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Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4
Hardback,
02/05/2019,
£18.99
The fourth spectacular novel in the highly acclaimed SIX TUDOR QUEENS series by historian and Sunday Times bestselling author, Alison Weir.
Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII
Paperback,
27/09/2007,
£54.99
Henry VIII used his wardrobe, and that of his family and household, as a way of expressing his wealth and magnificence. This book encompasses the first detailed study of male and female dress worn at the court of Henry VIII (1509-47) and covers the dress of the King and his immediate family, the royal household and the broader court circle. Henry
Marlborough: Britain's Greatest General
Paperback,
16/04/2009,
£14.99
Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cementing its position as a major player on the European stage and saviour of the Holy Roman Empire.
Houses of Power: The Places that Shaped the Tudor World
Paperback,
04/04/2019,
£12.99
Houses of Power is the result of Simon Thurley's thirty years of research, picking through architectural digs, and examining financial accounts, original plans and drawings to reconstruct the great Tudor houses and understand how these monarchs shaped their lives.
Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry
Hardback,
28/05/2019,
£20.00
A riveting account of the warrior knight who overthrew his king and seized the reins of power in medieval England.
Selden Map of China: A New Understanding of the Ming Dynasty
Hardback,
28/06/2019,
£20.00
Dating from the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time. The enthralling story revealed by this extraordinary artefact is central to an understanding of the long history of China's relationship with the sea and with the wider world.
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I
Paperback,
05/03/2020,
£9.99
The first full biography of the five remarkable daughters of Edward I.
Short History of the Reformation
Paperback,
30/04/2018,
£14.99
Martin Luther pinned his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg he shattered foundations of western Christendom. The Reformation of doctrine and practice that followed Luther's seismic action, and protest against sale of indulgences, fragmented the Church and overturned previously accepted certainties and priorities.
Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650
Paperback,
14/11/2017,
£11.99
The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution
Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The Women's Stories
Paperback,
01/11/2016,
£10.99
The story of the six wives of Henry VIII from the viewpoint of the women themselves.
King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta
Paperback,
07/01/2016,
£8.99
The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. John's rejection of the charter led to civil war and foreign invasion, bringing his life to a disastrous close.
Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs): The Last Boy King
Hardback,
04/12/2014,
£10.99
Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. This book gives full play to the murky, sinister nature of Edward's reign, and also an account of a boy learning to rule, learning to enjoy his growing power and to come out of the shadows of the great aristocrats around him.
Anne Boleyn: Adultery, Heresy, Desire
Paperback,
15/10/2018,
£18.99
THE biography of the most alluring, important and enigmatic of Henry VIII's six wives - Anne Boleyn.
Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 3
Paperback,
08/01/2019,
£7.99
The third stunning novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by foremost and beloved historian Alison Weir
Black Tudors: The Untold Story
Paperback,
06/09/2018,
£9.99
A transformative history - in Tudor times there were Africans living and working in Britain, and they were free
Dynastic Politics and the British Reformations, 1558-1630
Hardback,
20/12/2018,
£35.00
During the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, it was usual to consolidate power through lines of royal succession and marriage into other royal and princely families. Michael Questier shows that while this secured political power, it also caused a lot of religious upheaval in this period of already-fraught western Christendom.
Map of Medieval London: The City, Westminster and Southwark
31/10/2019,
£9.99
A full colour map showing London about 1270 to 1300 - its walls and gates, parish churches, early monasteries and hospitals, and a growing number of private houses. The city's streets and alleyways had been established.
Renaissance Reform of the Book and Britain: The English Quattrocento
Hardback,
02/05/2019,
£75.00
The definitive study of humanist script in England before 1509, this book also provides an important re-interpretation of the success of Renaissance humanism. It introduces a range of Dutch, German, English and Scottish scribes in demonstrating humanism's cosmopolitanism.
Templars
Paperback,
29/03/2018,
£9.99
The remarkable story of the Knights Templar - the wealthiest, most powerful and most secretive of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era.
England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings 1075-1225
Paperback,
08/08/2002,
£40.99
This vivid and comprehensive account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest lays bare the patterns of everyday life and increases our understanding of a medieval society at a time when England was more closely tied to Europe than ever before.
Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain, 850-1520
Paperback,
13/02/2009,
£15.00
Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made their livings. This book presents a fresh view of the British economy from the ninth to the sixteenth century and an account of medieval life.
Henry V: The Conscience of a King
Hardback,
02/08/2016,
£20.00
More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects' welfare
Joan of Arc: A History
Paperback,
07/05/2015,
£12.99
A French peasant girl who heard voices from God, Joan convinced the royal court of her divine calling and became a teenage warrior, leading an army to victory against the English. This book tells the story of this women from medieval world.
Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
Paperback,
30/04/2015,
£10.99
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule. This book tells a history of these turbulent times.
Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
Paperback,
03/06/2010,
£10.99
One night in August 1323, a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms.
Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China
Paperback,
23/04/2015,
£9.99
Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire that ran across much of Asia. This book provides an account of the Mongol Empire.
Clash of Thrones: Power-Crazed Medieval Kings, Popes and Emperors of Europe
Paperback,
25/11/2015,
£9.99
Medieval Europe is a dark and dangerous place. It is a place where love clashes with ambition and violence rules - enemies are blinded, rivals are murdered and heretics are burnt at the stake. As the Black Death sweeps the continent and the Mongol hordes threaten its borders, can the kings of the old world survive the dawn of a new era?
Elizabethan Society
Paperback,
15/05/2014,
£9.99
A compelling exploration of the lives of individual men and women from all levels of sixteenth-century life that gives a vivid feel for the reality of Elizabethan society
Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
Paperback,
03/06/2010,
£10.99
Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. She was executed on 19 May 1536. This title tells the story of Anne's fall.
How to be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life
Paperback,
07/07/2016,
£9.99
The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? This is a time traveller's guide to daily life in Tudor England.
Love, Madness, and Scandal: The Life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck
Hardback,
11/05/2017,
£20.00
The life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck. A story of love, sex, and high drama set against the backdrop of a tumultuous and formative period of English history, this is also the story of an exceptional and courageous rebel against an age in which women were expected to be obedient, silent, and chaste.
Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England
Paperback,
04/07/2013,
£10.99
This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets - their story is the story of Britain.
Elizabeth
Paperback,
01/03/2001,
£10.99
Published to accompany a Channel 4 series, Starkey turns the paradox into a person. This new approach to the enigma of Elizabeth's character presents a retelling of her reign, her love for Robert Dudley, the tragi-comedy of her suitors, her epic struggles with Mary and Philip II and the final debacle of her relationship with Robert Devereux.
Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
Paperback,
07/03/2013,
£9.99
We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign as a golden age. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? This title reveals a country in which people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith.
Magna Carta Chronicle: Eight Hundred Years in the Fight for Freedom
Paperback,
08/04/2015,
£8.99
A highly accessible way for young and not-so-young people to explore the amazing stories of how freedoms and liberties have been won over the centuries
Carnal Knowledge: Regulating Sex in England, 1470-1600
Paperback,
10/03/2017,
£21.99
This major study explores sexual regulation in London and provincial England before, during and immediately after the Reformation.
Anarchy: War and Status in 12th-Century Landscapes of Conflict
Paperback,
31/12/2016,
£85.00
The first ever archaeologically based study of the turbulent period of English history often known as the 'Anarchy' of King Stephen's reign in the mid-twelfth century, covering battlefields and conflict landscapes, arms, armour and material culture, fortifications and the church.
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower
Paperback,
07/08/2014,
£10.99
Tells the story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. This book presents a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence.
King's Grave
Paperback,
03/07/2014,
£12.99
The real life, death and remarkable discovery of history's most controversial monarch.
Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806 2ed
Paperback,
21/06/2011,
£21.99
Peter Wilson provides a concise yet comprehensive account of the Holy Roman Empire and its profound impact during its last three centuries of existence. Drawing on a wealth of research, the expanded new edition has been fully revised and updated throughout and now features a new chapter on 'Nation and Identity'.
Magna Carta
Paperback,
01/01/2015,
£12.99
Magna Carta, forced on King John in 1215 by rebellion, is one of the famous documents in world history. It asserts a fundamental principle: that ruler is subject to the law. This book draws on discoveries to give an account of Magna Carta's origins, survival and enforcement, showing how it quickly gained a central place in English political life.
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