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In the aftermath of the First World War, many leaders and intellectuals believed a League of Nations, the forerunner of today’s United Nations, would ensure world peace. The vision had no more effective or tireless advocate than Wells, who with a panel of distinguished collaborators, including Viscount Grey, Gilbert Murray, and J. A. Spender, made the case in this brief 1919 monograph.

The eminent Victorian clergyman, novelist, and essayist kept his eyes open to the wonders of the natural world. This 1873 collection of nature writing includes “A Charm of Birds,” “Chalk-Stream Studies,” “My Winter-Garden,” “From Ocean to Sea,” and “The Fens.”

Widely regarded as a masterpiece of nineteenth-century French poetry, Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (“The Flowers of Evil”) is celebrated for its daring explorations of the dualities of the human soul in its struggle between good and evil, beauty and debasement, spirit and flesh, as well...

The Lives of the Caesars quite often resembles a modern sensationalized tabloid, stuffed with insinuations, scandal, and royal shenanigans, but it is really much more. Written by a "palace insider" and published at the height of the Roman Empire, it gives a unique, intense, and individual...

Part of the distinguished “Story of the Nations Series,” Early Britain is a vivid account of the very beginning of English history. Opening with the earliest days of the nation, the book examines the most significant moments in English history up to the Norman Conquest, skillfully elucidating the impact of battles, individuals, and political events.

Hailed by the New York Times as “entertaining as well as valuable,” this two-volume biography examines the life of “the hero of Waterloo.” This engaging portrait perfectly captures the life story of this legendary officer. This second volume continues the narrative of Wellington’s life during...

Hailed by the New York Times as “entertaining as well as valuable,” this two-volume biography examines the life of “the hero of Waterloo.” This engaging portrait perfectly captures the life story of this legendary officer. In volume one, Maxwell begins the exhaustive chronicling of Wellington’s...

Kings, politicians, accomplishments, and failures are detailed in this engrossing seven-volume history of England between 1713 and 1783. What emerges is a colorful portrait of an era, dominated not by dates and facts but by people and momentous events. Volume four focuses on the years 1748 to 1763, beginning...

Kings, politicians, accomplishments, and failures are detailed in this engrossing seven-volume history of England between 1713 and 1783. What emerges is a colorful portrait of an era, dominated not by dates and facts but by people and momentous events. In volume three, Mahon covers everything from England’s...

Britain’s war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France is the topic of this panoramic 1911 work of history.  The author’s thumbnail portraits of George III, William Pitt, Henry Dundas, Edmund Burke, William Grenville, the Duke of York, George Canning, and others have been praised for their insight...

In reviewing this 1889 volume in the English Men of Action series, the Scotsman wrote: "There are few, if any, more interesting life stories in our military history than that of the great Duke, and very few lives that form a more instructive or stimulating study.  The story . . . is admirably told by Mr. Hooper."

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, the First Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. This volume covers his youthful zeal, years in India and Portugal, political reversals, and final reckoning with Napoleon. It also contains biographical sketches of his lieutenants. Griffiths humbly...

The writings of author and traveler Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) introduced many Western readers to the otherworldly space of Japan. This unauthorized 1919 biography of a unique figure in literary history is based on his candid correspondence with his Irish half-sister, Mrs. Atkinson. For as Kennard notes,...

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) wrote vivid accounts about life in New Orleans, the West Indies, and Japan. This appreciative 1908 biography discusses his birth to an Irish father and Greek mother, his work and travels, and the impact of poor eyesight on this “poet of myopia.” Gould writes, “Of Lafcadio...