18th Century 6

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georg……続きを見る

Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Ze……続きを見る

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Originally published in 1985, and available for the first time in paperback, Bondmen & Rebels provides a pioneering study of slave resistance in the Americas. Using the large-scale Antigua slave con……続きを見る

After the end of the War of Austrian Succession in 1748, thousands of unemployed and sometimes unemployable soldiers and seamen found themselves on the streets of London ready to roister the town an……続きを見る

This gossipy account of Louis XIV is a clear and fascinating historical biography from Nancy Mitford. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA TILLYARD During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in……続きを見る

Samuel Pepyss London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, yet growing and prospering. The Restoration in 1660 brought t……続きを見る

In this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mid-eighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports us into the maelstrom of international rivalries. With the Seven Years' War, ……続きを見る

They were known as the Ascendancy, the dashing aristocratic elite that controlled Irish politics and society at the end of the eighteenth centuryーand at their pinnacle stood Caroline and Robert Kin……続きを見る

One of Neil Gaiman’s favourite scary stories for children. Set within a world of sorcery and wizardry, much like an 18th Century Harry Potter, Krabat tells the story of a 14-year-old beggar boy lure……続きを見る

‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, Spectator Geoffrey Hosking’s landmark book provid……続きを見る

Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This boo……続きを見る

“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”ーThe Wall Street Journal The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Al……続きを見る

This ebook prequel to the author's upcoming novel, Becoming Valley Forge (Feb. 2013), tells the little-known and moving story of General George Washington's and the Continental Army's six day encamp……続きを見る

The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristo……続きを見る

His novel Emile: or, On Education is a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. Due to a section of the book entitled “Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar,” Emile was ban……続きを見る

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French R……続きを見る

The French Revolution marked the birth of modern Europe. From the storming of the Bastille to the horrors of the guillotine, the events of 1789 and after are among the most stirring and most disturb……続きを見る

The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and sent reverberations throughout the Western world. E……続きを見る

Aristocratic Vice examines the outrage againstーand attempts to endーthe four vices associated with the aristocracy in eighteenth-century England: duelling, suicide, adultery, and gambling. Each of ……続きを見る

Jane Austen, the much-loved author of Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility,was just 42 when she died. Do you know what killed her?the intriguing nature of Jane Austen's demise is just……続きを見る

**SOON TO BE STREAMED ON NETFLIX By the Baillie Gifford prize-winning and No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE** 'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life' MAIL……続きを見る

Although overshadowed by his contemporaries Adam Smith and David Hume, the Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson strongly influenced eighteenth-century currents of political thought. A major reassessme……続きを見る

Making British Culture explores an under-appreciated factor in the emergence of a recognisably British culture. Specifically, it examines the experiences of English readers between around 1707 and 1……続きを見る

This first-ever biography of William Beckford provides a unique look at eighteenth-century British history from the perspective of the colonies. Even in his own time, Beckford was seen as a metaphor……続きを見る

The worst wasted of all days is that during which one has not laughed - Nicolas de Chamfort. Nicolas de Chamfort (1741 1794) was a French author, known for his sharp wit. He served as secretary to……続きを見る

Pirates are thieves who roam the seas. They prey on ships to steal their cargoes and valuables. Pirates have been around ever since the invention of boats! There is even an old tale that Caesar Augu……続きを見る

The Declaration of Independence Carl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explanation of what the Declaration really is, what view……続きを見る

« Vive la Reine ! » est le cri plein d'amour, d'espoir et d'admiration lancé par le peuple français lorsque Marie-Antoinette débute son règne. Elle le termine en entendant sous ses fenêtres : « À mo……続きを見る

Revolution in the Andes is an in-depth history of the Túpac Amaru insurrection, the largest and most threatening indigenous challenge to Spanish rule in the Andean world after the Conquest. Between ……続きを見る