War & Military

The Reign of Queen Anne, Volume II

Read by Pamela Nagami


Justin Mccarthy


Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the d…

The Martyrdom Of Belgium; Official Report Of Massacres Of Peaceable Citizens, W…

Read by David Wales


George Cooreman


The title says it all. World War I narratives of German activities in Belgium after the German invasion of this neutral country. - Summary b…

Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate Stat…

Read by David Wales


Various


Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…

Life of Edward the Black Prince

Read by Pamela Nagami


Louise Creighton


Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England. He commanded the vanguard at the Battle of Créc…

Some Famous Women

Read by Pamela Nagami


Louise Creighton


Louise Creighton (1850-1936) was a British author and women's rights activist. The wife of the Anglican bishop of London, she was the mother…

Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916)

Read by David Wales


Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins


"It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and hav…

Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire

Read by S S Kim


James Headlam-Morley


"It is hard to be an Emperor under such a Chancellor." lamented Wilhelm I, the first emperor of the German Empire. Otto von Bismar…

The Beginning of the Middle Ages

Read by Pamela Nagami


Richard William Church


In 395 A.D. Theodosius, the last ruler of the undivided Roman Empire died. To his young and incompetent son, Honorius, he left the governmen…

Maria Theresa

Read by Pamela Nagami


James Franck Bright


By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of…

Nothing of Importance

Read by Lee Smalley


John Bernard Pye Adams


Fighting in France during the Great War, Bernard Adams, an officer with a Welsh battalion, was moved to chronicle what he saw and experience…

The Fringes Of The Fleet

Read by David Wales


Rudyard Kipling


During the war (WWI), [Kipling] wrote a booklet The Fringes of the Fleet containing essays and poems on various nautical subjects of the war…

The Sinking of the ''Merrimac''

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Richmond Pearson Hobson


During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor …

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 22)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

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Ambrose Bierce


Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his l…

The Cellar-House of Pervyse

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Mairi Chisholm


Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker were two British nurses and ambulance drivers whose staggeringly heroic efforts during World War I saved co…

The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peac…

Read by Pamela Nagami


Osmund Airy


In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…

The Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832)

Read by Pamela Nagami


Arthur Hassall


At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1…

Who Burnt Columbia?

Read by David Wales


Augustine T. Smythe


This LibriVox reading consists of selections from depositions in a lawsuit brought after the end of the American Civil War by some businessm…

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