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New in Victorian Books this Week!
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsRing in the New Year Victorian Style with these new releases! -
Was Albert killed by Crohn’s disease? Prince’s death has been blamed on typhoid until now
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsHis sudden death 150 years ago this week propelled his adoring wife, Queen Victoria, into life-long mourning. -
The Top 11 of 2011: Early Modern England Wish List!
Posted on November 24, 2011 | No CommentsHear Ye! Hear Ye! Check out our hot 2011 reading list for your Early Modern stocking stuffers! -
Somerset’s gardens uncovered
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsThe historic gardens of Somerset are the subject of a new book by Professor Tim Mowl and Marion Mako, from the University of Bristol’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. The... -
The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: An Accidental Tragedy
Posted on April 25, 2010 | No CommentsThe Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: An Accidental Tragedy By Roderick Graham Pegasus Books, 2009 ISBN: 9781605980492 Mary, Queen of Scots lived during one of the most fascinating periods... -
Recusancy and Conformity in Early Modern England
Posted on April 25, 2010 | No CommentsRecusancy and Conformity in Early Modern England Edited by Ginevra Crosignani, Thomas M McCoog and Michael Questier Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2010 ISBN: 978–0–88844–170–6 Scholarship of the past few decades... -
Fighting fires : creating the British fire service, 1800-1978
Posted on March 14, 2010 | No CommentsFighting fires : creating the British fire service, 1800-1978 By Shane Ewen Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-230-51710-3 As the first full-length academic history of the British fire service, Fighting Fires... -
Coke of Norfolk (1754-1842): A Biography
Posted on March 14, 2010 | No CommentsCoke of Norfolk (1754-1842): A Biography By Susanna Wade Martins Boydell, 2010 ISBN: 9781843835318 Thomas William Coke (‘Coke of Norfolk’) (1754-1842) is best known as one of the main promoters... -
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England shortlisted for award
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsProfessor Amanda Vickery has been shortlisted for the 2009/2010 Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize for her book on the Eighteenth Century ‘Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England.′ Professor Vickery, of... -
Labours Lost: Domestic Service and the Making of Modern England
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsLabours Lost: Domestic Service and the Making of Modern England By Carolyn Steedman Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521516372 This is a unique account of the hidden history of servants... -
Moral panics, the media and the law in early modern England
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsMoral panics, the media and the law in early modern England Edited by David Lemmings and Claire Walker Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-230-52732-4 This book explores and exemplifies some of... -
The Care of Brute Beasts: A Social and Cultural Study of Veterinary Medicine in Early Modern England
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsThe Care of Brute Beasts: A Social and Cultural Study of Veterinary Medicine in Early Modern England By Louise Hill Curth Brill, 2010 ISBN: 978 90 04 17995 0 This... -
Dangerous Talk: Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsDangerous Talk: Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England By David Cressy Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-19-956480-4 Dangerous Talk examines the ‘lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding’ speech...