War & Military
Lord Clive
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…
Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War
Read by Phil Benson
Robert Burrows
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
Read by S S Kim
James Headlam-Morley
"It is hard to be an Emperor under such a Chancellor." lamented Wilhelm I, the first emperor of the German Empire. Otto von Bismar…
A History of Our Own Times
Read by Pamela Nagami
Justin Mccarthy
An engaging history of Great Britain in the heyday of Queen Victoria and of her empire by the liberal Irish Member of Parliament, Justin McC…
Murat
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Napl…
A Short History of Germany
Read by VioletBleu
Mary Platt Parmele
Mary Platt Parmele brings to life the history of Germany and its rise to prominence in Europe. From scheming nobles to treaties created unde…
England Since Waterloo
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Arthur Ransome Marriott
"England Since Waterloo" by Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (1859-1945) was first published in 1913 and went through many edition…
With the Judæans in the Palestine Campaign
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Henry Patterson
From the Preface: The formation of a Battalion of Jews for service in the British Army is an event without precedent in our annals, and the …
Night Operations For Infantry
Read by David Wales
Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins
"It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and hav…
The Winning of Canada
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Wood
Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a…
Edward the First
Read by Pamela Nagami
Thomas Frederick Tout
Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the "Hammer of the Scots" who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) …
A History of the Great War
Read by DavidReader
John Buchan
This is the first of a four-volume history of the First World War, covering the period from its outbreak in the summer of 1914 to the campai…
Ιστορίαι (Histories)
Read by olorou
Thucydides
Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…
Life of Edward the Black Prince
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England. He commanded the vanguard at the Battle of Créc…
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
Read by Katie Riley
Francis Key Howard
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
Fort Concho
Read by David Wales
J. N. Gregory
Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanch…
Causes Of The American Civil War
Read by David Wales
Various
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…
Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire
Read by Pamela Nagami
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke
Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…
The Reign of Queen Anne
Read by Pamela Nagami
Justin Mccarthy
Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the d…
A Short History of Mediaeval Italy
Read by Pamela Nagami
Oscar Browning
The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …