Black Victorians: Hidden in History
By: Keisha N. Abraham
4.46
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A landmark work of revisionist history exploring and celebrating the lives of Black Victorians. …
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1. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages
By: Phyllis Rose
4.03
Format: 311 pages, Paperback
In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses as examples th… read more
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- history
- 19th century
- historical
- victorian
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2. Black Tudors: African Lives in Renaissance England
By: Miranda Kaufmann
2.00
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A black porter publicly whips a white English gentleman in a Gloucestershire manor house. A heavily… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
3. Frenchman's Creek
By: Daphne du Maurier , Julie Myerson
3.98
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Bored and restless in London's Restoration Court, Lady Dona escapes into the British countryside wi… read more
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- historical
"You have no hobby then?" "Moths interest me, my lady."-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
"I am notorious," said Dona, "for making unfortunate remarks."-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
"—in reality it was escape she wanted, escape from her own self—"-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
"I had become like a prisoner in chains, and the dungeon was deep."-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
4. An Officer and a Spy
By: Robert Harris
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This … read more
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5. Wives and Daughters
By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Pam Morris
3.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughterscentres on the story of yout… read more
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6. Black London: Life Before Emancipation
By: Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
4.18
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Gerzina (Vassar Coll.) has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18t… read more
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7. Far from the Madding Crowd
By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more
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8. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
By: Mona Chollet
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
9. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
10. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
11. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
By: Charles Spencer
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
12. Godmersham Park
By: Gill Hornby
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
On 21 January 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of gover… read more
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"She was simply a creature of the most passionate nature. She felt intensely; where she loved, there she loved absolutely."-Gill Hornby, Godmersham Park
13. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.04
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
15. Julia
By: Sandra Newman
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more
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"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."-Sandra Newman, Julia
16. The Confessions of Frannie Langton
By: Sara Collins
3.57
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing hi… read more
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- historical
"What did Shakespeare know? Love must alter, or it can't survive."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"there were two things I loved: all those books I read, and all the people who wrote them."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"A man writes to separate himself from the common history. A woman writes to try to join it."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"Only two types of white people in this world, chile, the ones doing shit to you and the ones wanting you to tell them ’bout the shit them other ones did."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
17. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
By: Elinor Cleghorn
4.11
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas ab… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"For centuries, medicine has claimed that women are defined by their bodies and biology. But we have never been respected as reliable narrators of what happens to our bodies. We are denied agency beca…"-Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
18. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
19. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
20. African Europeans: An Untold History
By: Olivette Otélé
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Africans or African Europeans are widely believed to be only a recent presence in Europe, a feature… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
21. How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong
By: James O'Brien
4.13
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Every day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming benefits scroungers, the EU, Muslims, feminists … read more
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- nonfiction
"Theresa May took this aversion to thinking to its apotheosis when she declared that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ shortly after becoming prime minister in July 2016. Even by the standards of modern British p…"-James O'Brien, How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong
22. I, Julian
By: Claire Gilbert
4.27
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
'So I will write in English, pressing new words from this beautiful plain language spoken by all. N… read more
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- historical
23. Playground
By: Richard Powers
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more
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24. Black Voices on Britain (Macmillan Collector's Library)
By: Hakim Adi
4.07
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
A compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean, from people… read more
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- nonfiction
25. African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History
By: Hakim Adi
3.82
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of Britain that will transform our understanding of this country's past ' I've… read more
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- history
26. Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness
By: Allyson Shaw
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Ashes & Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages an… read more
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- nonfiction
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27. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
By: Maureen Callahan
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
28. Searching for Juliet: The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine
By: Sophie Duncan
4.35
Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition
Who is Juliet Capulet? Daughter of Verona Lovestruck Teenager Romantic Icon Tragic Heroine R… read more
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- nonfiction
29. A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846
By: Alethea Hayter
3.75
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
June 1846. As London swelters in a heatwave - sunstroke strikes, meat rots, ice is coveted - a glam… read more
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- nonfiction
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30. Black Victorians: Hidden in History
By: Keisha N. Abraham
4.46
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A landmark work of revisionist history exploring and celebrating the lives of Black Victorians. … read more
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- 19th century
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- victorian
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