The grandson of Oscar Wilde will Thursday collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish ...

Scott Simon talks with Candice Millard about 19th century British exploration and her new book, "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile." The quest ...

Longtime adventure author and editor Anthony Brandt has just released his latest work, The Man Who Ate His Boots. The intensely researched book examines the search for the Northwest Passage, the holy ...

Musket, author Peter Smithurst details the tools and processes used to produce this historically significant firearm.

When Oscar Wilde was jailed for, "gross indecency," a 19th century euphemism for gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 ...

It is impossible within the scope of this brief article to explore every tributary of 19th century British publishing which may have provided an occasional outlet for science fiction. I have ...

London – A rediscovered masterpiece in watercolour, A Reception in the Harem by John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), unseen in public for over 60 years, leads Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist Paintings ...

Jane Austen’s works are globally renowned, but they were unknown in China until 1935 when two different translations of “Pride and Prejudice” were published. Today, her novels are increasingly popular ...

The vast wildlife sanctuary, called the Sabi Game Reserve at the time, was re-christened in 1926 to honour Paul Kruger. He ...