18Th Century category: 835 books
by Richard M. Ward
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
In the first half of the 18th century there was an explosion in the volume and variety of crime literature published in London. This was a 'golden age of writing about crime', when the older genres of criminal biographies, social policy pamphlets and 'last-dying speeches' were joined by a raft of...
The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Beauty
40 Projects for Period-Accurate Hairstyles, Makeup and Accessories
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Master Iconic 18th Century Hair and Makeup Techniques
Ever wondered how Marie Antoinette achieved her sky-high hairstyle or how women in the 1700s created their voluminous frizz hairdos? The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Beauty answers all your Georgian beauty questions—and teaches...
The Barber of Damascus
Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
This book is about a barber, Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Budayr, who shaved and coiffed, and probably circumcised and healed, in Damascus in the 18th century. The barber may have been a "nobody," but he wrote a history book, a record of the events that took place in his city during his lifetime....
Amatory Pleasures
Explorations in Eighteenth-Century Sexual Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Encompassing the long 18th century, Amatory Pleasures examines a broad and enticing variety of topics in the history of sexuality in Georgian times. It includes discussion of sexual perversion, criminal conversation, erotic gardens, gentlemen's homosocial societies, flagellation, pornography, writings...
by Dr. Claudine L. Maria-Julia Boros
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
This book presents and analyzes Magistrate (Justice of the Peace) Henry Fieldings impact on law and literature through his pamphlets, periodicals and novels, in the context of laws, legal affairs, legal administration, and the social-economic political and legal environment present in 18th century...
Charting the Past
The Historical Worlds of Eighteenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
This book argues that in the 18th century Britain used its present as a way of interpreting the significance of its past. One can easily trace this way of viewing history straight through to the recent Brexit vote. This book shows how and why this process began.
Well-known and highly regarded...
Edmund Burke
The First Conservative
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
A provocative biography of Edmund Burke, the underappreciated founder of modern conservatism
Edmund Burke is both the greatest and the most underrated political thinker of the past three hundred years. A brilliant 18th-century Irish philosopher and statesman, Burke was a fierce champion of...
Frederick the Great
A Military History
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Frederick the Great is one of historys most important leaders. Famed for his military successes and domestic reforms, his campaigns were a watershed in the history of Europe securing Prussias place as a continental power and inaugurating a new pattern of total war that was to endure until 1916. However,...
by Vincent W. Rospond
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
The tragic national epic of Polish history began in these late 18th-century wars. Under Poland's Saxon monarchy, Russia and Prussia constantly meddled in the affairs of the Kingdom. In 1768 a civil war broke out between pro-Russian 'Commonwealth' Poles and 'Confederate' patriots who opposed foreign...
The Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774
Catherine II and the Ottoman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The Russo-Turkish Warwas one of the most decisive conflicts of the 18th century. In this book, Brian Davies offers a thorough survey of the war and explains why it was crucial to the political triumph of Catherine the Great, the southward expansion of the Russian Empire, and the rollback of Ottoman...
by Steven Kay
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
Joseph Mather was one of the greatest Sheffielders in history. His was the voice of the common person in the turbulent, revolutionary times of the late 18th century. He composed his songs to the rhythm of his hammer as he worked as a file-cutter. Then hollered them out in the streets and pubs of Sheffield...
A Taste of History Cookbook
The Flavors, Places, and People That Shaped American Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The delicious, informative, and entertaining cookbook tie-in to PBS's Emmy Award-winning series A Taste of History.
A TASTE OF HISTORY COOKBOOK provides a fascinating look into 18th and 19th century American history. Featuring over 150 elegant and approachable recipes featured in the Taste...
by Dr Anne Stobart
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
How did 17th-century families in England perceive their health care needs? What household resources were available for medical self-help? To what extent did households make up remedies based on medicinal recipes?
Drawing on previously unpublished household papers ranging from recipes to accounts...
by Ernest W. Pettifer
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
First published in 1913, this fascinating volume presents a detailed history and analysis of punishment throughout history, exploring in detailed historical enforcement and the various methods used to punish people. “Punishments of Former Days” is highly reconnected for those with an interest...