Letter, Diaries

Following his participation in James Cook’s circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how h …

‘Do you want me to talk to you of our love? There are no words, however eloquent, to express all the passion, all the fire, all the madness contained within these two words: our love A collection of …

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) is known first and foremost as a painter. His paintings, of which there are thousands around the world, explore the mythic origins, the natural beauty, and the spiritual …

The year is 1427. The Great Revolution has been raging for eight long years, effecting every aspect of life in the Isobellian Empire. Countless are dead, and thousands of families have been torn apar …

The year is 1953 and the North of England, like everywhere else, is full of women ‘keeping house’ for their husbands. Washing must be scrubbed by hand over the sink, socks must be darned by hand and …

‘;These previously unpublished diaries of an English woman surviving the war at home provide a fascinating insight into society and life’ (Firetrench). Helena Hall’s daily diary of the war years, fro …

Gazetted into the 9th Foot as an ensign in 1808, Peter Le Mesurier saw action from the earliest days of the Peninsular War almost to its end. The ‘Fighting Ninth’ were in the thick of it, and his let …

An honest and poignant look into the deeply intimate yet platonic relationship between a gay English teacher and his young female protgeeach seeking connection and acceptanceas reflected by the decad …

A rare glimpse into the life of one young man who chose not to fight Nearly three million white men of military age remained in the North during the Civil War, some attending institutions of higher l …

The cultural and political history of the watershed decade of the 20th century, as told by the New Yorker.The 1940s were a decade of upheaval and innovation: they saw the Nuremberg Trials and Israeli …