Libraries of Hope / Well-Educated Heart

Stories of Notable Lives from World History

Generally speaking, the books are listed in beginners to advanced order.
Anecdotes of Kings 
by John Gertrude (1837)
for young children
Bonnie Scotland 
by Grace Greenwood (1861)
Great Englishmen—Short Lives 
by Dorothea Beale (1881)
for young children
Heroes of Ancient Greece 
by Ellen Palmer (1876)
Story of the days of Socrates
Heroes of the Crusades 
by Barbara Hutton (1869)
The True Story Book 
by Andrew Lang
Men Who Have Made the Empire 
by George Griffith
Ten Great Adventurers 
by Kate Sweetser
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines 
by Clayton Edwards
The Book of Brave Adventures 
by Dorothy Calhoun
Heroes of the Middle Ages 
by Eva March Tappan (1912)
Heroes of Modern Africa 
by Edward Gilliat (1911)
Heroes of Modern Europe 
by Alice Birkhead (1918)
Historical Tales of Illustrious Children 
by Agnes Strickland
True Stories from Modern History 
by Maria Budden (1854)