Roy Schreiber
Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …
The Sincere Huron (L'Ingénu)
L'Ingénu is a satirical novella by the French writer Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron Indian transported to…
History and Fiction
Why don't writers who fictionalize history just write fiction? Why did Shakespeare call his character Richard III or King John? Why not ca…
Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1
Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons ac…