18th Century
Magic Man
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Magic Man is the finale for a series of books which began with Merely Magic in 2000. All take place in the mid-18th ...Read Review
The Black Hole: Money, Myth And Empire
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In 1756 the Nawab of Bengal besieged the British East India Company’s fort in Calcutta and 146 people were imprisoned in a cell 18ft ...Read Review
Tenacious
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Fans of Napoleonic naval action will certainly enjoy sailing with Lieutenant Thomas Kydd, RN in Stockwin’s sixth book in his Kydd Sea ...Read Review
A Scented Palace: The Secret History Of Marie-Antoinette’s Perfumer
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Jean-Louis Fargeon, son of a perfumer in the scent-rich town of Montpellier, France, apprenticed well and took his trade to Paris, where his ...Read Review
An Aristocratic Affair: The life of Georgiana’s Sister, Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough
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Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough, had always been overshadowed by her more flamboyant sister, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire but she was an attractive ...Read Review
Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson: Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture
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Up until the beginning of the 20th century, few people realized that Thomas Jefferson was also one of the nation’s first architects. ...Read Review
Blackbeard
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While other pirates have faded from memory, Blackbeard still conjures up vivid imagery of pirates terrorizing people and shipping for about two years ...Read Review
The Women Of The House
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In 1695, twenty-two-year-old Margaret Hardenbroeck arrived in the colony of New Amsterdam. Margaret wasn’t anyone’s dependent, but a factor, a representative of ...Read Review
Liberty: The Lives And Times Of Six Women In Revolutionary France
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The French Revolution and its aftermath is such a well-trodden path that it always needs a fresh focus. In this beautifully bound volume, ...Read Review
Samuel Adams: Father Of The American Revolution
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Never president like his cousin John, not a military leader like George Washington, Samuel Adams seems to have become simply “the other Adams” – ...Read Review