Early Modern
History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution
A contemporary three-volume history of the American Revolution written with an Enlightenment tone that covers the background of the era span…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
Volume III of this History of the Papacy opens with the Council of Basel in revolt against Pope Eugenius IV, who doggedly defends papal auto…
Logick
The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth with a Variety of Rules to guard against error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life,…
Oliver Cromwell
The following work gives within a short compass a history of Oliver Cromwell from a biographical point of view. The text has been revised b…
España y América
Conjunto magestral de obras literarias e históricas de personajes hispanoparlantes de ambos lados del Atlántico. El autor exam…
Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) famously wrote that in the state of nature "the life of man" was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, a…
The Great Events by Famous Historians
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
Jamestown and Her Neighbors
A brief history of the early years of the historic Virginia Peninsula lying between the James and the York Rivers and extending from Richmon…
A Collection of the Facts and Documents Relative to the Death of Major-General …
Compiled by William Coleman the first editor of the New York Evening Post, this book includes items that trace a path leading to the death o…
The Great Events by Famous Historians
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
Patrick Henry
The grandson of Patrick Henry, William Wirt Henry served as president of the Virginia Historical Association as well as president of the Ame…
The Lives of the Queens of England
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
Spies
The author retells some of the great wartime spy stories from history, beginning with Biblical references and ending with World War I and Ma…
Stories of the Lives of Noble Women
The object of the present volume is to illustrate from the Lives of Noble Women those higher qualities which elevate the character of the se…
Biographical Sketches of the Signers
Lossing's Biographical Sketches of the Signers contains short descriptions of the Lives of the Signers from this well-respected American his…
The Life of Frederick William von Steuben
The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben: Major General in the Revolutionary Army - tells the story of Baron Steuben, who had been an offic…
The Wonderful Story of Ravalette
Is it possible to break through the awful barrier—to glimpse through the Night-Curtain that screens and shrouds us from the Phantom-World?—i…
The Child of the Dawn
Ready to explore the depths of the human mind and soul? This book explores the themes of morality, spirituality, and the search for meaning …
Story-Lives of Great Musicians
Following the plan of his previous volume of Great Authors, the writer has here endeavoured to weave into more or less story form a few of t…
The Diamond Necklace
In the years preceding the French Revolution, the reputation of Queen Marie Antoinette was severely harmed by the publication of details rel…