Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

The seventeenth-century man of letters John Aubrey is remembered, above all, for his great biographical work, Brief Lives. He also wrote pioneering...

What did it mean to be a Covenanter? From its first subscription in 1638, the National Covenant was an aspect of life that communities across Scot...

Edited and richly annotated by Lt Cdr Andrew David, this volume offers for the first time a complete transcript of the handwritten journal kept by ...

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is a story of intrigue, plot and counter-plot, religious rivalry and nationalist fervour. It tells of the stubborn ...

James Seay Dean is the noted authority on these voyages he provides a sympathetic treatment of life aboard ship in some of the most challenging ci...

During the busy and challenging months of June and July 1779 (the period covered in this volume), George Washington remained the fulcrum for Contin...

For the first time in English, readers can now evaluate the extraordinary breadth of César Vallejo's diverse oeuvre that, in addition to poetry, in...

The almost bloodless revolution that took place in Scotland at the end of 1638 was welcomed by most of the people, but heralded seven tumultuous de...

England's most famous and ruthless king...WHAT READERS ARE SAYING about YOUNG HENRY:'Perfect' 'Excellent' 'Well researched, unbiased - very good i...

En Garde! is a small-scale skirmish game based on the successful Ronin rules, in which small groups of warriors fight each other for honour or rich...

This edited collection brings together literary scholars and art historians, and maps how satire became a less genre-driven and increasingly visual...

Many will have heard of the ghostly white lady haunting Tavistock the notorious Mary Howard, accused of murdering her four husbands. A few may kno...

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries northwestern Mexico was the scene of ongoing conflict among three distinct social groupsIndians, religi...

'A rare gift . . . The story he has to tell may be a thrilling one but not every historian could tell it so thrillingly.' Financial Times'Magnifice...

William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming t...

'A paradise - tall, slender, grey-eyed, possessing an extreme pallor.' The contemporary view of Henry VIII's younger sister, Princess Mary Rose, as...