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King and Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship by Siobhan Clarke
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.07'Packed with absorbing detail and brilliant insights ... I was gripped from the first paragraph.' - Alison Weir No English king is as well-known to us as Henry VIII - famous for his six marriages,... -
Hellish Nell: Last of Britain's Witches by Malcolm Gaskill 9781802061994
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story.Helen Duncan... -
The Dead Men by J. C. Harvey 9781838953478
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31'A vivid, gripping story, beautifully handled, with a gem on every page' - Tracy Chevalier'Once again J.C. Harvey has cleared the high bar in historical fiction by a mile.' - S. W. Perry'Vibrant,... -
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.14From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her... -
Uneasy Lies the Head: (Tudor Saga) by Jean Plaidy
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16If you like Philippa Gregory, you will love this vibrant and captivating historical page-turner from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy - the perfect blend of history... -
The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici by Catherine Fletcher
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46'A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 1531 - after years of brutal war and... -
The Penguin Book of Witches by Katherine Howe
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £5.99A chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial AmericaFrom a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to... -
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskill
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times'Simply one of the best... -
Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £11.09A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR'This is the biography we have been awaiting for 400 years' Hilary Mantel'A masterpiece'... -
Murder Most Royal: (Tudor Saga) by Jean Plaidy
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £13.85If you like Philippa Gregory, you will love this dazzlingly vivid historical novel from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. Two Queens at the mercy of a capricious... -
The Man Who Outshone The Sun King: Ambition, Triumph and Treachery in the Reign of Louis XIV by Charles Drazin
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.47*In 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Foucquet to internal exile and life... -
Merivel: A Man of His Time by Rose Tremain
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.49'One of the great imaginative creations in English literature' Daily TelegraphA dazzling novel of loyalty and dreams set in Restoration England.The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone and... -
The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Alison Weir
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41'Alison Weir's sound scholarship and storyteller's gift for rich, telling detail constantly engages and enthrals the reader' The TimesThe captivating life of Margaret Douglas - a life of scandal,... -
All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil Stephen Alford 9780141991832
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened... -
![White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr by Leanda de Lisle 9780099555278 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9679936/10696656/9780099555278__47977.1781301753.jpg?c=1 "White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr by Leanda de Lisle 9780099555278 [USED COPY]")
White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr by Leanda de Lisle 9780099555278 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £4.63The subject of a BBC TV series on Charles I The prize-winning biography of Charles I * Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 ** Times Book of the Year ** Shortlisted... -
Restoration by Rose Tremain
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.49The bestselling classic from a 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). Journey to the glittering seventeenth-century court, and witness the rise and fall of young, charming Robert Merivel... -
London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 9780099422587
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.74Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism, with its own laws... -
![The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Alison Weir 9780099546467 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9679929/10696649/9780099546467__90956.1781301747.jpg?c=1 "The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Alison Weir 9780099546467 [USED COPY]")
The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Alison Weir 9780099546467 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £2.41'Alison Weir's sound scholarship and storyteller's gift for rich, telling detail constantly engages and enthrals the reader' The TimesThe captivating life of Margaret Douglas - a life of scandal,... -
Please God, Find Me A Husband! by Simone Lia 9780224096225
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.12Simone Lia's Fluffy is one of the best-loved books on the Cape graphic novel list. As her new book opens we find her in Leicester Square. She's just been dumped by her boyfriend and she's talking to... -
![Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess by Alison Weir 9780712641975 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9648260/10664980/9780712641975__97636.1781271802.jpg?c=1 "Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess by Alison Weir 9780712641975 [USED COPY]")
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess by Alison Weir 9780712641975 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £2.41'Weir combines high drama with high passion while involving us in the domestic life of a most remarkable woman in an equally remarkable book' Scotland on Sunday The first full-length biography of an... -
![Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167 by Alison Weir 9781784701864 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9651590/10668310/9781784701864__90461.1781275116.jpg?c=1 "Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167 by Alison Weir 9781784701864 [USED COPY]")
Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167 by Alison Weir 9781784701864 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £4.72Full of passion and betrayal, murder and war, the first volume of an epic new series from bestselling historian Alison Weir, bringing five of England's medieval queens to life.A Daily Telegraph Book... -
![London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 9780099422587 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9679875/10696595/9780099422587__94348.1781301703.jpg?c=1 "London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 9780099422587 [USED COPY]")
London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 9780099422587 [USED COPY]
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £2.40Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism, with its own laws... -
![Katharine, The Virgin Widow: (The Tudor Saga: book 2): a captivating and emotional novel bringing the Tudors to life from the Queen of English historical fiction by Jean Plaidy 9780099493143 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9752909/10769509/9780099493143__72058.1781848360.jpg?c=1 "Katharine, The Virgin Widow: (The Tudor Saga: book 2): a captivating and emotional novel bringing the Tudors to life from the Queen of English historical fiction by Jean Plaidy 9780099493143 [USED COPY]")
Katharine, The Virgin Widow: (The Tudor Saga: book 2): a captivating and emotional novel bringing the Tudors to life from the Queen of English historical fiction by Jean Plaidy 9780099493143 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £3.89A beautifully evocative and enthralling historical novel from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy - perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory.'Plaidy excels at blending... -
Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167 by Alison Weir
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41Full of passion and betrayal, murder and war, the first volume of an epic new series from bestselling historian Alison Weir, bringing five of England's medieval queens to life.A Daily Telegraph Book... -
Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport 9780099520092
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15A vivid and compelling account of the final thirteen days of the Romanovs, counting down to the last, tense hours of their lives.On 4 July 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded... -
![Murder Most Royal: (Tudor Saga) by Jean Plaidy 9780099493228 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9701260/10717964/9780099493228__78029.1781355837.jpg?c=1 "Murder Most Royal: (Tudor Saga) by Jean Plaidy 9780099493228 [USED COPY]")
Murder Most Royal: (Tudor Saga) by Jean Plaidy 9780099493228 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £2.53If you like Philippa Gregory, you will love this dazzlingly vivid historical novel from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. Two Queens at the mercy of a capricious... -
![The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Alison Weir 9780224089807 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9750629/10767234/9780224089807__12374.1781684958.jpg?c=1 "The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Alison Weir 9780224089807 [USED COPY]")
The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Alison Weir 9780224089807 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £5.06Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin and grandmother of monarchs. Some thought she should be queen of... -
Mistress Cromwell: The breathtaking and absolutely gripping Tudor novel from the acclaimed author of the SHE-WOLVES trilogy Carol McGrath 9781472280039
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.83"One of my favourite Tudor set books . . . A wonderfully vivid read." Nicola CornickYoung widow Elizabeth Williams is determined to make a success of the business she inherited from her merchant... -
Queer Georgians: A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers by Anthony Delaney 9781804993934
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £9.37History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly... -
Sir Francis Drake by John Sugden
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46How well do you know the life of one of Britain's great maritime heroes? Discover the truth behind a man who remains a legendary figure of history more than four hundred years after his death.Sir... -
The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 by Lawrence Stone
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.97This book studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and... -
The First Bohemians: Life and Art in London's Golden Age by Vic Gatrell
RRP: £27.95Booksplease Price: £18.21The colourful, salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden - the creative heart of Georgian London - from Wolfson Prize-winning author Vic GatrellSHORT-LISTED FOR THE HESSELL TILTMAN... -
Restoration by Rose Tremain 9780099529637
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15Discover this bestselling classic from the author of The Gustav Sonata, charting Robert Merivel's rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society. When a twist of fate delivers an... -
Queer Georgians: A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers by Anthony Delaney 9781529927702
Booksplease Price: £14.46History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly... -
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Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots by Kate Williams 9780099549734 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £3.12___________________________________'Scintillating, provocative... An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller.' Daily TelegraphA Times History Book of the Year: a story which... -
Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots by Kate Williams
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.81___________________________________'Scintillating, provocative... An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller.' Daily TelegraphA Times History Book of the Year: a story which... -
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens by Nicola Clark 9781474622202
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £13.01'Written in a lively, accessible style, The Waiting Game is full of insight' Suzannah Lipscomb, Literary ReviewEvery Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones... -
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens Nicola Clark 9781474622226
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers, spending hours helping her to get... -
History Hit Story of England: The Making of a Nation History Hit 9781399726160
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.68A FRESH RETELLING OF ENGLISH HISTORY BY ACCLAIMED HISTORIAN DAN SNOW AND THE HISTORY HIT TEAM: PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE REST IS HISTORY and UNRULY! Praise for History Hit:'Really enjoyable ... highly... -
Warrior Queens Lady Antonia Fraser 9781842126363
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50An inspired evaluation of women leaders in war by a bestselling historian.Antonia Fraser's Warrior Queens are those women who have both ruled and led in war. They include Catherine the Great,...