution - Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine

This volume is Hippolyte Taine’s continuation of his systematic study of the French Revolution, focusing…

Secret societies and subversive movements

Nesta Helen Webster

The work is a scholarly investigation into the hidden networks that, according to the author, have shaped…