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The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century
Travel for pleasure developed greatly in the 18th century, and here Jeremy Black examines travel on the Continent, the so-called "Grand Tour". He considers not only the standard …
The Making of Modern Britain
The Making of Modern Britain balances economic, social and cultural developments to place Britain in its world context, and examines how developments within Britain affected its …
Culloden and the '45
There is little doubt that the ’45 rebellion was the greatest challenge to the eighteenth-century British state. The battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly one of …
Aircraft-Carrying Ships of the Royal Navy
Within ten years of man's first flight, the armies and navies of the world had seen the potential of the flying machine. This book looks at the ships of the Royal Navy which have …
A New History of England
In his New History of England, leading historian Jeremy Black takes a cool and dispassionate look at the vicissitudes of over two millennia of English history. …
The War for American Independence, 1775-1783
The bitter and often bloody fight which accompanied the emergence of the United States of America as an independent force on the world stage has always been a subject of much …