Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

[Previously published as Went The Day Well] Of all the books marking the bicentenary Waterloo, this has to be the best Spectator ...

Long before George Washington was a president or general, he was a sportsman. Born in 1732, he had a physique and aspirations that were tailor made...

Now in its third edition, The Rise of Early Modern Science argues that to understand why modern science arose in the West it is essential to study ...

Penned by a scholar who was personally involved in research into the enigmatic young pharaoh, this comprehensive and fully illustrated new study re...

The people and publications at the root of a national obsession In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles ...

She was the finest vessel in Henry VIII's navy, the flagship of the fleet and one of the first to be equipped with heavy guns. The Mary Rose struck...

Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the T...

The struggle of the Albanian people led by George Castriota Scanderbeg to defend Europe against the assault of the Ottoman Turks has been much cele...

One of the greatest leaders in Romanian history, Mircea the Old comes to life in this new book. Although his grandson, Vlad the Impaler, has acquir...

In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the hi...

Controversy over the role of human activity in causing climate change is pervasive in contemporary society. But, as Anya Zilberstein shows in this ...

A comprehensive survey of the work of this most influential Florentine artist and teacherAndrea del Verrocchio (c. 14351488) was one of the most ve...

Enter the world of seventeenth-century Japanese warfare and the warrior elite, the Samurai. Samurai War Stories: Teachings and Tales of Samurai War...

The American War for Independence was under way before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but the Continental Army didn't have the ...

Freedom of speech was restricted during the Revolutionary War. In the great struggle for independence, those who remained loyal to the British c...

What does it mean to talk like an American? According to John Russell Bartletts 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms, it means indulging in outlandish s...

The rapid expansion of the newspaper business in the first decade of the American republic had crucial consequences for cultural, commercial, and p...

By the middle of 1811, Brigadier General Robert Craufurd's Light Division was emerging as the elite of the Peninsular Army and Wellington was seeki...