Queen Anne was one of Britain's most remarkable monarchs. With a personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue -- she presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like books by Antonia Fraser or Amanda Foreman and based on years of original research…
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Queen Anne was one of Britain's most remarkable monarchs. With a personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue -- she presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like books by Antonia Fraser or Amanda Foreman and based on years of original research…
This book describes the nature of English historical records over the period 1200-1800. It surveys the records created by the state, the estates of landlords, and the Church. The work arises from an intensive research project (1973-81), which involved the manual and computerised…
In Governing Gaeldom, Allan Kennedy offers a fresh contribution to the literature of British state formation through a detailed reconstruction of the relationship between the Highlands and the Scottish government in the later seventeenth century.
On August 18, 1648, with no relief from the siege in sight, the royalist garrison holding Colchester Castle surrendered and Oliver Cromwell's army firmly ended the rule of Charles I of England. To send a clear message to the fallen monarch, the rebels executed four of the senior…