History Books

The Idler in France

Countess of Marguerite Blessington

The Idler in France is a travel literature written by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, who was an Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess. She became acquainted with Lord By..

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy

Niccolò Machiavelli

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent is a  a historical account by Italian Renaissance political philosopher and writer..

The Evidence in the Case

James M. Beck

The Evidence in the Case, A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia.Introduction from the book:For five months no..

The Magna Carta

Anonymous

The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version in the Gutenberg collection. - Magna Carta is the most sign..

A History of Freedom of Thought

J. B. Bury

IT is a common saying that thought is free. A man can never be hindered from thinking whatever he chooses so long as he conceals what he thinks. The working of his mind is limited only by the bounds o..

L'esprit de la révolution de 1789

P.-L. Roederer

La révolution procède de causes antérieures au 4 août qui vit l'abolition des priviléges, au 14 juillet qui vit le renversement de la Bastille, à la convocation des états-généraux, à l'assemblée des n..

Adventures in the Arts

Marsden Hartley

Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets. The papers in this book are not intended in any way to be professional treatises. They must be viewed in the light of ..

Hospital Sketches

Louisa May Alcott

A considerable portion of this volume was published in successive numbers of The Commonwealth, newspaper, of Boston. The sudden popularity the Sketches won from the general public, and the praise they..