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Books in the History - French genre:

The True Story Book (1893)

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True stories of adventure. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896)

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One of the first attempts in English to tell the whole story of La Pucelle, the Maid of France. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Frank Vincent Du Mond
Photographs

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Froissart’s Chronicle (1901)

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A history of the Hundred Years War between England and France, covering the years from 1326 to 1400 in six volumes. Much more information and scans of the early manuscript copies is available at The Online Froissart.... View More

Author(s): Jean Froissart
Illustrator(s): None

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The Struggle for a Continent (1902)

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This story of the French and Indian War gives a detailed account of the major battles and campaigns of the war, as well as the political and diplomatic maneuvering that took place on both sides. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Pelham Edgar, Ph.D.
Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

King Leopold’s Soliloquy (1905)

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A satirical defense of the Belgian king’s exploitation of the Congo Free State, notoriously the subject of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. A supplement was added to make the second edition. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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Smouldering Fires (1905)

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A story of the eruption of Mount Pelee on May 8, 1902 on the Island of Martinique in the French Antilles which killed more than 30,000 people.

Author(s): Evelyn Everett-Green
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906)

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This is a collection of thirty-eight pieces by the iconic American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The stories span the course of his career, from 1865 to 1904. Sixteen are here first collected. They include Saint Joan of Arc. Read online at Hathitru... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Albert Levering
W. T. Smedley
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The Book of Princes and Princesses (1908)

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A book of fairy tales based on real princes and princesses. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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The Red Book of Heroes (1909)

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Biographies of people who were truly in earnest. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): A. Wallis Mills

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The Strange Story Book (1913)

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A collection or stories, some of them true, mostly fictitious. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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Robert Lawson's World War I Sketchbook (1918)

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During his deployment in France, Robert Lawson sketched the local scenery. More images are available online at freelibrary.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Saint Joan of Arc (1919)

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This biography of the saint was originally published in Harper’s Magazine in 1904. It comprises the introductory essay and the final chapter of the author’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Wilfred J. Jones
Howard Pyle

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Quentin Durward (1923)

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The story of a young Scotsman who goes to France to seek his fortune under King Louis XI. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s): Percy Tarrant

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Quentin Durward (1923)

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The story of a young Scotsman who goes to France to seek his fortune under King Louis XI. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s): Charles Bosseron Chambers

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Napoleon and His Court (1924)

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A history of the Napoleonic empire’s court.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Various

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Napoleon and His Court (1924)

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A history of the Napoleonic empire’s court.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Various

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Josephine: Napoleon’s Empress (1925)

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A biography of the first French empress.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Louis XIV: King of France and Navarre (1928)

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A biography of the long reigning ‘Sun King’ of France, builder of Versailles.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Stream of History (1928)

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A history of the world, variously in one and four volumes.

Author(s): Geoffrey Parsons
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

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The Three Musketeers (1929)

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Charles de Batz de Castelmore d’Artagnan is on his way to Paris to seek his fortune as a member of the King’s Musketeers when he is assaulted and humiliated. On his arrival he almost at once manages to challenge three of the Musketeers, A... View More

Author(s): Alexandre Dumas
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

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