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History - British

From cloistered chronicles and medieval feuds to imperial wars, scandalous trials, and the thunder of the Victorian age, this bookshelf sweeps through the making of Britain in all its grandeur and contradiction. Here are kings and reformers, generals and engineers, highways and battlefields, superstition and statecraft—voices from centuries of upheaval building a nation before your ears. Step in for a journey where history feels less like a record and more like a rising drama.

3196 Audiobooks

Christmas Chat or, Observations on the late change at court, on the different characters of the ins and outs; and on the present state of publick affairs.

by Anonymous

The Soul of a Nation

by Philip Gibbs

The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 05

by Count Anthony Hamilton

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 08, August 1900 The Guild Halls of London

by Various Authors

Der Hansische Stahlhof in London Ein Vortrag, gehalten im Saale des goldenen Sterns zu Bonn am 11. März 1856

by Reinhold Pauli

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 05, May 1900 Chippendale Chairs

by Various Authors

Imperialism in South Africa

by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

The Marylebone Penny Readings and Their Critics

by Henry Taylor

Regulations for the establishment and government of the Royal Military Asylum

by Duke of York's Royal Military School

Subscription the disgrace of the English Church [1st edition]

by C. N. (Charles Nourse) Wodehouse

A Sailor of King George

by Captain Frederick Hoffman

The Colleges of Oxford: Their History and Traditions XXI Chapters Contributed by Members of the Colleges

The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)

Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter

by Edric Holmes

Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies

by John Howie

Andrew Melville

by William Morison

Old English Patent Medicines in America

by George B. Griffenhagen, James Harvey Young

Chronicles of London Bridge

by Richard Thompson

Book-Plates

by William John Hardy

Armour in England, from the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First

by John Starkie Gardner

The Government of England (Vol. I)

by A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence) Lowell

London Souvenirs

by Charles William Heckethorn

Jane Austen's sailor brothers : Being the adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen

by J. H. (John Henry) Hubback, Edith C. (Edith Charlotte) Hubback

British Royal Proclamations Relating to America, 1603-1783

by Great Britain. Sovereign

The Smugglers: Picturesque Chapters in the Story of an Ancient Craft

by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

The Church of Grasmere: A History

by Mary L. (Mary Louisa) Armitt

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 1 (of 4).—1841-1857

by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves

The Pacification of Burma

by C. H. T. (Charles Haukes Todd) Crosthwaite

The Relief of Chitral

by G. J. (George John) Younghusband, Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

Ian Hamilton's March

by Winston Churchill

The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2

The Church Index A Book of Metropolitan Churches and Church Enterprise: Part I. Kensington

by William Pepperell

Famous Fights of Indian Native Regiments

by Reginald Hodder

The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman Hill

History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers

by T. W. J. (Thomas William John) Connolly

The Americans in the South Seas 1901

by Louis Becke

Records of the Kirk of Scotland containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies from 1638 downwards, as authenticated by the clerks of assembly.

by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

Walks near Edinburgh

by Margaret Warrender

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See

by C. King Eley

Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New England

by Charles Evans

Little Books About Old Furniture. Volume II. The Period of Queen Anne

by J. P. (John Percy) Blake, A. E. (Alfred Edward) Reveirs-Hopkins

Cremorne and the later London gardens

by Warwick William Wroth

Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch

by Sidney Heath

English Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

by Samuel Manning, Samuel G. (Samuel Gosnell) Green

Studies in Irish history, 1603-1649, second series : Being a course of lectures delivered before the Irish Literary Society of London.

Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2 (of 2)

by Henry Glassford Bell

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description of Its Fabric with an Account of the Diocese and See

by Hubert C. (Hubert Christian) Corlette

Town Life in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1 (of 2)

by Alice Stopford Green

The Blocking of Zeebrugge

by Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter

With the British Army in The Holy Land

by H. O. (Henry Osmond) Lock

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917

by Various Authors

The Romance of the London Directory

by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

On the right of the British line

by Gilbert Nobbs

A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies

by John Hoyland

John and Betty's History Visit

by Margaret Williamson

The Historical Growth of the English Parish Church

by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson

The Man with the Book; or, The Bible Among the People.

by John Matthias Weylland

Bygone Scotland: Historical and Social

by David Maxwell

The Story of the Highland Regiments

by Frederick Watson

Small Talk at Wreyland. Third Series

by Cecil Torr

From Palmerston to Disraeli (1856-1876)

Harold's Town and its vicinity : Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, and High Beech, Epping Forest

by Freeman Bunting

The History and Antiquities of Horsham

by Howard Dudley

Frances Mary Buss and her work for education

by Annie E. Ridley

English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 4: The Later Georges to Victoria

by Donald Grant Mitchell

From Lower Deck to Pulpit

by Henry Cowling

Londinium, Architecture and the Crafts

by W. R. (William Richard) Lethaby

The Bodleian Library at Oxford

by Falconer Madan

The Fighting Retreat To Paris

by Roger Ingpen

The Little London Directory of 1677 The oldest printed list of the merchants and bankers of London

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 08, August 22, 1840

by Various Authors

The Night Side of London

by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

The life-story of Charlotte de la Trémoille, Countess of Derby

by Mary C. (Mary Catherine) Rowsell

Narrative of a Private Soldier in His Majesty's 92d Regiment of Foot

by George Billany

An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, Appointed Session, 1849, to Inquire Into the Contract Packet Service

by Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Inquire into the Contract Packet Service