New York Times Book Review • Editors’ Choice Finally revealing the family’s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774,...

The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne JonesIn 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. This is her remarkable, ...

In the eighteenth century, the Catholics of England lacked many basic freedoms under the law: they could not serve in political office, buy or inherit land, or be married by the rites of their own religion. So virulent was the sentiment against Catho...