Biography Books

By Elizabeth C. Gaskell. Excellent portrait of the life of English novelist Charlotte Bronte, written by her close friend Elizabeth C. Gaskell, that sparked a furor at the time of its publication due to its candid narrative about the Bronte family.

By Robert Southey. Focuses on the strong nature of Horatio Lord Nelson's character and the ambiance of his times. The son of a minister with less than a strong body, young Nelson ships off to sea at the ripe age of 12, and ultimately becomes one of the great naval leaders and strategists of all...

A San Francisco journalist falls in love with the daughter of a socially prominent family.

Madame Elizabeth-Charlotte's account of the life of King Louis XIV, who reigned over France and Navarre between 1643 and 1715.

By E.S. Brooks. Written as the opening volume of a series known as "Children's Lives of Great Men", this installment focuses on the true story of the famed seafarer who advanced America and discovered the New World.

By E.S. Ellis. Biography of the Third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, with focus on the achievements for which he yearned to be remembered in his public life. Download it today!

Long revered as one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written by the 19th Century African-American businessman, activist, and educator, Booker T. (Taliaferro) Washington. Download the FREE e-Book version today!

This is the partly autobiographical story of one man's courtship of three generations of women.

Download the FREE e-Book version of author Nigel King's story of survival through the child abuse that he endured in a North Wales community; and that the press named "The Home from Hell". Presented in two parts, the first one details the daily suffering, abuse, and isolation that the author...

By botanist, Sir Francis Darwin, son of naturalist, Charles Darwin. This second volume focuses on the life and letters of Charles Darwin. Download today!