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Casimir Stryienski’s lively history of France in the eighteenth century examines the persons and events from the death of Louis XIV in 1715 to the assembly of the States General in 1789.

This five-volume history of modern England was published between 1904 and 1906. Regarded as a masterwork, The New York Times said of the series, “[Paul’s] work is brilliant, epigrammatic, interesting.” This second volume picks up with the treaty of Paris in 1855. Paul then goes on to touch on Lord...

An engrossing portrait of an important era—when kingdoms were broken and rebuilt, new systems of government were invented, tried, and discarded, and treaties and laws were made and broken, and England played a key role in world’s affairs. Author Marcus Dorman also examines the literary and art movements of the time, as well as developments in industry.

Robertson begins the difficult task of chronicling the history of England with the ascension of George I. The years 1714 to 1815 comprise a period of history brimming with commanding personalities and significant events—the author treats all important subjects thoroughly, with an interesting section on constitutional growth and development.

In this 1911 publication, Rose provides a detailed history of the Anglo-French wars that started in 1791. The text remained the standard work on the subject for close to sixty years. In the book, Rose carefully sets forth the disputes with France, the main episodes of the War, and the resulting political...

“In the whole British chronicle, then, no span of one hundred years seems more clearly marked out as a definite political and social era than the Nineteenth Century . . . ” So writes the author in this sweeping story of 100 years in Great Britain’s history, a portrait of the events, people, politics, and wars during a momentous century.

Dedicated “to the weary and wounded in the battle of life,” this 1917 collection of devotional and meditative writings on nature’s variety includes “The Joy of Motion,” “The Joy of Music,” “The Joy of Fragrance,” “Laughter,”  “The Beauty of Form,” “The Beauty of Colour,” “The Beauty of Shadow,” and others.

James Gairdner illuminates one of the more obscure periods in English history—the late 14th to the late 15th centuries—in this engrossing volume. There are few contemporary narratives of the events of this stormy age, which is described in the Preface as being full of “the sad calamities endured...

Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series, this biography of Edward the First, whose reign spanned the years from 1272 to 1307, examines the king’s life and actions—including restoring royal authority after the troubled reign of Henry III, establishing parliament as a permanent institution, reforming the law through statutes, and his brutal conduct toward the Scots.

In this 1890 volume, the author guides readers through Hegel's philosophy of religion, rendering Hegel’s ideas understandable to the average reader while adding in his own theories. After explaining Hegelianism and its different schools, Sterrett considers the nature of religion, its classes and study, and Christianity. Contains a chapter on Christian unity in America.

Woodstock is considered the darkest of Scott’s novels, written during a period of great tumult in the author’s life. Set during the English Civil War, the story imagines treachery, a love triangle, and the escape of Charles II in 1651, as well as his triumphant return to London eight years later.

This 1899 study, which was Trevelyan's doctoral dissertation, is less a biography of the English cleric who led the 14th century Lollard movement than a general picture of English society, politics, and religion at the time, focusing on Wycliffe as a central figure. Specifically, Trevelyan describes a poor class of people, a corrupt church, a powerless king, among other issues. 

This 1897 literary history brings to life the world of the Elizabethan people: their habits, clothes, food, work, and play. Includes vivid descriptions of dining, hawking, and family life—and, of course, what people knew and thought about Shakespeare, his works, and the actors in his plays. This volume gives readers an entirely different perspective of Shakespeare.

This 1889 biography was part of the Twelve English Statesmen series—slender histories designed to give readers an accurate, if far from exhaustive, overview of their subjects.  But Gairdner's monograph on Henry VII contains much more, shining new light on the events of Henry's reign, including the murder of Perkin Warbeck, the pretender.