History - Royalty

Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion

Anonymous

France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman’s volume is a scholarly narrative that treats the turbulent era of New France through the…

The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)

Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

The Tuzuk‑i‑Jahangiri, or Memoirs of Jahangir, is the second half of the emperor’s own chronicle, translated…

The Makers of Canada: Champlain

N.-E. Dionne

The work is a nineteenth‑century French biography of Samuel de Champlain, written by N.‑E.

The Greville Memoirs, Part 3 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 2) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1852 to 1860

Charles Greville

The Greville Memoirs, Part 3, Volume 1 is a continuation of Charles Greville’s private journal covering the…

The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr

Maintenon, Madame de; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d'

The work is a collection of letters exchanged among three prominent women of the late‑seventeenth and…

The Court of Philip IV.: Spain in Decadence

Martin A. S. Hume

Martin Hume’s work is a scholarly reconstruction of the long reign of Philip IV, framed as a series of…

The Secret History of the Court of Justinian

Procopius

The Secret History of the Court of Justinian is a polemical memoir that turns the official narrative of the…

The City of Auckland, New Zealand, 1840-1920

John Barr

The work is a pioneering attempt by John Barr to assemble a continuous narrative of Auckland’s growth from…

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV.

Walter Scott

Walter Scott’s fourth volume of Life of Napoleon Bonaparte continues the author’s exhaustive chronicle of the…

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20

Thomas Carlyle

The work is a scholarly narrative of the 1760 campaign of Frederick II, the Prussian king whose military…

Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 1 of 2

Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton

Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy is a meticulously compiled memoir of the 19th‑century diplomat…

Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Complete

Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz

The work is the full memoir of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, a self‑portrait that blends…

The Mystery of Mary Stuart

Andrew Lang

The work is a scholarly investigation into the long‑standing controversy surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots,…

My life in Sarawak

Lady Margaret Brooke

The work is a memoir‑like account by Margaret, Lady Brooke, who writes from the perspective of the “Ranee” of…

The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 (of 3), Volume 2 (of 3) A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV

Charles Greville

The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 of 3, Volume 2 is a meticulously edited journal that records the political and…

玉壺淸話

active 11th century Wenying

The History of the 2nd Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys"

Edward Almack

Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England

James Endell Tyler

James Endell Tyler’s work is a biographical memoir that seeks to chart the life of Henry of Monmouth, from…

The History of Mary I, Queen of England as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors, in original private letters, and other contemporary documents

J. M. Stone

The work is a scholarly compilation that draws on a wide range of primary sources, public‑domain records,…

The Wars of the Roses; or, Stories of the Struggle of York and Lancaster

John G. Edgar

John G. Edgar’s work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that sets out to trace the entire arc of…

Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including Authentic Anecdotes of the Royal Household, and the Manners and Customs of the Court, at an Early Period of the English History

Samuel Pegge

Samuel Pegge’s Curialia Miscellanea is a sprawling antiquarian compilation that gathers together the author’s…

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01

Thomas Carlyle

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical essay by Thomas Carlyle that sets out to sketch the life and…

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18

Thomas Carlyle