History - Warfare

America's War for Humanity

Thomas Herbert Russell

America’s War for Humanity is a richly illustrated chronicle of the United States’ participation in World War…

The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 3 of 3

Frederick Ponsonby

The work is a regimental history of the Grenadier Guards, written by Frederick Ponsonby, a senior officer who…

History of Halifax City

Thomas B. Akins

Thomas B. Akins’s History of Halifax City is a meticulous chronicle of the colony’s early days, beginning…

The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919

C. E. Wurtzburg

The work is a regiment‑level history of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, “the King’s” (Liverpool Regiment)…

Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; Etc.

Sir Charles Alexander Gordon

The work is a sprawling memoir of Sir Charles Alexander Gordon’s thirty‑nine years of service, tracing his…

The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427

Johannes Schiltberger

This work is a scholarly edition of Johann Schiltberger’s own account of his wanderings from 1396 to 1427, a…

The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915

Edward Parrott

The volume presents a sweeping, fact‑laden account of the First World War as it unfolded in 1915, written for…

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairs

E. Hamilton Currey

Sea‑Wolves of the Mediterranean is a historical study that chronicles the rise and deeds of the Muslim…

The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2

George Warburton

The work is a detailed historical narrative of the French and British struggle for control of North America…

Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892

Ohrwalder, Josef; Wingate, F. R. (Francis Reginald), Sir

The work is a first‑hand account of Father Josef Ohrwalder’s ten‑year imprisonment among the followers of the…

Wellington's Army, 1809-1814

Charles Oman

Charles Oman's Wellington’s Army, 1809‑1814 is a scholarly study that goes beyond the usual campaign…

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Winston Churchill

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the Sudanese campaigns of 1881‑1899 as a…

Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1

Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton’s Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 is a first‑hand military journal that blends personal narrative with…

Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France

Parker, Gilbert; Bryan, Claude Glennon

The Better Germany in War Time: Being Some Facts Towards Fellowship

Harold W. Picton

Harold W. Picton’s The Better Germany in War Time is a wartime nonfiction work that seeks to balance the…

The Story of the British Army

Charles Cooper King

Charles Cooper King’s work is a comprehensive survey of the British Army’s evolution from its earliest tribal…

Women of Belgium: Turning Tragedy to Triumph

Charlotte Kellogg

The work is a contemporary account of World War I relief efforts in Belgium, written by Charlotte Kellogg…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

The volume is a sweeping survey of mid‑sixteenth‑century European turmoil, beginning with the accession of…

War Medals and Their History

William Augustus Steward

The work is a comprehensive reference on British military decorations, written by William Augustus Steward,…

C. Iuli Caesaris De Bello Gallico, I-IV

Julius Caesar

Cicero Caesar Iulius in hoc volumine, C. Iuli Caesaris De Bello Gallico I‑IV, exordium suum ponit in media…

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 5 (of 8) From the Disaster at Koorn Spruit to Lord Roberts's Entry into Pretoria

Louis Creswicke

Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty

Imbert de Saint-Amand

The work is a sweeping historical narrative that charts the rapid disintegration of the ancien régime between…

Men of Invention and Industry

Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles’s Men of Invention and Industry is a biographical survey of the engineers, shipbuilders, and…

How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine

W. T. Massey

The work is a contemporary military narrative by W. T. Massey, written in April 1919, that records the…