In 18th-century Britain, wealthy landowners hired actual human beings to live in their gardens as living ornaments. They were ...

Often, when I see that a book comes directly out of a dissertation, there’s a sinking feeling that it may be arcane and academic in the extreme. The kind of book that’s filled with jargon and overly ...

Explore the lives of seven prominent individuals of African and mixed heritage who lived in Britain and France during the 18th century. This video highlights historical figures such as: - Louise Marie ...

The exterior of Sir John Soane’s Museum (all images courtesy the Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum unless otherwise noted, via Flickr) The stately facade of Sir John Soane’s Museum sits on the ...

ECLO is the result of a five-year project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) investigating the ...

Napoleon was a particular target of the cartoonists, and Gillray is credited with creating the myth of Napoleon as a small ...

"The Politics of Custom in Eighteenth-Century British Fiction" breaks new ground in the history of the novel by revealing both the persistent influence of popular culture and of an older, patrician ...