Celine Major
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette
Introduced into the royal household as court reader at the age of 15 and later rising to the office of first lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoin…
The Young Pretenders
Delightful and touching this wonderful little story should appeal to both the young and young at heart. Having lived happily with their gran…
The Maxwell Mystery (Version 2)
Phillip Maxwell is well known for his lavish dinner parties and all who are privileged to be invited to Maxwell Chimneys always look forward…
The Hundredth Chance
In this prequel to "Charles Rex'' by Ethel M. Dell you will meet the aristocratic blackguard Lord Saltash for whom our distressed heroi…
North America Vol. 1
Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In 1861 he travelled through…
The Ins and Outs of Paris or Paris by Day and Night
Paris has been often described, by travelers, by artists, by savants, by friends and by enemies, yet it was after reading most of the works …
My Flirtations
Many novels, most notably Hannah Webster's The Coquette, focused on how terrible it is for a woman to flirt before her marriage. "I did…
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 4
Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in…
The Markets of Paris
The Markets of Paris is a remarkable work, and is the one which Zola calls his very best novel, and of which he is far more proud than of an…
Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earn…
Napoleon and Marie-Louise: The Fall of the Empire
FOREWORD: In a former volume, the legend of Joséphine was considered, and an attempt was made to substitute for it the truth of Histo…
Women of the French Revolution
(Excerpt) One aspect of this subject of revolutionary women, their connection with the secret societies of the day I have purposely ignored.…
A Visit to Paris in 1814
John Scott was a Scottish journalist, editor and publisher. Scott edited several liberal newspapers: The Statesman, which Leigh Hunt founde…
The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement
This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the…
Philomène's Marriages
'Philomène’s Marriages' is a story of French life, located in Normandy, and also in Paris, and is a translation from the French of a …
Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena
In this memoir written by Betsy Balcombe, who was a precocious 14 year old at the time of events, we are provided with a rare account of the…
The Story of the French Revolution
Preface Excerpt: "The following sketch of the course of the French Revolution was originally published during 1889 in serial form in &q…
The Count's Millions and Baron Trigault's Vengeance
The wealthy Count de Chalusse is struck with apoplexy and dies without a will, leaving Marguerite the orphan (daughter?) he adopted penniles…
Alice of Old Vincennes
This entertaining book of adventure, love and war was a Bestseller in 1900 and 1901. The heroine Alice Roussillon is a brave young woman who…
War and Women
"The sending of a Women’s Convoy Corps to the Balkans was the result of Mrs. Stobart’s keen desire to demonstrate the ability of women …