Biography & Autobiography
Xerxes
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Jacob Abbott
This history covers the years of Xerxes' years as ruler of the Persian empire and invasion of Greece. - Summary by Deon Gines
An Emigrant's Home Letters
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Sir Henry Parkes
Letters written by Henry Parkes to his family in Birmingham, England as he made his way to London and then to Sydney. The letters were gathe…
Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Sir Robert Hart
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Juliet Bredon
"Sir Robert Hart: The Romance of a Great Career" by Juliet Bredon is a biographical work that explores the remarkable life of Sir …
Pascal and the Port Royalists
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William Clark
Pascal is of the small number of those [men] in whom the man infinitely transcends his actions. The writings of Pascal are the finest that F…
Caroline the Illustrious
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William Henry Wilkins
The second volume in the biography of Queen Caroline, Queen Consort and sometime Queen Regent of George II. Her relationships with the Churc…
Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover
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Dr. John Doran and John Doran
The first of a two volume work looking at the lives of English queens in the Hanoverian period (1714-1901). This volume includes Sophia Doro…
Orion Clemens
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Fred W. Lorch
Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langh…
Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright
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Hamilton Fyfe
A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …
Converts from Infidelity
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Andrew Crichton
Converts from infidelity; or, Lives of eminent individuals who have renounced libertine principles and sceptical opinions, and embraced Chri…
Personal Recollections of Johannes Brahms
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George Henschel
George Henschel, a well-known pianist, singer, composer, and conductor was close friends with Johannes Brahms from 1874 to 1897 and he provi…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas
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Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas wrote his autobiography in his late fifties, some 29 years after the death of Oscar Wilde. Since the publication…
Richelieu
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George Joseph Gustave Masson and George Joseph Gustave Masson
This short biography of the dreaded red eminence, by the Anglo-French writer and educator, Gustave Masson, combines French wit and English c…
Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic
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James Leigh Strachan-Davidson
"The purpose of this volume is to tell the story of Cicero's life, and at the same time to set forth from his writings a presentation o…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover
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John Doran
The second of a two volume work looking at the lives of English queens in the Hanoverian period (1714-1901). This volume includes the conclu…
A Life of Napoleon
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Ida M. Tarbell
Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of …
Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola
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Pasquale Villari
This large biographical book was compiled after years of research to uncover and compile information about the Florentine monk, revolutionar…
Monthly Supplement of the penny magazine
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Charles Knight
Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" is an illustrated periodical miscellany …