Jamukha
2 booksJamukha was a Mongol aristocrat, early companion and anda, or sworn brother, of Temüjin. Their alliance broke down as they competed to unite the steppe, with […]
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Jane Austen
2 booksJane Austen was born at Steventon Rectory in Hampshire in 1775 and grew up in a large clerical family. She began writing stories and dramatic sketches […]
Jim Bridger
2 booksJim Bridger is represented in the linked historical fiction through exploration, travel and cultural encounter, military command and battlefield decision-making, and empire, conquest and resistance. These […]
Joan, Lady Guildford
2 booksJoan, Lady Guildford is represented in the linked historical fiction through court politics and dynastic power, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and social change and the […]
Joan Larke
2 booksJoan Larke was an English woman best known for her relationship with Thomas Wolsey before or during his early clerical career. She was the mother of […]
Joan of Kent
2 booksJoan was a granddaughter of Edward I and grew up within the extended royal family. While still young, she secretly married Thomas Holland. During his absence […]
Jochi
2 booksJochi was the eldest son of Genghis Khan and Börte, born soon after Börte’s rescue from Merkit captivity. Doubts about his paternity became a source of […]
John Bell Hood
2 booksJohn Bell Hood is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and family, […]
John Brown
2 booksJohn Brown was an American abolitionist who believed armed action was necessary to destroy slavery. After violent conflict in Kansas, he led the 1859 raid on […]
John Dee
2 booksJohn Dee was an English mathematician, astrologer, adviser and scholar in the Elizabethan period. His interests in navigation, imperial planning, alchemy and angelic communication place him […]