Don Jordan, Author, Michael Walsh, Author . New York Univ. $18.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8147-4296-9
High school American history classes present indentured servitude as a benignly paternalistic system whereby colonial immigrants spent a few years working off their passage and went on to better things. Not so, this impassioned history argues: the...
READ FULL REVIEW
Don Jordan and Michael Walsh. Pegasus, $28.95 (374p) ISBN 978-1-60598-969-3
In this balanced narrative, Jordan and Walsh (White Cargo) contextualize the reign of Charles II (1630–1685) in light of his numerous mistresses, arguing that his aversion to conflict allowed them to influence policy, helped bankrupt the country,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Don Jordan and Michael Walsh. Pegasus, $27.95 (408p) ISBN 978-1-68177-168-7
Jordan and Walsh follow The King’s Bed with a further examination of the Merry Monarch’s English court, this time focusing on Charles II’s mission to find the parties responsible for the execution of Charles I. Charles II reveled in his court, which
READ FULL REVIEW
Don Jordan. Pegasus, $29.95 (544p) ISBN 978-1-68177-638-5
Post-Cromwellian London bursts to life with the Stuart dynasty’s restoration in this effortless account from Jordan (The King’s Bed, with Michael Walsh) that covers the years 1660–1685. He aptly dubs it an “age of transformation.” London under...
READ FULL REVIEW
