Justin Brett
49 books
Antiquity
836
John Bagnell Bury - History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol I
J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it was such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition was still being used as a college textbook in the late 1960′s. In the...
20 hours 51 minutes
*Non-fiction
1K
Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was...
19 hours 50 minutes
Historical Fiction
1.1K
William Makepeace Thackeray - History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
A classic Victorian novel and a historical novel rolled into one! Read about court and army life during the reign of Queen Anne — a story of Catholic — Protestant intrigue, and the party which aspired to the...
19 hours 21 minutes
General Fiction
793
James Boswell - Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer, is a milestone in the development of biographical...
14 hours 6 minutes
