Books in the Cambridge Library Collection - European History series

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) is best remembered for establishing the First French Empire and his part in the Napoleonic Wars. These volumes, first published in 1884, contain translations of a selection of Bonaparte's letters, providing a valuable resource for the study of his life. Volume 1 covers 1796-1802.

William Martin Leake (1777-1860) was a British military officer and classical scholar. First published in 1826, this second edition contains a detailed discussion of the historical background of and events during the first years of the Greek Revolution (1821-30), providing a valuable contemporary account.

This in-depth history, published between 1940 and 1952, filled a void in scholarship on the Mediterranean. Each volume provides maps, photographs, and illustrations that complement the larger historical image of Cyprus that Hill presents. Together, his volumes explore and analyze a rich, complex, and at times controversial legacy.

This is an 1873 English translation of a polemical account by Paisius Ligarides (1612-1678) of the bitter struggle that took place between the Tsar Alexis Michaelovich and the Patriarch Nicon in mid-seventeenth-century Russia. It is a key historical source for the ideological debates of the period.

The theologian William Palmer (1811-1879), a member of the Oxford Movement, made several controversial visits to Russia to study the Orthodox Church. This book, first published in 1873, is Volume 2 of Palmer's six-volume translation of documents relating to the life of Nicon (1605-1681), Patriarch of Moscow.

Dorothea Gerard (1855-1915) was a British novelist specialising in romance stories. This volume, first published in 1913 contains her detailed study of the history of the officer class within the Imperial Austrian army, and provides fascinating insights into the formation of this distinct social class in the Austrian Empire.

The theologian William Palmer (1811-1879), a member of the Oxford Movement, made several controversial visits to Russia to study the Orthodox Church. This book, first published in 1871, is Volume 1 of Palmer's six-volume translation of documents relating to the life of Nicon (1605-1681), Patriarch of Moscow.

Originally published in 1852, this three-volume work narrates the extraordinary life of Marie de Medicis, second wife of King Henry IV of France, and subsequently Regent for her son Louis XIII. The first volume of this highly intriguing and detailed work describes Marie's early life from 1572 until 1607.

Archibald Alison (1792-1867) was a deeply conservative Scottish historian who viewed political reform and democracy with suspicion. His History of Europe during the French Revolution was published after the Reform Act of 1832, and regarded the democratic ideals of the early revolutionaries as leading to Europe-wide anarchy.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 8 contains reports on diplomatic relations with European states between 1531 and 1559.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 1 contains reports on diplomatic relations with European states between 1506 and 1548.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish writer and historical novelist. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), in which Scott focuses on Napoleon's legacy and achievements without bias. Volume 2 contains a review of the French Revolution, 1792-1795.

The seventh and final volume of translated Venetian state papers relating to England, published in 1890, covers the period 1558-80, the early years of Elizabeth I's reign. Although editor Rawdon Lubbock Brown (1806-83) had died, his work was continued by George Cavendish Bentinck (1821-91).

The American journalist and expert on Russia George Kennan (1854-1924) went to Siberia to examine the infamous tsarist penal system there, and this vivid account was published in two volumes in 1891. In Volume 1 Kennan visits the holding prison of Tyumen and talks to political exiles.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 11 contains reports on diplomatic relations with Italian states, principally the duchy of Savoy.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 14 contains reports on diplomatic relations with the Holy Roman Empire between 1507 and 1596.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 13 contains reports on diplomatic relations with Spain and its empire between 1563 and 1598.