Modern History to 20th Century: c 1700 to c 1900

Winner of the Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award from the Illinois State Historical Society Baseballs spread across Illinois paralleled the ...

Dickensian London is brought to real and vivid life in this Wolfson History Prize-shortlisted portrait by a rising-star historian and New Generatio...

He has been accused of studied and ingenious cruelty. By turns he has been called a savior and a barbarian, a hero and a villain, a genius and a ma...

The first shot of the American Civil War was not fired on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina, but instead came on October 16, 1859, in H...

Longlisted for the 2024 SHNH Natural History Book Prize An exploration of plant wisdom, from the Southern Mountain Tea Flower to the Dawn RedwoodCh...

King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George III inspired both hatred and loyalty and is now be...

Nothing can change the terrible facts of the Sand Creek Massacre. The human toll of this horrific event and the ensuing loss of a way of life have ...

This book explores Wordsworths extraordinary influence on the tourist landscapes of the Lake District throughout the age of railways, motorcars and...

As president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utah's first territorial governor, Brigham Young (1801-77) shaped a religion, a...

In 1856 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints employed a new means of getting converts to Great Salt Lake City who could not afford the j...

The Battle of Wises (Wyse) Forks, March 7-11, 1865, has long been thought of as nothing more than an insignificant skirmish during the final days o...

This book explores Wordsworths extraordinary influence on the tourist landscapes of the Lake District throughout the age of railways, motorcars and...

Theodore Roosevelt's New York, published in 1891, was one of forty titles he authored during his lifetime. Roosevelt sets out, as he declares in hi...

*Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, 2022*A spectacular biography of the great designer, entrepreneur, abolitionist...

If not a field marshals baton, what did Napoleons soldiers really carry in their backpacks? Napoleons Infantry Handbook is an essential reference ...

In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew througho...

In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew througho...

With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. During the years between the Treaty of Paris and the Tr...

Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandest...

Originally published in 1971. In The House of Saulx-Tavanes: Versailles and Burgundy, 17001830, Professor Robert Forster examines the noble family ...

'An invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate' Financial TimesIt has always been an important part ...