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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A History of the Great War, Volume One

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John Buchan


This is the first of a four-volume history of the First World War, covering the period from its outbreak in the summer of 1914 to the campai…

Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409

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Oscar Browning


The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …

The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And …

Read by David Wales


Edward Gilliat


Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contai…

With The American Ambulance Field Service In France; Personal Letters Of A Driv…

Read by David Wales


Leslie Buswell


This 1915 publication collects letters written by a driver for the American ambulance service. The incidents they relate occurred before the…

The Story of Gladstone's Life

Read by Pamela Nagami


Justin Mccarthy


William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four times Prime Minister of Great Britain, dominated the Liberal Party for thirty years, but ultimatel…

Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire

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Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke


Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…

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