Early Modern

Chronicles of Canada Volume 15 - The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of t…

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Thomas Guthrie Marquis



This is the history of Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765. It includes the siege of Detroit and his ultimate defeat. Summary by Esther.

The Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832)

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Arthur Hassall



At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1…

The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peac…

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Osmund Airy



In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…

Walpole

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John Morley



Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biograph…

The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States

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Winfield Hazlitt Collins



This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains s…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 15)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



This is volume 3 chapter 15 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1959) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Pantheisticon

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John Toland



Pantheisticon: or, the Form Of Celebrating the Socratic-Society. Divided into Three Parts. Which Contain, I. The Morals and Axioms of the Pa…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 06 - The Great Intendant: A Chronicle of Jean Talon…

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Thomas Chapais



Talon worked closely with lieutenant-general Prouville de Tracy to achieve the surrender of the Iroquois in 1627, thereby ending the threat …

The Age of Elizabeth

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Mandell Creighton



This short history by the eminent British historian, Mandell Creighton, places Elizabeth and her reign within the context of 16th century Eu…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of …

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William Wood



Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occup…

Historical Tales, Volume VII: Spanish

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews



Volume VII of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This seventh volume cover…

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 5

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Friedrich Schiller



Volume 5 concludes the History of the Thirty Years War in Germany. [Note From the first PG etext of this work: Separate sources indicate th…

King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714)

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George Henry Wakeling



This slim volume by the Oxford University lecturer, George Henry Wakeling, deals with the period in British history from the reign of King J…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 07 - The Fighting Governer: A Chronicle of Frontenac

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Charles W. Colby



The Canada to which Frontenac came in 1672 was no longer the infant colony it had been when Richelieu founded theCompany of One Hundred Asso…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 08 - Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720…

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William Wood



Louisbourg was no mere isolated stronghold which could be lost or won without affecting the wider issues of oversea dominion. On the contrar…

The Story of the Barbary Corsairs (Version 2)

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J. D. Jerrold Kelley and Stanley Lane-Poole



The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 10 - A Chronicle of Montcalm

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William Wood



Montcalm is, of course, a very prominent character in every history of New France. This book gives a brief history of the Montcalm family in…

Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789

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Arthur Young



Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst o…

Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

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Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet



An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of…

The French Revolution: A History. Volume 2: The Constitution (Version 2)

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Thomas Carlyle



The second volume of this famous and idiosyncratic history covers events from October 1789, after Louis XVI has been 'persuaded' to leave Ve…

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