History Books
Sherlock & Pages is a conservation bookshop. To us this means taking care of what we’ve inherited and all that we have a responsibility to pass on. The past, the present and the future all become important. Therefore, maintaining a vibrant and intellectual history section is vital to us at Sherlock & Pages. What are we without our stories? Without a past? We are particularly strong on British History and like to think our shelves could take a customer on a journey from the origins of the country and well into the 20th century. Elsewhere, we have books that might catch the eye in categories such as ‘The History of Commodities and Objects’ or ‘Great Cities.’ The whispers of those gone before us are all around, why not pick up a history blockbuster today and be whisked into some of the greatest stories of all time.
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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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A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth : 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters
Winner of the Royal Society Science Book. 'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer' - The TimesFor billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place - covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape through...- £10.99 GBP
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A Brutal Reckoning : The Creek Indians and the Epic War for the American South
Hailed as 'a master storyteller' by The Times and praised for his meticulous research by the Times Literary Supplement, Peter Cozzens presents 'A Brutal Reckoning', a gripping account of the Creek War and its far-reaching consequences. This compelling narrative traces the tumultuous history of...- £12.99 GBP
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A Distant Mirror : The Calamitous 14th Century
Immerse yourself in the tumultuous tapestry of 14th century Europe, where chivalry and catastrophe danced a delicate waltz. In "A Distant Mirror," Barbara W. Tuchman masterfully weaves a narrative that contrasts the grandeur of crusades and soaring cathedrals with the grim realities of plague,...- £12.99 GBP
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A Fistful of Shells : West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
Toby Green's groundbreaking book, 'A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution,' offers a transformative perspective on the history of West and West-Central Africa. By the late 19th century's 'Scramble for Africa,' the region...- £14.99 GBP
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A History of the Arab Peoples : Updated Edition
In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. It...- £14.99 GBP
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A History of the Bible : The Book and Its Faiths
WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZEA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.' Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths...- £14.99 GBP
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A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
Discover Rome from a fresh perspective - audaciously unconventional, delightfully mischievous, and unabashedly feminine. Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den, hails it as 'Hugely entertaining and illuminating'. This WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 offers a radical departure from the traditional Roman narrative....- £10.99 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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A Mudlarking Year : Finding Treasure in Every Season
Hailed as 'a treasure trove of wisdom and historical insight' by Katherine May, and 'a captivating exploration of human experiences' by Ian Mortimer, Lara Maiklem's latest work has garnered high praise. Dan Snow describes Maiklem as 'a phenomenon, transforming muddy excursions into epic journeys...- £22.00 GBP
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A Short History of the World According to Sheep
This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have...- £9.99 GBP
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A Time to Keep Silence
From the French Abbey of St Wandrille to the abandoned and awesome Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia in Turkey, the celebrated travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings. In his occasional...- £9.99 GBP
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A Village in the Third Reich : How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism
___________A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2022A New Statesman Book of the Year 2022`Fascinating. You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this superbly researched chronicle. than you will by reading a shelf of wider-canvas volumes on the rise of Nazism.'Daily...- £10.99 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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All His Spies : The Secret World of Robert Cecil
Alford triumphs. in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil's vast archive, he draws the reader deep into his working environment, capturing the closeness of his study and the chaos of the court. this is turn-of-century England as it really was -...- £30.00 GBP
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All That She Carried : The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Woven into the fabric of a simple cotton sack is a powerful story of resilience, love, and the unbreakable bonds of family. In "All That She Carried," Tiya Miles masterfully traces the journey of this humble keepsake across three generations of Black women, beginning...- £12.99 GBP
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Amsterdam : A History of the World's Most Liberal City
Dive into the captivating history of Amsterdam, a city that defied conventions and embraced liberalism like no other. Russell Shorto's "Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City" takes you on a riveting journey through the evolution of this watery metropolis, from its...- £12.99 GBP
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An Autobiography
Riveting; as fresh and relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago. The words fire off the page with humour, anger and eloquence' GuardianA powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela DavisEdited by Toni Morrison and first published...- £10.99 GBP
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Another Day of Life
This profoundly intimate book delves into the solitary and disorienting experience. In 1975, Kapuscinski's employers dispatched him to Angola to report on the civil war that erupted in the wake of independence. For months, he bore witness as Luanda and subsequently the entire nation...- £9.99 GBP
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Architecture : From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energyThe story of architecture is the story of humanity. The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to today's skyscrapers, reveal our priorities and ambitions, our family structures and power...- £12.99 GBP
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At The Existentialist Cafe : Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a...- £12.99 GBP
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Back to the Local
One of the Financial Times' 'Best Summer Books of 2024''Probably the most delightful and evocative book ever produced on the English pub.' Slightly Foxed'Will make you homesick for saloons, riverside pubs, and 'jug-and-bottle bars' you never knew existed.' Vittles 'Wonderful . . . a...- £10.00 GBP
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Beastly : A New History of Animals and Us
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATIONA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES, WATERSTONES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE A NEX BIG IDEA CLUB MUST READIn a Polish forest a young woman befriends a boar. An Englishman sets up home with two beavers...- £20.00 GBP
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Beauty is in the Street : Protest and Counterculture in Post-War Europe
In the aftermath of World War II, Europe witnessed a surge of grassroots activism and protest movements that challenged the status quo on both sides of the Iron Curtain. From the bustling streets of Paris to the historic squares of Prague, from the industrial...- £12.99 GBP
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Black Spartacus : The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero Toussaint LouvertureThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the...- £10.99 GBP
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Blood River : A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart (Vintage Voyages)
Embark on a perilous yet captivating adventure through the heart of Africa in Tim Butcher's "Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart." This gripping travel memoir recounts Butcher's audacious attempt to retrace the footsteps of the legendary 19th-century explorer H.M. Stanley, traversing the...- £9.99 GBP
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Bloodlands : THE book to help you understand today's Eastern Europe
A powerful and revelatory history book about the bloodlands - the lands that lie between Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany - where 14 million people were killed during the years 1933 - 1944. In the middle of Europe, in the middle of the twentieth...- £12.99 GBP
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Blue Machine : How the Ocean Shapes Our World
Dive into the mesmerizing depths of the ocean's power with "Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World" by Helen Czerski. This captivating book unravels the mysteries of our planet's defining feature, revealing how the ocean is a colossal engine fueled by the sun's...- £10.99 GBP
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Borderlines : A History of Europe, Told From the Edges
Beautiful. A true gem... [his] unique take on human nature through the history and heritage of the borderlands ends up being deeply moving.' - IRISH INDEPENDENT'Thrillingly unique, knowledgeable, perceptive and profound' IAN DUNT'A light-footed journey along the fault lines of history.' KATJA HOYERThe history...- £25.00 GBP
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