MajorHistory
10 books
Medical
1.5K
Frederick Treves - Elephant Man and other reminiscences
In 1884, Professor Treves saw Joseph Merrick (known as the «Elephant Man») in a shop across the road from the London Hospital. Being also a teacher at the University, he brought Merrick to the London Hospital as a...
5 hours 4 minutes
*Non-fiction
2.7K
Charles F. Horne - Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 3
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 3 of...
18 hours 26 minutes
History
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Charles F. Horne - Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 2
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 2 of...
18 hours 55 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.4K
George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. IV
The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of...
45 hours 55 minutes
Political Science
1.6K
James Bryce - Handbook of Home Rule: Being Articles on the Irish Question
The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published in 1887, this work contains articles in favour of the measure. (Irish home...
11 hours 13 minutes
Anthologies
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 8
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering «American households a mass of good reading», the editors drew from...
18 hours 9 minutes
