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1215: The Year of Magna Carta
On 15 June 1215, rebel barons forced King John to meet them at Runnymede. They did not trust the King, so he was not allowed to leave until his seal...
Medieval Marriage: Two Models from Twelfth-Century France
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The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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The Templars: The History and the Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons
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Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free And Unlocked the Universe
'The most sheerly enjoyable history of science of recent years' The Spectator 'This is one of the best science books I have read in a decade' Paul Davies Life is...
History Heroes: Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus sailed the seas in search of the perfect trade route - find out how his life and explorations helped to change the world! Discover the stories of people...
Beating Napoleon: How Britain Faced Down Her Greatest Challenge
'If it had not been for you English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find...
Beating Napoleon: How Britain Faced Down Her Greatest Challenge
'If it had not been for you English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find...
Chronicles of the Crusades
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Fall of Saxon England
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The Age of Chivalry: The Story of Medieval Europe, 950 to 1450
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The Reformation
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From the Bloody Heart: The Stewarts and the Douglases
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The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses
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From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague and Death in the Later Middle Ages
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The Wars of the Roses
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Medieval Europe
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
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Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation
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Charlemagne: Barbarian and Emperor
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death
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Richard and John: Kings at War
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The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the...
Henry VII
Founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history. In this acclaimed study of the king's life and reign, the distinguished historian S. B. Chrimes...
Now She is Witch: 'Myth-making at its best' Val McDermid
Some of what they say about witches is true. A witch story unlike any other, from one of the UK's most outstanding LGBT writers. She dug her mother's grave in...
The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England
Skulduggery, power struggles and politics. A fascinating re-examination of Anglo-Saxon England told through the secret lives of the saints. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina 'Ramirez blasts a...
In Search of the Dark Ages
A fascinating exploration of an often misunderstood period in British history This edition of Michael Wood's groundbreaking first book explores the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the...
A Brief History of Khubilai Khan
His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming...
The Book of Gothel
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Everyone knows the story of Rapunzel in her tower, but do you know the story of the witch who put her there? Mary McMyne's spellbinding debut reveals the truth behind...
Every Rising Sun: A spellbinding reimagining of The Thousand and One Nights
'Lyrically imaginative . . . enthralling' GUARDIAN Before she was the legendary Persian queen who spun a thousand tales, Shaherazade was a girl who saw something she shouldn't have. She...
The Women of Troy
Sequel to critically acclaimed bestseller The Silence of the Girls Troy has fallen and the Greek victors are primed to return home, loaded with spoils. All they need is a...
House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France
A sweeping history of the Capetian monarchs One of the great epics of Europe's history, the story of the rise and rise of the Capetian dynasty dominates the Middle Ages....
Chronicles
One of the greatest historical records of fourteenth-century England and France The Chronicles of Froissart (1337-1410) are one of the greatest contemporary records of fourteenth-century England and France. Depicting the...
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back...
Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion
A major new reinterpretation of the religious superstate that defined both Europe and Christianity, by one of our foremost medieval historians In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded...
King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne
The acclaimed biography of one of the most extraordinary of all European rulers Charles, King of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule a European...
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World
The greatest story of military conquest in history from a 'master storyteller' (Guardian) Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from...
How to Plan a Crusade: Reason and Religious War in the High Middle
A lively and compelling account of how the crusades really worked, and a revolutionary attempt to rethink the Middle Ages In this highly original and enjoyable book, Christopher Tyerman focuses...
The Vikings
A new and updated edition of this authoritative work on Viking history, from a distinguished expert in the field Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword Far from being just...
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
A fascinating description of the beginning of the modern world For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world -...
Arthurian Romances
A fine collection of the greatest French tales about the legend of Arthur Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly...
The Brothers York: An English Tragedy
The gripping new history of a dynasty that seized the English throne - then tore itself apart It is 1461 and England is crippled by civil war. One freezing morning,...
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A classic history of fourteenth-century Europe, from the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Guns of August The fourteenth century was a time of fabled crusades and chivalry, glittering cathedrals and...
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
A glorious history of the jewel-like city on the Adriatic which was a melting-pot of Greek, Latin, Christian and barbarian culture. Winner of the 2020 Duff Cooper Prize In 402...
India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765
A magisterial history of the Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent might seem a self-contained world. Protected by vast mountains and seas, it has created its own religions, philosophies and social...
The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian
An imaginative and revelatory new history of the Italian Renaissance that challenges our preconceptions of the era *A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020* 'Brilliant and gripping, here is...
Magna Carta
The definitive translation of our history's founding legal document - translated with a new commentary by David Carpenter 'No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his...