Longtime adventure author and editor Anthony Brandt has just released his latest work, The Man Who Ate His Boots. The intensely researched book examines the search for the Northwest Passage, the holy ...

19th Century British Newspapers is a joint effort between the British Library and Gale to make available searchable, full-text digitized versions of key 19th Century British newspapers. The aim was to ...

Catriona Byers is a historian who moonlights as a food stylist. She is an expert on the dark histories of 19th Century ...

Scott Simon talks with Candice Millard about 19th century British exploration and her new book, "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile." The quest ...

London – A rediscovered masterpiece in watercolour, A Reception in the Harem by John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), unseen in public for over 60 years, leads Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist Paintings ...

Although the North of England Lawn Tennis Club only held nine annual competitions until 1894, Scarborough remained an ...

Jane Austen’s works are globally renowned, but they were unknown in China until 1935 when two different translations of “Pride and Prejudice” were published. Today, her novels are increasingly popular ...

Survivors received “fever passes” that certified their immunity, allowing them increased freedom of movement at a time when a substantial portion of the population was being held under strict ...

The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a crime against humanity ...

Among these were Andrew Scott aka Captain Moonlite, the Irish-born son of a pastor who met his true love in James Nesbitt, an Australian-born convict. The two found each other in a hopeless place ...