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The Hammer of the Scots: (Plantagenet Saga) by Jean Plaidy
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16Readers of Philippa Gregory will love this gripping account of Edward I and his private and political battles by multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. 'Outstanding' --... -
John (Penguin Monarchs): An Evil King? by Nicholas Vincent 9780141977690
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51King John ruled England for seventeen and a half years, yet his entire reign is usually reduced to one image: of the villainous monarch outmanoeuvred by rebellious barons into agreeing to Magna Carta... -
In The Footsteps Of Alexander The Great by Michael Wood 9780563521938
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.55Michael Wood retraces Alexander the Greats amazing journey from Greece to India, searching for the truth behind the legend and experiencing the tremendous scale of his achievements. Using the... -
Agricola and Germania by Tacitus
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.44The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law - and the first detailed account of Britain that has... -
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain: Life in the Age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London by Ian Mortimer
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook.If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of... -
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.87Behind 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... -
The Chalice Nancy Bilyeau 9781398718319
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40A CURSE TO KILL A KING. A FIGHT TO SAVE A NATION. England, 1538. The nation is reeling after the ruthless dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII. Cast out of Dartford Priory, Joanna... -
The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Written following the collapse of Rome's secular control over western Europe, the History of Gregory (c. AD 539-594) is a fascinating exploration of the events that shaped sixth-century France. This... -
House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France Justine Firnhaber-Baker 9780141999241
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23One of the great epics of Europe's history, the story of the rise and rise of the Capetian dynasty dominates the Middle Ages. Starting in the tenth century from an insecure foothold around Paris, the... -
How to be a Princess: Real-Life Fairy Tales for Modern Heroines – No Fairy Godmothers Required by Katy Birchall 9781529909692
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £8.45As Meghan Markle once said: 'With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on the glass slipper and more on pushing through glass ceilings... -
White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.85The 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... -
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World by Avi Shlaim
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.68Avi Shlaim's The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World is the outstanding book on Israeli foreign policy, now thoroughly updated with a new preface and chapters on Israel's most recent leadersIn the... -
George IV (Penguin Monarchs): King in Waiting by Stella Tillyard
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king: as a pleasure-loving and rebellious Prince of Wales during the sixty-year reign of his father, George III, and for ten years as Prince... -
Richard III: Brother, Protector, King by Chris Skidmore
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.23'Fresh, gripping and vivid' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Majestically narrated' Dan Jones 'A portrait that chills you to the bone' Leanda de Lisle, The TimesA dedicated brother and loyal stalwart to the... -
World Without End: The Global Empire of Philip II by Hugh Thomas
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.43Following Rivers of Gold and The Golden Age, World Without End is the conclusion of a magisterial three-volume history of the Spanish Empire by Hugh Thomas, its foremost worldwide authorityWorld... -
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,... -
The Heart of the Lion: (Plantagenet Saga) by Jean Plaidy
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.35At the age of thirty-two, Richard the Lionheart has finally succeeded Henry II to the English throne. And, against his father's wishes, he intends to make Berengaria, daughter of the King of Navarre,... -
The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland 9780141031897
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £13.85Another sensational slice of Dark Ages Gothic from the author of the triumphant seller Company of LiarsEngland, 1321Welcome to the Dark AgesIn the heart of the countryside lies an isolated village,... -
Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country by Jan Morris 9780140274844
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £13.85Jan Morris's magnificent book celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. Written as a deeply personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and wonderfully... -
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and... -
William IV (Penguin Monarchs): A King at Sea by Roger Knight
RRP: £4.99Booksplease Price: £4.11'He had brought nothing but trouble to the navy: how would he fare as King?'Known as the 'Sailor King', William IV was sent to join the navy by his father to discipline him, but instead became... -
The Penguin History of Britain: New Worlds, Lost Worlds:The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1630 by Susan Brigden
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.43No period in British history today retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. The leading figures of the time have become almost mythical, and the terrors and grandeurs of Tudor... -
Fire Queen: Shakespeare's Ophelia as you've never seen her before . . . by Joanna Courtney
RRP: £3.99Booksplease Price: £3.39Lover or leader? Weakling or warrior? Madwoman or Misfit?Escape into the untold story of Shakespeare's Ophelia . . . As a young girl, Ofelia stood frozen as her mother threw herself on her father's... -
Viking Age Iceland by Jesse L. Byock
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is... -
A Sister's Secret: A heart-warming and uplifting Regency romance from bestseller Mary Jane Staples by Mary Jane Staples
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £5.51Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer and Netflix hit Bridgerton, a dashing Regency romance from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. READERS ARE LOVING A SISTER'S SECRET! "Mary Jane Staples is... -
The Crown Nancy Bilyeau 9781398718302
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40A thrilling, darkly delicious Tudor novel - 'A stunning debut. One of the best historical novels I have ever read' Alison WeirFOR SECRETS THIS DEADLY, BLOOD WILL DYE THE THRONE OF A NATION..... -
The Witchfinder's Sister: The captivating Richard & Judy Book Club historical thriller 2018 by Beth Underdown 9780241978054
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.97'The number of women my brother Matthew killed, so far as I can reckon it, is one hundred and six . . .'THE PAGE-TURNING RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER'A compelling debut from a gifted... -
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95The year is 1348 and the first plague victim has reached English shores. Panic erupts around the country and a small band of travellers comes together to outrun the deadly disease, unaware that... -
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 Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel... -
Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.55Hailed by the critics as a masterpiece, Tatty is a devastating, yet hilarious, depiction of a troubled Dublin family told through the lively, charismatic voice of a little girl.With brutal honesty,... -
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 Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649 by N. A. M. Rodger
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.38Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of... -
Fire Queen: Shakespeare's Ophelia as you've never seen her before . . . by Joanna Courtney 9780349419534
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £3.10Lover or leader? Weakling or warrior? Madwoman or misfit?Escape into the untold story of Shakespeare's Ophelia . . . As a young girl, Ofelia stood frozen as her mother threw herself on her father's... -
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... -
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... -
William Wallace: Brave Heart by James A. Mackay 9781851588237
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.81Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas - a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place... -
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.68Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History, Ian Kershaw's Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis is the concluding second volume of one of the greatest biographies of modern times. No figure in twentieth century... -
Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324 by Emmanuel le Roy Ladurie
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23An enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, the book recreates the lives of a rich cast of...