The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in L...
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal 'The Russian Messenger' in twelve monthly installments during 1866. Later, it was published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from 5 years o...
Though we tend to think exciting English history starts after the Tudor Dynasty, the truth couldn't be further than that. The 100 years prior to the Tudors are known as the War Of The Roses, a chronicle of fights, battles, intrigue and deception, all in the name of power and the strive of the Lancasters and the Yorks...