English Society in the 18th Century

7 best books like English Society in the 18th Century (Roy Porter): Dark Fire, Heartstone, To the Wedding, In Bed with the Tudors: the Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I, Our Tempestuous Day: History Of Regency England, The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life, The Middle Ages

Dark Fire

Author	C.J. Sansom
ISBN	0143036432

        It is 1540, and Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years when Matthew Shardlake, the lawyer renowned as "the sharpest hunchback in the courts of England," is pressed to help a friend's young niece who is charged with murder.
        Despite threats of torture...

Heartstone

Author	C.J. Sansom
ISBN	0230711251

C.J. Sansom dazzles with his great set of Tudor era historical mysteries, mixing a few legal conundrums with controversies of the time to keep the reader hooked. England is at war, though its citizenry is less than enamoured with the idea. France remains a thorn in the side of King Henry VIII and he has...

To the Wedding

Author	John Berger
ISBN	0679767770

QUESTIONE DI SGUARDI
La scrittura di Berger mi ha subito avvolto, familiare, ma senza privarmi di stupore.
Questa volta mi ha sollevato e trasportato in un viaggio alla fonte del mito e del tempo.

Un viaggio fatto di nomi epici scelti con cura.

Di geografie dello spazio e della...

In Bed with the Tudors: the Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I

Author	Amy Licence
ISBN	1445606933

Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Sex and childbirth were quite literally a matter of life or death for the Tudors - Elizabeth of York died in childbirth, two of Henry VIII's queens were beheaded for infidelity, and Elizabeth...

Our Tempestuous Day: History Of Regency England

Author

Carolly Erickson

Regency England has long been seen as a time of hedonism and romance, when dashing beaux and elegant belles played out their flirtations against a backdrop of opulence and style. Yet beneath the surface glitter of the Regency lay an underlying malaise, a pervasive hollowness and sense of loss, along...

The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life

Author	Robin Sharma
ISBN	1443456632

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming...

The Middle Ages

Author

Morris Bishop

In this single indispensable volume, one of America’s ranking scholars combines a life’s work of research and teaching with the art of lively narration. Both authoriatative and beautifully told, THE MIDDLE AGES is the full story of the thousand years between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance...