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A Tale of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott (17th-century Scottish rebellion) A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (account of Great Plague of London, 1666) Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (Great Plague, 1666) Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor (17th century, Restoration period) Royal Escape by Georgette Heyer (Cromwell and Charles II)
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
Tales from the Green Valley is a British historical documentary TV series in 12 parts, first shown on BBC Two from 19 August to 4 November 2005. The series, the first in the historic farm series, made for the BBC by independent production company Lion TV, follows historians and archaeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts; they wear the clothes, eat the food and use ...
A new edition of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England (this edition remains the officially authorised book to the present day). 1664. La Thébaïde (play) – Jean Racine; 1665. Alexandre le Grand (Alexander the Great) (play) – Jean Racine; Memoires of François Bassompierre (posthumous) Saptapaykar – Alaol (in Bengali) 1666
The British economy had begun to grow rapidly at the end of the 17th century and, by the mid-18th century, small factories in Britain were producing much more than the nation could consume. Britain found a market for their goods in the British colonies of North America, increasing her exports to that region by 360% between 1740 and 1770.
The 16th Century is known for the creation of Renaissance literature, [2] while the 17th century was influenced by both Baroque and Jacobean forms. [3] The 18th century progressed into a period known as the Enlightenment Era for many western countries. [ 4 ]
"Poland, the Ukraine and Russia in the 17th Century." The Slavonic and East European Review (1948): 157–171. in JSTOR; Ogg, David. Europe in the Seventeenth Century (6th ed. 1965). Rowbotham, Sheila. Hidden from history: Rediscovering women in history from the 17th century to the present (1976). Trevor-Roper, Hugh R. "The general crisis of ...
Aubrey's Brief Lives has been loved for generations for its colourful gossipy tone and for the glimpses it provides of the unofficial sides of its subjects. Aubrey's use of informants and his eye for the unusual provides much more vivid pictures than a biography based on documents could.