British History brings together the landmark histories, political memoirs, and constitutional documents that trace England, Scotland, and the wider British Isles from the medieval period through the dawn of the modern era. Thomas Babington Macaulay’s magisterial History of England and David Hume’s earlier account of the same island sit alongside Boswell’s portrait of Georgian London — all offered as free EPUB downloads.
The shelf covers parliamentary history, the British Empire, the Industrial Revolution, and the lives of statesmen and reformers. Works by William Cobbett, John Stuart Mill, and Walter Bagehot give intellectual depth to a collection that doubles as a reading list for anyone serious about Anglophone political culture.
- The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With NotesKing of England Henry VIII
- The Diary of Samuel Pepys — CompleteSamuel Pepys
- The Roll of Honour, Volume 1marquis de Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval
- The Waterloo Roll Call / With Biographical Notes and AnecdotesCharles Dalton
- Shakespeare's familyC. C. Stopes
- The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2Sir Edward Tyas Cook
- A Little English GalleryLouise Imogen Guiney
- My own storyEmmeline Pankhurst
- Memoirs of the Court of Queen ElizabethLucy Aikin
- The Governments of EuropeFrederic Austin Ogg
- The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)George Gillespie
- The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 1, 1837-1843Queen of Great Britain Victoria
- The Memoirs of Admiral Lord BeresfordBaron Charles William De la Poer Beresford Beresford
- Lord Milner's Work in South Africa / From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902W. Basil Worsfold
- The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian SlaveMary Prince
- From Chaucer to Tennyson / With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty AuthorsHenry A. Beers
- The loyalists of America and their timesEgerton Ryerson
- The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2Willis J. Abbot
- The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido / For the Suppression of PiracySir Henry Keppel
- London and the Kingdom – Volume 2 / A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.Reginald R. Sharpe
- The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 2, 1844-1853Queen of Great Britain Victoria
- Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and PoetsMrs. Oliphant
- A Literary History of the English People, from the Origins to the RenaissanceJ. J. Jusserand
- The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 3, 1854-1861Queen of Great Britain Victoria
- Shakespearean Playhouses / A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the RestorationJoseph Quincy Adams
- Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol IISir John Ross
- The Life of King Edward VII / with a sketch of the career of King George VJ. Castell Hopkins
- The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
- Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III.Mrs. A. T. Thomson
- Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812. Volume 1A. T. Mahan
- History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) / Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's GovernmentGreat Britain. War Office
- A History of Elizabethan LiteratureGeorge Saintsbury
- The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1George Warburton
- Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and CoastsRosalind Northcote
- Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyW. Stebbing
- Common SenseThomas Paine
- Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.Mrs. A. T. Thomson
- The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War / With a Description of the Operations in the Aden HinterlandCecil Francis Romer
- An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of EnglandEdward Potts Cheyney
- Coronation AnecdotesGiles Gossip
- The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3) / A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IVCharles Greville
- Thomas Davis, selections from his prose and poetryThomas Davis
- Fifteen Chapters of AutobiographyGeorge William Erskine Russell
- The Toilers of the FieldRichard Jefferies
- "The Red Watch": With the First Canadian Division in FlandersJohn Allister Currie
- Lord John RussellStuart J. Reid
- State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 1 (of 2)
- Lectures on the French RevolutionBaron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton
- Story of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900A. T. Mahan
- The English Utilitarians, Volume 1 (of 3)Leslie Stephen
- Richard I / Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third / From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2Duke of Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos
- Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. ISir John Ross
- A Sailor of King GeorgeCaptain Frederick Hoffman
- The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) / 1809-1859John Morley
- The Facts About ShakespeareWilliam Allan Neilson
- History of the English People, Volume V / Puritan England, 1603-1660John Richard Green
- Charles I / Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- Stray Studies from England and ItalyJohn Richard Greene
- The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy / In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814
- Margaret of Anjou / Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2J. M. D. Meiklejohn
- South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 8) / From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899Louis Creswicke
- Mary Queen of Scots / Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) / From the Original Family DocumentsDuke of Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos
- British Socialism / An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical ProposalsJ. Ellis Barker
- Impressions of South AfricaViscount James Bryce Bryce
- Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II.Mrs. A. T. Thomson
- Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918Sir C. E. Callwell
- The Children's Book of LondonG. E. Mitton
- History of the English People, Volume IVJohn Richard Green
- Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] / A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal SeeH. J. L. J. Massé
- Change in the VillageGeorge Sturt
- The Scottish Reformation / Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive CharacteristicsAlexander F. Mitchell
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History of EnglandSaint the Venerable Bede
- The Battle of New Orleans / including the Previous Engagements between the Americans / and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to / the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815Z. F. Smith
- The Grey Friars in OxfordA. G. Little
- The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) / (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)J. Pringle Thomson
- Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many LandsMary Seacole
- Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul / An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical SketchArthur Dimock
- RaleighEdmund Gosse
- History of the English People, Volume VII / The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767John Richard Green
- Khartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the SoudanBennet Burleigh
- Scottish Cathedrals and AbbeysDugald Butler
- "Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from GermanyGerald Featherstone Knight
- History of the English People, Volume VIII / Modern England, 1760-1815John Richard Green
- The War in South Africa, Its Cause and ConductArthur Conan Doyle
- A Short History of EnglandG. K. Chesterton
- Some Reminiscences of old VictoriaEdgar Fawcett
- Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely / A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the SeeW. D. Sweeting
- Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury / A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of SarumGleeson White
- Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists
- On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, / with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additionsSamuel Felton
- The Political History of England – Vol XI / From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837)George C. Brodrick
- The Life of Gordon, Volume IDemetrius Charles Boulger
- Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the FirstSir William Blackstone
- The Ground Plan of the English Parish ChurchA. Hamilton Thompson
- St. John's College, CambridgeRobert Forsyth Scott
- The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] / A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal SeeHartley Withers