Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern eraThe life of Francisco Goya (17461828) coinci...

The story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro. 'Painstakin...

James Crowden is Britains best cider writer Cider Country is the book weve all been waiting for. Oz Clarke ...

***A Financial Times Fiction in Translation Book of the Year 2022***The third part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall...

Sir Robert Dudley, the handsome base born' son of Elizabeth I's favourite, was born amidst scandal and intrigue. The story of his birth is one of ...

Illegitimate son to Edward IV and the uncle of Henry VIII, Arthur Plantagenet's life is an intriguing story. Raised in his father's court, he then ...

The Forth Bridge has long been recognised as one of the finest examples of Victorian engineering on the planet and has achieved an iconic status as...

The uniforms of the fighting men of the American War of Independence are a vivid illustration of the difficulties and complexities of the conflict,...

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...