Early Medieval Britain, c. 500–1000 (Cambridge History of Britain, Series Number 1)
By: Rory Naismith
4.32
Format: 490 pages, Hardcover
Early medieval Britain saw the birth of England, Scotland and of the Welsh kingdoms. Naismith's int…
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By: Tom Holland
4.16
Format: 418 pages, Hardcover
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2. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
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3. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
By: None , Bela Shayevich
4.29
Format: 192 pages,
From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English… read more
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4. The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England
By: Janina Ramírez
4.12
Format: 176 pages, ebook
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5. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra
By: Toby Wilkinson
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
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6. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
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7. The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
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8. Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages,
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By: Susan Brigden
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Format: 223 pages,
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4.36
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By: Euripides , Rex Warner
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12. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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By: Marc Morris
4.34
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14. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
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15. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
By: Matthew Gabriele
3.65
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
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16. Early Medieval Britain, c. 500–1000 (Cambridge History of Britain, Series Number 1)
By: Rory Naismith
4.32
Format: 490 pages, Hardcover
Early medieval Britain saw the birth of England, Scotland and of the Welsh kingdoms. Naismith's int… read more
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