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'The classic book on Black people in Georgian London' DAVID OLUSOGA
'Deeply researched, lucidly written and utterly fascinating . . . If you ever thought Black British history ...
'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston
'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history ...
Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830, the period known as the long eighteenth century. It uncovers the various experiences ...
The Anarchy was the first civil war in post-Conquest England, enduring throughout the reign of King Stephen between 1135 and 1154. It ultimately brought about ...
King Arthur and the Battle for Britannia is the last in a series of three books. The first, King Arthur: Man or Myth, weighed the ...
Since the Venerable Bede wrote his iconic Ecclesiastic History of England in the eighth century, King Penda has been relegated to the role of villain ...
1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of ...
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals by packing them into ships and sending them ...
The flight of King James II in November 1688 was a seminal moment in British history. The deposed Catholic King set up house and home ...
One of Britain's most enigmatic legendary figures is brought to life in this new account. Cerdic was a Dark Age warrior who founded the ...
The Battle of Bannockburn has long been recognised as one of the most influential moments in Scottish history. The fighting that took place on 23rd ...
The intriguing questions of cleanliness and health in seventeenth-century England. What was medicine like in the time of Shakespeare and Oliver Cromwell? How did Charles ...
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday ...
Rodney Castleden explores the purpose of great prehistoric projects like Avebury and Stonehenge and the nature of the society which built them. Were prehistoric people ...
During the 1,000-year history of the English monarchy there have been eight kings with the name of Henry. The Eight King Henrys of England ...