Books written by Peter Earle
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Treasure Hunt: Shipwreck, Diving, and the Quest for Treasure in an Age of Heroes
Chapter Ten The Evans Logbooks "By what means do you get your living?" "This deponent uses the art of diving for taking up wrackt goods from the bottom of the sea." Deposition of William Evans, March 1739. 1 The main business of the ...
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Treasure Hunt: Shipwreck, Diving, and the Quest for Treasure in an Age of Heroes
"A remarkable book, in which a very wide spectrum of human behavior is on show---from colossal gullibility on the one hand, to extraordinary ingenuity and determination on the other." —The Daily Telegraph (UK) Treasure Hunt is the story ...
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The Earles of Liverpool: A Georgian Merchant Dynasty
Mary Finch, John's second wife and the mother of his three merchant sons, was the only child of Ralph Finch of Chester and was described as an heiress. John certainly wasted some of her money in what seems with hindsight a period of ...
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The Making of the English Middle Class: Business, Society, and Family Life in London, 1660-1730
This is the first major study of a neglected yet extremely significant subject: the London middle classes in the period between 1660 and 1730, a period in which they created a society and economy that can be seen with hindsight to have ...
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The Pirate Wars
" Using material from British Admiralty records, this is an account of the Golden Age of pirates and of the men of the legitimate navies of the world charged with the task of finally bringing these cutthroats to justice.
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The Sack of Panamá: Captain Morgan and the Battle for the Caribbean
In The Sack of Panamá , Peter Earle masterfully retells this classic story, combining thorough research with an emphasis on the battles that made Morgan a pirate legend.
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The Making of the English Middle Class: Business, Society and Family Life in London, 1660-1730
The Making of the English Middle Class: Business, Society and Family Life in London, 1660-1730
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Robert E. Lee
Whatever his qualities or defects as a military commander, Robert E. Lee became a national hero after his surrender at Appomattox, and his loyal support for the Union after the...