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The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68'I loved it. A suitably epic account of one of the most seismic and far-reaching events in British history' Dan SnowAn upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified... -
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'[A] clever, lively ... splendid new book'DAN JONES, SUNDAY TIMES'A big gold bar of delight'SPECTATORSixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly... -
Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain by Marc Morris
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.81Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as... -
William I (Penguin Monarchs): England's Conqueror by Marc Morris
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.07Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackOn Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman... -
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 - 1066 by Marc Morris
RRP: $26.73Booksplease Price: $18.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639362110Author Marc MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint -
King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta by Marc Morris
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.73The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.King John is familiar to everyone as the villain... -
A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain by Marc Morris
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king. Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace... -
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Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain by Marc Morris 9780099558491 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $3.23Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as... -
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker 9781789146721
Booksplease Price: $27.50Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing... -
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker 9781789147735
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48Now available in paperback, Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the... -
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Living With Eagles: Marcus Morris, Priest and Publisher by Jan Hallwood 9780718829827 [USED COPY]
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $3.60Eagles seemed to dominate Marcus Morris's life. As a clergyman's son, he grew up with the eagle of the church lectern; as a priest himself he had his own lecterns. A brass inkwell topped by a flying... -
Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia Levi Roach 9781529398465
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $22.77'In this fascinating, panoramic account, Levi Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy to the telling of their extraordinary story' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves'A fresh... -
Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia Levi Roach 9781529300321
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.02'Powerful' The Economist'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and... -
The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedy
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37This is a revised edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History".About the AuthorColin McEvedy is the author of The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History; The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History;... -
Please, Mister Postman by Alan Johnson
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $8.87In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his young family left West London to start a new life. The Britwell Estate in Slough, apparently notorious... -
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Please, Mister Postman by Alan Johnson 9780593073414 [USED COPY]
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $3.36In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his young family left West London to start a new life. The Britwell Estate in Slough, apparently notorious... -
1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England by Ed West 9781510775565
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides.1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no... -
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Please, Mister Postman by Alan Johnson 9780552170659 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $2.93The award-winning autobiography from the British politician and author of the Sunday Times bestseller, This Boy.In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson... -
The House of Wolf: The first in an iconic new historical fiction series from the much loved Sir Tony Robinson by Tony Robinson 9781408731536
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $20.76'George RR Martin meets Terry Pratchett' OBSERVER***NOW A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***Sir Tony Robinson - actor, presenter, historical expert and star of Blackadder and Time Team - makes his adult... -
The Story of England by Michael Wood
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.48In The Story of England Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries, from the moment that the Roman Emperor Honorius sent his famous letter in 410... -
1066: The Year of The Three Battles Frank McLynn 9780712666725
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.07Everyone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but in recent years is has become customary to assume that the victory was virtually inevitable, given the alleged... -
The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery: Britain 1066-1284 by David Carpenter
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.66The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and and the English... -
Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs): The Summer King by A. J. Pollard
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $7.88'Edward was a man of considerable charm, who perhaps relied too much upon that charm to keep tensions within his entourage at bay' In 1461 Edward earl of March, a handsome, charismatic... -
Edward II (Penguin Monarchs): The Terrors of Kingship by Christopher Given-Wilson
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.07'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness'The reign... -
The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey Monmouth
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly... -
William Wallace: Brave Heart by James A. Mackay 9781851588237
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $15.29Sir 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... -
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William Wallace: Brave Heart by James A. Mackay 9781851588237 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $3.14Sir 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... -
William IV (Penguin Monarchs): A King at Sea by Roger Knight
RRP: $6.69Booksplease Price: $5.51'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... -
Sir Francis Drake by John Sugden
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68How 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 English Civil War At First Hand by Tristram Hunt
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37Almost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the English Civil War. England was divided between Cavaliers and Roundheads... -
The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King by Ian Mortimer
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.07From the saviour of the realm to the subject of multiple attempted assassinations in the space of six years. King Henry IV's reign was characterised by his fear and paranoia, but above all a... -
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Elizabeth by David Starkey 9780099286578 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $3.22'The best account in English of the early years of Elizabeth' Evening Standard A woman in a man's world, Queen Elizabeth I was to become England's most successful ruler. Confident in her destiny,... -
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Life Of Thomas More: Book Club Edition by Peter Ackroyd 9780749386405 [USED COPY]
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $3.23'Masterly' Observer'Brilliant' Independent on Sunday'Sparks of life' Daily MailThomas More is one of the great figures in English history. Pre-eminent as a courtier and as a humanist, a friend to... -
Mary Queen of Scots: And the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison Weir
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Found naked amongst the destruction, the... -
Elizabeth by David Starkey
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29'The best account in English of the early years of Elizabeth' Evening Standard A woman in a man's world, Queen Elizabeth I was to become England's most successful ruler. Confident in her destiny,... -
Story of Ireland by Neil Hegarty
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29Neil Hegarty's bestselling history of Ireland is a story crowded with the drama of complex characters, shifting allegiances and changing identities. Revisiting the major turning points in the Irish... -
Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $13.71*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Tudor tells a family story like no other.The Tudors are a national obsession, undoubtedly British history's most notorious family. But beyond the well-worn headlines is a... -
Henry III (Penguin Monarchs): A Simple and God-Fearing King by Stephen Church
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.07'Most contemporaries would have argued that it was a king's job to put in peril his soul for the good of his Church and of his people. But Henry was too determined to live a life of a saint'Henry ... -
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Penman 9780140166361
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.06With this novel Sharon Penman moves to a new set of characters and to 12th Century England and the early civil war between Stephen and his cousin, The Empress Made - A long fight to won the English... -
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.49The fourteenth century was a time of fabled crusades and chivalry, glittering cathedrals and grand castles. It was also a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague.Here,...