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On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, is a collection of six essays by Thomas Carlyle, published in 1841, based on a series of lectures he delivered in 1840. The lectures, which glorified great men throughout history, were enormously popular. In ...

Author
Thomas Carlyle
Philosophy
History

The French Revolution: A History

The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), charts the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to ...

Author
Thomas Carlyle
History
Europe

History of the Peloponnesian War

The History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek: Ἱστορίαι, "Histories") is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucyd...

Author
Thucydides
History
Ancient
History
War
History
Greece
Original Language
Greek
Translated

The History of the Assassins

Translated from the German by Oswald Charles Wood, M. D.

Author
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
History
Middle East
Original Language
German
Translated

The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson

Having entered the British Navy at the age of twelve, Horatio Lord Nelson achieved the rank of captain at the age of twenty. As captain, he was quickly recognized as a magnetic and controversial figure. He triumphed at Cape St. Vincent and the Nile, but failed...

Author
Robert Southey
History
Biography

On the Persians

The Works of Sir William Jones

Delivered 19 February, 1789. GENTLEMEN, I turn with delight from the vast mountains and barren deserts of Turan, over which we travelled last year with no perfect knowledge of our course, and request you now to accompany me on a literary journey through one ...

History
Persia
History
Iran