19Th Century category: 5646 books

Most people could probably tell you that Lizzie Borden "took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks," but few could say that, when tried, Lizzie Borden was acquitted, and fewer still, why. In Joseph A. Conforti's engrossing retelling, the case of Lizzie Borden, sensational in itself, also...

The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account...

First published in 1959, this is Father Joseph T. Durkin’s scholarly biography of Father Thomas Ewing Sherman (1856-1933), an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest who became a popular public speaker during the latter half of the 19th century Fr. Tom Sherman was born in San Francisco,...

Prairie Farming in America is an interesting overview of agriculture in the United States and Canada, written in the 19th century.

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America is a history of the Anarchy movement in the United States during the 19th century.

Emerson Hough was a late 19th century American writer best known for Westerns and historical novels about America. This is one of his most popular books.

A fascinating insight into the life of the vast majority of Chinese people at the end of 19th century. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Albert Paine was a late 19th and early 20th century American author who remains best known today for collaborating with Mark Twain on a number of books.

**This is a history of African Americans in America written by a former slave during the 19th century. **   From the preface:    " THE calumniators and traducers of the Negro are to be found, mainly, among two classes. The first and most relentless are those who...

In mid-19th century England, an era full of celebrated novelists, Anthony Trollope was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed of them all. Even today, his Chronicles of Barsetshire series is widely read, as are his other novels, many of which deal with criticisms of English culture at the time, from its politics to its customs and norms. 

Slavery existed long before the United States of America was founded, but so did opposition to slavery. Both flourished after the founding of the country, and the anti-slavery movement was known as abolition. For many abolitionists, slavery was the preeminent moral issue of the day, and their opposition...

"Vasu" is based on real events. In the 19th century, Fiji was a lawless land controlled by warring cannibals. Two powerful cannibal chiefs and their armies of bloodthirsty savages fought for control of the islands with Great Britain and America taking sides and supporting the opposing armies...

Jonathan Shelley is a Lakota half-breed who, to run from the painful memories of his past, leaves the Great Sioux Reserve and returns to Montana, where the land his father left him awaits. There he finds his family and friends, among who is Abigail Foster, the girl he will fall in love with. Theirs...

This is a contemporary work about the English city of York written by an English author in the late 19th century. It’s a short guide of sorts to interesting landmarks.