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Following the Flag
by Charles Carleton CoffinFollowing the Flag is written by Charles Carleton Coffin, an American journalist, Civil War correspondent, author and politician. An injury might have stopped him from serving the army, but not his efforts to serve the country in the battle field. As mentioned by the author in his preface, this book might not be sufficient enough to give the mov..
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens Vol I of 2
by Hazard StevensThe Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens is the biography of the first Governor of Washington Territory written in two volumes by his son Hazard Stevens. Isaac Stevens was a brigadien general in the Union Army and he met his death in the Battle of Chantilly. Hazard Stevens has written this biography with collection of information from Steven's contempo..
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens Vol 2 of 2
by Hazard StevensThe Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens is the biography of the first Governor of Washington Territory written in two volumes by his son Hazard Stevens. While the first volume narrated the early life of Stevens, this second volume covers many battles won by the general and the milestones in his career and the brave death in his final battle field of C..
Builders of United Italy
by Rupert Sargent HollandBuilders of United Italy, written by Rupert Sargent Holland is a historic work, any Italian should read. The author describes eight most influential personalities who shaped the united Italy from dismantled states to the Italy of today. The poetical voice of Alfieri, the literary works Manzoni, the philosophical thoughts of Gioberty, the father ..
The Revolutions of Portugal
by Abbot De VertotThe Revolutions of Portugal is an unbiased historical account of the Portugal revolution written by Abbot De Vertot, who has also written many such works like The revolutions of Sweden, and The Revolutions of Rome. This historical work has been written unbiased with extracts collected from writing of several French, Spanish, Portuguese and..
The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire
by S. W. PartingtonThe Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire is a historical account written by the English historian by S. W. Partington, the author of another historical work “The History of Furniture”. Partington mentioned in the introductory note that the history of the pre-Norman conquest remains blank for the contemporary readers. This book is an attem..
War and Peace
by Graf Leo TolstoyWar and Peace written by Graf Leo Tolstoy is a longest novel, though the author himself does not consider it to be in the standards of Russian literature of a novel, but he considers his Anna Karenina as a novel written himself. War and Peace is the impact of French invasion of Russia and its impact on the society seen through five aristoc..
Antiquities of the Jews
by Flavius JosephusAntiquities of the Jews, is composed by Flavius Josephus, a historian and Romano-Jewish scholar. This book details the history of the Jewish people narrated right from the creation of Adam and Eve. Initial volumes of the books is based on the records of Hebrew Bible and preceded beyond biblical text till the Jewish war. The author defends and di..