Historical

Lady Anne Bacon (1528-1610) was a highly educated woman who lived through the great political and religious transitions of five reigns and was embedded in the network of power at the Tudor court. Her intelligence and education took her far beyond the...

A top ten world chess player, George H. Mackenzie (1837-1891) dominated in the U.S. for more than a quarter century. Scottish by birth, Mackenzie was adopted by American chess players as their representative on the national and international scenes and...

At the turn of the twentieth century, New York City philanthropist, arts patron, and scholar Archer M. Huntington became the foremost collector and face of Spanish art in the United States with the founding of the Hispanic Society of America. This...

A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKI ...

A narrative of cultural translation, identity, and belonging.The thrill of a new place fades quickly for Caroline Topperman when she moves from Vancouver to Poland in 2013. As she delves into her family’s history, tracing their migration through pre-WWII...

In this penetrating biography of Thomas Bradbury Chandler, S. Scott Rohrer takes readers deep into the intellectual world of a leading loyalist who defended monarchy, rejected rebellion and democracy, and opposed the American Revolution.Talented,...

Read the international sensation already translated into 9 languages!A Brazilian journalist’s investigation unearths the story of a network of people responsible for hiding "The Angel of Death," the infamous Nazi doctor who fled to South America and...

The compelling story of a talented potter, enslaved by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century.He signed many of his works simply as "Dave" and is known today as Potter David Drake. He made pots and...

A Gilded Age industrialist becomes Michigan's wealthiest resident and helps shape the nation.Eber Brock Ward (1811–1875) began his career as a cabin boy on his uncle's sailing vessels, but when he died in 1875, he was the wealthiest man in Michigan. His...

The macabre tale of an eighteenth-century woman immortalised in folklore as the ‘Manchester Mummy’. In 1835, the Manchester Natural History Society opened the doors of its museum. Taking pride of place in its collection were three mummies: one was...

Who was Arminius Vambery? A poverty-stricken, Jewish auto-didact; a linguist, traveller, and writer; or a sometime Zionist, inspiration for Dracula's nemesis, and British secret agent? Vambery wrote his own story many times over. And it was these often...

Throughout his career Churchill was an outsider, accumulating a reputation for bad judgement and untrustworthiness. Only risk-takers and fellow outsiders would back him and he needed the company of like-minded individuals to create a social environment...

THE MEMOIRS AND OTHER KEY WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRIMARY AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.Also includes:The Declaration of IndependenceThe Louisiana Purchase,Notes on VirginiaThomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural AddressLetter to Congress...

THE MEMOIRS AND OTHER KEY WRITINGS OF JOHN ADAMS, A LEADER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.Also includes:A Dissertation on the Canon and Federal LawInstructions of the Town of Braintree to Their RepresentativeNovanglus and MassachusettensisThoughts on...

THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON, THE FATHER OF AMERICAN BANKING.Also includes:The Federalist PapersConjectures About the New ConstitutionThe Biography of Alexander Hamilton: with Conjectures About the New Constitution, The Federalist Papers and...

The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 2 explores the development of the ethnography of Salishan-speaking societies on the North American Plateau as revealed through the correspondence between Franz Boas and the Scottish-born James Teit, who married into an...

'A majestic, sparkling account of one of the most important rulers in history . . . modern history writing at its finest' Peter Frankopan'Superb and gripping. Epic historical biography that brings the emperor to life . . . filled with new ideas and...

An Austro-Hungarian with a dark streak, Victor Lustig was a man of athletic good looks, with a taste for larceny and foreign intrigue. He spoke six languages and went under nearly as many aliases in the course of a continent-hopping life that also saw...

'An adroit, intelligent and painstaking social history ... Poor Bickerton offers us a luxurious tapestry from which everyone interested in English social history in the late-Georgian period can learn something new and surprising.' - Professor Jerry...

A family man who ran afoul of the Nazis, Josef Jakobs was ill-prepared for an espionage mission to England. Captured by the Home Guard after breaking his ankle, Josef was interrogated at Camp 020, before being prosecuted under the Treachery Act 1940 and...

A fascinating and moving biography of Colin Anson, the German refugee who became an elite British commando Born in Germany in 1922, Colin Anson’s (Claus Ascher) childhood was marked by the trials of Nazism. His father was arrested by the Gestapo in 1937...

Volume 4: Red Union, Red Paper, Red Train, 1905–1910 gathers for the first time approximately 180 articles, speeches, letters, and interviews from the prime years of American socialist and labor leader Eugene V. Debs. These include materials relating to...

From Empire to Revolution is the first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716–1785). Greg Brooking uses Wright’s life as a means to better understand the complex struggle for power in both...

This book studies the revealing autobiographical sources left by Rev. James Fraser of Kirkhill (1634 1709), a Gaelic-speaking scholar, traveller and minister. It examines Fraser's self-presentation and situates him within his locality, Scotland, the...

Clive, Proconsul of India (1976) examines the life of the man held by many to be one of the main originators of European imperialism in Asia in the eighteenth century. Dupleix of France and Clive of England set the drive to imperialism in motion – and...

Step into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times. From the rock’n’roll pioneers of the 1950s, to the pop superstars of the 21st century, and lesser-known innovators with undeniable influence, this book...

He may be little known today, but Ben Daniels was a feared gunman who typified the journeyman gunfighter every bit as much as those whose names have become legend. Yet his story has eluded researchers and yarn-spinners alike—until now.Two prominent...

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy “[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably capture[s] the essence of this great man and his great life. It’s a must...