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'Bloody and beguiling.' THE TIMES 'A salty, action-packed saga.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Perfect for Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell fans.' DAILY EXPRESS Spanning the sacking of England's south coast by...

'Bloody and beguiling.' THE TIMES 'A salty, action-packed saga.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Perfect for Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell fans.' DAILY EXPRESS Spanning the sacking of England's south coast by...

The Templars' entire story, covering the Crusades and the Holy Grail, right up to the bestsellers and blockbusters. Formed in the twelfth century to guard pilgrims on the road in...

This book charts the rise of and interplay between the first Mediterranean civilizations, with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Trojan, and on the causes of their decline,...

A brilliant recreation of the golden age of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia - its landscapes, peoples, conflicts, power structures and political geography. The eighth century has long been a...

'Bloody and beguiling.' THE TIMES 'A salty, action-packed saga.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Perfect for Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell fans.' DAILY EXPRESS Spanning the sacking of England's south coast by...

The extraordinary tale of Philip Augustus, one of medieval Europe's greatest monarchs, and the part he played in the downfall of four Plantagenet kings of England. Philip II ruled France...

The Great Wall of China - stretching from the arid rises of Gansu province to the cold waters of the Bohai Sea - remains an enduring symbol of Chinese might....

An account of the remarkable rivalry, sometimes bloody conflict, between two great families which originated on the west coast of Scotland - the Campbells and the MacDonalds. Starting with the...

'Bloody and beguiling.' THE TIMES 'A salty, action-packed saga.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Perfect for Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell fans.' DAILY EXPRESS Spanning the sacking of England's south coast by...

Don't miss LION HEARTS , the final heart-stopping novel in the Essex Dogs trilogy from bestselling historian Dan Jones - available to pre-order now. 'Draws you in page by page....

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V , who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a...

An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating...

From the author of the Gael Song trilogy, an epic new historical fantasy set in the tumultuous, magical world of medieval Ireland during the time of the Norman invasion. Over...

Living in the second half of the twelfth century, Princess Constance of Hauteville was both witness and protagonist in what could be considered the most exciting period in medieval history....

'An impressive unputdownable debut' The Historical Novel Society The Hundred Years' War comes to life in this spellbinding tale of love, betrayal and conspiracy ... A quest born on the...

This book also provides insights into changes such as the dramatic global warming of 12,000-8,000 BC, and the way societies coped with their altered environment.

When Holbein died in 1543, exactly 450 years ago, he left behind him one of the most remarkable records of a royal court ever made. These portraits were executed while...

This companion volume to the exhibit examines the multicultural city of Fustat, capital of medieval Egypt and predecessor to modern Cairo. It explores the interactions of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish...

"It's a nice piece of pageantry. . . . Rationally it's lunatic, but in practice, everyone enjoys it, I think."-HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Founded by Edward III in...

Visuality before and beyond the Renaissance examines the phenomenon of "seeing" through a study of art works from Ancient Mesopotamia, China, Africa, and European works ranging from Antiquity to the...

This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical...

Designed for visitors to Christian, Jewish, and Islamic archaeological sites in the Holy Land, from earliest times to 1700, this guide includes the Damascus Gate, the Holy Sepulchre, the Via...

This is an innovative analysis of the relationship between women's economic opportunity and marriage in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is based on an intensive study of York and...

`O'Brien is now approaching Philippa Gregory status' - Reader's Digest To those around her she was a loyal subject. In her heart she was a traitor. 1399: England's crown is...

During the amazing 15th-century bloodbath of the Wars of the Roses, three kings, a Prince of Wales, and eight royal (or semi-royal) dukes died in battle, murder or sudden death,...

The War of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485 four kings lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield or their...

Who was Elizabeth I's true father? Who really murdered the princes in the Tower? Did Buckingham poison James I? And who was the Man in the Iron Mask? These, and...

A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery...

From Robyn Cadwallader, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of The Anchoress and Book of Colours , comes a vibrant, richly imagined and deeply moving novel set in the turbulent...

This book is a welcome addition to an all too scant literature on the Ismaili communities of Syria. In addition to a wide reading of Arabic sources and a deep...

This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence,...

'A very promising historical adventure' - THE TIMES 'A terrific novel' - HISTORIA MAGAZINE *** 'There is a fury in England that none shall suppress - and when it breaks...

This is a book for all those who may have wondered what the Borgias did to acquire such infamy, who the Medici were, who were the antipopes, and who was...

A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan...

The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.

A collection of writings on the early history of the Christian Church This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early...

The ancient Mayan civilisation has been brought to life in this fascinating book. With over 450 pages, and many colour photographs, this book will captivate those who are curious about...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times , New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times 'A...

This groundbreaking book challenges many stereotypical views about the historical practice of prostitution. Based on twenty years' research, and organized by region, it charts the history of sex for sale...

Timothy Venning's exploration of the alternative paths that British history might easily have taken moves on to the Wars of the Roses. What if Richard of York had not given...

Histories of the Hundred Years War have been written, and accounts of the famous battles, but until now no book has concentrated on the sieges that played a decisive role...

' A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world, and about our own... What jumps off the page is the liveliness of the...

Thomas Izbicki presents a new examination of the relationship between the adoration of the sacrament and canon law from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. The medieval Church believed Christ's glorified...

The way in which a society expresses grief can reveal how it views both intense emotions and public order. In thirteenth-century Italian communes, a conscious effort to change appropriate public...

"A fascinating and very original book, based on an enormous amount of primary research. Freed is a leading authority on the ministerials of the Holy Roman Empire, who kept their...

The unorthodox imagination in late medieval Britain explores how medieval people responded to images, stories, beliefs and practices which were at odds with the normative world view, from the heretical...

Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective government--the commune--arose in the cities of northern and central Italy. Sleepwalking...