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This 1896 romance was termed "an exquisite London idyll" by Willa Cather. Originally the novel was published under the pseudonym of George Forth, perhaps because it eschewed the realism of Frederic's simultaneously published The Damnation of Theron Ware. Set in London, the characters of March Hares are...

A portrait of England in the nineteenth century, this volume sketches the people and events that made the century significant. Here are the royals of the era and their policies, political happenings, the marriage of Queen Victoria, the Great Exhibition, and other events of the era such as the Cabul Massacres, intertwined with the author’s personal reminiscences.

Hailed by the London Times as a “brilliant masterpiece” and by E. M. Forster as a work that “revolutionized the art of biography,” this book examines the life, but more so the psychology, of Queen Victoria. Strachey’s critical yet sympathetic look at her childhood, her marriage to Albert, her...

Known in her time as a painstaking researcher, Agnes Strickland drew from letters, state papers, and private documents to vividly illustrate the life of Elizabeth I, complete with court and domestic intrigue, diplomatic maneuvers, and parliamentary politics. Originally part of Miss Strickland’s twelve-volume...

This biography paints an engrossing portrait of Thomas Wentworth (1593–1641), a British statesman and victim of Charles the First’s treachery. Author Elizabeth Cooper looks at Wentworth’s life and his role in history—“an invaluable contribution towards the elucidation of the troubles of those...

In 1553, as King Edward VI lay dying, a series of events were engineered to install Lady Jane Grey (1536-1554) on the throne. She accepted reluctantly, only to be imprisoned and executed shortly thereafter by Edward’s sister Mary, who claimed the crown. The story of the young queen’s life and times is fascinating reading.

This first volume of Craik's biography of Edward Hyde (1609-1674), the English statesman and historian, covers Hyde's life from his birth up until the death of Oliver Cromwell.  A contemporary review in the Outlook praised the book as a "careful, detailed study."

This 1908 biography of Sir Walter Raleigh was intended for the general reader.  A contemporary review in Outlook magazine pronounced the book "impossible to read without real enjoyment . . . so rich [is it] in philosophic touches and flashes of terse, vivid characterization."

Founded by Robert II, the House of Stewart (or Stuart) dominated Scotland, and later England and Ireland, from the 1400s to the early 1700s. This 1914 volume covers a dynasty that included Robert II, Charles I and II, James VI-I; Mary, Queen of Scots; Anne of Denmark, Catharine of Braganza, Mary of Modena, Henry IX, and others.

This 1914 volume covers the history of England between the years 1603 and 1714, tracing the Civil War, the Restoration, and the Glorious Revolution, and detailing how English traditions of liberty and representative democracy triumphed over the attempts of the Stuarts to establish a more absolutist monarchy. Trevelyan’s novel-esque style is captivating in this history.

A compelling life story and shrewd analysis of King George III, who ascended the throne with his mother’s advice, “Be King, George” ringing in his ears. His scheming belied his nickname, “Farmer George;” this was a name George was given by satirists—a tribute to his seeming simple mindedness, but later George used the name to identify himself with the people.

This 1908 satire of human nature and culture—including a famous episode inspired by the Dreyfus affair—concerns an island of great auks whose avian inhabitants, mistakenly baptized by a nearsighted missionary, are transformed into human beings by God, who is eager to rectify the embarrassing error.

This 1913 collection of literature-related travel pieces set in England does not blaze new trails but rather charms by the author's distinctive personality and voice.  "It is the human, definite, personal quality in these 'memories' of Mr. Grant's that one especially enjoys," wrote a reviewer in the...

With clarity and thoroughness, Moody and Lovett present this 1902 literary history for students. Beginning with early Anglo-Saxon and Norman-French literature, the book then discusses Chaucer and Spenser, continuing through Shakespeare and his contemporaries, the Renaissance, the seventeenth and eighteenth...