The British History Collection 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 HenryKing of England Henry VIII
- Shakespeare’s FamilyC. C. Stopes
- The Waterloo Roll CallCharles Dalton
- A Little English GalleryLouise Imogen Guiney
- The Roll of Honour, Volume 1marquis de Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval
- The Diary of Samuel Pepys — CompleteSamuel Pepys
- My Own StoryEmmeline Pankhurst
- The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol. 1Queen of Great Britain Victoria
- The Memoirs of Admiral Lord BeresfordBaron Charles William De la Poer Beresford Beresford
- The History of Mary PrinceMary Prince
- From Chaucer to TennysonHenry A. Beers
- Works of Mr. George GillespieGeorge Gillespie
- The Governments of EuropeFrederic Austin Ogg
- Common SenseThomas Paine
- The Loyalists of America and Their TimesEgerton Ryerson
- The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
- Memoirs of the Court of Queen ElizabethLucy Aikin
- A Literary History of the English PeopleJ. J. Jusserand
- The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. DidoSir Henry Keppel
- Memoirs of the Court of George IVDuke of Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos
- Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral, Vol. 2Sir John Ross
- Shakespearean PlayhousesJoseph Quincy Adams
- The Life of King Edward VIIJ. Castell Hopkins
- Lord Milner’s Work in South AfricaW. Basil Worsfold
- Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914–1918Sir C. E. Callwell
- Life of William Ewart GladstoneJohn Morley
- History of the WarGreat Britain. War Office
- The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol. 3Queen of Great Britain Victoria
- A Sailor of King GeorgeCaptain Frederick Hoffman
- The Children's Book of LondonG. E. Mitton
- Memoirs of the Jacobites, Vol. 1Mrs. A. T. Thomson
- Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral, Vol. 1Sir John Ross
- Change in the VillageGeorge Sturt
- Sea Power in its Relations, Vol. 1A. T. Mahan
- Impressions of South AfricaViscount James Bryce Bryce
- Story of the WarA. T. Mahan
- The Naval History, Vol. 2Willis J. Abbot
- The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger
- Royal EdinburghMrs. Oliphant
- Charles I — Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- The Second Battalion Royal DublinCecil Francis Romer
- Fifteen Chapters of AutobiographyGeorge William Erskine Russell
- The Scottish ReformationAlexander F. Mitchell
- A History of Elizabethan LiteratureGeorge Saintsbury
- Lectures on the French RevolutionBaron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton
- Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyW. Stebbing
- The Greville Memoirs, Part 1, Volume 1Charles Greville
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History of EnglandSaint the Venerable Bede
- An Introduction to the IndustrialEdward Potts Cheyney
- Richard I — Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- Stray Studies from England and ItalyJohn Richard Greene
- Khartoum Campaign, 1898Bennet Burleigh
- The Facts About ShakespeareWilliam Allan Neilson
- Coronation AnecdotesGiles Gossip
- Thomas Davis: Selections from His Prose and PoetryThomas Davis
- The Toilers of the FieldRichard Jefferies
- Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of GloucesterH. J. L. J. Massé
- Memoirs of the Jacobites, Vol. 2Mrs. A. T. Thomson
- State Trials, Political and Social
- Lord John RussellStuart J. Reid
- Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. SeacoleMary Seacole
- "Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from GermanyGerald Featherstone Knight
- The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1George Warburton
- South Africa and the TransvaalLouis Creswicke
- The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol. 2Queen of Great Britain Victoria
- Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and CoastsRosalind Northcote
- Bell’s Cathedrals: St Paul’sArthur Dimock
- “The Red Watch”John Allister Currie
- Some Reminiscences of Old VictoriaEdgar Fawcett
- RaleighEdmund Gosse
- The War in South AfricaArthur Conan Doyle
- Scottish Cathedrals and AbbeysDugald Butler
- Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of ElyW. D. Sweeting
- The Battle of New OrleansZ. F. Smith
- The English Utilitarians, Volume 1 (of 3)Leslie Stephen
- English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth CenturyLeslie Stephen
- Margaret of Anjou — Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- Mary Queen of ScotsJacob Abbott
- Makers of British Botany
- Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the FirstSir William Blackstone
- The Jacobite Rebellions (1689–1746)J. Pringle Thomson
- The Ground Plan of the English Parish ChurchA. Hamilton Thompson
- Memoirs of the Jacobites, Vol. 3Mrs. A. T. Thomson
- The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century R. H. Tawney
- Great Britain at WarJeffery Farnol
- The Cathedral Church of CanterburyHartley Withers
- Elizabeth Montagu, the Queen of the Bluestockings Emily J. Climenson
- Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of SalisburyGleeson White
- St. John's College, CambridgeRobert Forsyth Scott
- The Kensington DistrictG. E. Mitton
- William Pitt and National Revival J. Holland Rose
- The History of Trade Unionism Sidney and Beatrice Webb
- A Short History of EnglandG. K. Chesterton
- The 1/4 Royal Berkshire RegimentC. R. M. F. Cruttwell
- Prisoners of War in Britain 1756–1815Francis Abell
- The Old East IndiamenE. Keble Chatterton
- The Life of Gordon, Volume IDemetrius Charles Boulger
- English Poor Law Policy Sidney and Beatrice Webb
- The History of the British Post Office Joseph Clarence Hemmeon
- William Pitt and the Great War J. Holland Rose
- Ancient Bronze Implements of Great BritainJohn Evans
- The Opium MonopolyEllen N. La Motte
- Some Naval YarnsMordaunt Hall
- Witch, Warlock, and MagicianW. H. Davenport Adams
- Traditions of Edinburgh Robert Chambers
- The Court and Cabinets of George IIIDuke of Buckingham and Chandos
- London CityWalter Besant
- History of the Scottish RegimentsArchibald K. Murray
- A History of HorncastleJ. Conway Walter
- The Story of the Malakand Field ForceWinston Churchill
- Holborn and BloomsburyWalter Besant and G. E. Mitton
- Chronicle of the Kings of EnglandWilliam of Malmesbury
- All About BatterseaHenry S. Simmonds
- History of YarmouthWilliam Finch-Crisp
- Nineteen Centuries of Drink in EnglandRichard Valpy French
- The London Burial GroundsIsabella M. Holmes
- A Comprehensive History of NorwichA. D. Bayne
- Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius CaesarT. Rice Holmes
- Wellington’s Army, 1809–1814Charles Oman
- Records of Parishes Round Horncastle J. Conway Walter
- Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington Hester Lynch Piozzi
- Harris’s List of Covent Garden LadiesAnonymous
- British Popular CustomsT. F. Thiselton-Dyer
- The Great Boer WarArthur Conan Doyle
- Memorials of Old DerbyshireJ. Charles Cox
- A History of Witchcraft in England, 1558–1718Wallace Notestein
- A History of Lancashire Henry Fishwick
- Social Life in the Reign of Queen AnneJohn Ashton
- The Life of NelsonRobert Southey
- Vanishing England P. H. Ditchfield
- Richard the Lion HeartKate Norgate
- Curiosities of Puritan NomenclatureC. W. Bardsley
- Fifty-One Years of Victorian LifeCountess of Jersey
- English Book CollectorsWilliam Younger Fletcher
- The Post Office in British North AmericaWilliam Smith
- The Town Leigh Hunt
- Memorials of Old Lincolnshire Edward Mansel Sympson
- Robert Curthose, Duke of NormandyCharles W. David
- Boswelliana James Boswell
- The Abolition of the African Slave-TradeThomas Clarkson
- Witch StoriesE. Lynn Linton
- Miss Eden’s LettersEmily Eden
- History of England to the Norman ConquestThomas Hodgkin
- On the Portraits of EnglishSamuel Felton
- The Skirts of the Great City Mrs. Arthur G. Bell
- The Press-Gang Afloat and AshoreJ. R. Hutchinson
- Battles of English HistoryH. B. George
- The 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 1914–1918Frederick P. Gibbon
- Haunted LondonWalter Thornbury
- Sweet Hampstead and Its Associations Caroline A. White
- Victorian WorthiesGeorge Henry Blore
- A History of the Coldstream GuardsJ. Ross
- A Child’s History of EnglandCharles Dickens
- The Panjab, North-West Frontier and KashmirJames McCrone Douie
- William Lilly’s History of His Life and TimesWilliam Lilly
- History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire Barlow Cumberland
- The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
- The Grey Friars in OxfordA. G. Little
- The Story of the East Riding of Yorkshire Horace B. Browne
- The Village Labourer, 1760–1832 J. L. Hammond and Barbara Hammond
- Memorials of Old Cheshire Edward Barber and P. H. Ditchfield
- Forty-One Years in IndiaLord Roberts
- A Book for a Rainy DayJohn Thomas Smith
- Eminent Victorians Lytton Strachey
- King and Commonwealth Bertha Meriton Gardiner and J. Surtees Phillpotts
- The Post Office and Its Story Edward Bennett
- Hyde Park, Its History and Romance Mrs. Alec-Tweedie
- The Transvaal from Within Percy FitzPatrick
- Leaders of the People Joseph Clayton
- India under Ripon Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
- Collections and Recollections George W. E. Russell
- A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench
- British SocialismJ. Ellis Barker
- Lord Randolph Churchill Winston Churchill
- Leigh Hunt’s Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats Barnette Miller
- London Clubs Ralph Nevill
- Hong Kong Gene Gleason
- The Story of Coventry Mary Dormer Harris
- Shakespeare’s Environment Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
- Memorials of Old Devonshire F. J. Snell
- The Felon’s Track Michael Doheny
- The History of Gambling in England John Ashton
- A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang
- The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs Thomas Frost
- The History of Oswestry William Cathrall
- Anglo-Saxon Britain Grant Allen
- A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Henry A. Beers
- Affairs of West Africa E. D. Morel
- The Invasions of England Edward Foord
- The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home
- An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland J. J. A. Worsaae
- The Forest of Dean H. G. Nicholls
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Her Life and Letters Lewis Melville
- A Short History of English Printing Henry R. Plomer
- The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country C. F. G. Clark
- The Annals of Willenhall Frederick William Hackwood
- The History of the Highland Clearances Alexander Mackenzie
- Notes and Queries for Worcestershire John Noake
- Prime Ministers and Some Others George W. E. Russell
- The Naval War of 1812Theodore Roosevelt
- Lord William Beresford, V.C. Mrs. Stuart Menzies
- The Orkney Book John Gunn
- Lighthouses William John Hardy
- The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne Dorothy Osborne
- The Rural Life of England William Howitt
- The Companions of Pickle Andrew Lang
- A History of the Cries of London Charles Hindley
- South London Walter Besant
- The Agony Column of the Times, 1800–1870 Alice Clay
- Lord Chatham, His Early Life and Connections Lord Rosebery
- A Short History of Wales Owen M. Edwards
- The Viceroys of Ireland Charles O’Mahony
- A Description of Modern Birmingham Charles Pye
- Indian Unrest Valentine Chirol
- Present Irish Questions William O’Connor Morris
- India Under British Rule James Talboys Wheeler
- A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade William Wilberforce
- A Chronicle History of Shakespeare Frederick Gard Fleay
- History of Madeley John Randall
- The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Samuel Murray Hussey
- English Coins and Tokens Llewellynn Jewitt
- Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
- Chronicles of Strathearn John Hunter
- Scottish Reminiscences Archibald Geikie
- The Story of an Ancient Parish H. R. Coulthard
- London Souvenirs Charles William Heckethorn
- Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present Thomas Miller
- Letters of Lord Acton to Mary Gladstone Lord Acton
- Warwickshire: The Land of Shakespeare Clive Holland
- Cameos from English History: Rollo to Edward II Charlotte M. Yonge
- Cremorne and the Later London Gardens Warwick Wroth
- Northumberland Yesterday and To-day Jean F. Terry
- Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle H. N. Brailsford
- The Dover Road Charles G. Harper
- The Irish Crisis Charles E. Trevelyan
- The Age of Dryden Richard Garnett
- Fifty Years of Railway Life Joseph Tatlow
- Maxims and Opinions of the Duke of Wellington Duke of Wellington
- London’s Underworld Thomas Holmes
- The Life of Henry Labouchere Algar Thorold
- Nooks and Corners of English Life John Timbs
- Native Races and the War Josephine Butler
- Father Thames Walter Higgins
- British Borneo William Hood Treacher
- Fragments of Two Centuries Alfred Kingston
- The Age of Tennyson Hugh Walker
- The Father of British Canada William Wood
- The World’s Fair of 1851 Anonymous
- William Caxton E. Gordon Duff
- The Dock and the Scaffold T. D. Sullivan
- The Dickens Country Frederic G. Kitton
- The Prime Minister Harold Spender
- The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge Henry George Davis
- A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Bounty William Bligh
- Dickensian Inns and Taverns B. W. Matz
- Fifty Years Ago Walter Besant
- Edinburgh Sketches and Memories David Masson
- Characters from the Histories and Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century David Nichol Smith
- Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Jonathan Swift
- London Walter Besant
- Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney G. E. Mitton
- The Smugglers Charles G. Harper
- Echoes of Old Lancashire William E. A. Axon
- The Survey of Cornwall Richard Carew
- The Days Before Yesterday Lord Frederic Hamilton
- Paddington: Past and Present William Robins
- Private Papers of William Wilberforce William Wilberforce
- Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland Daniel Scott
- The Ethnology of the British Islands R. G. Latham
- Sketches of Reforms and Reformers of Great Britain and Ireland Henry B. Stanton
- The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk John Howell
- The Story of the Cambrian C. P. Gasquoine
- Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events Sabine Baring-Gould
- The King’s Post R. C. Tombs
- An Authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy George Theodore Wilkinson
- Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy, 1738–1914 Edgar R. Jones
- The Wearing of the Green A. M. Sullivan
- The Literary History of the Adelphi Austin Brereton
- The English Provincial Printers to 1557 E. Gordon Duff
- Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk Edwin Waugh
- Bygone London Frederick Ross
- Early British Trackways Alfred Watkins
- The Blizzard in the West Anonymous
- Hyde Park from Domesday Book to Date John Ashton
- Portraits of the Nineties E. T. Raymond
- Shakespeare the Boy W. J. Rolfe
- Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain William Andrews
- John Keble’s Parishes Charlotte M. Yonge
- Windjammers and Sea Tramps Walter Runciman
- Ten Tudor Statesmen Arthur D. Innes
- Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Eliezer Edwards
- The Insurrection in Dublin James Stephens
- East Anglia J. Ewing Ritchie
- Mary Russell Mitford and Her Surroundings Constance Hill
- Chaucer Adolphus William Ward
- The Bristol Royal Mail Robert Charles Tombs
- Old Country Life Sabine Baring-Gould
- A Beacon for the Blind Winifred Holt
- The History of the Catnach Press Charles Hindley
- Landholding in England Joseph Fisher
- Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Arthur H. Savory
- The Anonymous Letter to Lord Monteagle George Blacker Morgan
- The Strange Story of the Dunmow Flitch J. W. Robertson Scott
- Rajah Brooke Spenser St. John
- My Life at Sea W. Caius Crutchley
- Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor
- The Portraits at Hinchingbrook Mary Louisa Boyle
- The Story of Westminster Abbey Violet Brooke-Hunt
- The History of England: A Study in Political Evolution A. F. Pollard
- Wales W. Watkin Davies
- Bygone Berkshire P. H. Ditchfield
- In Jail with Charles Dickens Alfred Trumble
- Lancashire Leo H. Grindon
- History of the Post-Office Packet Service Arthur H. Norway
- Books Condemned to Be Burnt James Anson Farrer
- Dr. Johnson and His Circle John Bailey
- The Pageant of British History Edward Parrott