A History of Roman Britain
By: Peter Salway
3.93
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early 5th century AD…
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1. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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2. 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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3. 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
Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconog… read more
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4. Æthelstan: The First King of England
By: Sarah Foot
4.08
Format: 581 pages, Hardcover
The powerful and innovative King AEthelstan reigned only briefly (924-939), yet his achievements du… read more
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5. The Witches: Salem, 1692
By: Stacy Schiff
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff, author of the #1 bestseller Cleopatra, provides an electrifying… read more
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6. Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070
By: Robin Fleming
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
The enormous hoard of beautiful gold military objects found in a field in Staffordshire has focused… read more
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7. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.22
Format: None pages,
The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more
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8. An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409
By: David Mattingly
3.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
The definitive history of Roman Britain In the first major narative history of the subject in more … read more
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9. The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
By: Thomas Pakenham
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
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10. Alfred the Great
By: Justin Pollard
4.10
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
In an era darkened by the terror of Viking invasions, England's first and greatest king was a beaco… read more
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11. The Battle of Britain
By: James Holland
3.95
Format: None pages,
'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer o… read more
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12. The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
By: Hilary Mantel
4.39
Format: 759 pages, Paperback
With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with … read more
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"Everybody wants something, if only for the pain to stop."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"It was not by a serpent, but by paper and ink that evil came into the world."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur
By: Max Adams
3.77
Format: 545 pages, Kindle Edition
The bestselling author of The King in the North turns his attention to the obscure era of British h… read more
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17. Edward the Elder: King of the Anglo-Saxons, Forgotten Son of Alfred
By: Michael John Key
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons between c.899-924, succeeded to the throne following the… read more
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18. Viking Britain
By: Thomas Williams
3.88
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and … read more
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19. King & Saint: The Life of Edward the Confessor
By: Peter Rex
3.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first major biography of Edward the Confessor for almost 40 years, written by a critically accl… read more
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20. A History of Roman Britain
By: Peter Salway
3.93
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early 5th century AD… read more
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