Coronation: From the 8th to the 21st Century
By: Roy Strong
4.28
Format: 556 pages, Paperback
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1. Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.31
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a natio… read more
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"We all suffer from dreams."-Bernard Cornwell, Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
"Serpent-Breath was famous...Wasp-Sting, short and lethal."-Bernard Cornwell, Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
"...victory does not come to men who listen to their fears."-Bernard Cornwell, Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
"Is all ordained? Foreknowledge is not fate, and we may choose our paths, yet fate says we may not choose them. So if fate is real, do we have a choice?"-Bernard Cornwell, Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
2. The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Bernard Cornwell-who "is at his enthralling best conveying . . . one of the defining periods of Eng… read more
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"Some mothers soften their sons, but Osbert was motherless and I had raised him hard because a man must be hard. The world is filled with enemies."-Bernard Cornwell, The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)
3. The Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery
4.02
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more
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"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
4. Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands
By: Charles Moore
4.18
Format: 859 pages, Hardcover
With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore’s authorized biogra… read more
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5. Blonde
By: Joyce Carol Oates , Claude Seban
4.08
Format: 348 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In her most ambitious work to date, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spir… read more
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6. Orlando
By: Virginia Woolf , Sandra M Gilbert
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully const… read more
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"Life and a lover"-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Thoughts are divine."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"All extremes of feeling are allied with madness."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
7. Mansfield Park
By: Jane Austen
3.87
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more
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"I was quiet, but I was not blind."-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
8. Pompeii
By: Robert Harris
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
With his trademark elegance and intelligence Robert Harris recreates a world on the brink of disast… read more
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9. The Hanoverians: The History of a Dynasty
By: Jeremy Black
4.19
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
George, the elector of Hanover, inherited the throne of Great Britain on the death of Queen Anne in… read more
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10. The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.87
Format: 515 pages, Paperback
The enemy is massing on the borders, a united force for once. The king, a man of many victories, is… read more
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11. Act of Oblivion
By: Robert Harris
4.07
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more
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"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion
12. 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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13. 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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14. Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors
By: Tom Bower
3.86
Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition
The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebra… read more
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"Meghan, said Oprah, had been the target of ‘constant criticism [and] blatant sexist and racist remarks by British tabloids’. As she spoke, the screen was covered by a spread of apparently racist head…"-Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors
15. Red Sauce Brown Sauce
By: Felicity Cloake
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
If there's one thing that truly unites this country from Aberdeen to Abernethy, St Ives to St Pancr… read more
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16. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
By: Peter Ross
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more
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17. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor
By: Valentine Low
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years study… read more
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18. Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
By: Robert Hardman
3.92
Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller‘Fascinating . . . The book everyone is talking about’ – Daily Mai… read more
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"He's a very charming person - very warm and very friendly...I admire the way he interacts with people. That, to me, speaks to the measure of our King."-Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
19. The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III
By: Andrew Roberts
4.25
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away … read more
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20. Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait
By: Gyles Brandreth
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer… read more
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21. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
By: Sally Bedell Smith
4.28
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory account of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy… read more
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22. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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23. The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places
By: Neil Oliver
4.19
Format: None pages, ebook
The British Isles, this archipelago of islands, is to Neil Oliver the best place in the world. From… read more
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"It is a landscape that has a great deal to teach about threats to the unwary and the temporary nature of all but the rock of the Earth."-Neil Oliver, The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places
24. The Gift of a Radio
By: Justin Webb
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Justin Webb's childhood was far from ordinary. Between his mother's un-diagnosed psychological pro… read more
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25. Rasputin's Killer and his Romanov Princess
By: Coryne Hall
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When the Tsar’s eighteen-year-old niece Princess Irina Romanov announced her marriage to Prince Fel… read more
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26. A Royal Life
By: HRH The Duke of Kent
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
HRH The Duke of Kent has been at the heart of the British Royal Family throughout his life. As a wo… read more
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27. Music of Eternity: Meditations for Advent with Evelyn Underhill: The Archbishop of York’s Advent Book 2021
By: Robyn Wrigley-Carr
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Almost before I had begun this wonderful book, I was hooked.' STEPHEN COTTRELL 'Robyn Wrigley-… read more
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28. A Field Guide to the English Clergy: A Compendium of Diverse Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and Adventurers; All Anglican, Some Even Practising
By: Fergus Butler-Gallie
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
‘Ridiculously enjoyable’ Tom Holland A Book of the Year for The Times , Mail on Sunday and BBC His… read more
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29. Coronation: From the 8th to the 21st Century
By: Roy Strong
4.28
Format: 556 pages, Paperback
This splendid volume is the first of its kind—a comprehensive history that sets each of Britain's c… read more
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30. God Save The King: The Sacred Nature of the Monarchy
By: Ian Bradley
4.45
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
As Charles III is crowned King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, and Defender of the Fait… read more
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31. A Monarch in the Making: From Accession to Coronation
By: Royal Collection Trust
4.43
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
A detailed, accessible account of the ancient traditions and symbolism surrounding the accession an… read more
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