Sort by:
Forged in War: A military history of Russia from its beginnings to
A masterful history of how war and insecurity, both real and perceived, have driven Russia's destiny for centuries, including the disastrous invasion of Ukraine. Putin retains his stranglehold on his...
The Gempei War 1180-85: The Great Samurai Civil War
Internationally renowned samurai expert Dr Stephen Turnbull delves into a pivotal era of Japanese history in this highly illustrated account of The Gempei War, a conflict that defined the age...
The Dream Weavers
The brand-new, gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay! 'Warmth, depth, mystery, magic and the supernatural ... such a beautiful book!' bestselling author Santa...
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
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...
The Secret Queen: Eleanor Talbot, the Woman Who Put Richard III on the
NEW EVIDENCE ON THE FATE OF THE 'PRINCES IN THE TOWER' When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of...
The Hooded Man: A Roleplaying Game of Medieval Outlaws
An adventure roleplaying game inspired by the legends of Robin Hood. You are hunter and prey, a friend of the people and an enemy of tyrants. Your realm is the...
Bouvines 1214: Philippe Augustus and the Battle for France
A detailed look at the battle of Bouvines, which saw Philippe II of France defeat the German and English coalition forces, changing the history of Europe forever. In early 1214,...
Byzantine Soldier vs Seljuk Warrior: Manzikert to Myriokephalon,
This colourful study investigates the Byzantine and Seljuk forces that fought in a series of battles with profound implications for the Middle East during the 11th and 12th centuries. The...
Battle for the Island Kingdom: Vikings, Anglo-Saxons & Normans,
SHORTLISTED FOR MILITARY HISTORY MATTERS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 Rich with period sources, this is a fast-paced narrative of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and...
Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN AWARD 'It's quite a feat to write an account of England's most famous battle that makes the reader feel like they're...
Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN AWARD 'It's quite a feat to write an account of England's most famous battle that makes the reader feel like they're...
Teutonic Knight vs Lithuanian Warrior: The Lithuanian Crusade
Featuring full-colour artwork, maps and carefully chosen illustrations, this exciting book investigates the Teutonic Knights and their Lithuanian foes during the epic Lithuanian Crusade. The Teutonic Knights were a military...
Crecy: Battle of Five Kings
'Like Crecy itself, this book is a triumph and the tale it tells gives an old story new life.'- Bernard Cornwell, bestselling author of The Last Kingdom series A groundbreaking...
Daughter of the Otherworld
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...
The Two Hundred Years War: The Bloody Crowns of England and France,
A new and radically original account of the longest military conflict in European history, which challenges the conventional periodisation of the 'Hundred Years War' to consider a much longer period...
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
During the late Middle Ages, conflict raged between France and England as they battled in pursuit of power, the throne and beyond. It became known as the Hundred Years' War....
The Hooded Man: A Roleplaying Game of Medieval Outlaws
An adventure roleplaying game inspired by the legends of Robin Hood. You are hunter and prey, a friend of the people and an enemy of tyrants. Your realm is the...
Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
' 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...
A Brief History of Medieval Warfare
For over 150 years, from 1314 to 1485, England fought an almost continuous war with its neighbours: the Campaign of the North when the armies of Robert the Bruce were...
Bosch and Bruegel: From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life
In this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Koerner casts the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel in a completely new light, revealing how the...
The Wars of the Roses
The vicious wars between the English noble houses of York and Lancaster marked the end of medieval England and the birth of the Renaissance. The end of that thirty-year period...
The Ghost Tree
Before you follow the path into your family's history, beware of the secrets you may find... Before you follow the path into your family's history, beware of the secrets you...
The Hawks of Delamere: An action-packed medieval mystery from the
Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, is enraged when his hawk is killed by an arrow in the Forest of Delamere. When two poachers are caught, he orders their execution yet...
Fatal Avenue: Traveller's History of the Battlefields of Northern
Charles de Gaulle called it "fatal avenue". He was referring to that broad sweep of low-lying country stretching from the Channel coast of Normandy in the west to the valley...
Real Falstaff: Sir John Rastolf and the Hundred Years' War
That trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swol'n parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree-ox with the pudding in...
24 Hours at Agincourt
Agincourt was an astonishing clash of arms, a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years War and the history of warfare in general. In August 1415, King Henry V claimed the...
DK Art Book: Bosch
The book titled DK Art Book: Bosch by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery
A spellbinding journey through the life of an English monk, an age of discovery and the mysteries of the medieval mind The Middle Ages were a time of wonder. They...
Edward III and the Triumph of England: The Battle of Crecy and the
A fascinating recreation of the world of one of England's most charismatic monarchs The young Edward III's destruction of the French army at Crecy in 1346 and capture of Calais...
The Revolt
It is with a soft voice, full of menace, that our mother commands us to overthrow our father . . . Richard Lionheart tells the story of his mother, Eleanor...
The King's Jewel: from the bestselling author comes a new historical
*Now with an exclusive extract of Elizabeth Chadwick's next novel, The Royal Rebel - only in the paperback!* Wales, 1093. The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of...
Women Religious
$30.00 AUD
This is a study of English nunneries in the years between 1100 and 1250, the heyday of monastic foundation. Based on a detailed analysis of the primary sources, it traces...
The Vox Dei
This book provides a general assessment of the role of communications in medieval Europe. It covers the church and its ecclesiastical goals; the monarchies and their political goals, heresies and...
Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China,
How the social organisation of Europe and China shaped their divergent economic and political trajectories over the past millennium. In the eleventh century, when Europe was still backward and poor,...
The Herb Knot
'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...
The Turn of Midnight: A deadly plague is spreading across the land...
$15.00 AUD
A deadly plague is spreading across the land... __________________ As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish...
Macbeth: The True Story
Thanks to Shakespeare, the name Macbeth has become a byword for political ambition realised by bloody violence. Fiona Watson has uncovered, buried beneath the layers of myth, a history that...
The Domesday Book: England's Heritage Then and Now
$25.00 AUD
The book titled The Domesday Book: England's Heritage Then and Now by the author Thomas Hinde. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Crisis of Church and State 1050-1300
A clear narrative that presents and interprets the major documents of the centuries-long struggle between kings and popes of medieval Europe over the separation of church and state. Few controversies...
The History of the Atzec & Inca: Two Illustrated Reference Books:
$25.00 AUD
This boxed set of two encyclopedias charts the rise and fall of the ancient American empires - including the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Olmec and Zapotec. It is an absorbing guide...
A Gentry Community: Leicestershire in the Fifteenth Century,
This book examines the fifteenth-century gentry of Leicestershire under five broad headings: as landholders, as members of a social community based on the county, as participants in and leaders of...
Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King
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...
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
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...
The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos,
Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and Byzantium. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, he was last seen fighting at the city walls,...
Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land
A vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land The religious wars of the crusades are renowned for their military engagements. But the period was witness...
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain The Knights Templar have an...
Bone Crier's Dawn
Ailesse and her friends change the afterlife in the gripping conclusion to the fantasy duology that began with Bone Crier's Moon from New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Purdie-perfect for...