History - Ancient & Medieval (pre-Napoleonic)

Why The Vikings Caused the Normqan Conquest.

Author: Martyn Whittock, Hannah Whittock

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Paperback. 160pp. 15.5cm by 23.3cm.

ISBN: 9780719819193

Weight: 258g

Original Price: £12.99

As far as is known, no-one has ever considered the Blackhorse Hill site before and it is hoped that this will inspire researchers to expand upon these findings.

Author: David John Barnby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399049054

Weight: 673g

Original Price: £22.00

The Ancient Sources And Why They Can't Be Trusted

Author: David Grant

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 319pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399094719

Weight: 674g

Original Price: £25.00

Tales from the Long Eighteenth Century

Take a romp through the long eighteenth-century in this collection of 25 short tales. Marvel at the Queen’s Ass, gaze at the celestial heavens through the eyes of the past and be amazed by the equestrian feats of the Norwich Nymph. Journey to the debauched French court at Versailles, travel to Covent Garden and take your seat in a box at the theatre and, afterwards, join the mile-high club in a new-fangled hot air balloon.

Author: Joanne Major, Sarah Murden.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 170pp. 17.3x24.5x1.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526757852

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £16.99

The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750

Author: John D Grainger

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 376pp. 16.5cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526746757

Weight: 930g

Original Price: £30.00

Alexander the Great's regent and his successors.

Author: John D Grainger.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 271pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526730886

Original Price: £25.00

This volume draws on Dr Evans' expertise in studying topography in relation to ancient events and specifically his original research into the battlefield of Magnesia.

Author: Dr Richard Evans

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 176pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399085212

Weight: 312g

Original Price: £14.99

South Yorkshire in the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Periods. AD 450-1066

Author: Phil Sidebottom

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 198pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399065566

Weight: 621g

Original Price: £20.00

A vivid impression of the battle emerges from his narrative which is closely linked to the landscape that was fought over on that fateful day.

Author: Richard Mackinder

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 232pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399010528

Weight: 780g

Original Price: £25.00

In August 1347 six bare footed men knelt before King Edward III with nooses around their necks to beg for their lives and present him with the keys to Calais. This was the dramatic beginning of Calais becoming England's first colony and an integral part of the kingdom for over two hundred years.

Author: Julian Whitehead

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 227pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399010719

Weight: 551g

Original Price: £25.00

The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps that survived the Republic, the members of the Fabius clan were, more often than not, the hammers that forged the empire.

Author: Jeremiah McCall.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 202pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781473885615

Weight. 508g.

Original Price: £19.99

Constantius is an important, but almost forgotten, figure. He came to the fore in or around 410 when he was appointed Magister Militum (Master of Troops) to Honorius, the young Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. His predecessor, Stilicho, had been murdered by his own troops and much of Gaul and Hispania had been overrun by barbarians or usurpers.

Author: Ian Hughes

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 166pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN. 9781526700247

Weight. 0.463Kg

Original Price: £20.00