17Th Century category: 857 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This is translated from Part ii of the Portuguese Edition of 1774, with Notes and an Introduction. Continues from First Series 53, and continued in 62, and 69. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1877.
The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)
I. Voyage of Ulrich Schmidt to the Rivers La Plata and Paraguai, from the Original German Edition, 1567. II. The Commentaries of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, from the Original Spanish edition, 1555
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Translated for the Hakluyt Society. With Notes and an Introduction, by Luis L. Dominguez This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1891.
The Holy Boys
A History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment and the Royal East Anglian Regiment 1685-2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
The Royal Norfolk Regiment is one of the oldest and most distinguished fighting forces in the British army. Its line of descent can be traced back for over three centuries, all the way from modern Afghanistan to Monmouth’s rebellion in 1685.
Throughout these years, and many campaigns, the...
Rebellion
Britain's First Stuart Kings, 1567-1642
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
A gripping new account of one of the most important and exciting periods of British and Irish history: the reign of the first two Stuart kings, from 1567 to the outbreak of civil war in 1642 - and why ultimately all three of their kingdoms were to rise in rebellion against Stuart rule. Both James...
by Aldous Huxley
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
“HUXLEY'S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. .”
— Washington Post Book World
Aldous Huxley's "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as the "peak achievement...
by Humphrey Pakington
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
by Barry Coward
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of Oliver Cromwell as a political figure and look at the historical problems associated with his exercise of power.
The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask
A Historical Detective Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask triumphantly solves an enduring puzzle that has stumped historians for centuries and seduced novelists and filmmakers to this day. Who was the man who was rumored to have been kept in prison and treated royally during much of the reign of Louis XIV while being...
Women of the Klondike
The 15Th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Discover the compelling stories of the brave and adventurous women whose lives were forever changed by the Klondike gold rush. When the steamship Portland docked in Seattle's harbour in 1897, a group of scruffy men and women walked down the gangplank. There was nothing remarkable about them, except...
Shakespeare's Bastard
The Life of Sir William Davenant
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Sir William Davenant (1606-1668)—Poet Laureate and English Civil War hero—is one of the most influential and neglected figures in the history of British theater. He introduced "opera," actresses, scenes, and the proscenium arch to the English stage. Narrowly escaping execution for his...
Revolution
The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2007
To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. Revolution...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Exploring a range of poverty experiences-socioeconomic, moral and spiritual-this collection presents new research by a distinguished group of scholars working in the medieval and early modern periods. Collectively they explore both the assumptions and strategies of those in authority dealing with...
Art, Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex
Culture and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Art, Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex is an interdisciplinary study of a county at the forefront of religious, political and artistic developments in early-modern England. Ranging from the schism of Reformation to the outbreak of Civil War, the volume brings together scholars from the...
The Leveller Revolution
Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution
The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings...