Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Qui était vraiment Saʿdī de Chiraz ?Non pas seulement le moraliste célébré, le maître du Golestân et du Bostân, ni l'auteur de maximes devenues universelles, mais un homme traversé par son siècle: l'orphelin de Shiraz, l'étudiant de Bagdad, le voyageur des routes incertaines, le...

"Left Behind" is a poignant and firsthand account of the tumultuous years surrounding the Russian Revolution, written by Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, a loyal lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. This memoir offers an intimate perspective on the final days of the Romanov dynasty and the...

He walked into the throne room of the most powerful king in Israel with no name, no credentials, no gift - and words that stopped the rain.Elijah: Fire on the Mountain is a biographical reconstruction of the most electrifying figure in the Hebrew prophetic...

Some stories were meant to be forgotten-but this one refuses to be silenced. Have you ever wondered how a thriving community of Black entrepreneurs, educators, and families built a city within a city, only to have it destroyed in a single night? How could...

He was born an outcast. He died a king. And in between, he changed the world forever.Before the British Empire, before the Scramble for Africa, one man built a kingdom so powerful, so brilliantly organized, and so terrifying in its military force that even...

This work entails the letters written by Peleg Bradford, Jr. during the Civil War while he was serving as a Union soldier from Carmel, Maine. It covers the years from: 1862 to 1865. The tone of the letters varies with the individuals to whom...

"Black Majesty: The Life of Christophe King of Haiti" is a compelling biographical narrative that chronicles the extraordinary rise and tragic fall of Henri Christophe, a former slave who ascended to become the King of Haiti. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Haitian...

History often celebrates conquerors, but it rarely slows down long enough to understand them. Rise of the Last Conqueror: The True Story of Timur Tamerlane's Rise to Power takes you beyond the myths and into the real, complex life of a man who rose...

In 1431, a teenage peasant girl stood before a powerful court of bishops and theologians in Rouen.She was accused of heresy.Her crime was claiming that God had spoken to her.Joan of Arc had already changed the course of the Hundred Years' War. Leading French...

Oscar Wilde entered the courtroom in 1895 as one of the most brilliant and celebrated men in Britain. He left it disgraced, imprisoned, and marked for exile. The Trial of Oscar Wilde tells the story of the legal battle that shattered his career and...

Chapter 1: Alexander the Great - Conqueror of ContinentsAlexander III of Macedon built one of the largest empires in ancient history before the age of thirty. Trained by Aristotle and driven by an insatiable ambition, Alexander's campaigns reshaped the political map of the ancient...

Thomas More (1478-1535) was born one year after William Caxton used the movable type printing press to print the first book ever printed on English soil-an edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It was an auspicious beginning for a man who would someday...

Hundreds of books have been written (and are still being written) about Abraham Lincoln. But in the annals of Lincoln history, Thomas Lincoln, Abraham's father, is a largely neglected figure. He rates a few paragraphs in an otherwise large biography and has served as...

A Kaleidoscopic Journey: 1947-1973 - Witness to Tumultuous Events is a heartfelt memoir of growing up in East Pakistan and witnessing the birth of Bangladesh.Through personal stories of family, education, and survival, Mohammad A. Hafiz shares his journey from rural childhood to medical studies...

It was over sixty years since Ensign John Yorktown kissed the lips of the first woman he had ever loved. As he released his embrace, she said, "I scared that you not come back to me." He had promised to love and protect her,...

In an age marked by invasion, persecution, and spiritual upheaval, one towering figure emerged as the embodiment of faith fused with fearless action - Baba Deep Singh Ji.Baba Deep Singh Ji: The Lion of Damdami Taksal by Shubham Dogra offers a compelling and meticulously...

Year after year, the Eau Claire River rises beyond its banks, testing the land and the family who depend on it. Floodwaters erase careful rows, thin the soil, and force hard decisions about what can be protected-and what must be surrendered.In Fields Between Floods,...

In July 1895, a quiet house in Plaistow became the centre of one of Victorian England's most disturbing domestic cases.When a mother was found dead upstairs and her two sons continued living below, the story shocked the nation-not for its violence alone, but for...

Darya Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman who exercised near-absolute authority over the people bound to her estates. For years, violence unfolded within that private world, sustained by serfdom, silence, and a system that treated suffering as an internal matter.In The Lady of the Estate,...

1774Smallpox is spreading rapidly in rural Dorset.Farmer Benjamin Jesty is desperate to protect his family from this dreaded disease, only to find that his methods - the forerunners of a branch of modern medicine - make him an outcast in his own community. Overlooked...

Out of the Pale is a powerful historical memoir that traces the extraordinary journey of a young Jewish boy growing up under the brutal oppression of Czarist Russia, the devastation of World War I, and the relentless antisemitism of post-war Poland.Set between 1772 and...

The Gurus of the Khalsa: A Complete Historical Account is a meticulously researched and thoughtfully written historical work that traces the spiritual, social, and institutional development of Sikhism through the lives and teachings of its Gurus. Grounded in authentic historical sources, Sikh scriptures, Persian...

It had been several years since Vien and Hermann went on a road trip abroad. But after the world shut down to most traveling due to the pandemic (COVID 19), and them afterwards moving to another state, they were back exploring once again, this...

This is a ghost memoir about migrants who struggled throughout the Depression and War years. Florence Brown and her husband Bill were victims of the Irish Troubles and had to flee to a new country. Amidst racial tensions, poverty and migrant issues, this book...

The Boris ConspiracyWhat if the greatest mystery of Bulgaria's World War II history has been hiding in plain sight?August 28, 1943: King Boris III of Bulgaria dies at age 49, just ten days after returning from a confrontational meeting with Adolf Hitler at the...

Read about stories behind fascinating sagas, curious incidents, and weird biographies.Here are some of the exciting stories you will find in this book: The Unique MiracleIn 1979, as a military coup closed in on him, Francisco Macías Nguema, the first president of Equatorial Guinea,...

This novel tells the story of Elsa, a loving daughter and caregiver, and her father Roger, a man with a difficult character but deeply attached to his family. Suffering from terminal lung cancer, Roger will spend his last months between his daughter's house and...

The Steel Grave A Saga of Pride and Ice The Titanic was built with arrogant iron while the world called it unsinkable builders used brittle rivets and ignored a secret coal fire that was already eating the ship from the inside This was not...

What happens when love is tested by war, distance, and exile-and documented every step of the way? Birds of War is more than a documentary. It is a deeply human story told through years of personal footage, messages, and memories shaped by conflict and...

This is the first-person account of my great uncle Tom. He never talked much about his experience as a belly gunner in WWII during his lifetime. When he was in his late 80s, perhaps sensing that his time was running short, he hand-wrote a...

On a cold night in November 1975, a proud Great Lakes freighter vanished from the radar and from the sight of every watching eye. Thirty minutes earlier, her captain had sent a calm message that they were "holding our own." Minutes later, the Edmund...

The book presents the complex history of France through engaging questions: Who is known as the Sun King?Who acquired the Mona Lisa from Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci?Which King of Navarre became King of France in 1589?Who was named Dieudonné ("God-given") by his...

In ancient Rome, silence can be as dangerous as betrayal.The noblewoman's household has survived its first test of political intrigue-but survival has drawn attention. Powerful figures now watch, waiting for mistakes. Silence and discretion are no longer enough. Compliance is demanded. Influence carries a...

What if everything you thought you knew about the birth of Jesus was only part of the story? *Step into the shadows of prophecy and discover the untold journey of Joseph, Mary, and the child who would change the world.* The Birth and Hidden...

Lone Samurai: The Cost of SurvivalShipwrecked on a deserted island, a samurai warrior must confront not only the harsh elements of nature but also the darkest parts of his soul. Struggling with the desire for honor and the suffocating weight of survival, Riku, a...

IntroductionHe was born to a modest Roman household whose walls carried both the warmth of love and the shadow of disgrace. From his first breath, he was cherished-his mother cradling him as though he were a fragile blessing from the gods, his father, a...

At twenty-three, nurse Mary Reed Dewar leaves an orderly New Jersey childhood for a war-bruised China-and discovers how quickly a life of faith can collide with history. Packed onto the Marine Lynx, a converted troopship bound for China, she watches the Golden Gate slip...

She looked like a grandmother. She buried like a predator.Behind the lace curtains of 1426 F Street lived Dorothea Puente, warm smile, soft voice, a woman known for taking in the broken, the addicted, the elderly, and the discarded. But under the blossoms of...

Set against the shadowed landscapes of occupied France, The girl who sells soap brings to life the extraordinary courage of Phyllis Latour-one of the youngest and most daring secret agents to work behind enemy lines. Blending historical truth with vivid storytelling, this novel follows...

Bush Studies, written during the 1890s, presents a bleak and uncompromising image of life in the Australian bush. These are not the stories of mates gathered around a fire, but of the dark loneliness of women. Not only are there fences to be built...

This it is a living archive, a sanctuary in print, and a mantle of covenant carried across generations. Angelique Bealsey weaves together the lineages of Clan Kennedy, Clan Cameron, Clan Gray, Coakley, and Fields into a radiant tree built by tears, nourished by oil,...

Chris Morgens was only one of a handful of Ivy League college graduates to be killed in Vietnam. Given his privileged upbringing, Chris likely could have avoided military service as many young men of his socio-economic status were able to do during the 1960s....

An ancient institution that still shapes public life - but how has the British monarchy survived revolution, empire, scandal, and the age of mass media? Public narratives about kings and queens are often reduced to dynastic trivia or sensational headlines, leaving readers without a...

Heart and Purse - The Story of Early Base Ball in Wichita, Kansas 1870 - 1879 and its development after the American Civil War. The book starts in Leavenworth and the Frontier Base Ball Club created by Colonel Moonlight along with George Hyde. The...

Echoes of Yesterday: Uncover the Power of the Past for a Brighter TodayDo you believe history is just about the past? Echoes of Yesterday offers you a new perspective, weaving together tales of time, timeless wisdom, and the emotions that unite humanity. This book...

I chose to study Aurangzeb for one simple reason: he ruled for forty-nine years - longer than any other Mughal emperor.No leader, ancient or modern, survives that long in power by accident.So, the question that drives this work is not whether he was right...

Royal Scandals - 100 True Stories of Kings, Queens, and Affairs plunges the reader into a world where opulence and power mask the most intimate betrayals, where velvet-draped halls conceal whispered secrets, and crowns are stained not with glory but with lust, ambition, and...

A memoir like no other. More than a confession. A true story of survival with a human touch at its core. This title is a misnomer. In a world where things are not always what they seem. I wanted to understand certain perceptions and...

In February 2023, the world watched in shock as Italian mafia boss Marco Raduano scaled the walls of a Sardinian prison using nothing more than bedsheets. This dramatic escape wasn't just a moment of desperation-it was the latest chapter in the life of one...

Think you have bad days? Try being Han Fei: a genius writer whose fan was the biggest emperor on earth, but who still ended up in jail because of a jealous classmate. This is the true (and totally wild) story of how a quiet...