Time period: 18th century

12-year old Nat is a slave, sent to England. Life in London is tough and Nat seizes the first opportunity to escape. He hears the story of The Zong, a ship where the crew murdered 133 slaves. Will the world continue to turn a blind eye to the horrors of slavery? And can Nat really evade his maste...

An England divided. From his remote moorland home, David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.

The privateer Harry Ludlow and his war-weary crew become embroiled in the pursuit of a valuable hostage whilst taking on some of the Admiralty's most ruthless figures as the government fears a Jacobin plot is afoot.

Courtship in Georgian England was a decisive moment in the life cycle, often imagined as a tactical game. Sally Holloway uses a rich selection of material and written sources to explore the emotional experience of courtship between Georgian men and women, how love developed into a commercial indu...

Providing a comprehensive and highly-readable account of Germany from Frederick the Great to Bismarck, this book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in European history and the extraordinary cultural legacy of this golden age.

Henry 'Monty' Montague doesn't care that his roguish passions are far from suitable for the gentleman he was born to be. But as Monty embarks on his grand tour of Europe, his quests for pleasure and vice are in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the famil...

The 'History of Britain' series tells the story of Britain from the coming of the Romans to the present day. This volume looks at the changes and events of the 18th century.

An introduction to every aspect of life in Georgian Britain, from the grandeur of country stately homes to the squalor of city smugglers' dens. Key figures and events include Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite rebels, Captain Cook exploring the South Pacific, the Boston tea party and Dr Johns...

The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world's first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain's role in the international trade in enslaved A...

This is Daphne du Maurier's warm, human saga of a family of craftsmen in 18th century France - with the violence and terror of the Revolution as a clamouring background against which their loves and their hopes are played out.

The glittering and macabre bals des victimes and the eerie catacombs are the backdrop for the conclusion to Kat Dunn's French Revolution trilogy.

Robespierre is dead. The Reign of Terror is over. As Royalist strength grows, the Duc de L'Aubespine plots a coup that will consign the revolution to history. With Olympe in his clutches, he believes nothing can stop him. But he's reckoned without the intrepid Battalion of the Dead! Reunited in P...

Sister Perpetue is not to move. She is not to fall asleep. She is to sit, keeping guard over the patient's room. She has heard the stories of his hunger, which defy belief: that he has eaten all manner of creatures and objects. A child even, if the rumours are to be believed. But it is hard to be...

Sister Perpetue is not to move. She is not to fall asleep. She is to sit, keeping guard over the patient's room. She has heard the stories of his hunger, which defy belief: that he has eaten all manner of creatures and objects. A child even, if the rumours are to be believed. But it is hard to be...

Sister Perpetue is not to move. She is not to fall asleep. She is to sit, keeping guard over the patient's room. She has heard the stories of his hunger, which defy belief: that he has eaten all manner of creatures and objects. A child even, if the rumours are to be believed. But it is hard to be...

'The Gorgeous Georgians' tells you all about the people who lived in these riotous times from lords and ladies with a personal hygiene problem to the starving and pitiful poor.

After 15 fearsome years on the page, 'Horrible Histories' are coming to the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact. In this book readers can discover gangs who made a living selling dead bodies, husbands who sold their wives at auction, and doctors who cured toothache with squashed fish eyes.

All the most horrible facts about the Gorgeous Georgians ready for readers to uncover, including their sneaky schemes for hiding personal hygiene problems and the schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers.

After 15 fearsome years on the page, 'Horrible Histories' are coming to the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact. In this book readers can discover gangs who made a living selling dead bodies, husbands who sold their wives at auction, and doctors who cured toothache with squashed fish eyes.