War & Military

The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines

Read by Pamela Nagami


William Wolfe Capes


This short overview of the Roman Empire from AD 96-180 opens as the murderers of Domitian raise to power the wise old senator, Nerva. Ignori…

Cardinal de Richelieu

Read by Pamela Nagami


Eleanor C. Price


Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics,…

Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic

Read by Pamela Nagami


Charles Oman and Charles William Chadwick Oman


While there are many general histories of the decline and fall of the Roman Republic, the Oxford historian, Charles Oman, writes that his li…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart (version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of …

A Study Of Army Camp Life During American Revolution

Read by David Wales


Mary Hazel Snuff


Housing, Food, Clothing, Health, Sanitation, Recreation, Religion, Duties, Discipline. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the req…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 3: Martin Guerre

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guer…

Stories of the Ships

Read by David Wales


Lewis R. Freeman


While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military …

Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre

Read by Pamela Nagami


Agnes Mary Frances Robinson


Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was hig…

Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War

Read by David Wales


Various


Seven narratives published in the late nineteenth century and assembled in this 1913 collection. - Summary by david wales

The Wars of the Roses 1377-1471

Read by Pamela Nagami


Robert Balmain Mowat


The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cade…

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775

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Abraham Tomlinson


"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…

The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon

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Siegfried Sassoon


Siegfried Sassoon was one of the first to write poetry about the brutal reality of war, based on his real-life experiences in the trenches. …

The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

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International Commitee of the Red Cross, Marius De Zayas and International Committee Of The Red Cross


"This Convention represents the fourth updated version of the Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick following those adopted in 1864…

Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the Nort…

Read by Phil Benson


Robert Burrows


An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…

Our Army at the Front

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Heywood Broun


During the US deployment in Europe in the final years of the Great War (WWI), the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was accompanied by nota…

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 4

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Friedrich Schiller


Volume Four covers the battle of Lutzen (November, 1633) to the death of Wallenstein (February, 1634) focusing on the reaction of the Protes…

Cardinal Wolsey

Read by Pamela Nagami


Mandell Creighton


Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) will always be remembered as the Lord Chancellor who fell from power when he failed to obtain the annulme…

Lord Clive

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Thomas Babington Macaulay


Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…

Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίοv 2 (Book 2)

Read by olorou


Thucydides


Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…

The Private Soldier Under Washington

Read by David Wales


Charles Knowles Bolton


Much was been written about the American Revolution, but our knowledge of the private solders of the patriot army is confined chiefly to Was…

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