Early Modern

Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

Read by Barbara Baker


Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet


An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of…

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders

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John Lord


The eleventh volume of the Beacon Lights of History series, this volume is the first that directly refers to the United States. In this volu…

History of New England, 1630-1649

Read by Aaron Decker


John Winthrop


John Winthrop served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony for several years. His History of New England, 1630-1649 details life in th…

Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789

Read by Pamela Nagami


Arthur Young


Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst o…

The South American Republics, Part I

Read by Piotr Nater


Thomas Cleland Dawson


The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?&quo…

Poems of American History, The Colonial Era

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Various


A History through Poetry of the exploration and settling of North American by Europeans. Beginning with Leif Erikson, and continuing throug…

The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth

Read by Barry Ganong


John Bagnell Bury


John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he…

The French Revolution: A History. Volume 2: The Constitution (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Thomas Carlyle


The second volume of this famous and idiosyncratic history covers events from October 1789, after Louis XVI has been 'persuaded' to leave Ve…

Locke

Read by Pamela Nagami


Thomas Fowler


John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician who, after Sir Francis Bacon, was one of the first of the British empiricist…

The Court and Character of King James whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King …

Read by Patrick Wallace


Anthony Weldon


Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5

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Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…

The French Revolution: A History. Volume 3: The Guillotine

Read by Peter Dann


Thomas Carlyle


Of this third, and final, phase of the French Revolution, including that period known as The Terror, Carlyle comments "It is unfortunat…

Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660

Read by Pamela Nagami


Mary A. Hollings


In a small space the Oxford-educated historian, Mary Hollings, provides a panoramic view of a tumultuous age. We meet Cesare Borgia and Savo…

Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 1

Read by Barry Ganong


John Tulloch


This work addresses the birth and development of a rationalist stream in the Christianity of England in the seventeenth century. In this vol…

Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness.…

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William Godwin


It was Godwin, in his Enquiry concerning Political Justice (2 vols., 1793), who was the first to formulate the political and economical conc…

The Cossacks: Their History and Country

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William Penn Cresson


One of the earliest histories of the Cossacks to appear in English, with an emphasis on the exploits of famous Cossack leaders and Cossack s…

The Chronicles of America Volume 05 - Pioneers of the Old South

Read by Jim Locke


Mary Johnston


In this remarkably detailed and sweeping fifth installment, Mary Johnston takes us from discoveries and settlements to the evolution into th…

The Historical Evolution of the Ukrainian Problem

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Mykhailo Hrushevsky


A short history of Ukrainian national aspirations, written by one of the most prominent Ukrainian historians. Published in the early months …

The Chronicles of America Volume 06 - The Fathers of New England

Read by Jim Locke


Charles Andrews, Charles Mclean Andrews and Charles Morris


This sixth installment in the series, as one would expect, deals with events in the northern settlements that were taking place at the same …

The Indians in Wisconsin's History

Read by Verla Viera


John M. Douglass


Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…

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