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London and the Kingdom - Volume 2 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

London and the Kingdom - Volume 2 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

Reginald R. Sharpe

London and the Kingdom – Volume 2 is a scholarly history that draws chiefly on the Guildhall archives, the…

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

Lucy Aikin

Lucy Aikin’s “Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth” is a detailed chronicle of the early years of…

Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration

Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration

Joseph Quincy Adams

Shakespearean Playhouses is a scholarly survey of London’s early modern theatres, tracing their origins from…

The Handbook to English Heraldry

The Handbook to English Heraldry

Charles Boutell

The Handbook to English Heraldry, authored by Charles Boutell, is a scholarly survey of the development of…

The history of England, from the accession of Henry III. to the death of Edward III. (1216-1377)

The history of England, from the accession of Henry III. to the death of Edward III. (1216-1377)

T. F. Tout

The work is a scholarly chronicle of England’s Plantagenet era, covering the period from Henry III’s…

Cover of The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 1, 1837-1843: A selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861.

The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 1, 1837-1843: A selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861.

Queen of Great Britain Victoria

This volume is a curated selection of Queen Victoria’s personal correspondence from the early years of her…

Great Britain and the American Civil War

Great Britain and the American Civil War

Ephraim Douglass Adams

Ephraim Douglass Adams’s Great Britain and the American Civil War is a scholarly examination of how the…

Cover of The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 2, 1844-1853: A selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861.

The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 2, 1844-1853: A selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861.

Queen of Great Britain Victoria

The volume presents a curated selection of Queen Victoria’s private and official correspondence from the…

History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660

History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660

John Richard Green

History of the English People, Volume V, Puritan England, 1603‑1660, by John Richard Green, is a scholarly…

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts

Rosalind Northcote

Rosalind Northcote’s work is a richly layered guide to Devon’s landscape, its ancient customs and its storied…

The reign of Mary Tudor

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…

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

The work is an autobiographical account by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte, known as Madame Guyon, a French…

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

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

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…

Cover of Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys

Dugald Butler

The History of London

The History of London

Walter Besant

Henry VIII.

Henry VIII.

A. F. Pollard

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

London and the Kingdom - Volume 1 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

London and the Kingdom - Volume 1 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

Reginald R. Sharpe

Reginald R. Sharpe’s London and the Kingdom is a scholarly survey that treats the City of London not merely…

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

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…

Six Years in the Prisons of England

Six Years in the Prisons of England

Six Years in the Prisons of England is an autobiographical account that traces the author’s rapid ascent from…

An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England

An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England

Edward Potts Cheyney

This work is a scholarly textbook designed for college and secondary‑school courses, presenting a systematic…

A Short History of England

A Short History of England

G. K. Chesterton

This work is a polemical essay that sets out to rewrite English history from the perspective of an ordinary…

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

Various

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 presents a vivid, first‑person account of a woman’s confinement in…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macauley’s second volume of The History of England, from the Accession of James II is a…