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History - European Genre
Books in the History - European genre:
The Story of Geographical Discovery (1895)
This survey of exploration and discovery was originally published in 1895. Read the 1915 edition online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s):
Various
Mysteries of Police and Crime (1901)
Author(s):
Major Arthur Griffiths
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (1908)
Author(s):
G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s):
None
Junior Classics Volume 7 (1912)
Short accounts of courageous men and women from history for children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
King Albert’s Book (1914)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Maxfield Parrish
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Radek and Ransome on Russia (1918)
Author(s):
Karl Radek
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
None
Russia in 1919 (1919)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
None
The Crisis in Russia (1921)
A vivid, brief account of the extraordinary times of the Russian revolution during the latter half of the first world war and after.
Read online at
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
None
Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy (1927)
The history of Italy from the Congress of Vienna to the rise of Mussolini through the life of King Victor Emmanuel II.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Various
Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy (1927)
The history of Italy from the Congress of Vienna to the rise of Mussolini through the life of King Victor Emmanuel II.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Various
The Stream of History (1928)
A history of the world, variously in one and four volumes.
Author(s):
Geoffrey Parsons
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Spice and the Devil’s Cave (1930)
A story about the rivalry between Arab traders, the city-state of Venice, and of the struggling nation of Portugal to dominate the spice trade by finding a new sea route to India by going around the "Devil's Cave"--The Cape of Good Hope.
Author(s):
Agnes Danforth Hewes
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Straten Schrijven Historie (1951)
Streets Write History is a biographical and historical street book of Amsterdam.
Author(s):
Jos. F. Steussy
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Globe Restored (1953)
A study of the Elizabethan Theatre.
Read online at archive.org
Author(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Junior Classics Volume 8: Stories from History (1957)
Stories, tales and poems, ancient and modern for boys and girls from six to sixteen.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
Elizabeth (1961)
This is the story of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Rudolf Michael Sachs
Made in the Middle Ages (1961)
Descriptions and illustrations of everyday articles that have come down to us from the Middle Ages.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Made in the Renaissance: Arts and Crafts of the Age of Exploration (1963)
A survey of the arts and crafts of the Renaissance in Europe.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Spanish Armada (1967)
Author(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Barmi (1990)
A finely illustrated history of the development of an Italian city.
Author(s):
Pilar Comes
Xavier Hernández
Illustrator(s):
Jordi Ballonga