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Queen Emma and the Vikings: The Woman Who Shaped the Events of 1066 by Harriet O'Brien
RRP: £14.99£10.95Emma was one of England's most remarkable queens: a formidable woman who made her mark on a Europe beset by Vikings. By birth a Norman, she married and outlived two kings of England and witnessed the coronations of two of her sons: Harthcnut the Viking... -
Who Was: Samuel Pepys? by Paul Harrison
RRP: £8.99£6.20Samuel Pepys is famous for the diary he wrote 400 years ago. The diary tells us about lots of important events such as the Great Fire of London and the Great Plague. Find out why people thought his diary was written in code, why Pepys was known as the... -
Jacobites by Jacqueline Riding
RRP: £14.99£10.95The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. When Charles Edward Stuart, commonly known as the Young Pretender, sailed from France to Scotland in July 1745, and with only a handful of supporters to claim the throne for his exiled... -
52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At School by James Felton 9780751582895
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I absolutely loved it' James O'BrienTwitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully illustrated and chronicling 52 of the most... -
Civil War: The History of England Volume III by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £16.99£11.87In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and... -
Fulham Match of My Life: Fifteen Stars Relive Their Greatest Games by Michael Heatley
RRP: £9.99£7.33Fifteen Fulham legends come together to tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Cottagers fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts out... -
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons by Geoffrey Hindley
RRP: £4.99£3.51Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired... -
The I.R.A. by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £19.99£13.73An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive... -
AEthelflaed: A Ladybird Expert Book: England's Forgotten Founder by Tom Holland
RRP: £8.99£5.92DISCOVER THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMAN THAT ENGLISH HISTORY FORGOTPart of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.- Who was AEthelflaed?- What role did she play in the founding of England?- How has her legacy lasted to this day?DISCOVER the epic history of... -
A History of Britain in 100 Maps by Jeremy Black 9780712354714
RRP: £40.00£25.60In A History of Britain in 100 Maps Jeremy Black takes readers deep into the unparalleled collections of the British Library Map Room to tell a new story of the British Isles through acknowledged treasures and previously undiscovered and unpublished... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Challenge and Transformation: Britain c1851-1964 by Sally Waller 9780198354666
£36.68Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Challenge and Transformation... -
The Suitcase: Six Attempts to Cross a Border by Frances Stonor Saunders
RRP: £9.99£7.11*Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize 2022*'This is family history at its best... the words fizz off the page and flutter in the mind' Sunday TimesIf you open that suitcase you'll never close it again.Ten years ago, Frances Stonor Saunders was handed an old... -
Secrets of Station X by Michael Smith 9781849540957
RRP: £10.99£7.71When Captain Ridley's shooting partyA" arrived at Bletchley Park in 1939 no-one would have guessed that by 1945 the guests would number nearly 10,000 and that collectively they would have contributed decisively to the Allied war effort. Their role? To... -
Fashion in the 1940s by Jayne Shrimpton
RRP: £8.99£7.40This book reveals the impact of wartime and austerity on British fashion and tells the story of how a spirit of patriotism and make-do-and-mend unleashed a wave of new creativity among women who were starved of high fashion by shortages and rationing... -
Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron by David Price 9781800242302
RRP: £10.99£7.12Nicknamed The 'Wooden Wonder' for its timber frame and superb performance, the de Havilland Mosquito ranks alongside the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster as one of the RAF's greatest-ever flying machines. Novel in design, operationally flexible... -
The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London by Judith Flanders
RRP: £14.99£9.80The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than on the streets of London. In only a few decades, London grew from a Regency town to the biggest city the world had ever seen, with more than 6.5... -
Colours of London: A History by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £25.00£17.38Celebrated novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the world's greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the city's many hues have come to shape its history and identity. Think of the... -
The Modified Bulleid Pacifics: How Ron Jarvis Reconstructed the Bulleid Pacifics by Tim Hillier-Graves 9781526721662
RRP: £40.00£29.39Oliver Bulleid's Pacifics were perhaps the most controversial steam locomotives ever built in Britain. They seem to been loved and loathed in equal measure and the debate over their strengths and weaknesses took on a new dimension when BR decided to... -
In the Shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral: The Churchyard that Shaped London by Margaret Willes 9780300273380
RRP: £10.99£9.37The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard-the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium St. Paul's Cathedral stands at the heart of London, an enduring symbol of the city. Less well known is the... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Tudors: England, 1485-1603 by Roger K. Turvey
RRP: £12.50£11.84Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-65 by David Kynaston 9781526657572
RRP: £30.00£21.95A WATERSTONES, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR The early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston ('the most entertaining historian alive' Spectator) can. Running from 1962 to 1965, A Northern... -
Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It and Long for It by Craig Taylor 9781847083296
RRP: £10.99£7.32The ground-breaking and bestselling group portrait of London today: a book as rich, dynamic, lively, and diverse as the city itself 'Epic' David Nicholls 'Electrifying' The Times 'This is a book to deepen your relationship with London and make... -
Haunted Middlesbrough by Tina Lakin 9780752441931
RRP: £14.99£11.28This creepy collection of true-life tales takes the reader on a tour through the streets, cemeteries, alehouses and attics of Middlesbrough and surrounding towns including Redcar, Guisborough, Yarm and Great Ayton. Drawing on historical and contemporary... -
Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War by Aldon P. Ferguson 9781853069277
£19.66Cheshire's contribution to the war effort was massive and it began well before the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939. This book will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and to readers who recall the era when the county's skies never ceased to... -
Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit by Philip Stephens
RRP: £10.99£7.32NEW AND UPDATED EDITIONA magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit. 'The fullest long-run political and diplomatic narrative yet of Britain's fateful, tragi-comic road to Brexit.'... -
Spitalfields: The History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets by Dan Cruickshank
RRP: £15.99£12.01SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN HISTORY PRIZE 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and grinding poverty - the handful of streets that constitute... -
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley
RRP: £12.99£11.46A life of Matilda-empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages "[Matilda] will attract a growing audience interested in stories of women challenging the male-dominated European past."-Alexandra Locking,... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Tudors: England 1485-1603 by Sally Waller 9780198354604
£36.68This title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level: A Level Subject: History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 The Tudors has been approved by AQA and matched to the 2015 specifications. With a... -
The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People by Stuart Maconie
RRP: £20.00£13.74A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 What kind of country is England today? ... -
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 by N. A. M. Rodger
RRP: £20.00£14.69The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. It describes not just battles, voyages... -
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill
RRP: £12.99£9.09'His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept of "history from below" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of... -
Britain's Wild Flowers: A Treasury of Traditions, Superstitions, Remedies and Literature by Rosamond Richardson 9781909881921
RRP: £12.99£8.88A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. ... -
When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett
RRP: £12.99£8.56The seventies encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Edward Heath, the IMF crisis, the Winter of Discontent and the three-day week. When the Lights Went Out goes in... -
Tudor England by John Guy
RRP: £26.99£25.76From Henry VII's capture of the crown at Bosworth in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, Tudor England witnessed far-reaching changes in politics and religion under Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth herself. John Guy's compelling new... -
The London Feltham Tram: London's Last Modern Tram by Peter Waller 9781526702135
RRP: £25.00£18.62By the late 1920s the existing trams operated by both the Metropolitan Electric Tramways and the London United Tramways were increasingly aged. Although the long-term future of the tramways was open to doubt, the two operators co-operated in the... -
Witchfinders by Malcolm Gaskill
RRP: £12.99£8.60By the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon England. Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies, and idolators detected in every shire. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen began interrogating women... -
Walk the Lines: The London Underground, Overground by Mark Mason
RRP: £10.99£7.77The only way to truly discover a city, they say, is on foot. Taking this to extremes, Mark Mason sets out to walk the entire length of the London Underground - overground - passing every station on the way.In a story packed with historical trivia,... -
The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: £20.00£15.29'A masterpiece of social history' Daily MailThere is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun... -
Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: £14.99£13.03Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this ambitious and thoroughly... -
England Under the Stuarts by G. M. Trevelyan
RRP: £19.99£17.69'While Germany boasts her Reformation and France her Revolution, England can point to her dealings with the House of Stuart.' - G.M. Trevelyan, from the IntroductionEngland Under the Stuarts is an outstanding and highly engaging account of English...