6 Top nonfiction books like The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415 by R.R. Davies

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The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

By: R.R. Davies

4.03

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

This classic study examines the period when Wales struggled to retain its independence and identity…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415 by R.R. Davies , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Y Gododdin

By: None , Aneirin; A. O. H. Jarman

4.21

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

English, Welsh (translation) read more

Similar categories in None's Y Gododdin book and R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
"He fed ravens on the fortress wall though he was no Arthur."

-None, Y Gododdin

Cover of Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain by Rachel Bromwich

2. Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain

By: Rachel Bromwich

3.58

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Bromwich's magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydeinhas long won its place as a classic of… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Bromwich's Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain book and R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history

3. A History of Wales

By: John Davies

3.66

Format: None pages,

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4. The Mabinogion

By: Unknown , Jeffrey Gantz

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the bank of the river he saw a tall tree: from roots to crown one half was aflame and the other … read more

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5. 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

Similar categories in Marc Morris's The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066 book and R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

  • medieval
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) by Stephen Fry

6. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

By: Stephen Fry

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Fry's Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) book and R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

  • history
  • nonfiction
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

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7. 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

Similar categories in Max Adams's Ælfred’s Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age book and R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

  • medieval
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • history
"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

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8. The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

By: R.R. Davies

4.03

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

This classic study examines the period when Wales struggled to retain its independence and identity… read more

Similar categories in R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415 book and R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415

  • medieval
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • history

6 must-read history books like The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063 - 1415 by R.R. Davies

Transform Your Habits

Y Gododdin

None , Aneirin; A. O. H. Jarman

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain

Rachel Bromwich

3.58

Transform Your Habits

The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

Marc Morris

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

Stephen Fry

4.35

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10 best-selling history books like Ælfred’s Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age by Max Adams

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Queen Emma: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England

Harriet O'Brien

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

4.27

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The Norman Conquest

Marc Morris

4.62

Transform Your Habits

A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

Marc Morris

3.95

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