

A Child’s History of Rome Volume II
By John Bonner Volume II of John Bonner’s classic retelling of the history of Rome has lost none of its…

Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key
By Mrs. H. R. Haweis. Illustrated with pictures and woodcuts by the author. A beautifully laid out—and perfectly accurate to…

A Child’s History of Rome Volume I
By John Bonner Volume I of John Bonner’s classic retelling of the history of Rome has lost none of its…

Life of Lieut.-Admiral de Ruyter
By G. Grinnell-Milne. Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter was possibly the single greatest seafaring military leader in European history, leading…

Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of Our Ancestors
By J. G. Edgar. This is a sweeping history of the major events in British history from the ninth century AD to the end of the Norman Conquest more than 200 years later, featuring the fascinating stories of the series of Vikings, Saxons, and Normans who blazed their way across England during that tumultuous time.

Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers
Few periods in history have become so intertwined with legend as the era of the buccaneers—or “pirates” as they later became known. Originally privateers commissioned by the French, and later by the English and Dutch crowns, to hunt Spanish ships in the Caribbean Sea during the 17th century, the innate lawlessness of the profession inevitably spiraled out of control.

Peter Stuyvesant: The Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
By John S. C. Abbott. This engrossing work details the early history of the colonization of Manhattan and its surrounding…

The Life of Christopher Columbus
By John S. C. Abbott. This is one of the most enthralling and all-encompassing biographies ever written about Christopher Columbus,…

Assyria: Its Princes, Priests, and People
By A. H. Sayce. The great library at the ancient city of Nineveh, located on the east bank of the Tigris…

Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales
By Sir George Douglas. Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales is a timeless collection of Scottish folklore, legends, and tales which…