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The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady, the official account - a violent quarrel over the bill, or 'recknynge' - long regarded as... -
Letters on England by Francois Voltaire
RRP: £12.99£9.09Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French... -
Mary I: England's Catholic Queen by John Edwards
RRP: £18.99£16.58A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign The lifestory of Mary I-daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon-is often... -
The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639–51 by Colonel Nick Lipscombe
RRP: £50.00£39.39'The English Civil War is a joy to behold, a thing of beauty... this will be the civil war atlas against which all others will judged and the battle maps in particular will quickly become the benchmark for all future civil war maps.' -- Professor Martyn... -
The Boleyns: The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family by David Loades
RRP: £12.99£8.48A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court. The fall of Anne Boleyn and her brother George is the classic drama of the Tudor era. The Boleyns had long been an influential English family. Sir Edward Boleyn had been... -
Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain by Padraic X. Scanlan 9781472142337
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking'Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history'Mihir Bose, Irish Times'Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and... -
Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 by David Howarth
RRP: £25.00£22.49The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its... -
Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions by G. W. Bernard
RRP: £13.99£12.25A new look at Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn"Will certainly make readers think again about what we really know about Henry VIII's most controversial wife-and what we have merely become accustomed to believe we know about her."-Paul Hammer,... -
The Kings and Queens of England: Lives and Reigns from the House of Wessex to the House of Windsor by Peter Snow
RRP: £20.00£11.65Historians and broadcasters Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan tell the real stories of the most powerful men and women in British history.Kings & Queens explores the lives, loves, triumphs and disasters of a monarchy that is the envy of the world. Snow and... -
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror And Faith In 1605 by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: £14.99£9.80Remember, remember, the Fifth of November ... With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded... -
James I (Penguin Monarchs): The Phoenix King by Thomas Cogswell
RRP: £7.99£5.79'First and foremost, he survived, and that was no mean achievement' James's reign marked one of the rare breaks in England's monarchy. Already James VI of Scotland, on Elizabeth I's death he became James I of England and Ireland, uniting the British... -
Elizabeth I: Collected Works by Leah S. Marcus
RRP: £19.00£18.32This long-awaited and masterfully edited volume contains nearly all of the writings of Queen Elizabeth 1: the clumsy letters of childhood, the early speeches of a fledgling queen, and the prayers and poetry of the monarch's later years. The first... -
A Brief History of the Freemasons by Jasper Ridley 9781845296780
RRP: £10.99£7.40The history of the Freemasons has been often shrouded in mystery and suspicion. Since 1717, with the establishment of the Grand Lodge in London, the Freemasons have been a power within the nation, withstanding attacks from the Catholic Church, Hitler... -
The Princes in the Tower: Did Richard III Murder His Nephews, Edward V & Richard of York? by Josephine Wilkinson
RRP: £9.99£6.64In the summer of 1483 two boys were taken into the Tower of London and were never seen again. They were no ordinary boys. One was the new King of England; the other was his brother, the Duke of York, and heir presumptive to the throne. Shortly... -
Blood's Campaign: There can only be one victor . . . by Angus Donald
RRP: £8.99£6.03ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT REIGNS IN HISTORY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION. AFTER THE TUDORS CAME THE STUARTS . . . If you enjoy S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor, then this is the series you need to read next. August 25, 1689The English Army... -
Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 by David Howarth 9780300276497
RRP: £12.99£11.46"Overflowing with surprises."-William Dalrymple, The Spectator "Essential reading."-Dan Jones, Times (UK) "Fascinating and authoritative."-Jerry BrottonThe unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior... -
Access to History: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485-1603 for OCR Second Edition by Geoffrey Woodward
£25.21Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen by Giles Tremlett
RRP: £14.99£9.80The image of Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the heir-providing Jane Seymour or the vivacious eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty in her twenties with a passion she had... -
Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction by John Morrill
RRP: £8.99£6.45First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain sets the Revolution into its political, religious, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural contexts. It... -
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis
RRP: £10.99£7.12Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced onto the throne by... -
King Charles II by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: £16.99£11.54Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660.Spanning his life... -
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: £25.00£18.62Behind the Throne is, above all, a history of family life.They ate, entertained their friends and worried about money. Henry VIII kept tripping over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back on the drink bills.The great... -
Thomas Cromwell: The Rise And Fall Of Henry VIII's Most Notorious Minister by Robert Hutchinson
RRP: £12.99£8.60The rise and fall of Henry's notorious minister - the most corrupt Chancellor in English history'Gripping... Hutchinson tells his story with infectious relish and vividly evokes the politics and personalities of this extraordinary decade' LITERARY... -
Van Dyck and the Making of English Portraiture by Adam Eaker
RRP: £35.00£29.57A new account of painting in early modern England centered on the art and legacy of Anthony van Dyck As a courtier, figure of fashion, and object of erotic fascination, Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) transformed the professional identities available to... -
James II: King in Exile by John Callow 9780750964937
RRP: £14.99£11.68James II was Britain's last Catholic king. The spectacular collapse of his regime in 1688 and the seizure of his throne by his nephew William of Orange are the best-known events of his reign. But what of his life after this? What became of him during his... -
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: £14.99£9.70'Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days' queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography' Philippa Gregory The dramatic... -
The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: £12.99£9.09EIGHT GENERATIONS OF BOLEYN WOMEN FROM THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY TO 1603 The Boleyn family appeared from nowhere at the end of the fourteenth century, moving from peasant to princess in only a few generations. The women of the family brought about its... -
To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape by Charles Spencer
RRP: £9.99£6.64How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles,... -
Edward VI: The Lost King of England by Chris Skidmore
RRP: £10.99£7.40The struggle for the soul of England after the death of Henry VIIIIn the death of Henry VIII, the crown passed to his nine-year-old son, Edward. However, real power went to the Protector, Edward's uncle, the Duke of Somerset. The court had been a hotbed... -
Rule, Nostalgia: A Backwards History of Britain by Hannah Rose Woods
RRP: £11.99£8.43** A FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR **'A must read' - Janina Ramirez, bestselling author of Femina'An eye-opening history of Britain's enduring fixation with its own past' - Jeremy Paxman'Rule, Nostalgia announces Woods as... -
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey 9780099437246
RRP: £18.99£14.01Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survivedCATHERINE OF ARAGON: the pious Spanish Catholic who suffered years of miscarriages and failed to produce a male heir... ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to... -
A Brief History of the Tudor Age by Jasper Ridley
RRP: £11.99£3.32From the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army, at Milford in 1485, to the death of the great Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, this was an astonishingly eventful and contradictory age. All the strands of Tudor life are gathered in a rich tapestry - London and... -
The Fall of Cromwell's Republic and the Return of the King: From Commonwealth to Stuart Monarchy, 1657-1670 by Timothy Venning
RRP: £25.00£17.62This book completes the series of studies of the 'British Revolution of the Three Kingdoms of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland ' and covers the period from the fall of the 'failed state' and Protectorate in 1657 to the restoration of the Stuart... -
Regicide: The Trials of Henry Marten by John Worthen 9781913368357
RRP: £20.00£13.74The Civil War, the Protectorate, and the Restoration - the extraordinary upheavals at the fulcrum of English history - are embodied here in the story of a remarkable man, politician, and prisoner: the regicide Henry Marten. As an organiser of the trial... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702 by Sally Waller 9780198354628
£36.68Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Stuart Britain and... -
Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms, 1660-1685 by Tim Harris
RRP: £15.99£11.61The late seventeenth century was a period of extraordinary turbulence and political violence in Britain, the like of which has never been seen since. Beginning with the Restoration of the monarchy after the Civil War, this book traces the fate of the... -
A Brief History of the English Civil Wars by John Miller
RRP: £10.99£4.11Miller provides a clear and comprehensible narrative, a coherent and accurate synthesis, intended as a guide for students and the general reader to an extremely complex period in British history. His aim is to help readers avoid getting lost in a maze of... -
Rebellion: Britain's First Stuart Kings, 1567-1642 by Tim Harris 9780199209002
RRP: £32.49£24.19A gripping new account of one of the most important and exciting periods of British and Irish history: the reign of the first two Stuart kings, from 1567 to the outbreak of civil war in 1642 - and why ultimately all three of their kingdoms were to rise... -
Culloden by John Prebble
RRP: £14.99£10.95This is the story of ordinary men and women involved in the Rebellion, who were described on the gaol registers and regimental rosters of the time as 'Common Men'. There is little in this book about Bonnie Prince Charlie and other principals of the last... -
Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c. 1100-1707: Volume 3: Readings, c. 1100 - c. 1500 by Bob Harris
RRP: £18.99£17.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845860059Author Bob HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Discovery PressPublisher Dundee University Press Ltd