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459 public-domain history - european books, summarised. Page 7 of 10.
The Russian Revolution
Alexander Petrunkevitch
The Russian Revolution and the concurrent rise of South Slav nationalism represent two seismic, overlapping shifts in the early 20th-century geopolitical landscape. This volume offers a rigorous, scholarly examination of the forces that dismantled an empire and birthed a new state.
The War Upon Religion: Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-Christianism in Europe
Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
This historical survey chronicles the persistent, multi-generational conflict between secular ideological movements and the Catholic Church in Europe from the eighteenth century through the early twentieth century.
Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question: With Texts of Protocols, Treaty Stipulations and Other Public Acts and Official Documents
Lucien Wolf
Diplomacy is a long-standing tool for securing the rights of the persecuted, and this collection serves as a vital record of how international law has been used to champion Jewish equality across centuries.
Russian Prisons: St. Peter and St. Paul
Arthur Griffiths
The shadow of the Czar’s absolute authority falls long and dark across the nineteenth-century Russian landscape, where the machinery of state serves primarily to silence dissent. This examination of the penal system reveals a crumbling empire desperate to contain its own people through the calculated use of fear,…
History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2)
S. A. (Samuel Astley) Dunham
The icy, untamed North gives way to the rise of kingdoms, where legendary gods and mortal kings collide in a struggle for supremacy. This sweeping volume captures the transition from mythic origins to the foundations of Scandinavia.
Verdun to the Vosges: Impressions of the War on the Fortress Frontier of France
Gerald Campbell
The war’s chaotic onset on the French frontier unfolds through the eyes of a journalist who finds, amidst the rubble of invasion, the birth of a unified and resolute national spirit.
Old Court Life in France, vol. 1/2
Frances Minto Dickinson Elliot
This vivid historical chronicle brings the volatile, intrigue-steeped corridors of the French royal court to life, following the personal and political destinies of the Valois and Bourbon monarchs.
The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, February 1883: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
This magazine captures the earnest intellectual vigor of the late nineteenth-century American self-improvement movement, offering a sprawling curriculum designed to bring the fruits of culture to the common reader.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II
Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron
The final, turbulent months of the French Empire are revealed here by an insider who stood at the right hand of a falling giant.
The Secrets of Potsdam: A Startling Exposure of the Inner Life of the Courts of the Kaiser and Crown-Prince
William Le Queux
The inner chambers of the German Empire are unmasked as a theater of blackmail, occult obsession, and cold-blooded preparation for a global conflict. This account of imperial rot serves as a chilling indictment of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
Amiens Before and During the War
Unknown
A guide to a city defined by its Gothic majesty and the deep scars of the Great War, this volume serves as both a historical record and a practical companion for those traversing the landscape of the Somme in 1919.
The secret history of the court of Spain during the last century
Rachel Challice
A chronicle of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty, this work explores the tumultuous and often scandalous inner workings of a royal house beset by revolution, betrayal, and constant intrigue.
German War Practices, Part 1: Treatment of Civilians
Unknown
This document serves as a historical record of allegations concerning the conduct of the German military toward civilian populations during the early years of the First World War. It functions as a collection of evidence intended to document systematic breaches of international agreements.
Dutch Life in Town and Country
P. M. Hough
Holland remains a land of miniature cities, winding canals, and enduring traditions, captured here in a meticulous survey of a nation defined by its quiet dignity and unwavering devotion to order.
Ireland Since Parnell
D. D. (Daniel Desmond) Sheehan
The political history of Ireland from the death of Charles Stewart Parnell through the Easter Rising of 1916 is a chronicle of missed opportunities, broken promises, and the tragic splintering of a national cause. This narrative offers an insider’s view of the collapse of the Irish Parliamentary Party and the rise…
The court of Louis XV
Imbert de Saint-Amand
The glittering surface of Versailles conceals a restless monarch and a fragile, fading dynasty, where power is brokered in the shadows of the bedchamber and the theater.
Germany's Vanishing Colonies
Gordon Le Sueur
Imperial ambition, fueled by military might and colonial expansion, leads to a clash of empires that reshapes the map of the world.
History of Friedrich II of Prussia
Thomas Carlyle
This expansive chronicle traces the transformative journey of an embattled youth who matures through hardship, exile, and strict labor to eventually command the destiny of the Prussian state.
The Great War of 189-: A Forecast
Archibald Forbes
An attempted assassination of a Balkan prince ignites a chain reaction of alliances and mobilizations, dragging the major powers of Europe into a global conflagration that tests the limits of modern military technology and national resolve.
Rome in 1860
Edward Dicey
Behind the postcard beauty of the Eternal City lies the grim reality of a populace ground down by an antiquated, stifling autocratic government.
Zionism and Anti-Semitism
Max Simon Nordau
Two distinct voices merge into a single, resolute inquiry into modern Jewish identity, exposing the falsity of European hostility while demanding a self-determined national future.
Colonization and Christianity: A popular history of the treatment of the natives by the
William Howitt
This relentless catalog of global atrocity examines three centuries of European expansion to expose how professed Christian nations systematically plundered, enslaved, and exterminated indigenous populations across the globe.
Franco-Gallia
François Hotman
A fierce, scholarly rejection of absolute monarchy, this sixteenth-century treatise unearths the constitutional roots of Western political thought.
History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, Vol. 3 (of 3)
S. P. (Samuel Parsons) Scott
A sweeping history of European Islam reveals how Moorish intellect, art, and governance shaped the Western world while medieval Christendom sank into darkness.
The Book of Pears and Plums
Edward Bartrum
Practical wisdom and patient observation turn the modest cultivation of orchard trees into a rigorous, rewarding craft.
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Enguerrand de Monstrelet
A world of shifting allegiances, bloody family feuds, and desperate betrayals unfolds across fifteenth-century France and England as royalty and nobility clash for total dominion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849
Various
This nineteenth-century literary miscellany captures a mid-Victorian society wrestling with its past and future through sharp political commentary, foreign exploration, artistic scholarship, and serialized fiction.
Italy at war and the Allies in the West
E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell
A swift journey across the Allied lines reveals the staggering logistics, brutal landscapes, and human endurance that defined the Allied war effort.
The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign
Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir
A grueling chronicle of bush warfare details the immense sacrifices of West African soldiers serving far from home in the dense, unforgiving wilderness of East Africa.
The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915
Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
A nation’s wartime self-defense hardens into a dense dossier of sworn affidavits, legalistic countercharges, and desperate justifications.
The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe
Samuel Irenæus Prime
The Alhambra and the Kremlin offers a sweeping, mid-nineteenth-century window into the starkly different cultures of southern and northern Europe, mapping the transition from the decaying grandeur of Spain to the stern, rising power of Russia.
History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Vol. 6 (of 8)
J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné
This sweeping chronicle captures the turbulent birth of the Reformation, tracking the spread of evangelical fervor from the rugged landscapes of Scotland to the decisive, contentious streets of Geneva. It is a work of immense scope, blending meticulous historical research with a deep, personal commitment to the…
Old Continental Towns
Walter M. (Walter Matthew) Gallichan
These historical vignettes celebrate the enduring spirit of Europe’s storied centers, mapping the architectural splendor and intellectual heritage that define our collective cultural identity.
Spain
Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober
Spain offers a sweeping, panoramic chronicle of a nation shaped by centuries of conquest, shifting alliances, and profound cultural transformation. It bridges the gap between ancient Roman provincial life and the dramatic, final collision with the United States at the turn of the twentieth century.
Peaceless Europe
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Europe stands at a precipice of decline, driven not by the fires of the Great War, but by the vengeful and shortsighted peace treaties that followed its conclusion.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Ireland’s long, turbulent journey from the dawn of its earliest legends to the hard-won political recognition of the nineteenth century remains a singular testament to national resilience. Through centuries of shifting alliances and external pressures, the old land persistently asserts its identity, emerging from…
The Armies of Europe
Fedor von Köppen
This volume functions as a panoramic survey of the late 19th-century European military landscape, detailing the organizational structures, armaments, and strategic doctrines of the continent’s major and minor powers as they stood around 1890.
The Court of the Empress Josephine
Imbert de Saint-Amand
The rise and fall of an imperial dream, captured through the intimate, often melancholic lens of a woman caught in the orbit of history’s most restless conqueror.
Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule: A Study of the Ideals and Aspirations of the Bohemian and Slovak Peoples, as They Relate to and Are Affected by the Great European War
Unknown
This historical study examines the long-standing struggle for Bohemian and Slovak sovereignty, framing their national aspirations within the volatile political landscape of the early twentieth century. It serves as a fervent argument for the dissolution of Hapsburg authority in favor of self-determination.
Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2
C. Rochfort (Charles Rochfort) Scott
A restless account of 1830s Andalusia, this travelogue blends precise geographical observations with the gritty, often violent realities of mountain life and partisan warfare during a time of immense political instability in Spain.
The Iron Ration: Three Years in Warring Central Europe
George Abel Schreiner
A firsthand account of the Great War’s home front, this chronicle reveals how systemic famine and the desperate struggle for daily bread reshaped the social fabric of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, June 1883
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
The Chautauquan, Vol. 3, serves as a portal into the intellectual rigor of late 19th-century self-improvement. It captures a moment where global history, classical literature, and moral philosophy converged to shape the American mind.
Builders of United Italy
Rupert Sargent Holland
From a land of scattered, stagnant states emerges a unified nation, forged by the varied spirits of poets, soldiers, and statesmen. This historical account captures the fervent struggle to transform a fractured peninsula into modern Italy.
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Enguerrand de Monstrelet
A fractured France bleeds through the fifteen-year arc of this seventh volume, where dynastic ambition and endless petty feuds routinely turn ancient towns to ash.
Peeps at Many Lands: Sweden
William Liddle
A journey across turn-of-the-century Scandinavia opens a window onto a nation balancing ancient folk traditions with the rapid rise of modern industry.
The German Fury in Belgium: Experiences of a Netherland Journalist during four months with the German Army in Belgium
L. (Lambertus) Mokveld
A neutral observer steps into the smoke of a shattered kingdom, armed only with a bicycle, press credentials, and a quiet resolve to report what he sees.
The Mongols in Russia
Jeremiah Curtin
A nation's destiny is forged in the crucible of foreign subjugation, where fractured principalities must either unite under a single strong center or be utterly erased.
Travels in Morocco, Volume 1
James Richardson
A solitary traveler moves through a land protected by snow-capped mountains and sea-swept sand dunes, where imperial pride resists the encroaching influence of Christian Europe.