😄 Witty Historical

Historical settings brought to life with a modern sparkle of humor, proving that sharp observation and clever dialogue are timeless. The wit illuminates the past rather than diminishing it.

1066 and all that

by W.C. Sellar • 1930

English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.

3.91

4k+

📜 Satirical History 📚 Parody Textbook 🇬🇧 British Humour

1066 and all that 91%

English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.

by W.C. Sellar 1930

3.91

4k+ ratings

📜 Satirical History 📚 Parody Textbook 🇬🇧 British Humour

The Greatest Nobodies of History

by Adrian Bliss • 2024

A lovesick plague, a vain ferret, and a royal oak: history's walk-on parts demand the spotlight.

3.52

3k+

The Greatest Nobodies of History Summary

The Greatest Nobodies of History 91%

A lovesick plague, a vain ferret, and a royal oak: history's walk-on parts demand the spotlight.

by Adrian Bliss 2024

3.52

3k+ ratings

1000 Years of Annoying the French

by Stephen Clarke • 2010

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

4.05

5k+

⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History

1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary

1000 Years of Annoying the French 90%

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

by Stephen Clarke 2010

4.05

5k+ ratings

⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History

The World According to Cunk

by Philomena Cunk • 2024

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

3.90

2k+

🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise

The World According to Cunk 90%

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

by Philomena Cunk 2024

3.90

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise

It's in His Kiss

by Julia Quinn • 2005

They hunt for diamonds in an Italian diary, but the real treasure is each other.

3.97

219k+

😏 Witty Banter 📚 Bluestocking Heroine 💔 Wounded Hero

It's in His Kiss 89%

They hunt for diamonds in an Italian diary, but the real treasure is each other.

by Julia Quinn 2005

3.97

219k+ ratings

😏 Witty Banter 📚 Bluestocking Heroine 💔 Wounded Hero

Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music

by Stephen Fry • 2004

13,500 years of classical music made funny: from Pythagorean hammers to Stravinsky's riot.

3.70

849

🎼 Classical Music 😜 Irreverent History 🇬🇧 British Humor

Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music Summary

Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music 89%

13,500 years of classical music made funny: from Pythagorean hammers to Stravinsky's riot.

by Stephen Fry 2004

3.70

849 ratings

🎼 Classical Music 😜 Irreverent History 🇬🇧 British Humor

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

by Beth Brower • 2019

Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.

4.05

69k+

📖 Epistolary Novel 💪 Plucky Heroine ⚖️ Inheritance Battle

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Summary

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion 89%

Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.

by Beth Brower 2019

4.05

69k+ ratings

📖 Epistolary Novel 💪 Plucky Heroine ⚖️ Inheritance Battle

At Home

by Bill Bryson • 2010

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

3.99

99k+

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History

At Home 89%

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

by Bill Bryson 2010

3.99

99k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

by Beth Brower • 2023

A sharp-tongued orphan and her scarred tenant dare to consider love, risking scandal and heartbreak.

4.72

31k+

📖 Fictional Diary 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion 89%

A sharp-tongued orphan and her scarred tenant dare to consider love, risking scandal and heartbreak.

by Beth Brower 2023

4.72

31k+ ratings

📖 Fictional Diary 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Dodger

by Terry Pratchett • 2012

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

3.95

28k+

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty

Dodger 89%

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

by Terry Pratchett 2012

3.95

28k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty

A History of Histories

by J.W. Burrow • 2007

From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.

3.78

456

📜 Historiography 🧠 Intellectual History 🔭 Philosophy Of History

A History of Histories 88%

From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.

by J.W. Burrow 2007

3.78

456 ratings

📜 Historiography 🧠 Intellectual History 🔭 Philosophy Of History

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

by India Holton • 2021

A lady pirate and her would-be assassin unite against the villain stealing their flying houses.

3.64

54k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫖 Fantasy Of Manners 🏠 Alternate Victorian

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels Summary

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels 88%

A lady pirate and her would-be assassin unite against the villain stealing their flying houses.

by India Holton 2021

3.64

54k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫖 Fantasy Of Manners 🏠 Alternate Victorian

Cluny Brown

by Margery Sharp • 1944

Sent to a country house, a plumber's niece charms a Polish exile and scandalizes the household.

3.75

3k+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏰 Country House Novel 💞 Misfits In Love

Cluny Brown 88%

Sent to a country house, a plumber's niece charms a Polish exile and scandalizes the household.

by Margery Sharp 1944

3.75

3k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏰 Country House Novel 💞 Misfits In Love

Alex and Eliza

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2017

To save her family, Eliza must marry money. Then a penniless officer walks into the ball.

3.69

22k+

🏛️ Revolutionary Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Alex and Eliza 88%

To save her family, Eliza must marry money. Then a penniless officer walks into the ball.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2017

3.69

22k+ ratings

🏛️ Revolutionary Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting

by Sophie Irwin • 2022

A fortune hunter must charm a wealthy heir, but his war-scarred brother sees through her.

3.91

52k+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 💕 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Fortune Hunter Heroine

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting Summary

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting 88%

A fortune hunter must charm a wealthy heir, but his war-scarred brother sees through her.

by Sophie Irwin 2022

3.91

52k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 💕 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Fortune Hunter Heroine

Una historia de España

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2019

A novelist rewrites Spain: El Cid fought for Muslims, gold bred ruin, democracy required amnesia.

4.16

5k+

🇪🇸 Spanish History 🧐 Revisionist History 📉 Empire And Decline

Una historia de España 88%

A novelist rewrites Spain: El Cid fought for Muslims, gold bred ruin, democracy required amnesia.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2019

4.16

5k+ ratings

🇪🇸 Spanish History 🧐 Revisionist History 📉 Empire And Decline

Seriously Funny

by Terry Pratchett • 2016

Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.

4.28

483

🎭 British Humor 💬 Wit And Wisdom 🧠 Human Nature

Seriously Funny 88%

Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.

by Terry Pratchett 2016

4.28

483 ratings

🎭 British Humor 💬 Wit And Wisdom 🧠 Human Nature

The Mother Tongue

by Bill Bryson • 1990

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

3.91

44k+

🗣️ History Of English 📚 Popular Linguistics 🌍 Language Evolution

The Mother Tongue 88%

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

by Bill Bryson 1990

3.91

44k+ ratings

🗣️ History Of English 📚 Popular Linguistics 🌍 Language Evolution

Thug Notes

by Sparky Sweets • 2015

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

3.96

570

🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics

Thug Notes 88%

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

by Sparky Sweets 2015

3.96

570 ratings

🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics

The Wallflower Wager

by Tessa Dare • 2019

Ordered to rehome her animals or leave London, she makes a deal with the ruthless neighbor.

3.96

35k+

🎩 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 💞 Opposites Attract

The Wallflower Wager 88%

Ordered to rehome her animals or leave London, she makes a deal with the ruthless neighbor.

by Tessa Dare 2019

3.96

35k+ ratings

🎩 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 💞 Opposites Attract

The Wrong Lady Meets Lord Right

by Suzanne Allain • 2024

Posing as her heiress cousin, a poor relation falls for a lord who believes the lie.

3.73

3k+

🎭 Mistaken Identity 👒 Poor Relation Heroine 💕 Dual Romance

The Wrong Lady Meets Lord Right 88%

Posing as her heiress cousin, a poor relation falls for a lord who believes the lie.

by Suzanne Allain 2024

3.73

3k+ ratings

🎭 Mistaken Identity 👒 Poor Relation Heroine 💕 Dual Romance

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

by Sarah MacLean • 2010

When a spinster asks a notorious rake for a kiss, he counters with a scandalous bargain.

4.07

61k+

🦋 Spinster Heroine 😈 Rake Hero 🤝 Bargain Arrangement

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake Summary

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake 88%

When a spinster asks a notorious rake for a kiss, he counters with a scandalous bargain.

by Sarah MacLean 2010

4.07

61k+ ratings

🦋 Spinster Heroine 😈 Rake Hero 🤝 Bargain Arrangement

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee • 2017

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

4.02

146k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Summary

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 88%

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

by Mackenzi Lee 2017

4.02

146k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family

Humour

by Terry Eagleton • 2019

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

3.19

603

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory

Humour 88%

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

by Terry Eagleton 2019

3.19

603 ratings

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory

Because of Miss Bridgerton

by Julia Quinn • 2016

Stranded on a roof, a spinster has one way down: the arms of her lifelong rival.

3.93

85k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌳 Childhood Rivals

Because of Miss Bridgerton 88%

Stranded on a roof, a spinster has one way down: the arms of her lifelong rival.

by Julia Quinn 2016

3.93

85k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌳 Childhood Rivals

Death Beside the Seaside

by T.E. Kinsey • 2019

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

4.26

11k+

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery

Death Beside the Seaside 88%

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

by T.E. Kinsey 2019

4.26

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery

Diaries 1969-1979

by Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

4.04

4k+

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy

Diaries 1969-1979 88%

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

by Michael Palin 2006

4.04

4k+ ratings

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy

The Fatal Flying Affair

by T.E. Kinsey • 2020

A fatal parachute test draws Lady Hardcastle and her maid into a world of aviation and espionage.

4.41

8k+

🎩 Edwardian Cozy 👭 Female Sleuth Duo 🏡 English Village

The Fatal Flying Affair 88%

A fatal parachute test draws Lady Hardcastle and her maid into a world of aviation and espionage.

by T.E. Kinsey 2020

4.41

8k+ ratings

🎩 Edwardian Cozy 👭 Female Sleuth Duo 🏡 English Village

Elizabeth I and Her Circle

by Susan Doran • 2015

To understand Elizabeth I, look at her quarreling inner circle of cousins, favorites, and spies.

3.97

181

👑 Elizabethan Politics ⚔️ Dynastic Conflict 🎭 Court Intrigue

Elizabeth I and Her Circle 88%

To understand Elizabeth I, look at her quarreling inner circle of cousins, favorites, and spies.

by Susan Doran 2015

3.97

181 ratings

👑 Elizabethan Politics ⚔️ Dynastic Conflict 🎭 Court Intrigue

A Picture of Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2018

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

4.29

10k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets

A Picture of Murder 88%

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

by T.E. Kinsey 2018

4.29

10k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets

The Custom of the Army

by Diana Gabaldon • 2010

A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.

4.03

11k+

⚖️ Military Justice 👑 Georgian England ⚔️ Duel Of Honor

The Custom of the Army 88%

A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.

by Diana Gabaldon 2010

4.03

11k+ ratings

⚖️ Military Justice 👑 Georgian England ⚔️ Duel Of Honor

Semicolon

by Cecelia Watson • 2019

How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.

3.68

2k+

🖋️ Grammar And Style 📜 Language History 🔍 Cultural Microhistory

Semicolon 88%

How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.

by Cecelia Watson 2019

3.68

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Grammar And Style 📜 Language History 🔍 Cultural Microhistory

Adolf Hitler

by Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

9k+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

Adolf Hitler 88%

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

by Spike Milligan 1971

4.04

9k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

by Beth Brower • 2024

A Victorian diarist's fortune: two loves. But gossip and a friend's crisis test her guarded heart.

4.73

29k+

📖 Epistolary Journal 🫂 Found Family Quartet 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion 88%

A Victorian diarist's fortune: two loves. But gossip and a friend's crisis test her guarded heart.

by Beth Brower 2024

4.73

29k+ ratings

📖 Epistolary Journal 🫂 Found Family Quartet 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Duke to Die for

by Amelia Grey • 2009

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

3.39

1k+

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 💬 Witty Banter

A Duke to Die for 88%

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

by Amelia Grey 2009

3.39

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 💬 Witty Banter

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

by Seth Grahame-Smith • 2009

Regency England's deadliest zombie hunter, Elizabeth Bennet, meets her match: arrogant Mr. Darcy.

3.32

143k+

📚 Literary Mashup 👒 Austen Retelling 💕 Enemies To Lovers

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 88%

Regency England's deadliest zombie hunter, Elizabeth Bennet, meets her match: arrogant Mr. Darcy.

by Seth Grahame-Smith 2009

3.32

143k+ ratings

📚 Literary Mashup 👒 Austen Retelling 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Good Lord Bird

by James McBride • 2013

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

3.96

39k+

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise

The Good Lord Bird 88%

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

by James McBride 2013

3.96

39k+ ratings

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome • 1889

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

3.83

81k+

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit

Three Men in a Boat 88%

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

by Jerome K. Jerome 1889

3.83

81k+ ratings

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit

How to Tell a Joke

by Marcus Tullius Cicero • 2021

How Rome's greatest speaker used humor to win any room, and how you can too.

3.19

209

🎤 Public Speaking 🏛 Classical Rhetoric 😄 Humor For Speakers

How to Tell a Joke 88%

How Rome's greatest speaker used humor to win any room, and how you can too.

by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021

3.19

209 ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🏛 Classical Rhetoric 😄 Humor For Speakers

The Viscount Who Loved Me

by Julia Quinn • 2000

He hunts a loveless bride; she fights back. Their mutual disdain ignites a dangerous passion.

3.99

500k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎩 Reformed Rake 🛡️ Protective Sister

The Viscount Who Loved Me 88%

He hunts a loveless bride; she fights back. Their mutual disdain ignites a dangerous passion.

by Julia Quinn 2000

3.99

500k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎩 Reformed Rake 🛡️ Protective Sister

The Forum and the Tower

by Mary Ann Glendon • 2011

Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.

3.95

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Legal History

The Forum and the Tower 88%

Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.

by Mary Ann Glendon 2011

3.95

66 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Legal History

Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

by Diana Gabaldon • 2017

A dueling lord, a clever spy, a lost pilot: the Outlander world's untold turning points.

4.28

18k+

🕰️ 18th Century 📖 Interlinked Novellas ⚔️ Military Brotherhood

Seven Stones to Stand or Fall 87%

A dueling lord, a clever spy, a lost pilot: the Outlander world's untold turning points.

by Diana Gabaldon 2017

4.28

18k+ ratings

🕰️ 18th Century 📖 Interlinked Novellas ⚔️ Military Brotherhood

Rotten to the Core

by T.E. Kinsey • 2022

A murdered cider warden, an apple in his mouth, and a secret brotherhood's twenty-year-old crime.

4.43

7k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🔐 Secret Society 💀 Cold Case Revenge

Rotten to the Core 87%

A murdered cider warden, an apple in his mouth, and a secret brotherhood's twenty-year-old crime.

by T.E. Kinsey 2022

4.43

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🔐 Secret Society 💀 Cold Case Revenge

A Fire at the Exhibition

by T.E. Kinsey • 2023

A village exhibition. Fire. Theft. Murder. Two lady sleuths dig for treasure in Edwardian England.

4.47

6k+

🔎 Village Cozy Mystery 👒 Edwardian England 👯 Female Detective Duo

A Fire at the Exhibition 87%

A village exhibition. Fire. Theft. Murder. Two lady sleuths dig for treasure in Edwardian England.

by T.E. Kinsey 2023

4.47

6k+ ratings

🔎 Village Cozy Mystery 👒 Edwardian England 👯 Female Detective Duo

How to Invent Everything

by Ryan North • 2018

Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.

4.14

6k+

🏛️ Civilization Building 🛠️ History Of Technology ⏳ Time Travel Conceit

How to Invent Everything 87%

Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.

by Ryan North 2018

4.14

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Civilization Building 🛠️ History Of Technology ⏳ Time Travel Conceit

Cobb's Anatomy

by Irvin S. Cobb • 1912

A 1912 comic anatomy of everything that aches, sheds, swells, or embarrasses you in public.

3.78

✍️ Humorous Essays 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🫃 Body Humor

Cobb's Anatomy 87%

A 1912 comic anatomy of everything that aches, sheds, swells, or embarrasses you in public.

by Irvin S. Cobb 1912

3.78

60 ratings

✍️ Humorous Essays 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🫃 Body Humor

Laugh Tactics

by Patrick King • 2016

Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.

3.45

139

💬 Conversational Humor 🗣️ Repartee 🎤 Comic Delivery

Laugh Tactics 87%

Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.

by Patrick King 2016

3.45

139 ratings

💬 Conversational Humor 🗣️ Repartee 🎤 Comic Delivery

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2015

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

4.12

17k+

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets

In the Market for Murder 87%

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

by T.E. Kinsey 2015

4.12

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets

A House in Gross Disorder

by Cynthia B. Herrup • 1999

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

3.54

119

🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory

A House in Gross Disorder 87%

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

by Cynthia B. Herrup 1999

3.54

119 ratings

🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory

John Adams

by David McCullough • 2001

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

4.09

379k+

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era

John Adams 87%

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

by David McCullough 2001

4.09

379k+ ratings

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era

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