A pioneering collection of essays that redirected research concerning eighteenth century Europe. The essays have been harshly criticized, but they are wonderful examinations between crime and social control and rebellion
Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire.
Hogg writes passionately about “God’s Secret Agents but student reviewers find her analysis less than convincing. Still, students recommend the book because of the intrinsic interest of the subject.
A classic biography of Martin Luther that arguably constructs a heroic rather than a human Luther. However, this remains arguably the best English-language biography of Luther.