History - Modern (1750+)

The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland

Romer, Cecil Francis; Mainwaring, Arthur Edward

The work is a regimental history of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, written by Majors Cecil F.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II.

Mrs. A. T. Thomson

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, Volume II, is a historical compilation by A. T.

Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812. Volume 2

A. T. Mahan

Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812, Volume 2, is a scholarly study by Alfred Thayer Mahan that…

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…

Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler’s work is a scholarly survey of the development of evolutionary thought, concentrating on the…

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 Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837)

Brodrick, George C. (George Charles); Fotheringham, John Knight

The work is a scholarly political history of Britain covering the period from Addington’s administration…

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 Jewish State

Theodor Herzl

The work is a political pamphlet by Theodor Herzl, first issued in Vienna in 1896 as Der Judenstaat and later…

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is a polemical pamphlet printed in Philadelphia in early 1776, aimed at the…

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…

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…

World's War Events, Vol. II

World’s War Events, Vol. II is a detailed military account of the 1916 Somme offensive, compiled by Francis…

Aventures d'un Gentilhomme Breton aux îles Philippines

Paul P. de La Gironière

Ce volume est le récit autobiographique de Paul de La Gironière, médecin de marine et colon français, qui…

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

The volume is a scholarly biography of George Washington, written by John Marshall, and it opens with a…

Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 1 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883

Montefiore, Moses, Sir; Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

The work is a two‑volume diary that records the public and private lives of Sir Moses Montefiere and his wife…

The reign of Mary Tudor

James Anthony Froude

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical study of Mary I, Queen of England, focusing on the political and…

Lord John Russell

Stuart J. Reid

Stuart J. Reid’s Lord John Russell is a meticulously documented biography of the nineteenth‑century British…

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…