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A Tudor Christmas by Alison Weir
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting, revelry and merrymaking 'to drive the cold winter away'. A carnival atmosphere presided at court, with a twelve-day-long festival of entertainments,... -
The Brandon Men: In the Shadow of Kings by Sarah Bryson
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88Four generations of Brandon men lived and served six English kings, the most famous being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, best friend and brother-in-law to King Henry VIII. Yet his family had a... -
A Plague of Serpents K. J. Maitland 9781472275585
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42K.J. Maitland's gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion...'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESLondon, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder... -
The Boleyns: From the Tudors to the Windsors by Amanda Harvey Purse
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £16.16Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was executed on 19 May 1536. Her sister Mary, rumoured mistress to the monarch, lived on and survived the king's wrath. But this is not the end of the tale... -
Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4 Alison Weir 9781472227768
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02'Alison Weir transforms Henry VIII's much-maligned fourth wife into a woman of passion, courage and mystery' Tracy Borman Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine... -
Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives Alice Loxton 9781035031283
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.50THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBiggest books to look out for in 2024 - The Guardian'The star of her generation' - Dan Snow, host of History Hit'Bursting with ideas and images' - Philippa Gregory,... -
How to be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life by Ruth Goodman 9780241973714 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £2.40TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMANWe know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII - but what was life really like for a commoner like... -
A History of Britain in Ten Enemies by Terry Deary 9781804994979
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74The ridiculously funny history of Britain for adults from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, perfect for fans of Unruly by David Mitchell. 'If you could take just one... -
A History of Britain in Ten Enemies by Terry Deary 9780857506962
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.90The ridiculously funny history of Britain for adults from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, perfect for fans of Unruly by David Mitchell. 'If you could take just one... -
The Drowned City: Longlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award 2022 K. J. Maitland 9781472235985
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02'A gripping thriller' THE TIMES'Dark and enthralling' ANDREW TAYLOR'Goes right to the heart of the Jacobean court' TRACY BORMAN---Gunpowder and treason changed England forever. But the tides are... -
Our Queen Elizabeth: Her Extraordinary Life from the Crown to the Corgis Kate Williams 9781526363312
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £5.54Celebrate the Queen's remarkable life with this colourful and charming picture book by historian Kate Williams, taking young readers on an amazing journey through Queen Elizabeth II's seven decades... -
Heirs of Ambition: The Making of the Boleyns by Claire Martin 9780750999984
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.50Heirs of Ambition: The Making of the Boleyns uncovers the story and the family behind England's most obsessed-over queen, Anne Boleyn.From the fields of Norfolk to the royal court, via city commerce,... -
Our Queen Elizabeth: Her Extraordinary Life from the Crown to the Corgis by Kate Williams 9781526363312 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.69Celebrate the Queen's remarkable life with this colourful and charming picture book by historian Kate Williams, taking young readers on an amazing journey through Queen Elizabeth II's seven decades... -
The Boleyns: From the Tudors to the Windsors by Amanda Harvey Purse 9781398119611
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was executed on 19 May 1536. Her sister Mary, rumoured mistress to the monarch, lived on and survived the king's wrath. But this is not the end of the tale... -
How to be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life by Ruth Goodman
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMANWe know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII - but what was life really like for a commoner like... -
Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past by James Stourton 9781838933173
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78What is heritage? When was it invented? What is its place in the world today? What is its place tomorrow? Heritage is all around us: millions belong to its organisations, tens of thousands... -
1666: Plague, War and Hellfire by Rebecca Rideal
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.261666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with... -
Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester by Nicola Tallis
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02'Nicola Tallis, one of our great popular historians.' Alison WeirThe first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era.Cousin to Elizabeth I - and very likely... -
Ask the Past: Pertinent and Impertinent Advice from Yesteryear by Elizabeth Archibald 9780224101240
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41Want to know how to garden with lobsters? How to sober up? Grow a beard? Or, simply, how to make a perfect cheesy omelette? Look no further than Ask the Past. Chock-full of advice that has (and... -
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... -
Traitor in the Ice: Treachery has gripped the nation. But the King has spies everywhere. by K. J. Maitland
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40'Full of tension and danger... powerfully atmospheric' JENNIFER SAINT'A beautifully crafted thriller... Breathtaking and bone-chilling' MANDA SCOTT'Maitland is a superlative historical novelist'... -
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses by Helen Rappaport
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their... -
Rivers of Treason: Daniel Pursglove 3 by K. J. Maitland 9781472275523
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESDANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREEFrom the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him... -
Queens at War by Alison Weir 9781910702147
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.77Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queens, from 'the queen of history writing' (Sunday Express)The fifteenth century was a turbulent age: the... -
Tudor Textiles by Eleri Lynn
RRP: £27.50Booksplease Price: £21.10A detailed study of Tudor textiles, highlighting their extravagant beauty and their impact on the royal court, fashion, and taste At the Tudor Court, textiles were ubiquitous in decor and ceremony... -
Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past by James Stourton
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £36.45What is heritage? When was it invented? What is its place in the world today? What is its place tomorrow? Heritage is all around us: millions belong to its organisations, tens of thousands... -
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey Nicola Tallis 9781782438670
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.61Good 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... -
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses by Helen Rappaport 9781447227175 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £2.52On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their... -
Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15_______________ WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION THE TOP 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ Mudlark... -
From the Mill to Monte Carlo: The Working-Class Englishman Who Beat the Monaco Casino and Changed Gambling Forever by Anne Fletcher
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.24This is the story of a man who went from Yorkshire mill worker to Monte Carlo millionaire. Amongst the men 'who broke the bank at Monte Carlo', Joseph Hobson Jagger is unique. He is the only one... -
Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg Jenner
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.55'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval... -
Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book: An Englishwoman's Life During the Civil War by Lucy Moore
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.83'Fascinating... A vivid account' - Philippa Gregory, The TimesIn the mid-seventeenth century, England was divided by Civil War, but inside the home domestic life continued as it always had done. Lady... -
My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9-1) History, Second edition by Tim Jenner 9781510455610 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.50Booksplease Price: £2.34Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Target success in AQA GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision... -
The Real Miss Moneypenny: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence by Claire Hubbard-Hall 9781399603447
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.68Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history... -
From the Mill to Monte Carlo: The Working-Class Englishman Who Beat the Monaco Casino and Changed Gambling Forever by Anne Fletcher 9781445671390
Booksplease Price: £21.30This is the story of a man who went from Yorkshire mill worker to Monte Carlo millionaire. Amongst the men 'who broke the bank at Monte Carlo', Joseph Hobson Jagger is unique. He is the only one... -
The Real Miss Moneypenny: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence Claire Hubbard-Hall 9781399603430
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £14.55Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history... -
UPROAR!: Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London by Alice Loxton 9781785789557
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.59**A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it, by one of the UK's most exciting young historians**'Alice Loxton is the star of her generation ..... -
Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor Nathen Amin 9781398110472
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.75As England's most celebrated royal dynasty, it's often overlooked that the Tudors have their origins in rural Wales, far from the urban centres of English power where they dared to become great. When... -
The Darkening Globe Naomi Kelsey 9780008534837
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.63Each time the globe turns, murder strikes... 1597, London. When Beatrice's husband returns from exploring the New World, he comes home with unexpected company: a... -
Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II by Linda Porter
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.75According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was 'addicted to women', and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over...