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The 1066 Norman Bruisers conjures up the vanished world of England in the late Middle Ages and casts light on one of the strangest quirks in the nation’s history: how a bunch of European thugs became the quintessentially English gentry.

Author: Helen Kay

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 276pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526759382

Weight: 672

Original Price: £25.00

Author: Max Hastings

Publisher: William Collins

Hardback. 576pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780062980137

Original Price: £35.00

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

100 Years of Metropolitan Police Gallantry.

Author: Dick Kirby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 198pp. 15.5cm by 23.3cm.

ISBN: 9781399014908

Weight: 385g

Original Price: £14.99

Edmund of Cornwall, The Man Behind England’s Greatest King

Born at Christmas 1249 to Richard, Edmund of Cornwall was nephew to Henry III and cousin to Edward I. His eventful childhood took him to Germany when his father was elected king there. He was captured at the Battle of Lewes and imprisoned for more than a year. Returning from crusade, he witnessed the brutal murder of his half-brother, which left him as heir to his father, the richest man in the kingdom.

Author: Michael Ray.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 255pp. 16x24x2.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399093545

Weight: 650g.

Original Price: £25.00

Pitman Shorthand Messages from the Golden Age of the Postcard

Author: Kathryn Baird

Publisher: History Press

Paperback. 128pp. 20cm by 21.5cm.

ISBN: 9781803990460

Weight: 354g

Original Price: £15.99

The Battles of Salamis, Plataea, Mycale and after

The dramatic conclusion to this trilogy explains the reversal of fortunes and final defeat of Xerxes’ Persian invasion of Greece; not as unlikely as usually presupposed.

Author: Manousos E Kambouris

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 250pp. 17.5x25x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399097802

Weight: 900g.

Original Price: £30.00

The British have been baking for centuries. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how our relationship with this much-loved art has changed, evolved and progressed over time.

Author: Emma Kay

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526757487

Weight: 700g

Original Price: £25.00

This is the story of how Jubilee celebrations have become vital to the success of Britain’s Royal Family and to its place at the heart of a nation.

Author: June Woolerton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 217pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399062763

Weight: 404g

Original Price: £15.99

Sir Henry Percy and the Myth of Chivalry

On 21 July 1403 Sir Henry Percy – better known as Hotspur – led a rebel army out at Shrewsbury to face the forces of the king Henry IV. The battle was both bloody and decisive. Hotspur was shot down by an arrow and killed.

Author: John Sadler, Foreword by Ralph Percy.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16x24x2.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399003889

Weight: 600g

Original Price: £25.00

Author: Stuart Laycock, Philip Laycock

Publisher: The History Press

Hardback. 320pp. 14cm by 21.5cm.

ISBN: 9780750998796

Original Price: £15.99

The Lives of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and Georgina Gordon, Duchess of Bedford.

Author: Keir Davidson

Publisher: Pimpernel Press

Hardback. 592pp. 18.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781910258255

Weight: 2kg

Original Price: £40.00