Sibella Denton
224 books
Antiquity
510
John Bagnell Bury - History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol II
J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it is 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 newer...
18 hours 2 minutes
Law
483
William Blackstone - Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765)
The Commentaries on the Laws of England are an influential 18th century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford, 1765-1769. The...
17 hours 54 minutes
*Non-fiction
591
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America Vol. I
When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful observations American society and political system, found in the two volume...
17 hours 49 minutes
*Non-fiction
586
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - Thousand Miles up the Nile
Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in 1888 at home in England and abroad. She travelled throughout Egypt at a time...
17 hours 1 minute
Exploration
533
Henry Morton Stanley - How I Found Livingstone
Sir Henry Morton Stanley is famously quoted for saying «Dr Livingstone, i Presume?». Born in Wales, he migrated over to the United States at the age of 18, he eventually became an overseas correspondent for the New...
16 hours 58 minutes
*Non-fiction
521
Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall - Meaning of the Glorious Koran
The Koran (Qur'an) is regarded by Muslims as the word of God (Allah) as revealed to the prophet Muhammad. It is divided into 114 chapters (surahs), arranged roughly by length. This version, The Meaning of the...
16 hours 28 minutes
*Non-fiction
494
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...
15 hours 49 minutes
