Found 865 results for "Europe, history, 1871-1918"
Decamerone
by Giovanni Boccaccio
MOST gracious ladies, knowing that you are all by nature pitiful, I know that in your judgment this work will seem to ha...
The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
by Hubert Howe Bancroft
When it first became known to Europe that a new continent had been discovered, the wise men, philosophers, and especiall...
Lettres persanes
by Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, John Davidson
Of all great French authors perhaps Montesquieu is the least known in this country.
The Guns of August
by Barbara Tuchman
SO GORGEOUS was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England th...
Germany from Reich to Republic, 1871-1918
by Matthew S. Seligmann, Mathew S. Seligmann
The new German Empire which came into existence in 1871 was a sizeable entity.
History of Germany, 1780-1918
by David Blackbourn
Asked what the effect of the French Revolution had been, the Chinese Communist leader Chou En-lai supposedly replied: 'I...