Weidenfeld & Nicholson
The Maker of Swans
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Enter into the wild and chilled world of a grand rural property, somewhere in the dim reaches of the British Isles, where three ...Read Review
Yorkshire: A Lyrical History of England’s Greatest County
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Yorkshire arguably is not one county. It has three distinct areas, once known as Ridings (Riding derives from thirding) although, due to government ...Read Review
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Elizabeth, Louise, Henrietta, and Sophia were the four daughters of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I of England, and granddaughter ...Read Review
Titans of History
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In his introduction the author states that Titans of History is a collection of short biographies of people who have each somehow changed ...Read Review
Watling Street: Travels through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past
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The author has written an engaging account of England’s ancient and long route, Watling Street. Starting at Dover, he follows the direction ...Read Review
Emigrants: Why the English Sailed to the New World
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Why did almost 400,000 people leave English shores for a daunting trip across the Atlantic to North American settlements throughout the 17th century? James ...Read Review
The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York
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This book follows the late 19th and early 20th-century ‘invasion’ of Europe by an influx of wealthy Americans. Between 1874 and 1914, one hundred American ...Read Review
Edith & Oliver
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This is the story of a romance and marriage between the Irish man and woman in the title of this highly readable, intelligent ...Read Review
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
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This book’s subject, Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul, has been called the world’s greatest city. Appropriately, the author has chosen a multi-faceted viewpoint ...Read Review
The Mesmerist
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In the 1830s Dr John Elliotson became an early advocate of medical discoveries, such as the stethoscope. He was convinced by mesmerism, and ...Read Review
