Chronological Period/18th Century
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Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787
$21.99 Add to cartAs Seen on Masterpiece(TM) on PBS(R) Book 1 of the beloved Poldark series
In the first novel in Winston Graham’s hit series, a weary Ross Poldark returns to England from war, looking forward to a joyfu
- Series: Poldark Saga #1
- Author: Graham, Winston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1492622079
- Language: English
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Valley Forge
$19.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with “a thorough, nuanced, and enthralling account” (The Wall Street Journal) about one of the most inspiring–and u… [more below]
- Author: Drury, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1501152726
- Language: English
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Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900
$35.00 Add to cartCommerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern world
It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expa- Author: Bown, Stephen R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 07, 2010
- ISBN10: 0312616112
- Language: English
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A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
$19.99 Read moreTold for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette–an enslaved person who spied for George Washington’s army during the American Revolution.
After his resounding defe
- Author: Rockwell, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467749338
- Language: English
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Boone: A Biography
$21.99 Add to cartThe story of Daniel Boone is the story of America–its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny.
Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a fr- Series: Shannon Ravenel Books (Paperback)
- Author: Morgan, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 538
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1565126157
- Language: English
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Simon Kenton: His Life and Period, 1755-1836
$29.95 Add to cartNew cover art featuring the painting “Kenton’s Voyage to Steal Horses” by noted frontier artist Steve White. This, the first biography of the pioneer who stands with Daniel Boone and George Rogers Cla
- Author: Kenton, Edna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1948986116
- Language: English
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Blackbeard: America’s Most Notorious Pirate
$23.99 Add to cart“A thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life, with wonderful details.”
“Interesting and exciting . . . a thoroughly enjoyable chronicle of an interesting life and i
–Publishers Weekly- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0470128216
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
$18.99 Add to cartPrizewinning Book: The Dawn of Detroit won both the Merle Curti Prize and the James Rawley Prize, two of the top distinctions in American History Media track record: Hardcover edition attracted major … [more below]
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1620974819
- Language: English
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
$13.00 Add to cartWriting in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and fort… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0141441259
- Language: English
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The Penguin Book of Pirates
$20.00 Add to cartReal-life accounts of the world’s most notorious pirates–both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond–compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account: Hannah Masu… [more below]
- Author: Howe, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0143137514
- Language: English
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Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
$22.99 Add to cartThe definitive history of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more t- Author: Finkel, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 24 2007
- ISBN10: 0465023975
- Language: English
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The Roots of Romanticism: Second Edition
$12.95 Add to cartA brilliant brief account of romanticism and its influence from one of the most important philosophers and intellectual historians of the twentieth century
In The Roots of Romanticism, one of the twen- Series: Bollingen #45
- Author: Berlin, Isaiah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 02 2013
- ISBN10: 0691156204
- Language: English
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Benjamin Franklin’s Book of Virtues
$12.95 Add to cartThis pocket-sized hardcover edition contains all thirteen “moral virtues” as Benjamin Franklin wrote them in his memoirs, first posthumously published in 1791. In the heart of this larger work–today … [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 1429093552
- Language: English
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Crucible of War: The Seven Years’ War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
$30.00 Add to cartIn this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years’ War-long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution-takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed,… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: January 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0375706364
- Language: English
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America’s Heroes and History: A Brian Kilmeade Collection
$84.00 Add to cartNow available for the first time in a beautiful boxed set edition, Brian Kilmeade’s extraordinary New York Times bestsellers George Washington’s Secret Six, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, A… [more below]
- Author: Kilmeade, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0593421175
- Language: English
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A Tale of Two Cities
$12.99 Add to cartWhen millions suffer under iron-fisted oppression, when anger and resentment boil into bloody rebellion, when triumph leads to savage vengeance–does one individual life matter? In A Tale of Two Citie… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1435171489
- Language: English
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Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution
$8.99 Add to cartGo behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention, thanks to award-winning author Jean Fritz’s words!
This factual gem that’s written with Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz’s humorous touch chronicl- Author: Fritz, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 29 1997
- ISBN10: 0698116240
- Language: English
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The Minutemen and Their World (Revised and Expanded Edition)
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the Bancroft Prize
The Minutemen and Their World, first published in 1976, is reissued now in a revised and expanded edition with a new preface and afterword by the author. On April 19, 1775- Author: Gross, Robert a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1250822947
- Language: English
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The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
$15.00 Add to cartA selection of nineteen essential essays from The Federalist Papers in their original lengths by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, with notes by Richard Beeman
Penguin presents a series- Series: Penguin Civic Classics #03
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121979
- Language: English
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Treasure Island
$9.99 Read moreSail the high seas and search for treasure in this paperback edition of the classic novel–but beware of pirates!
Jim Hawkins sets sail with a treasure map in hand, but he eventually discovers that h
- Series: Children’s Signature Classics
- Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1454951206
- Language: English
