History - Royalty

Richard I Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly biography of Richard I, King of England, presented as a strict compilation of…

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…

Expansion and Conflict

William Edward Dodd

William E. Dodd’s Expansion and Conflict is a scholarly survey of American political, economic, and social…

Napoleon

Herman Théodore Chappuis

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

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…

Richard II Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a historical narrative that traces the lineage of English monarchs from the death of Richard I…

Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1

Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

The work is a curated collection of private letters and official correspondence drawn from the family papers…

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…

Margaret of Anjou Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly narrative that situates Margaret of Anjou within the tangled dynastic and foreign…

Histoire de France 1724-1759 (Volume 18/19)

Jules Michelet

Ce volume, tiré de la série « Histoire de France » de Jules Michelet, couvre la période 1724‑1759, soit la…

Louis XIV. Makers of History Series

John S. C. Abbott

John S. C. Abbott’s “Louis XIV” is a nineteenth‑century scholarly biography that treats the Sun King as the…

William the Conqueror Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly biography that treats William the Conqueror as one of the “great personages” whose…

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

Edward Gibbon

The work is the fifth volume of Edward Gibbon’s monumental survey of Rome’s waning power, extending his…

Coronation Anecdotes

Giles Gossip

Coronation Anecdotes is a scholarly miscellany that gathers together the legends, symbols and historical…

Pyrrhus Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott’s work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the life of Pyrrhus, king of…

Charles I Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that sets out to tell the life of Charles I for a young…

Henry VIII.

A. F. Pollard

The work is a scholarly attempt to give a concise yet comprehensive portrait of Henry VIII, the Tudor monarch…

Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, as a…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay’s fourth volume of The History of England continues his sweeping chronicle of the…

The Modern Regime, Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine

The Modern Regime, Volume 1 is Hippolyte Taine’s ambitious attempt to map the political and social…

Xerxes Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly survey of the Persian monarch Xerxes I, designed originally as a school textbook.

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 11: France, 843-1715

The work is a scholarly survey of French history from the collapse of Carolingian authority in 843 to the…

William Pitt and the Great War

J. Holland Rose

The work is a scholarly biography that treats William Pitt the Younger’s second, war‑time career as a…