The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness of th
Thomas Bewick’s (1753–1828) History of British Birds was the first field guide for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. In Nature’s Engrave
Concentrating on notable women in North America, Europe and the British Commonwealth in the last two centuries, but also containing entries for women from Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Chi
