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The Liminality of Fairies: Readings in Late Medieval English and Scottish Romance by Piotr Spyra 9780367521653
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37Examining the fairies of medieval romance as liminal beings, this book draws on anthropological and philosophical studies of liminality to combine folkloristic insights into the nature of fairies... -
Generations: Age, Ancestry, and Memory in the English Reformations by Alexandra Walsham 9780198854036
RRP: £38.49Booksplease Price: £35.46This book examines England's plural and protracted Reformations through the novel prism of the generations. Approaching generation as a biological unit and a social cohort, it demonstrates that the... -
Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy by Dr Dimitra Fimi 9781350349995
Booksplease Price: £91.39Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as... -
The Devil in Disguise: Deception, Delusion, and Fanaticism in the Early English Enlightenment by Mark Knights 9780198749073
Booksplease Price: £41.57The Devil in Disguise illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral... -
Reformation England 1480-1642 by Peter Marshall
Booksplease Price: £31.31Now in its third edition, Reformation England 1480-1642 provides a clear and accessible narrative account of the English Reformation, explaining how historical interpretations of its major themes... -
Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy Senior Lecturer Matthew Sangster 9781350350038
Booksplease Price: £32.95Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as... -
The Beauty of the Primitive: Shamanism and the Western Imagination by Andrei A. Znamenski 9780195172317
Booksplease Price: £83.12For the past forty years shamanism has drawn increasing attention among the general public and academics. There is an enormous literature on shamanism, but no one has tried to understand why and how... -
The Keys of Hell and Death by Charles Cordell 9781910183335
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.94The second novel of the visceral Divided Kingdom series sees the action turn westwards to Bristol, where a Royalist army is determined to wrest the city from the forces of Parliament.Once again, the... -
A History of Science, Magic and Belief: From Medieval to Early Modern Europe by Steven P. Marrone 9781137029768
Booksplease Price: £35.46A History of Science, Magic and Belief is an exploration of the origins of modern society through the culture of the middle ages and early modern period. By examining the intertwined paths of three... -
The Messenger of Measham Hall: A 17th century tale of espionage and intrigue by Anna Abney
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.74For Nicholas Hawthorne, the Catholic heir to Measham Hall in Derbyshire, subterfuge is part of everyday life. But there are deeper and darker secrets even than his family's outlawed religion: why is... -
Viking London by Thomas Williams 9780008299897
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.99London was reborn in the fires of the Viking Age, transformed by immigrants and natives, kings and commoners, warriors and saints. In this short history,... -
The Years of the Wizard: The Strange History and Home Life of Renaissance Magicians Rachel Morris 9781914613968
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.38All things were believable back then - wizards, alchemy, fairies, angels. This is the story of those magical times. A lyrical and highly atmospheric exploration of the lives of Tudor and... -
Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers by Erica Canela 9781036112141
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.84'... a model combination of scholarship and readability' Thomas Hamm, Emeritus Professor of History, Earlham College. Author of The Quakers in America '... highly readable and engaging' Robynne... -
Witchcraft: The Basics by Marion Gibson
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £22.69Witchcraft: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the scholarly study of witchcraft, exploring the phenomenon of witchcraft from its earliest definitions in the Middle Ages through... -
Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings by Thomas Williams
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages ... [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' Rory Stewart on The Rest... -
Living With Honour - A Pagan Ethics Emma Restall Orr 9781846940941
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.64"Living With Honour" is a provocative and uncompromising exploration of how Paganism can provide the philosophical guidance to live honourably in a twenty-first Western society. Part One explores the... -
Witchcraft: The Basics by Marion Gibson 9781138779969
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £91.55Witchcraft: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the scholarly study of witchcraft, exploring the phenomenon of witchcraft from its earliest definitions in the Middle Ages through... -
Art of the Grimoire: An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells by Owen Davies 9780300272017
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.03A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks "A beautiful production: a typographic and calligraphic treat as treasurable as a rare magical text... -
Possessed By the Devil: The History of the Islandmagee Witch Trials in Ireland, 1711 Dr Andrew Sneddon 9781803992709
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.71In 1711, in County Antrim, Ireland, eight women were put on trial accused of bewitching and demonically possessing young Mary Dunbar, amid an attack by evil spirits on the local community and the... -
Belief Beyond Boundaries: Volume 5 Joanne Pearson 9780754608202
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £41.24Belief Beyond Boundaries explores 'religions' or forms of spirituality that tend to be marginal to the mainstream of British and North American religious expression. The book examines how alternative... -
Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, and Phoenix Queen – the true story of Charles I’s wife by Leanda de Lisle 9781529111040
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspectiveA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD... -
The Ancient English Morris Dance by Michael Heaney
Booksplease Price: £31.52The idea that morris dancing captures the essence of ancient Englishness, inherently carefree and merry, has been present for over 400 years. The Ancient English Morris Dance traces the history of... -
The Celtic Myths that Shape the Way We Think by Mark Williams
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.75How do myths that were deeply embedded in the customs and beliefs of their original culture find themselves retold and reinterpreted across the world, centuries or even millennia later? Focusing on... -
Connecting with the Fairies Made Easy: Discover the Magical World of the Nature Spirits by Flavia Kate Peters
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.64Awaken the mystery of the old ways and restore balance and harmony in your life by connecting with the magical world of the nature spirits. Fairies are nature spirits and the guardian angels of the... -
Turncoats and Renegadoes: Changing Sides during the English Civil Wars by Andrew Hopper 9780198716716
Booksplease Price: £53.67Turncoats and Renegadoes is the first dedicated study of the practice of changing sides during the English Civil Wars. It examines the extent and significance of side-changing in England and Wales... -
Enchanted Europe: Superstition, Reason, and Religion 1250-1750 by Euan Cameron 9780199257829
RRP: £86.00Booksplease Price: £67.63Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these... -
Craeft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts by Alexander Langlands 9780393356571
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £11.98Faced with an endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for goods bearing the mark of authenticity-hand-made tools, local brews, and other objects produced by human... -
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: Magic Arts and the Occult Revival Felix John Taylor 9780500029183
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.05The first full-length narrative history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the esoteric society at the centre of the 19th- and 20th-century rise of the occult. Occultism has long been... -
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons Cat Jarman 9780008447311
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES ... -
The Rebel Daughter: The gripping feminist historical novel you won't be able to put down! Miranda Malins 9781409194866
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40'Superbly researched and vividly told' Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury'Affecting, action-packed' Carolyn Kirby'This is neither men's history nor women's history. It is good, gripping... -
The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic by Henry Reece 9780300211498
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £34.15Why did England's one experiment in republican rule fail? Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658 sparked a period of unrivalled turmoil and confusion in English history. In less than two years, there were... -
Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism by Gareth J. Medway
RRP: £53.00Booksplease Price: £44.11Rumors of Devil-worship, or Satanism, have circulated for centuries. Tales of Black Masses, demonic possession, mysterious nighttime ceremonies, and human sacrifices have captured the popular... -
Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times by Thomas Waters
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.99The definitive history of how witchcraft and black magic have survived, through the modern era and into the present dayCursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses and black magic... -
Palaces of Restoration: The Palaces, Lives and Loves of the Stuart Kings by Simon Thurley 9780008389963
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £7.21The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England. ... -
Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and by Emma Wilby 9781845190781
Booksplease Price: £60.10This book contains the first comprehensive examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. It provides an in-depth analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and... -
Pan: The Great God’s Modern Return by Paul Robichaud
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78Part-goat, part-man, Pan bridges the divide between the human and animal worlds. In exquisite prose, Paul Robichaud explores how Pan has been imagined in mythology, art, literature, music,... -
Dangerous Talk: Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England by David Cressy 9780199606092
RRP: £42.99Booksplease Price: £33.30Dangerous Talk examines the 'lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost... -
Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft & Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland by Emma Wilby
RRP: £47.50Booksplease Price: £44.67The confessions of Isobel Gowdie are widely recognised as the most extraordinary on record in Britain. Their descriptive power and vivid imagery have attracted considerable interest on both academic... -
Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic Emma Wilby 9781845190798
RRP: £37.50Booksplease Price: £35.12This book contains the first comprehensive examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. It provides an in-depth analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and... -
Turncoats and Renegadoes: Changing Sides during the English Civil Wars by Andrew Hopper 9780199575855
RRP: £152.50Booksplease Price: £103.45Turncoats and Renegadoes is the first dedicated study of the practice of changing sides during the English Civil Wars. It examines the extent and significance of side-changing in England and Wales...