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Steeple Chasing : Around Britain by Church
The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month*Featuring a brand new chapter!*'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and elegiac book.' - New Statesman...- £10.99 GBP
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of a book' Antonia Senior,...- £12.99 GBP
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A Home for All Seasons
Charming - a love-letter to home, history, and nature.'LEAH BROAD, Author of Quartet'A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.'HORATIO CLARE'Truly a revelation on every page.'PETROC TRELAWNY'A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.' COUNTRY LIFE'A wide-ranging meditation on place and...- £10.99 GBP
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Wild : Tales from Early Medieval Britain
By the bestselling author of Storyland. Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous clouds, icy waves, whales with mountains on their backs, sleet, bitter winds, bleak, impenetrable marshes, howling wolves, forests, the unceasing cries of birds and the death grip of subterranean vaults...- £12.99 GBP
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Hollow Places : An Unusual History of Land and Legend
`Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year'�Sunday Times A luminous journey through a thousand years of folklore and English history. Once upon a time in a Hertfordshire field, an ancient yew tree hid...- £12.99 GBP
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Scotland's Forgotten Past : A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. Scotland's history is full of famous kings, queens, saints and warriors. But what about its lesser-known places, people and events? In this collection of half-forgotten...- £9.99 GBP
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English Food : A People's History
`An absolute gem' Sunday Times `A mouthwatering history' The Guardian In this delicious history of Britain's food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites readers on a unique journey through the centuries, exploring the development of recipes and rituals for mealtimes such as breakfast, lunch, and dinner,...- £12.99 GBP
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The Restless Republic : Britain without a Crown
THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Eleven years when Britain had no king. In 1649 Britain was engulfed by revolution. On a raw January afternoon,...- £10.99 GBP
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The Anglo-Saxons : A History of the Beginnings of England
THE 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 fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea,...- £12.99 GBP
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The Fens : Discovering England's Ancient Depths
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply personal and utterly enthralling way' TONY ROBINSON. 'Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it' GUARDIAN. Inland from the Wash, on England's...- £9.99 GBP
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The Road : A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past
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 Telegraph `On nearly every page a random passage takes one's breath away' The Times Have you ever heard the...- £10.99 GBP
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River Kings : The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell `This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed' THE TIMES Books of the Year Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman - and the cutting-edge forensic...- £9.99 GBP
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The Hollow Crown : The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule. Some of the greatest heroes...- £12.99 GBP
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The Stonemason : A History of Building Britain
A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on many of our greatest monuments. From Neolithic monoliths to Roman baths and temples, from the...- £10.99 GBP
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Lost Realms : Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings
A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages �_� [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics From the bestselling author of Viking...- £10.99 GBP
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The Women Who Saved the English Countryside
A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women � In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and guarantees public access to green spaces. But this was not always...- £11.99 GBP
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The Norman Conquest
`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 kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not...- £12.99 GBP
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The Bone Chests : Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR `A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully...- £10.99 GBP
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Scenes from Prehistoric Life : From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans
Embark on an extraordinary voyage through Britain's prehistoric past with Francis Pryor's captivating book, "Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans." This immersive exploration unveils the fascinating tapestry of human existence that unfolded across the British Isles,...- £10.99 GBP
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The Making of the English Landscape
W.G. Hoskins was one of the most original and influential British historians of the twentieth century. He realised that landscapes are the richest record we have of the past, and with his masterpiece, The Making of the English Landscape, he changed forever how we...- £16.00 GBP
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Grounded : A Journey into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: NATURE AND TRAVELFor thousands of years, our ancestors held a close connection with the landscapes they lived in. Seeking that lost connection, James Canton takes us on a journey across ancient England: from stone monuments to sacred groves,...- £10.99 GBP
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The World Turned Upside Down : Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept of "history from below" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of freedom were...- £12.99 GBP
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Imperial Mud : The Fight for the Fens
**WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020****SHORTLISTED FOR THE TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARD 2022****LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021** 'A real page-turner ... a warning about what happens when the rich and powerful dress up their avarice as "progress"...- £10.99 GBP
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Lochs and Legends : A Scotsman's Guide to the Heart of Scotland
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A Scotsman's guide to the extraordinary tapestry of the land, history, folklore and stories of his homeland. From the majestic beauty of the wild Scottish landscape to the hidden traces of its history waiting to be uncovered in every town...- £16.99 GBP
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The Wordhord : Daily Life in Old English
An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English, which illuminates the lives, beliefs and habits of our linguistic ancestors. 'A marvelous book' Neil Gaiman'Wonderful' - Tom Holland'A lovely, lovely read' - Lucy Mangan'Splendid' - David Crystal'Thorough, entertaining,...- £9.99 GBP
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The Blazing World : A New History of Revolutionary England
This is a wonderful book, exhaustively researched, vigorously argued and teeming with the furious joy of seventeenth-century life' THE TIMES'A brilliant, bloody account of England's most dramatic century . . . Thrilling' TELEGRAPH`The most entertaining general history of seventeenth-century England I have read' TOM...- £12.99 GBP
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The Palace : From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court
If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place...- £25.00 GBP
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Saints : A new legendary of heroes, humans and magic
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild, comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. Illustrated with over thirty original paper cutouts by the author. 'Jeffs writes beautifully, erring just on the right side of florid,...- £30.00 GBP
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Blitz Spirit : 'Fascinating' -Tom Hanks
An utterly fascinating book - conversations and human behaviours recorded in real time' Tom Hanks'Fascinating ' Elizabeth Day'A hugely affecting and absorbing read.' The Bookseller'Finally, a book that is proving very therapeutic in these difficult times... Full of doubt, fear, anger and rueful comedy,...- £10.99 GBP
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1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare : Winner of the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award 2023
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Baillie Gifford 'Winner of Winners' award in 2023How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what...- £14.99 GBP
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The Blazing World : A New History of Revolutionary England
A WATERSTONES, TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST AND NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEARA major new history of England's turbulent seventeenth century and how it marked the birth of a new world'This is a wonderful book, exhaustively researched, vigorously argued and teeming with the furious joy of...- £30.00 GBP
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The Turning Tide : A Biography of the Irish Sea
An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water `Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.' Roddy Doyle `Remarkable. Lively . Gower writes beautifully [and] the book is profoundly popular.' Times Literary Supplement The Turning Tide is a hymn to a sea passage of world-historical...- £10.99 GBP
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The History of England's Cathedrals
The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York Minster � England's sixty-two Anglican and Catholic cathedrals are some of our most iconic buildings, attracting millions of worshippers and visitors every year. Yet although much...- £20.00 GBP
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The Anarchy : The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK...- £12.99 GBP
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One Fine Day : A Journey Through English Time
A time-travelling, genealogical adventure, bringing pre-industrial, rural, eighteenth-century England vividly to life on the page. One day Ian Marchant decided, as all men of a certain age must, to have a dig around his family history. Surprisingly quickly, a web search informed him that...- £12.99 GBP
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Aerial Atlas of Ancient Britain
A spectacular collection of aerial photographs of Britain's most extraordinary prehistoric sites. This breathtaking collection of aerial images reveals ancient monuments from all around the British Isles, as they have never been seen before: Neolithic enclosures, cairns and stone circles; Bronze Age villages, farmsteads,...- £30.00 GBP
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Who Owns England? : How We Lost Our Land and How to Take it Back
Who Owns England? is a groundbreaking work of investigative journalism that exposes the shocking truth about land ownership in England. Guy Shrubsole takes readers on a riveting journey, unveiling how a tiny minority of the population owns the vast majority of the nation's green...- £10.99 GBP
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The Palace : From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court
Step inside the grand halls and intimate chambers of Hampton Court Palace, where the stories of 500 years of British royalty unfold. In this captivating historical account, Gareth Russell takes you on a mesmerizing journey through the palace's storied past, from the tumultuous Tudor...- £10.99 GBP
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London Clay : Journeys in the Deep City
Beneath the bustling streets and towering edifices of London lies a secret world waiting to be uncovered. In "London Clay: Journeys into the Deep City", Tom Chivers invites you on an extraordinary subterranean odyssey, tracing the hidden pathways and lost islands that lurk beneath...- £10.99 GBP
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Storm's Edge : Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney
A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES 'If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND 'An astonishing tour de force' SPECTATOR From Peter Marshall, winner of the Wolfson Prize 2018, Storm's Edge is a...- £25.00 GBP
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