Biography Books

A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career

Joel Benton

A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career is the biography of Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Bar..

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01

Saint-Simon

Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a soverei..

Life of Chopin

Franz Liszt

Life of Chopin is the biography of Polish composer Frédéric François Chopin, who was primarily composing solo piano. This biography has been written by Franz Liszt, who was a Hungarian compo..

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll is a biographical work of the British novelist who created the most popular children's fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This biography has bee..

Notes By the Way in a Sailor's Life

Arthur E. Knights

Notes By the Way in a Sailor's Life is a biographical work written by Captain Arthur E. Knights.Author's Introduction:In 1898 I was in Hongkong on a business affair which gave me much leisure, when Mu..

The Lure of the Labrador Wild

Dillon Wallace

The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi River - Lake Michikamau in Labrador and George River in Quebec..

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2

Andrew Dickson White

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White is a two volume biography of Andrew Dickson White, an American historian and educator, who was the cofounder of Cornell University. Volume 2 contains his diplomat..

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1

Andrew Dickson White

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White is a two volume biography of Andrew Dickson White, an American historian and educator, who was the cofounder of Cornell University. Volume 1 contains his childhoo..