Medieval History

This book addresses a simple question: why were the Anglo-Saxons obsessed with monsters, many of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes...

Dan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the...

'SUBLIME' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'STUNNINGLY GOOD' THE TIMES BEST HISTORY...

'A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world,...

Divided Houses is a tale of contrasting fortunes. In the last decade of his reign,...

The Middle Ages were turbulent times. In the fourteenth century alone, England was ravaged by...

This brilliant vignette of seventeenth-century Rome, its Baroque architecture, and its relationship to the Catholic...

The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV,...

A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of eighteenth century Poland and Saxony, and his...

Previously published as The King's Grave. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SALLY HAWKINS AND...

A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art,...

The end of Roman Britain and the arrival of the invading Saxons forms part of...

The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones-the story of...

A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world; perfect for fans of Ian Mortimer, who...

'A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan'A wonderful book' Sunday Telegraph, 5*'Triumphant' Literary ReviewDURING THE...

In the second half of the fifteenth century, for over thirty years, civil war tore...

From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, this is a witty, whistlestop tour...

A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout...

The untold story of Robert Cecil, the ultimate Tudor spy-master Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster,...

The last Plantagenet king (1452-85) remains one of England's most famous and controversial monarchs. There...

The life and times of Catherine de' Medici, by renowned scholar of the Italian Renaissance...

A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking examination of how...

Heroes are hard to come by - but there's one man whose legend has stood...

'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.' - HELEN CASTOR...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell'This...

Near the end of the eleventh century, Western Europe was in turmoil, beset by invasions...