Biography & Autobiography

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…

Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope

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Lady Hester Stanhope



Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversation with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some…

The Lives of the Queens of England

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Agnes Strickland



The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

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…

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…

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