Diane Purkiss

15 books

The English Civil War: A People's History by Diane Purkiss

The English Civil War: A People's History

Diane Purkiss

629 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The English Civil War: Papists, Gentlewomen, Soldiers, and Witchfinders in the Birth of Modern Britain by Diane Purkiss

The English Civil War: Papists, Gentlewomen, Soldiers, and Witchfinders in the Birth of Modern Britain

Diane Purkiss

627 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Magical Tales: Myth, Legend, and Enchantment in Children's Books by Diane Purkiss, Carolyne Larrington

Magical Tales: Myth, Legend, and Enchantment in Children's Books

Diane Purkiss, Carolyne Larrington

192 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction reference adventurous informative slow-paced
Troublesome Things: A History of Fairies and Fairy Stories (Allen Lane History) by Diane Purkiss

Troublesome Things: A History of Fairies and Fairy Stories (Allen Lane History)

Diane Purkiss

368 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Witch in History: Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations by Diane Purkiss

The Witch in History: Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations

Diane Purkiss

308 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
English Food: A People's History by Diane Purkiss

English Food: A People's History

Diane Purkiss

560 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative medium-paced
Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods by Naomi J. Miller

Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods

Naomi J. Miller

412 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Literature, Gender and Politics During the English Civil War by Diane Purkiss

Literature, Gender and Politics During the English Civil War

Diane Purkiss

308 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary
The Museum of Witchcraft by Diane Purkiss

The Museum of Witchcraft

Diane Purkiss

224 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction
Renaissance Women: The Plays of Elizabeth Cary and the Poems of Aemilia Lanyer by Diane Purkiss, Aemilia Lanyer, Elizabeth Cary
Renaissance Women: The Plays of Elizabeth Cary and the Poems of Aemilia Lanyer
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Diane Purkiss, Aemilia Lanyer, Elizabeth Cary

Renaissance Women: The Plays of Elizabeth Cary and the Poems of Aemilia Lanyer

Diane Purkiss, Aemilia Lanyer, Elizabeth Cary

338 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced