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The Lerouge Case
Widely considered the first modern detective novel in French literature, The Lerouge Case is the first in Emile Gaboriau's acclaimed "L…
The Mysteries of Paris
Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in…
The Mysteries of Paris
Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in…
The Young Pretenders
Delightful and touching this wonderful little story should appeal to both the young and young at heart. Having lived happily with their gran…
Under the Guns
Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…
Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earn…
My Flirtations
Many novels, most notably Hannah Webster's The Coquette, focused on how terrible it is for a woman to flirt before her marriage. "I did…
The Suffragette
This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the…
North America
Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In 1861 he travelled through…
The Hundredth Chance
In this prequel to "Charles Rex'' by Ethel M. Dell you will meet the aristocratic blackguard Lord Saltash for whom our distressed heroi…
War and Women
"The sending of a Women’s Convoy Corps to the Balkans was the result of Mrs. Stobart’s keen desire to demonstrate the ability of women …
The Markets of Paris
The Markets of Paris is a remarkable work, and is the one which Zola calls his very best novel, and of which he is far more proud than of an…
Napoleon and Marie-Louise
FOREWORD: In a former volume, the legend of Joséphine was considered, and an attempt was made to substitute for it the truth of Histo…
The Story of the French Revolution
Preface Excerpt: "The following sketch of the course of the French Revolution was originally published during 1889 in serial form in &q…
Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena
In this memoir written by Betsy Balcombe, who was a precocious 14 year old at the time of events, we are provided with a rare account of the…
The Count's Millions
The wealthy Count de Chalusse is struck with apoplexy and dies without a will, leaving Marguerite the orphan (daughter?) he adopted penniles…
Philomène's Marriages
'Philomène’s Marriages' is a story of French life, located in Normandy, and also in Paris, and is a translation from the French of a …
Women of the French Revolution
(Excerpt) One aspect of this subject of revolutionary women, their connection with the secret societies of the day I have purposely ignored.…
Twenty Years of the Republic
Excerpt: At the time when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there had been no Democratic President for a full quarter of a century. A whole gene…
Some American Storytellers
Frederic Taber Cooper, who was an editor and author, provides a superb insight into the works of some of the most popular authors of the tur…