Orme is back with another piece of medieval social history. Here he traces the development of 62 English cathedrals and describes the life and activities that occurred within their walls.
Harris' wondrously eclectic mind has previously produced Weatherland and Romantic Moderns. Here she weaves stories of the Sussex landscape of her youth, with threads of Blake, Milton, Consta... read more
This rich historical analysis argues that the Enlightenment was a failure on its own terms. Terror, revolution, corruption, gross commercial excess and Empire prevailed instead of Reason.
The story of one of the most tumultuous moments in British history, which analyses how James I's rule was haunted by Elizabethan political norms and values.