Cnut the Great
By: Timothy Bolton
3.76
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxo…
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1. Æthelstan: The Making of England
By: Tom Holland
4.03
Format: 116 pages, Hardcover
The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under sa… read more
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- history
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2. The History Of The English People, 1000 1154
By: Henry of Huntingdon , Diana Greenway
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English histo… read more
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- british literature
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3. King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta
By: Marc Morris
5.00
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A rousing and authoritative new biography of the notorious King John, by Wall Street Journalbestsel… read more
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4. The Norman Conquest
By: Marc Morris
4.62
Format: None pages,
An epic tale, with violence at its heart, and a triumph of narrative history. The Norman Conquestst… read more
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- history
- british literature
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- european history
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5. King Cnut and the Viking Conquest of England 1016
By: W.B. Bartlett
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Viking Conquest of England in 1016 saw two great warriors, the Danish prince Cnut and his equal… read more
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- history
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6. Æthelred: The Unready
By: Levi Roach
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
An imaginative reassessment of AEthelred "the Unready," one of medieval England's most maligned kin… read more
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- biography
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7. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
By: Marc Morris
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more
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8. Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
By: Asser , Alfred the Great , Michael Lapidge , Simon Keynes
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
As King of Wessex, Alfred strove to emulate those kings of the past who, in his own words, had 'suc… read more
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9. The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
The second installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic… read more
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10. Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages,
The Lords of the North begins soon after the events described in The Pale Horseman. Uhtred, having … read more
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11. The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King A… read more
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12. King John
By: William Shakespeare , Paul Werstine
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ru… read more
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13. Henry the Young King, 1155-1183
By: None
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantag… read more
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14. The Empty Throne (The Saxon Stories, #8)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.29
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
This eighth entry in New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell's epic Saxon Tales series b… read more
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15. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
By: Marc Morris
4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more
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16. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
By: Charles Spencer
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more
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17. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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18. Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.42
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
An oath of loyalty. Two warring kings. A destiny he didn’t choose… England is in turmoil as Vi… read more
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"I remember Ravn, the blind poet and father to Ragnar, often telling me that courage was like a horn of ale. “We begin with a full horn, boy,"-Bernard Cornwell, Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)
19. Æthelred the Unready: The Failed King
By: Richard P. Abels
3.59
Format: 137 pages, Hardcover
In his fascinating new book in the Penguin Monarchs series, Richard Abels examines the long and tro… read more
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20. The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior
By: Michael Jones
4.07
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French a… read more
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21. Cnut the Great
By: Timothy Bolton
3.76
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxo… read more
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22. Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1259-1272 (Volume 2) (The English Monarchs Series)
By: David Carpenter
4.44
Format: 728 pages, Hardcover
The second volume in the definitive history of Henry III’s rule, covering the revolutionary events … read more
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23. War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.36
Format: 352 pages, ebook
Bernard Cornwell’s epic story of the making of England continues in this eleventh installment in th… read more
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"Wyrd bið ful āræd."-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)
"Truth is ever feeble against passionate falsehood."-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)
"The gods are not kind to us, any more than children are kind to their toys. We are here to amuse the gods, and at times it amuses them to be unkind."-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)
"Los dioses no velan por nosotros, no más desde luego de lo que los niños cuidan de sus juguetes. Si estamos aquí, es sólo para procurarles buenos ratos; a veces, hasta se complacen en jugarnos jugarr…"-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)
24. Henry I: The Father of His People
By: Edmund King
3.70
Format: 116 pages, Hardcover
The youngest of William the Conqueror's sons, Henry I (1100-35) was never meant to be king, but he … read more
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25. The Making of Oliver Cromwell
By: Ronald Hutton
3.77
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell—providing a major new interpretation of… read more
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26. William II: The Red King (Penguin Monarchs)
By: John Gillingham
3.62
Format: 117 pages, Hardcover
William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death: killed by an ar… read more
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27. John: An Evil King?
By: Nicholas Vincent
3.97
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
Part of the Penguin Monarchs short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible fo… read more
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28. Stephen: The Reign of Anarchy (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Carl Watkins
3.68
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
Remembered as time in which 'Christ and his saints slept', Stephen's troubled rule plunged England … read more
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29. Richard I: The Crusader King
By: Thomas Asbridge
3.98
Format: 119 pages, Hardcover
Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous m… read more
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30. Ælfred’s Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age
By: Max Adams
3.73
Format: 509 pages, Hardcover
In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last u… read more
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"More exotic still was Wulfstan's account of travels in the eastern Baltic and along the River Vistula; of a land of honey and plentiful fishing, of the habits of foreign kings and their burial rites …"-Max Adams, Ælfred’s Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age
31. Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England
By: W.B. Bartlett
4.14
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Whilst Richard I is one of medieval England's most famous kings he is also the most controversial. … read more
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