Cate Barratt

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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II

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Lucy Aikin - Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II

Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth from a variety of sources within the monarch's court, compiled and interpreted by Lucy Aikin. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 23 hours 20 minutes

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Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 5

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot - Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 5

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...

Cate Barratt 22 hours 16 minutes Guizot - A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times

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Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot - Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics before the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King...

Cate Barratt 20 hours 19 minutes Guizot - A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times

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Detective Fiction

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Ann Radcliffe - Italian

The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would not put up with their love. This novel is considered to be one of the best...

Elizabeth Klett and 7 more 18 hours 48 minutes

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Romance

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - John Marchmont's Legacy

Like Wuthering Heights, the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has always «done her duty.» However, when she falls in love and her beloved is in...

Cate Barratt 17 hours 7 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Wylder's Hand

The marriage of Mark Wylder and Dorkas Brenden is supposed to end a history of arguments between the two families. However, both people involved do not seem to like the idea. Before the wedding, Mark disappears. But...

Tina Nuzzi and 11 more 17 hours 1 minute

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Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 4

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot - Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 4

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King...

Sibella Denton and 6 more 15 hours 49 minutes Guizot - A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times

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General Fiction

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Lovels of Arden

The novel traces the return of a young Englishwoman from several years of schooling abroad, to find that her life will not take up where she thought it would. Clarissa Lovel faced not only an emotionally and...

Cate Barratt 15 hours 39 minutes

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Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - France in the Nineteenth Century

Author Elizabeth Latimer synthesizes notes from a variety of sources to produce this summary of the nation of France in the 19th century. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 14 hours 9 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Caroline Emelia Stephen - French History for English Children

A history of France from Ancient Gaul up until 1880, written in short easy to comprehend chapters aimed at teaching English children. (Summary by Guero)

Guero and 15 more 12 hours 3 minutes

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Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844

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Friedrich Engels - Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844

This is Engels' first book (since considered a classic account of England's working class in the industrial age), which argues that workers paid a heavy price for the industrial revolution that swept the country....

Cate Barratt 12 hours

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Short works

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Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot - Moral Tales

Short stories written by the first wife of French statesman Francois Guizot for young readers. — Summary by Cate Barratt

Cate Barratt 11 hours 33 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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