How the Georgians Celebrated Christmas – by Penelope J. Corfield
In The Georgians, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life – politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and…
Samuel Pepys
A Year in Yale Books
We know it’s only November, but here at Yale University Press, London, we’re very keen to provide some bookish inspiration for your Christmas gift…
The Curious World of Samuel Pepys & John Evelyn, by Margaret Willes – A Who’s Who
Described by The Times as ‘the biographical equivalent of a buddy film’, Margaret Willes’ The Curious World of Samuel Pepys & John Evelyn explores…
Michael Hunter wins Samuel Pepys prize for ‘Boyle: Between God and Science’
Historian Michael Hunter has won the 2011 Samuel Pepys Award for his fascinating biography of 17th-century scientist and philosopher Robert Boyle. Boyle: Between God…
Tales from the Pleasure Garden: New book from Yale unearths Vauxhall Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens was the foremost pleasure garden of eighteenth and nineteenth-century London. The recently published Vauxhall Gardens: A History by David E. Coke and Alan Borg unearths this…