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'Fresh, gripping and vivid' Simon Sebag Montefiore
'A portrait that chills you to the bone' Leanda de Lisle, The Times
A dedicated brother and loyal ...
New accessible PB edition of this critically acclaimed study of Tudor life as a King or Queen, as told through houses such as the Tower ...
During WW1 George V became the most visible and accessible Sovereign in British history and established a blueprint for the modern monarchy that endures today ...
King Richard III remains one of the most infamous and recognisable monarchs in English or British history, despite only sitting on the throne for two ...
Cousin to Elizabeth I - and very likely also Henry VIII's illegitimate granddaughter - Lettice Knollys had a life of dizzying highs and pitiful lows. Darling ...
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized - and largely mythical - notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers ...
'An entertaining book, written with Fort's characteristic conversational style... A real pleasure to read' - BBC Countryfile
'A wide-ranging, intelligent and bracingly enjoyable book' - The ...
A life of Matilda-empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages
Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother ...
For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea ...
From the moment of her birth to her death on the scaffold, Mary Stuart spent her life embroiled in power struggles that shook the foundations ...
John Morton (c. 1420 - 1500) was one of the most important men in the land from the Wars of the Roses to the start of ...
Tim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstones empire that started with one bookshop in 1982.
In this charming ...
The murder of the Princes in the Tower is the most famous cold case in English or British history. Traditionally considered victims of a ruthless ...
There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain. This old wives' tale arose because ...
