Palgrave Macmillan
Victorian Time
Pardon the pun, but this is a timely publication when current technological advances are affecting the way we perceive time…
Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
Norse mythology has long held the fascination of historians, writers, filmmakers and artists. Of these, Snorri Sturluson stands at the…
The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker
Browning’s text collects in print for the first time rare and unknown writings by or about Bram Stoker, produced between…
Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science’s First Family
Marie Curie is famous for her discovery of the scientific element, radium, which changed the world and for which she,…
The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican
Dr. Catherine Fletcher, who teaches at Durham University, England, has researched an often overlooked piece of the puzzle to Henry…
Presenting History: Past and Present
In this insightful book, Peter J. Beck, an emeritus professor of history in the UK, cites data indicating that both…
Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910
When I first encountered this book, I was intrigued, but a bit embarrassed: I’d never heard of the Paris flood…
The Contemporary British Historical Novel: Representation, Nation, Empire
This ‘first full-length study of a genre that has had increasing critical attention and popular appeal at the turn…
The Road to Bosworth Field
The Wars of the Roses always confused me. So many people, with so many variations of their names, all killing…
The Woman’s Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000
Editors' choice
This timely, perceptive analysis gives a much-maligned genre its proper significance in the canon of English literature. Diana Wallace sets…
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