The Evolution of an Empire: a Brief Historical Sketch of England (Dodo Press)

Mary Platt Parmele (1843-1911) was an American author and historian. She was born in Albany, New York and educated in New York. Her first marriage was to J. J. Agnew and her second marriage to Theodore W. Parmele. From 1892 she began contributing philosophical articles and short stories to reviews and magazines, and published Kingdom of the Invisible and Christian Science. However, her most successful books were a number of "Short History" books of various countries written in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her style is a flowing narrative that ties together the various historical events of a country in easy to read, comprehensive text.