History - European

The court of Louis XV

Imbert de Saint-Amand

The work is a historical study that treats the court of Louis XV as a living tableau, beginning with a…

Gatherings from Spain

Richard Ford

Richard Ford’s Gatherings from Spain offers a compact, illustrated version of his earlier Handbook of Spain,…

Baron d'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France

Max Pearson Cushing

Max Pearson Cushing’s work is a scholarly study that situates the French Enlightenment figure Paul‑Henri…

Richard Wagner, Composer of Operas

John F. Runciman

The work is a scholarly biography of the German composer Richard Wagner, written by John F. Runciman.

France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889

William Henry Hurlbert

William Henry Hurlbert’s France and the Republic offers a panoramic travel‑essay that doubles as a political…

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

Watkin Tench

Watkin Tench’s work is a first‑hand chronicle of the early years of the British settlement at Port Jackson,…

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)

Shearjashub Spooner

The work is a sweeping compendium of historical anecdotes that links the great artists of the Western world…

The Tenth (Irish) Division in Gallipoli

Bryan Cooper

The work is a regimental history that concentrates on the 10th (Irish) Division’s service in the Gallipoli…

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. V (of VI), "In London and Moscow" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings

Giacomo Casanova

The work is the fifth volume of Giacomo Casanova’s extensive memoirs, presented here in its first complete…

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 2 (of 4)

William Milligan Sloane

This volume, the second of four by William Milligan Sloane, continues his scholarly survey of Napoleon’s rise…

The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask Extracted from Documents in the French Archives

George Agar Ellis Dover

The work is a scholarly reconstruction of the Iron Mask episode, assembled by George Agar Ellis Dover, Baron,…

Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria

Clara Tschudi

The work is a biographical sketch of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, written by Clara Tschudi.

The Ascent of the Matterhorn

Edward Whymper

The Ascent of the Matterhorn is Edward Whymper’s first‑hand chronicle of his early forays into Alpine…

The Normans in European history

Charles Homer Haskins

Charles H. Haskins’s work is a scholarly collection of eight public lectures first delivered at the Lowell…

A History of the Inquisition of Spain; Vol. 2

Henry Charles Lea

This volume is a scholarly study of the Spanish Inquisition, written by Henry Charles Lea.

Paris, From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2

William Walton

The work is a scholarly survey of Parisian institutions from the medieval period onward, written by William…

The Later Renaissance

David Hannay

David Hannay’s The Later Renaissance is a scholarly survey that maps the literary flowering of Spain and its…

The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. 2. (of 2) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England

Moncure Daniel Conway

The work is a scholarly biography by Moncure Daniel Conway that traces Thomas Paine’s literary, political and…

A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812: Valencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Madrid

Charles Oman

This fifth volume of Charles Oman’s exhaustive history of the Peninsular War picks up the narrative where the…

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 3, no. 18, November, 1851

Various Harper

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 3, no. 18 (November 1851) offers a single, expansive historical essay…

Stones of Venice [introductions]

John Ruskin

The work is a scholarly re‑edition of John Ruskin’s earlier writings on Venice, organized as the first volume…

A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete

Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s “A Popular History of Ireland” is an ambitious survey that stretches from the island’s…

Ten Days That Shook the World

John Reed

John Reed’s Ten Days That Shook the World is a first‑hand chronicle of the November 1917 Revolution, written…

Fairs, past and present: A chapter in the history of commerce

Cornelius Walford

The work is a scholarly survey of fairs, tracing their evolution from ancient religious gatherings to the…