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History - European Genre

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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)

A three-volume compendium of crime stories. Read for free online: Volume 1 at Internet Archive Volume 2 at HathiTrust Volume 3 at HathiTrust ... View More

Author(s): Major Arthur Griffiths
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (1908)

An undercover London policeman is recruited into an Anarchist council only to discover most of his fellow anarchists are also undercover agents. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Various

King Albert’s Book (1914)

Letters, poems, songs and pictures in sympathy for Belgium under the Teuton’s boot, this book served as a fundraiser for relief efforts. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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 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
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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

Barmi (1990)

A finely illustrated history of the development of an Italian city.

Author(s): Pilar Comes
Xavier Hernández
Illustrator(s): Jordi Ballonga

Blueberries for the Queen (2004)

In the summer of 1942, when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands lives down the road from his family’s house in Massachusetts, young William decides to take her some of the blueberries he has picked.

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