18th Century Books


The Life and Death of Anne BoleynThe Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
Best Price: $12.26
i loved this book, very accurate and insightful, great read for all anne boleyn fans.
George Washington's WorldGeorge Washington's World
Best Price: $11.99
I love how this book places you in the world of current events of George Washington's life. it...
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeBlue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Best Price: $4.40
An author such as Tony Horwitz is a rare find. After reading his latest release (as of this...
The Portable Enlightenment Reader (The Viking Portable Library) (The Viking Portable Library)The Portable Enlightenment Reader (The Viking Portable Library) (The Viking Portable Library)
Best Price: $10.64
The Enlightenment was the turning point that created the World as we know it. The transition...
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
Best Price: $5.75
This book is one of the most enjoyable books you'll read about events during the American...


The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo RevolutionThe Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
Best Price: $8.99
Excellent! At time, Mr. James annoyed me to no end. But what kept me reading was he had the...
The Princes in the TowerThe Princes in the Tower
Best Price: $5.49
It sure won't answer the centuries old question of the demise of Edward IV's boys, but surely...
Inventing Human Rights: A HistoryInventing Human Rights: A History
Best Price: $8.68
A very interesting topic, a very important issue, but defined through the eyes of a Cultural...
The Revolutionary Era, 1789-1850 (The Norton History of Modern Europe)The Revolutionary Era, 1789-1850 (The Norton History of Modern Europe)
Best Price: $21.30
I'm currently trying to read through the "Norton History of Modern Europe" series, and...
The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848
Best Price: $7.75
Neither textbook nor narrative, Hobsbawm's classic is an interpretive essay whose many insights,...


The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them DownThe Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
Best Price: $5.34
Captains such as Blackbeard and Charles Vane created the 'Flying Gang' and established the...
Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early AmericaOur Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America
Best Price: $15.00
Tell me you have a story about relations between Colonial Americans and Native Americans, and...
Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden AgeVillains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Best Price: $12.94
Marcus Rediker has written what is easily the most fascinating account of piracy to date....
Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our FutureBuilding a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future
Best Price: $7.89
Postman makes an extremely compelling argument that our best source for assistance for moral and...
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
Best Price: $12.98
I highly recommend Crucible of War to all history readers. The author Fred Anderson really does...

Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)
Best Price: $5.99
i have read numerous books on j. s. bach and own all the standard biographies yet i was beguiled...
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain KiddThe Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
Best Price: $5.49
Overwritten pseudo-history that purports to prove that Caption Kidd was a privateer with royal...
Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative HistoryEarly Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History
Best Price: $42.87
I'm a returning college student and using this as a text for the study of the Tudor and Stuart...
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World HistoryThe Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
Best Price: $10.50
A great book -- I discovered it from my History Book Club, before the great reviews poured in...
Greeks & Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding FathersGreeks & Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers
Best Price: $12.99
This lively and engaging book is the only popular work to explore the profound impact of Ancient...

The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 (Penguin History of Europe)The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 (Penguin History of Europe)
Best Price: $6.98
I especially find the "rambling and repetitive" issues with this book ironic that here...
A Brief History of the Late Ottoman EmpireA Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire
Best Price: $19.83
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire straddled three continents and...
Rights of Man (Dover Thrift Editions)Rights of Man (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.00
well, i finally got around to reading thomas paine's "rights of man". his sentences,...
The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern PaganismThe Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism
Best Price: $11.91
A magnificent, thorough, and long book (419 pages), impeccably documented, the first volume of...
A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American HomelandA Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
Best Price: $10.72
A great book on Acadian history. This book should be required reading in all south Louisiana...

The Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking CollapseThe Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse
Best Price: $2.29
Kamensky has done an excellent job in this book.The book is a detailed study of the events...
The Oxford History of the French RevolutionThe Oxford History of the French Revolution
Best Price: $14.36
William Doyle's Oxford History of the French Revolution is a scholar's history. If anyone is...
Brilliant Women: 18th-Century BluestockingsBrilliant Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings
Best Price: $36.00
During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women...
The Birth of the Modern World: 1780-1914 (Blackwell History of the World)The Birth of the Modern World: 1780-1914 (Blackwell History of the World)
Best Price: $32.32
In this outstanding book, Professor Bayly studies the world crises of 1776-1820 and 1848-65, and...
The Dress of the People: Everyday Fashion in Eighteenth-Century EnglandThe Dress of the People: Everyday Fashion in Eighteenth-Century England
Best Price: $36.00
The material lives of ordinary English men and women were transformed in the years following the...

The Mountain Men: The Dramatic History and Lore of the First FrontiersmenThe Mountain Men: The Dramatic History and Lore of the First Frontiersmen
Best Price: $8.85
I read this book outloud to hubby. As has been stated, this is an excellent book for a well...
The Enlightenment: The Science of FreedomThe Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom
Best Price: $11.90
I have the desire to have the book translated into Chinese!
Sources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714Sources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714
Best Price: $36.01
Designed to accompany the survey text Early Modern England: A Narrative History , this...
The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American EnlightenmentsThe Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments
Best Price: $7.99
This is mental exercise on the part of Professor Himmelfarb. She is attempting to "make...
LafayetteLafayette
Best Price: $8.63
This is one of those "fast-paced" narratives that is long on drama, but short on...

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades (Oxford Illustrated Histories)The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
Best Price: $15.55
This is a very important book for people who want to know the facts without stories of romance...
Eighteenth Century Europe: Tradition and Progress, 1715-1789 (Norton History of Modern Europe)Eighteenth Century Europe: Tradition and Progress, 1715-1789 (Norton History of Modern Europe)
Best Price: $15.70
The Italian Renaissance: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History)The Italian Renaissance: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History)
Best Price: $38.65
Of the essays contained in this book, I have only read Mommsen's "Petrarch's Conception of...
Captain Kidd and the War against the PiratesCaptain Kidd and the War against the Pirates
Best Price: $14.00
Ritchie does an extremely able job of refocusing the story of Captain Kidd away from being a...
Cook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James CookCook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
Best Price: $11.97
Fast-moving and fascinating account of Captain Cook's three around-the-world voyages,...

The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon (New Penguin History of France)The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon (New Penguin History of France)
Best Price: $10.12
A very insightful, well-organised and readable book. Covers all the main events of France's 18th...
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White SlavesWhite Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves
Best Price: $6.20
The story of a million European slaves in north Africa, as recently as two centuries back, is...
A History of Florence 1200-1575A History of Florence 1200-1575
Best Price: $27.44
In this history of Florence, distinguished historian John Najemy discusses all the major...
Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of ModernityJews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity
Best Price: $23.41
It is well worth reading but I wish it was longer and more detailed. And, would it be so...
The Declaration of Independence: A Global HistoryThe Declaration of Independence: A Global History
Best Price: $11.95
This book offers a fresh perspective on what may be the most familiar document in American...

Race and the Enlightenment: A ReaderRace and the Enlightenment: A Reader
Best Price: $36.99
Eze hopes to spur, among researchers, teachers, and students, a "critical engagement in the...
The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe (New Approaches to European History)The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe (New Approaches to European History)
Best Price: $24.90
James Melton's accessible study examines the rise of "the public" in...
Shoes and Slippers: From Snowshill, One of the World's Leading Collections of Costume and Accessories of the 18th and 19th CenturiesShoes and Slippers: From Snowshill, One of the World's Leading Collections of Costume and Accessories of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Best Price: $11.57
Buy this. Gorgeous pictures, charming and scholarly text, what more can a designer, clothes...
Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the EnlightenmentEmilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
Best Price: $0.87
Gabrielle ?milie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Ch?telet wrote her last lover, the...
Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's PrincessCharlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess
Best Price: $12.99
Fantastic, brilliantly written, this was so easy to read and i just couldn't put the book down....

The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic OdysseyThe Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey
Best Price: $11.49
In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave...
The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Best Price: $11.50
The earthquake that hit Lisbon on 1 November 1755 shook up a lot more than its buildings and...
Europe 1870-1991 (Flagship History Ser)Europe 1870-1991 (Flagship History Ser)
Best Price: $26.58
Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate ShipReal Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship
Best Price: $11.25
The riveting story of the slave ship Whydah, captured by pirates and later sunk in a fierce...
Europe, 1648-1815: From the Old Regime to the Age of RevolutionEurope, 1648-1815: From the Old Regime to the Age of Revolution
Best Price: $30.15
The late Professor Winks and Professor Kaiser have produced a gem of a book for the student...

Ledyard: In Search of the First American ExplorerLedyard: In Search of the First American Explorer
Best Price: $2.19
This was another of those works that I found difficult to put down once I began reading the...
A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?: England 1783-1846 (New Oxford History of England)A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?: England 1783-1846 (New Oxford History of England)
Best Price: $36.00
This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the...
Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American LightSister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light
Best Price: $6.50
INCREDIBLE BOOK!! I strongly recommend it for students of comparative history. The US War of...
Facing Racial Revolution: Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian InsurrectionFacing Racial Revolution: Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Insurrection
Best Price: $11.79
The only truly successful slave uprising in the Atlantic world, the Haitian Revolution gave...
 
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