A History of England, Volume 1 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): From the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815

This useful 1890 work recounts the history of England from the end of the Napoleonic War in 1815 to the peace of Paris in 1856, following the Crimean War. A balanced yet honest six-volume history, it is Walpole’s masterpiece. Volume One starts in the dawn after Waterloo and explores the effects of the war; it ends with George III’s death in 1820 and the Battle of Bonnymuir.