An engaging new history of the Royal Society of London, the club that created modern scientific thoughtFounded in 1660 to advance knowledge through experimentally verified facts, The Royal Society of
It's easy to think of piracy as a romantic way of life long gone--if not for today's headlines of robbery and kidnapping on the high seas. Pirates have existed since the invention of commerce itself,
The Stirring True Story of the Seventeenth-Century Pirates of the Mediterranean---The Forerunners of Today's Bandits of the Seas---And Hoe Their Legendary Conquests Shaped the Divisions Between Chris
Traces the story of a seventeenth-century English family as drawn from their personal letters and other documents, discussing how their experiences reflected the realities of period gentry life, in an
An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about
Uncovers the raucous and glamourous history of English country houses between World War I and World War II through the intrigues of hunting parties and grand balls held by the Astors, the Churchills a
The period between 1630 and 1660 was one of the most tumultuous in Western history. These three decades witnessed the birth of English America and, in the mother country, a vicious civil war that rent
Documents the events surrounding the 1666 Great Fire of London that destroyed 13,000 homes, numerous buildings, and St. Paul's Cathedral, in an account that considers the roles played by Charles II, S
