November 16, 2018
It is no accident that the arrival of the novel, the literary form that uses life-as-a-journey as a master trope, is roughly co-terminous with the revolution of internal transport in… READ MORE
November 15, 2018
Angel David Nieves, Associate Professor of History and Digital Humanities at San Diego State University, is the author of An Architecture of Education: African American Women Design the New South,… READ MORE
November 12, 2018
Dr Sylvia Shorto’s new book brings the history of the East India Company into fresh perspective with the micro stories of five men of the ruling class in Delhi, examining… READ MORE
November 9, 2018
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was among the most prominent English nonconformist divines. An independent thinker, he had opinions – and usually expressed them – about every major controversy in England during… READ MORE
November 6, 2018
What was it like to be a soldier in Britain’s army in the redcoat era? While there is much written about wars, battles, tactics and fighting in this period, there… READ MORE
November 2, 2018
Looking for a new Boydell book this month? From the musical culture of the Low Countries, to the debt owed by Shakespeare to Ovid, we round up the best (and… READ MORE
October 31, 2018
In early modern England death was a pervasive shadow during everyday life. The departed were often honored in songs, or elegies. Music historian K. Dawn Grapes looks at the musical… READ MORE
October 25, 2018
Why in the Age of Enlightenment, a time of “sober rationalism”, did ghost stories flourish in Scotland? Martha McGill’s new book examines this apparent contradiction and the reasons behind it,… READ MORE
October 22, 2018
The American composer Julius Eastman (1940-1990) has “entered the canon.” Since that joyous 2016 headline in the New York Times, Eastman’s compositions have found a home with the venerable classical… READ MORE
October 19, 2018
Camden House is pleased to announce a new book series that seeks to publish monographs and edited collections dedicated to women and gender in German Studies. We are particularly interested… READ MORE
The Arms and Armour of Death