H D Traill: 11 books

Anthony Ashley Cooper, the First Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683) was a prominent politician during the reign of Charles II. He was a founder of the Whig Party, champion of the philosophical works of John Locke, and reprieved prisoner in the Tower of London. In 1886 the popular British biographer H. D. Traill brought balance to a controversial life.

H. D. Traill examines the life of Laurence Sterne, from his clergyman days to the scandals created by his comic and bawdy novel The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman.  This biography reveals a story about a man who discovered his literary talents late in life to become a man of notoriety and wealth.

THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, ALGIERS, MALAGA, BARCELONA, MARSEILLES, NICE, THE RIVIERA, GENOA, THE TUSCAN COAST, VENICE, ALEXANDRIA, MALTA, SICILY, NAPLES,

Le 10 février 1763, le traité de Versailles cédait le Canada à l'Angleterre, et le drapeau français retraversait les mers sous la garde des braves qui l'avaient si noblement défendu, et qui, abandonnés, décimés, écrasés par le nombre, n'avaient pas voulu quitter le sol qu'ils avaient illustré...

William Henry, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau, a ruler destined to play a greater part in shaping the destinies of modern England than any of her native sovereigns, was born at the Hague on the 4th of November 1650. By blood and ancestral tradition he was well fitted for the work to which he...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) wrote the famous poems “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and “Kubla Khan,” but he was also an influential philosopher, literary critic, and forerunner of transcendentalism. This 1884 biographical study explores his life and works, divided into Coleridge’s “Poetical,” “Critical,” and “Metaphysical and Theological” periods.

This 1897 collection of essays discusses veteran authors, schools of fiction, and criticizes two then-rising authors: Stephen Crane and Arthur Morrison. Chapters include “The Political Novel,” “The Politics of Literature,” “Matthew Arnold,” and “The Future of Humour,” among others.

William III (1650-1702) was Protestant king of England, ruling jointly with his wife Mary II during the “William and Mary” period. This 1888 work traces William’s life and career, including his birth as Holland’s Prince of Orange as well as his campaigns, issues with Parliament, and the Glorious Revolution that brought him to the throne.

According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 25 July 1834) was an English poet, critic and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The...

According to Wikipedia: "Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 18 March 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many...