James Gairdner: 10 books

James Gairdner illuminates one of the more obscure periods in English history—the late 14th to the late 15th centuries—in this engrossing volume. There are few contemporary narratives of the events of this stormy age, which is described in the Preface as being full of “the sad calamities endured...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Paston Letters, Volume II (of 6) - New Complete Library Edition. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Paston Letters, Volume III (of 6) - New Complete Library Edition. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Paston Letters, Volume IV (of 6) - New Complete Library Edition. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition...

This 1889 biography was part of the Twelve English Statesmen series—slender histories designed to give readers an accurate, if far from exhaustive, overview of their subjects.  But Gairdner's monograph on Henry VII contains much more, shining new light on the events of Henry's reign, including the murder of Perkin Warbeck, the pretender.

Chios Classics brings literature’s greatest works back to life for new generations.  All our books contain a linked table of contents. History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third is a biography of the famous English king.

Public attention was first drawn to the Paston Letters in the year 1787, when there issued from the press two quarto volumes with a very lengthy title, setting forth that the contents were original letters written ‘by various persons of rank and consequence’ during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward...

Chios Classics brings literature’s greatest works back to life for new generations.  All our books contain a linked table of contents. The Houses of Lancaster and York is an overview of the famous English families.

THE PASTON LETTERS A.D. 1422-1509 Author Preface: PUBLIC attention was first drawn to the Paston Letters in the year 1787, when there issued from the press two quarto volumes with a very lengthy title, setting forth that the contents were original letters written ‘by various persons...

The reign of Edward III may be considered the climax of mediaeval civilization and of England’s early greatness. It is the age in which chivalry attained its highest perfection. It is the period of the most brilliant achievements in war and of the greatest development of arts and commerce before...