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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorA History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603
Simon Schama · 356 pages
'The British Wars' is a compelling chronicle of the changes that transformed every strand and strata of British life, faith and thought from 1603 to 1776. It explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change.
The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers
George MacDonald Fraser · 404 pages
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
John Guy · 581 pages
A new historian of Mary Queen of Scots draws on new sources to shatter various myths surrounding this odd monarch and uncover some of the scandals and political machinations underpinning, and undermining, her throne.
Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley
Alison Weir · 621 pages
This book is an excursion into Britain's bloodstained, power-obsessed past. The author's investigation into Lord Darnley's murder is set against one of the most dramatic periods in English history. Its conclusions shed light on the actions and motives of the conspirators and, in particular, the extent of Mary's own involvement. Tall, handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
The Ottoman Centuries
John Patrick Douglas Balfour · 640 pages
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
Norman Davies · 672 pages
The past is a foreign country' has become a truism, yet we often forget that the past is different from the present in many unfamiliar ways, and historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. We habitually think of the European past as the history of countries which exist today - France, Germany, Britain, Russia and so on - but often this actually obstructs our view of the past, and blunts our se
Byzantium: The Early Centuries
John Julius Norwich · 416 pages
The Birth of Britain
Winston S. Churchill · 535 pages
The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
Plantagenet Somerset Fry · 96 pages
A chronologically-arranged guide to the kings and queens of England and Scotland; includes information about how each leader affected the country's history and culture.
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
Arthur Herman · 392 pages
"Mention of Scotland and the Scots usually conjures up images of kilts, bagpipes, Scotch whisky, and golf. But as historian and author Arthur Herman demonstrates, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland earned the respect of the rest of the world for its crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics - contributions that have forme
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
Peter Ackroyd · 496 pages
How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women
Zoe Venditozzi · 320 pages
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire
Jason Goodwin · 351 pages
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lars Brownworth · 352 pages
In AD 476 the Roman Empire fell--or rather, its western half did. Its eastern half, which would come to be known as the Byzantine Empire, would endure and often flourish for another eleven centuries. Though its capital would move to Constantinople, its citizens referred to themselves as Roman for the entire duration of the empire's existence. Indeed, so did its neighbors, allies, and enemies: When
A Child's History of England
Charles Dickens · 392 pages
IF you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighbouring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland, - broken
Great Tales from English History
Robert Lacey · 293 pages
With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England--from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman.
The Borgias: The Hidden History
G.J. Meyer · 478 pages
Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait of the infamous Renaissance family and their storied milieu. They burst out of obscurity in Spain to capture the great prize of the papacy, not once but twice. Throughout a tumultuous half-century--as popes, statesmen, warriors, lovers, and breathtakingly am
Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London
Nigel Jones · 472 pages
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
Christopher Hibbert · 366 pages
Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
Dan Jones · 231 pages
The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles--even its language--can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange charter and how did it gain such legendary status? Historian Dan Jones takes us back to the turbulent year of 1215, when, beset by foreign crises and cornered by a growing domestic rebellion
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
Jack Weatherford · 317 pages
A history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, this work reveals their struggle to preserve a nation that shaped the world.