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Chronicles of Canada Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New Wo…

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William Bennett Munro


It was during one of her proud and prosperous eras that France began her task of creating an empire beyond the Atlantic. At no time, indeed,…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe

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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…

The Critique of Dogmatic Theology

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Leo Tolstoy


More systematic, but no less sincere than A Confession (which originally served as the introduction to this work), The Critique of Dogmatic …

A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

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Justin Mccarthy


In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on …

The Reign of Queen Anne, Volume II

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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…

Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

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John Gilmary Shea


"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…

Poems of American History, The Revolution

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Various


A history through poetry of the American Revolution, from the early days of unrest, through the Boston Tea Party, The Ride of Paul Revere, t…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 09 - The Acadian Exiles: A Chronicle of the Land o…

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Arthur G. Doughty


The name Acadia, which we now associate with a great tragedy of history and song, was first used by the French to distinguish the eastern or…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 15 - The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of t…

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Thomas Guthrie Marquis


This is the history of Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765. It includes the siege of Detroit and his ultimate defeat. Summary by Esther.

The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peac…

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Osmund Airy


In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…

The Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832)

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Arthur Hassall


At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1…

The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States

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Winfield Hazlitt Collins


This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains s…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 15)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 3 chapter 15 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1959) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Walpole

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John Morley


Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biograph…

Pantheisticon

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John Toland


Pantheisticon: or, the Form Of Celebrating the Socratic-Society. Divided into Three Parts. Which Contain, I. The Morals and Axioms of the Pa…

The Age of Elizabeth

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Mandell Creighton


This short history by the eminent British historian, Mandell Creighton, places Elizabeth and her reign within the context of 16th century Eu…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 06 - The Great Intendant: A Chronicle of Jean Talon…

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Thomas Chapais


Talon worked closely with lieutenant-general Prouville de Tracy to achieve the surrender of the Iroquois in 1627, thereby ending the threat …

Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of …

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William Wood


Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occup…

Historical Tales, Volume VII: Spanish

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews


Volume VII of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This seventh volume cover…

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 5

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Friedrich Schiller


Volume 5 concludes the History of the Thirty Years War in Germany. [Note From the first PG etext of this work: Separate sources indicate th…

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