British History from

London .UK: Quercus, 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this history Sam Willis not only tells, with immediacy and masterly clarity, the gripping story of an epic and complex battle, but of the development of both British and French sea-power in this critical period before the rise of Nelson and Napoleon.… Read more about this item

UK: Jonathan Cape, 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Looking at everything from sewage systems to sculpture, chocolate to coal, and free trade to electoral emancipation, this book is a personal exploration of why and how these village utopias came about, what they tell us about the past, and how they still resonate… Read more about this item

UK: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Geoffrey Parker has found and analysed a huge quantity of previously unstudied material in the great archives of Spain and the Netherlands, and this information has dramatically been complimented and augmented by the discoveries from the Armada wrecks, three… Read more about this item

UK: Guild Publishing , 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book traces chronologically as far as possible, the story of the roads and trackways of the Yorkshire Dales, trying to place them in the general context of the changing physical, social and economic background of the area, supplementing his text… Read more about this item

UK: Dorset Publishing Company, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tyneham is celebrated here with a unique archive of some 300 photographs. They also cover the picturesque fishing hamlet of Worbarrow and lost heathland communities at Povington and West Creech. The D/w shows very light edge-ware. PLEASE NOTE; International economy shipping is… Read more about this item

UK.: The Oxford University Press, 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In recent years historians of Lancastrian and Yorkist England have paid increasing attention to its society and institutions. This work aims at a restatement under narrative form of English history in the light of this study. The text block is spotted and… Read more about this item

UK.: The Oxford University Press, 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprints. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A corrected edition of this standard work, which was first published in 1951. The book comprises the history of the century and a quarter which elapsed between the compilation of Doomesday Book and the issue of the Magna Carta, the two greatest documents… Read more about this item

UK: John Murray ( publishers ), 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In the last millennium there have been only six female sovereigns; Mary I and Elizabeth I, Mary II and Anne, Victoria and Elizabeth II. With the exception of Mary I, they are among our most success monarchs. Maureen Waller delves… Read more about this item

UK: HarperCollins, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A mixture of poignant biography and marvellously entertaining social history. This book is the story of diplomatic life as it has never been told before. Touching on the lives of nearly a hundred diplomatic wives, as well as sisters and daughters,… Read more about this item

UK: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Throughout the Celtic world, in Britain,Ireland and France, the legacy of the Celtic saints remains visible. Churches, place- names, carved inscriptions, healing wells and local traditions all stand as a testament to those men and women who helped to establish the… Read more about this item

UK.: Ted Smart Ltd, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Greenwich, the site of Britain's celebration of the new millennium, has been an emblem of British history for over a thousand years. Using beautiful colour illustrations throughout , Clive Aslet presents a beguiling and charismatic portrait of Greenwich and a history… Read more about this item

UK.: Macmillan, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Smell of the Continent gives us a charming glimpse of our forebears venturing forth across the Channel at a time when travelling was a much bolder venture than boarding a cheap flight. In doing so, they created the modern tourist industry. Their adventures… Read more about this item

UK: Eyre & Spottiswood Ltd, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No medieval King is more famous than William the Conqueror, and no event in the whole of English history has been more debated than the Norman conquest. This book is both a study of Anglo-Norman history based upon long and… Read more about this item

UK.: Little Brown, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Supremely evocative and brilliantly told,' Conquest' is narrative history at its most colourful and compelling - the true story of those who fought for an English Kingdom in France. There is light spotting to the top of the text block.

UK.: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Much has been written about Henry VIII and his six wives, but his sisters, Margaret and Mary, have had less of the limelight. In this fascinating and in-depth biography Maria Perry examines the lives of these extraordinary women and analyses their influence… Read more about this item

UK.: Penguin Classics, 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Born with the help of Merlin's magic, blessed with the sword of Excalibur, Arthur becomes king of a troubled, leaderless England, beginning a golden age of chivalry at the court of Camelot.

UK.: Hutchinson, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ' In the lion's Court ' is an illuminating examination of the careers of the six Thomases, whose lives are described in parallel - their family and social origins, their pathways to the royal Council chamber, their occupancy of the siege perilous, and the… Read more about this item

UK.: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. It took HenryVIII twenty - eight years, three wives, and a break with Rome before he secured a legitimate male heir. Yet for most of the time he already had a son -the illegitimate Henry Fitzroy. In the first book to examine… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: Free Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. There may be no more fascinating historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent , yet gallantry, chivalry, and literary brilliance flourished in the courts of England and wales. It was a world… Read more about this item

UK.: HarperPress, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Henry V111 was Britain's most powerful monarch, yet he was not born to rule. Thrust into the limelight after the sudden death of his elder brother, Prince Arthur, Henry succeeded his father as King in 1509, and began a reign which was to alter… Read more about this item