17th century

A biography of English explorer John Smith, discussing his exploits as a mercenary in Turkey, his founding of the Jamestown settlement where his life was allegedly saved by the intervention of Pocahontas, and his later years in England.

Presents an illustrated history of the witch trials in the English colonial town called Salem, where people's mental illness was mistaken for witchcraft, and discusses the role of Reverend Samuel Parris and various arrests, punishments and wrongful deaths of people whose behavior was misunderstood, and includes a glossary.

Describes the Okinawa raid of 1609, discussing its origins, planning, execution, and outcome, and including photographs, maps, and illustrations.

Examines the social, cultural, and religious history of the ceremonies associated with birth, marriage, and death in early modern England.

Chronicles the history of the French Acadians, the French-speaking Catholic inhabitants of eighteenth-century Nova Scotia, and their expulsion by the colonial governments of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, which lasted from 1755 to 1763.

Robert Grove, a fellow at New College, Oxford in the turbulent 1660s, is found dead in mysterious circumstances, prompting the speculations of four witnesses who each offer a different version of events surrounding the murder.

Describes the lives of the Separatists in England and Holland leading up to their departure for America in 1620.

When a boy being chased through present-day London seeks refuge in the National Gallery, a dog escapes from the painting of one Dutch master and together they leap into the painting of another, where their adventures in seventeenth-century Delft are a prelude to returning to London and continuing the chase.