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The Life of Gordon, Major-General, R. E. C. B. - Turkish field-marshal, Grand cordon Medjidieh, and pasha is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writer...

A Short History of China - Being an Account for the General Reader of an Ancient Empire and People is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and s...

Excerpt from The Congo State Is Not a Slave State: A Reply to Mr. E. D. Morel's Pamphlet Entitled "the Congo Slave State" The first point that may be taken up is one that must be well within Sir Charles Dilke's knowledge. He spoke of the charges made by Captain Hinde, but he must know that in auv accepted sense of the word Captain Hinde made no charges at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...

This 1908 biography of Halliday Macartney describes his career, from army medic to successful diplomat fostering Anglo-Chinese relations.

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This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that e...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Demetrius Charles Boulger (1853-1928) wrote several historical books on British colonies.

This 1898 publication documents the controversial colonial history of the Congo Free State during the reign of King Leopold II.

England and Russia in Central Asia - Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hanseb...

Excerpt from The Life of Sir Stamford Raffles When I learnt the name of the clergyman, on reaching that stage in the illness which is the deceptive convalescence between the worst stage of the fever and its after-consequences, I asked him, Are you any relative of one of my heroes, Stamford Raf¿es Having received the information that he was, being the grandson of Sir Stamford's most intimate cousin, the subject of his career naturally formed a...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from England and Russia in Central Asia, Vol. 1 The following pages were commenced at a time when it appeared as if the final stage of the rivalry between England and Russia in Central Asia had been reached. War between the two countries was held to be imminent. A Russian officer had come as ambassador to Cabul, in contravention of distinct pledges to the effect that no Russian ambassador should be sent. An English representative had ...

Excerpt from The History of China, Vol. 2 of 2 When the aged Keen Lung passed from the hall of audience into the inner chamber of the palace, there were no symptoms that the power of the executive was on the wane, or that his successor would fail to maintain intact the legacy of Manchu authority which he had inherited from three vigorous predecessors. So far as external appearances went, China at the commencement of the present centurj was at...