Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

This is the first biography of Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Lennox, who served in the court of King James VI of Scotland from 1583 until his unexpected ...

Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic history of American piracys Golden Agespanning the late 1600s through to the early 1700swhen lawless ...

Sir Thomas Chaloner achieved much during his short life. As someone at the heart of four Tudor courts, his experience is fascinating. Serving in t...

1666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all stru...

Fought on 19th May 1643 between the French army of the Duc dEnghein and the Spanish army under Francisco de Melo, Rocroi is probably one of the mos...

Behind the façade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama. Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most...

You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later Nick Cave Later is a voyage of discovery for us as well a...

In 1614 the shogunate prohibited Christianity amidst rumors of foreign plots to conquer Japan. But more than the fear of armed invasions, it was th...

In 1691, many of those in the Irish catholic army defeated by William of Orange fled to France, where they established the tradition of Irish Briga...

Edward Alleyn was a man of many talents and great energy. He was the actor who created the roles of Tamburlaine, Dr Faustus, and Barabas, the Jew o...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard...

The dramatic story of Elizabeth's first ten years on the throne and the unexplained death that scandalised her court.Elizabeth came to the throne i...