1217: The Battles that Saved England
By: Catherine Hanley
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing history of the pivotal year 1217 when invading French forces were defeated and the fu…
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1. Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
By: Dan Jones
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed h… read more
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2. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
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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. Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
By: Marc Morris
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandon… read more
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5. Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)
By: C.J. Sansom
2.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But … read more
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6. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
By: Mary Beard
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million peopl… read more
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7. Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.00
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors a… read more
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8. The Wars of the Roses
By: Alison Weir
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for… read more
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9. Agatha's First Case
By: M.C. Beaton
3.67
Format: 350 pages,
At age twenty six, Agatha Raisin has already come a long way. She has clawed her way up since leavi… read more
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10. A Realm Divided: England in 1215
By: Dan Jones
3.93
Format: 300 pages,
1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history … read more
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11. She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
By: Helen Castor
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left… read more
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12. Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages,
Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extra… read more
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13. Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)
By: C.J. Sansom
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Ma… read more
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14. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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15. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… 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. The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one vo… read more
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18. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I
By: Alison Weir
4.02
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more
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19. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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20. The Tower
By: Flora Carr
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more
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21. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
22. Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)
By: C.J. Sansom
4.39
Format: 865 pages, Paperback
Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos…The king, Edw… read more
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"I took the book and glanced at the page Guy was reading. I quoted, ‘The rich man’s substance is the wellspring of the poor man’s living.' Ah yes, that theory, that as the rich grow richer their wealt…"-C.J. Sansom, Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)
23. 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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24. The Emperor's Sword (Chivalry #6)
By: Christian Cameron
4.62
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The penultimate instalment in the Chivalry series from a master of historical fiction. The Chivalr… read more
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25. House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France
By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker
4.30
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt… read more
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26. Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation
By: Ronald Hutton
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from t… read more
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27. 1217: The Battles that Saved England
By: Catherine Hanley
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing history of the pivotal year 1217 when invading French forces were defeated and the fu… read more
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28. Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic
By: Tabitha Stanmore
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A spritely and deeply researched history of magical problem-solving in a distant, unsettled, and st… read more
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29. Battle for the Island Kingdom: England's Destiny 1000–1066
By: Don Hollway
4.33
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A rich history of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans vied for the … read more
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30. The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
By: Ellis Peters
4.29
Format: 18 pages, Audio Cassette
A collection of Chronicles including The Summer of the Danes, Brother Cadfael's Penance, The Hereti… read more
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