History - Ancient & Medieval (pre-Napoleonic)

This is the story of how the varying actions of two very different kings both threatened and created the English way of life, and ultimately put England on the path to its Lost Civil War.

Author: John Paul Davis

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 240pp. 16.5cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526750075

Weight: 650g

Original Price: £25.00

This work explains how Philip took the traditional forces of Macedon and reformed them into the most modern and sophisticated combined-arms force in the Mediterranean world.

Author: Gabriele Esposito.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 142pp. 17.5x25x1.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526787354

Weight: 650g.

Original Price: £20.00

The Making and Legacy of The Great Charter.

Author: Dan Jones

Publisher: The Landmark Library / Bloomsbury

Paperback. 238pp. 13.5cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781838933340

Weight: 406g

Original Price: £12.99

William Maitland - Politician, Reformer and Conspirator.

Author: Robert Stedall

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 296pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526787798

Weight: 655g

Original Price: £25.00

Warfare in Europe and Beyond, 1500-1700.

Author: William Urban

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 304pp. 16.5cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781399020626

Weight: 442g

Original Price: £14.99

Epic tales from Britain's wildest century.

Including: Anne Bonny and Mary Read, pirate queens of the Caribbean - Tipu Sultan, the Indian ruler who kept the British at bay - Olaudah Equiano, the former slave whose story shocked the world - Mary Wollstonecraft, the feminist who fought for women’s rights - Ladies of Llangollen, the lovers who built paradise in a Welsh valley.

Author: Robert Peal

Publisher: William Collins Books

Hardback. 304pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780008437022

Original Price: £18.99

These intriguing remedies include Sir Walter Raleigh’s Receipt against Plague, Viper Broth and Snail Milk Water.

Author: Marilyn Yurdan, Nicola Lillie

Publisher: History Press

Paperback. 150pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781803993577

Weight: 168g

Original Price: £12.99

Unravelling the Truth of the Battle of Hastings and the Events of 1066.

Recent challenges to the traditional site of the Battle of Hastings have led to a surge of interest in the events surrounding England’s most famous battle. 

Author: Robert Allred.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 204pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399088039

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £25.00

We follow King John at that vulnerable time, day by day, and reveal for the first time some surprising and interesting answers to the many questions posed by the mystery of his lost treasure.

Author: Shirley Charters.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 154pp. 15.5x23.3x1.3cm.

ISBN: 9781399020855

Weight: 300g.

Original Price: £12.99

Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court

Author: Simon Thurley

Publisher: William Collins Books

Hardback. 543pp. 15.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780008389963

Weight: 897g

Original Price: £25.00

Xerxes' Invasion: Thermopylae, Artemisium and the Destruction of Athens.

This is the epic story of the Great Persian War of 481-479 BC, the major land and sea Persian invasion of Greece under Xerxes. 

Author: Manousos E Kambouris.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 226pp. 17.5x25x1.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399097758

Weight: 800g.

Original Price: £25.00

Pirates and Privateers tells the fascinating story of the buccaneers who were the scourge of merchants in the 18th Century. 

Author: Mike Rendell.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 173pp. 16x24x1.7cm.

ISBN: 9781526731654

Weight: 600g.

Original Price: £19.99