Books by Evelyn Lord

In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague’s effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord’s fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton to common folk who tilled the land and ran the shops. She brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.  

The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence.

The Knights Templar are under arrest, torture and trial, followed by penance for life. Chronicling the dissolution of the order after the trial in 1307, when many of its members were burned at the stake as heretics, this book investigates the consequences of the Templar's persecution and their mysterious legacy.

Focusing on English Jacobites, this brings together all strands of English Jacobinism in an accessible chronological framework, highlighting key individuals, providing a biographical dictionary of less well known English Jacobites and includes an account of the major primary source material.

This title investigates the impact of the Templars on the politics and economy of Britain, tracing the way in which the Templars received support from Kings and became a part of feudal society with diverse holdings across the entire country. It concludes by looking at the factors that ultimately led to the defeat and dispersion of the Templars.