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By: Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) | |
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North America — Volume 1 | |
La Vendée | |
Clergymen Of The Church Of England
This 1866 book was published in a time of great change in the Church of England. Trollope began as a High Church adherent and then worked his way to a Broad Church stance, a theological liberalism . This book deals with a crisis of faith and a crisis of structural form in the Victorian Church of England. It possesses all the interesting attributes of the novelist’s style. Note on the final chapter: John William Colenso was a British mathematician, theologian, Biblical scholar and social activist, who was the first Church of England Bishop of Natal. His progressive views on biblical criticism and treatment of African natives were controversial. - Summary by David Wales | |
By: Anthony Weldon (1583-1648) | |
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Court and Character of King James whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King Charles: Continued unto the Beginning of These Unhappy Times: with Some Observations upon Him Instead of a Character
Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon , was a courtier of years of experience and standing; his account of court intrigues around the Stuart Kings James I and Charles I was written seemingly in the tense period leading up to the English Civil War in the 1640s, and for a private readership . This text, known as the source for the summing up of James I as "the wisest fool in Christendom", gives us an insider's partisan, at times... |
By: Antonio de Morga (1559-1636) | |
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History of the Philippine Islands |
By: Antony Bluett | |
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With Our Army in Palestine |
By: Archduke of Austria Ludwig Salvator (1847-1915) | |
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The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria |
By: Archer Butler Hulbert (1873-1933) | |
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The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway |
By: Archibald Forbes (1838-1900) | |
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The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1
The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company. |
By: Archibald Gracie (1858-1912) | |
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Truth about the Titanic
Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously. He attempts to dispel some of the rumors surrounding the tragic event and gives his personal observations and an account of his survival clinging to the hull of an overturned collapsible lifeboat after helping many others to escape safely. A large portion of the book is given to personal accounts of other survivors from both the American and British boards of inquiry, boat by boat. - Summary by Larry Wilson |
By: Archibald Grimké (1849-1930) | |
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William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist
"THE author of this volume desires . . . to say . . . that it is his earnest hope that this record of a hero may be an aid to brave and true living in the Republic, so that the problems knocking at its door for solution may find the heads, the hands, and the hearts equal to the performance of the duties imposed by them upon the men and women of this generation. William Lloyd Garrison was brave and true. Bravery and truth were the secret of his marvelous career and achievements. May his countrymen and countrywomen imitate his example and be brave and true, not alone in emergent moments, but in everyday things as well." |
By: Archibald H. Sayce (1845-1933) | |
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Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs |
By: Archibald Henderson (1877-1963) | |
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The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 |
By: Archibald Henry Grimké (1849-1930) | |
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William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist |
By: Archibald MacMechan (1862-1933) | |
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Chronicles of Canada Volume 27 - The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
In the 1830's, Canada was a ideologically divided country. Political upheaval and even riots occurred over Canada's future. Would it remain a subsidiary of England? Would it form its own republic, or even merge with the United States? This work tells of how some of Canada's founding fathers crossed the bridge between past and future. |
By: Archibald Murray Howe (1848-) | |
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Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold |
By: Aristophanes (446BC - 385BC) | |
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Lysistrata
Lysistrata read by the Classics Drama Company at DePaul. The Classics Drama Company at DePaul is a new gathering of Thespians and Classicists dedicated to performing and understanding ancient literature. If you live in Chicago and attend DePaul University, we welcome new additions to our group. Contact Dr. Kirk Shellko (kshellko@depaul.edu), if interested.First performed in classical Athens c. 411 B.C.E., Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is the original battle of the sexes. One woman, Lysistrata, brings together the women of all Greece, exhorting them to withhold sexual contact from all men in order that they negotiate a treaty... |
By: Arnold Wynne (1880-) | |
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The Growth of English Drama |
By: Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1873-1946) | |
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Fifth Avenue |
By: Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes (-1938) | |
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England under the Tudors |
By: Arthur D. Hall | |
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Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future |
By: Arthur Edward Mainwaring (1864-) | |
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The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland |
By: Arthur F. (Arthur Foley) Winnington Ingram (1858-1946) | |
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The After-glow of a Great Reign Four Addresses Delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral |
By: Arthur F. J. Remy (1871-1954) | |
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The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany |
By: Arthur Gleason (1878-1923) | |
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Young Hilda at the Wars |
By: Arthur Graeme West (1891-1917) | |
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The Diary of a Dead Officer
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most vivid accounts of daily life in the trenches. It chronicles West's increasing disillusion with war and his move toward pacifist and atheist beliefs. The final part consists of his powerful war poems, including God, How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men, and Night Patrol. West was killed by a sniper in 1917. In view of some of his poems, one wonders if death was not unwelcome. (Introduction adapted from Wikipedia by Ruth Golding) |
By: Arthur Hassall (1853-1930) | |
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Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832)
At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1714 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Founded on the prosperity of Sir Robert Walpole's ministry , the Empire emerged from the Indian conquests of that gifted military amateur, Lord Clive, and was extended under the leadership of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, who drove the English to victory in the Seven Years' War . Surmounting the loss of the American colonies and twenty years of conflict with France, by the first quarter of the 19th century, the British navy, master of the oceans, presided over an Empire upon which the sun never set. |