Time period: 19th century

What happens when you can't run any further from your past? Ohio, 1838. James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the Black Swamp, planting apple trees to claim the land as their own. Life is harsh in the swamp, and as fever picks off their children, husband and wife take solace in separate comf...

What happens when you can't run any further from your past? Ohio, 1838. James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the Black Swamp, planting apple trees to claim the land as their own. Life is harsh in the swamp, and as fever picks off their children, husband and wife take solace in separate comf...

The paintings of Yorkshire-based artist Atkinson Grimshaw are very well known. This comprehensive study shows the full breadth of his work and includes works in private collections reproduced for the first time.

At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian was halfway through a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin - the greatest friendship of modern literature. The story picks up from the end of Blue at the...

The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account provides insight into his literary life and opinions. It shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was.

'Avoid Meeting a Body Snatcher!' explores the body-snatching craze that gripped 19th century Britain, including the infamous Burke and Hare murders.

You are a farmer living in Ireland in the 1840s. It's hard work feeding your family and paying rent, and it's about to get harder when, in 1845, a disease wipes out your potato crop. To escape the Famine you must start a new life in America. But first, you must battle storms, a vicious crew, rott...

The humorous cartoon-style illustrations and the narrative approach encourage readers to get emotionally involved with the characters, aiding their understanding of the severe risks people took while bridges were being built.

Wiltshire, 1860: one year after Darwin's explosive publication of 'The Origin of Species', sisters Anna and Beatrice Pentecost awaken to a world shattered by science, radicalism and the stirrings of feminist rebellion; a world of charismatic religious movements, spiritualist seances, bitter loss ...

Captain Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. 'Per Mare-Per Terram' is the Marines' motto, and in the heat of Africa, Blackwood and his men learn to obey it without question.

Meg just wants to keep her family together. Her mother is desperately ill and her sister is still in school so it is up to her to support them. All Meg knows to do is bake and desperation leads her to Ted Lund, the miserly owner of a local bakery. In a moment of uncharacteristic kindness, he take...

In 19th-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and his captors have taken him to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realise that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who use the code name La Piuma (the Feather). Yashim i...

In 19th-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and his captors have taken him to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realise that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who use the code name La Piuma (the Feather). Yashim i...

1811. The Adriatic, the 'French Lake', is now the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd finds his glorious return to England cut short when the Admiralty summons him to lead a squadron of frigates into these waters to cause havoc and distress to the enemy. ...

This text is a survey of two centuries of history, providing a background on the events happening in the Balkans. It provides insights into the roots of the region's reputation and explains the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and others.

1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition mus...

1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition mus...