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By: Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) | |
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Chicot the Jester
This sequel to Dumas' “Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry III. The reign of King Henry III was plagued with rebellion and political intrigue due to the War of the Three Henries, where his regency was challenged by King Henry of Navarre (leader of the Huguenots) and Henry I, Duke of Guise (leader of the Catholic League). Dumas weaves two main storylines through this turbulent backdrop: one of the love ignited between le Comte de Bussy and la Dame de Monsoreau, and another of the friendship between King Henry III and his truly unique jester, Chicot (Jean-Antoine d'Anglerais). | |
The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental | |
The Regent's Daughter | |
By: Alexandre Exquemelin (c. 1645-1707) | |
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The Pirates of Panama
This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaeneche Zee Roovers. It immediately became very popular and this first hand history of the Buccaneers of America was soon translated into the principal European languages. The first English edition was printed in 1684. Esquemeling served the Buccaneers in the capacity of barber-surgeon, and was present at all their exploits. Little did he suspect that his first hand observations would some day be cherished as the only authentic and true history of the Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main... |
By: Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) | |
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Democracy in America
Arguably, one of the most influential and insightful pieces of work concerned with American political life, Democracy in America directs itself towards American politics and society, and is considered to be one the best books written on the subject. Published in 2 volumes, in 1835 and 1840, Tocqueville records his findings after studying the thriving nation in his nine month exploratory journey. The young French aristocrat first came to America on an official assignment to study the American penal system, but instead used this as a pretext to study American society... |
By: Alfred Burnett (1824-1884) | |
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Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive |
By: Alfred Carmichael (1874-1963) | |
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Indian Legends of Vancouver Island |
By: Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911) | |
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Studies in Literature and History |
By: Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) | |
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The Confession of a Child of the Century
In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and finally- in the most unexpected and honorable way- the sudden developement of his belief in god. |
By: Alfred G. K. L'Estrange (1832-1915) | |
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History of English Humour, Vol. 2 | |
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour |
By: Alfred Hopkinson (1851-1939) | |
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Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War |
By: Alfred John Church (1829-1912) | |
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Stories From Livy | |
Roman life in the days of Cicero |
By: Alfred Kingston | |
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Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King |
By: Alfred M. (Alfred Marston) Tozzer (1877-1954) | |
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Animal Figures in the Maya Codices |
By: Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) | |
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The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise |
By: Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye) Roe (1844-1917) | |
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John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. |
By: Alfred Sidgwick (1854-1934) | |
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Home Life in Germany |
By: Alfred W. Pollard (1869-1948) | |
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Henry VIII. | |
A Short History of the Great War | |
The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution |
By: Algernon Bastard | |
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The Gourmet's Guide to Europe |
By: Algot Lange (1884-) | |
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In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians |
By: Alice Birkhead | |
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Heroes of Modern Europe |
By: Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) Fletcher (1838-1923) | |
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Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs |
By: Alice J. Knight | |
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Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' |
By: Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911) | |
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Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) | |
Home Life in Colonial Days
CHAPTER I HOMES OF THE COLONISTS When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable. The colonists found a land magnificent with forest trees of every size and variety, but they had no sawmills, and few saws to cut boards; there was plenty of clay and ample limestone on every side, yet they could have no brick and no mortar; grand boulders of granite and rock were everywhere, yet there was not a single facility for cutting, drawing, or using stone... | |
Customs and Fashions in Old New England |
By: Alice Prescott Smith | |
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Montlivet |
By: Alice Turner Curtis (1863-??) | |
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A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter
Sylvia Fulton is a ten-years-old girl from Boston who stayed in Charleston, South Carolina, before the opening of the civil war. She loves her new home, and her dear friends. However, political tensions are rising, and things start to change. Through these changes, Silvia gets to know the world better: from Estrella, her maid, she starts to understand what it is to be a slave, from her unjust teacher she learns that not all beautiful people are perfect, and from the messages she carries to Fort Sumter she learns what is the meaning of danger. However, this is a lovely book, written mostly for children. | |
A Little Maid of Old Maine | |
A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony | |
A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia | |
Little Maid of Province Town
Plucky eight year old Anne Nelson, living in Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod, is determined to bring the Revolutionary War to an end so that she can be reunited with her soldier father. Will she succeed in carrying an important message from Boston to Newburyport, warning the American troops to be prepared, or will she be caught by the English ships patrolling the harbor? | |
A Little Maid of Ticonderoga |
By: Allan F. (Allan Ferguson) Westcott (1882-) | |
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A History of Sea Power |
By: Allan Fea (1860-1956) | |
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Secret Chambers and Hiding Places
“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages and chambers in continental Europe are mentioned, Jacobite hidey holes in Scotland, while the final chapter of the book covers Bonnie Prince Charlie’s wanderings around Scotland, among caves and other hiding places. Most chapters are devoted to historical events; such as the the seventeenth century persecution of roman catholics (with many large houses having specially constructed “priests’ holes”), or various unpopular monarchs and their hiding places... |
By: Allen French (1870-1946) | |
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The Siege of Boston | |
Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow
Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then his property, and finally his freedom to the schemes of a greedy neighbor. Outlawed from Iceland, Rolf travels abroad, meeting with shipwreck, enslavement, Viking berserkers, and many other dangers and adventures. All the while, Rolf searches for a way to prove his father was killed unjustly and win back his own property and freedom. Even more difficult, Rolf must end the cycle of enmity, vengeance, and pride that hangs like a curse over his family. - Summary by Erin Schellhase |
By: Allen Glasser (1908-1971) | |
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Martian
The water was evaporated by the ever-shining sun until there was none left for the thirsty plants. Every year more workers died in misery. A stranger from another world comes and experiences the attempts by two different cultures with different languages to understand what the other wants. Not all educated cultures are cordial or sympathetic to new arrivals. This book explores one potential outcome of the meeting of alien races. - Summary by Paul Harvey |
By: Allen Johnson (1870-1931) | |
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Union and Democracy |
By: Allen L. Churchill (1873-) | |
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The Story of the Great War, Volume 1 Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers |
By: Allen L. Churchill and Francis J. Reynolds (1867-1937) | |
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World's War Events, Vol. I |
By: Allen Mawer (1879-1942) | |
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Vikings
This is a concise history of the Vikings by Allen Mawer, MA, Professor of English Language and Literature in Armstrong College, University of Durham: late Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. It includes the following chapters: I.Causes of the Viking movement; II.The Viking movement down to the middle of the 9th century; III.The Vikings in England to the death of Harthacnut ; IV.The Vikings in the Frankish Empire to the founding of Normandy ;V. The Vikings in Ireland to the battle of Clontarf ; VI... |
By: Almira Stillwell Cole | |
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Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule An account of a journey made on mule back in Honduras, C.A. in August, 1891 |
By: Alpheus Henry Snow (1859-1920) | |
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"Colony,"--or "Free State"? "Dependence,"--or "Just Connection"? "Empire,"--or "Union"? |
By: Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) | |
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The Nabob | |
The Nabob, Volume 1 | |
The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) |
By: Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) | |
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History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution |
By: Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831-1916) | |
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A Little Girl of Long Ago Or Hannah Ann A Sequel to a Little Girl in Old New York | |
A Little Girl in Old Quebec |
By: Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) | |
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
By: Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831-1919) | |
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Remember the Alamo |
By: Amelia Ruth Gere Mason | |
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The Women of the French Salons |
By: American Tract Society | |
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Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom |
By: Ammianus Marcellinus | |
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The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens |
By: Anatole France (1844-1924) | |
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The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 |