Biography Books
The Diary of a U-boat Commander
Stephen King-HallThe diary of a World War One U-Boat commander. As well as being a fascinating glimpse of life on the German U-boats during the intense submarine blockade, this also reminds us there were humans involv..
A Life of William Shakespeare
Sir Sidney LeeShakespeare, William, A Life of, by Sidney Lee (1898). The motto of this book would appear to be that which was said (by one of them) to have animated the contributors to the English Dictionary of Nat..
Abraham Lincoln - An Horatian Ode
Richard Henry StoddardRichard Henry Stoddard was an American critic and poet. Richard Henry Stoddard was born on July 2, 1825, in Hingham, Massachusetts. His father, a sea-captain, was wrecked and lost on one of his voyage..
George Washington - A Biography
William Roscoe ThayerTo obviate misunderstanding, it seems well to warn the reader that this book aims only at giving a sketch of George Washington's life and acts. I was interested to discover, if I could, the human resi..
Queen Victoria - A Biography
Lytton StracheyVictoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter ..
The Cruise of the Snark
Jack LondonThe Cruise of the Snark is a non-fictional, illustrated book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his ketch the Snark. Accompanying London on this voyag..
The Purple Land
W. H. HudsonThe Purple Land is a novel set in 19th century Uruguay by William Henry Hudson, first published in 1885 under the title The Purple Land that England Lost. Initially a commercial and critical failure, ..
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 04
Saint-SimonThe Duc de Coislin died about this time. I have related in its proper place an adventure that happened to him and his brother, the Chevalier de Coislin: now I will say something more of the Duke. He w..