Jacqueline Morley

Traces the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, its struggle for survival, and its eventual decline.

A light-hearted look at some of the difficulties faced by the pioneers who traveled by wagon train across the United States to settle in the West.

Get ready...as the daughter of a local official, you're about to get a glimpse of the high life, working as a servant in an enormous castle. It sounds grand, but things are about to get very hot in this medieval castle.

Humorous description of life for the inhabitants of Beijing's Forbidden City, formerly home of China's Emperors.

Surveys the history, culture, politics, and architecture of Florence during the Italian Renaissance.

This book takes a light-hearted look at an arduous expedition through the territory known as the Louisiana Purchase to find a route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, to meet many different peoples, and to take notes on unfamiliar plants and animals.