History
300 books
*Non-fiction
564
William Jackson - Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1
Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons accused and the crimes committed. It is primarily based upon contemporary...
6 hours 38 minutes
*Non-fiction
599
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot - Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 3
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (October 4, 1787 -September 12, 1874) was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing...
13 hours 30 minutes
*Non-fiction
671
Francis Parkman, Jr. - Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund...
12 hours 1 minute
*Non-fiction
586
Charles A. Coulomb - School History of the Great War
A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading up to the war, reasons and events leading to America's eventual entering...
4 hours 42 minutes
History
680
Flavius Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 1
Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. It is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus' gentile patrons. Beginning...
11 hours 27 minutes
*Non-fiction
576
James E. Seaver - Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. Containing an account of the murder of her father and...
5 hours 2 minutes
