When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful observatio...
**Fathers and Sons** is a seminal Russian novel by Ivan Turgenev, first published in 1862. The novel explores the growing divide between the liberal a...
In the heart of Boston, a tale of love, loyalty, and the clash between tradition and progress unfolds. Basil Ransom, a staunch conservative from the D...
Cádiz, the eighth installment in Benito Pérez Galdós's *Episodios Nacionales*, continues the story of Spain's struggle against Napoleonic rule. The no...
A Relíquia is an 1887 novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós. One of his most irreverent and fantastical works, "A Relíquia" can be read as a satir...
This biography of Klemens von Metternich, the influential Austrian foreign minister and chancellor, explores his role in shaping European politics dur...
This collection of newspaper columns, written by G.K. Chesterton for *The New Witness* in 1921, showcases his characteristic wit and incisive observat...
This volume, part two of 'Speeches of Prince Bismarck,' compiles a selection of speeches delivered by the Iron Chancellor of Germany between 1881 and...
This book presents a selection of speeches and writings by Edmund Burke, a prominent British statesman and philosopher. The work delves into Burke's p...
This book, written by the renowned French writer François-René de Chateaubriand, is a profound reflection on the nature of revolutions, both in their...
