British History

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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,232 ratings
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The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,145 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,593 ratings
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life 3.93 avg rating — 16,522 ratings
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The Life of Elizabeth I
The Life of Elizabeth I 4.03 avg rating — 32,631 ratings
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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England 3.85 avg rating — 5,732 ratings
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating — 20,121 ratings
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating — 72,136 ratings
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The Wives of Henry VIII
The Wives of Henry VIII 4.11 avg rating — 18,966 ratings
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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare 3.87 avg rating — 10,656 ratings
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The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,622 ratings
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The Princes in the Tower
The Princes in the Tower 3.87 avg rating — 7,643 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,256 ratings
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 3.87 avg rating — 5,818 ratings
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A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year 3.56 avg rating — 11,576 ratings
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 4.26 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 3.96 avg rating — 3,301 ratings
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The Making of the English Working Class
The Making of the English Working Class 4.21 avg rating — 3,644 ratings
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 4.33 avg rating — 15,702 ratings
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Henry VIII: The King and His Court
Henry VIII: The King and His Court 4.10 avg rating — 14,387 ratings
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The Strange Death of Liberal England 1910-1914
The Strange Death of Liberal England 1910-1914 4.11 avg rating — 453 ratings
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Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London 3.97 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 4.03 avg rating — 1,432 ratings
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Dr Johnson's London
Dr Johnson's London 4.04 avg rating — 778 ratings
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Shakespeare: The World as Stage 3.82 avg rating — 48,082 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating — 17,292 ratings
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time 3.99 avg rating — 75,016 ratings
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The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire 4.26 avg rating — 737 ratings
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Eminent Victorians
Eminent Victorians 3.76 avg rating — 2,584 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century 4.01 avg rating — 25,924 ratings
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The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3)
The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
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The Black Death
The Black Death 3.71 avg rating — 1,444 ratings
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England 3.77 avg rating — 7,831 ratings
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The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary"
The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" 4.04 avg rating — 3,411 ratings
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The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1)
The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 3,454 ratings
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The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650
The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 3.93 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II 4.18 avg rating — 961 ratings
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Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
by: Bede
3.83 avg rating — 4,778 ratings
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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Or The Murder at Road Hill House
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Or The Murder at Road Hill House 3.51 avg rating — 24,676 ratings
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The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2)
The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
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The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1)
The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 120,599 ratings
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The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4)
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme 4.13 avg rating — 8,521 ratings
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The Children of Henry VIII
The Children of Henry VIII 4.01 avg rating — 15,352 ratings
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1215: The Year of Magna Carta
1215: The Year of Magna Carta 3.81 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
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The Weaker Vessel
The Weaker Vessel 3.92 avg rating — 1,424 ratings
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The History of the Kings of Britain
The History of the Kings of Britain 3.72 avg rating — 6,790 ratings
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Sexuality and Its Impact on History: The British Stripped Bare
Sexuality and Its Impact on History: The British Stripped Bare 4.17 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Somme
Somme 4.22 avg rating — 720 ratings
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Arthur's Britain
Arthur's Britain 3.67 avg rating — 243 ratings
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England 4.09 avg rating — 5,667 ratings
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Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War 4.31 avg rating — 6,885 ratings
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Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400-1070 (Penguin History of Britain, Vol. 2)
Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400-1070 (Penguin History of Britain, Vol. 2) 4.01 avg rating — 481 ratings
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England Under the Tudors
England Under the Tudors 3.87 avg rating — 276 ratings
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Roman Britain: A New History
Roman Britain: A New History 3.93 avg rating — 343 ratings
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The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn 3.98 avg rating — 14,167 ratings
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII 4.13 avg rating — 10,096 ratings
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1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England
1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England 3.92 avg rating — 3,428 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,017 ratings
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Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights
Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights 4.10 avg rating — 726 ratings
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London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets 3.46 avg rating — 3,285 ratings
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Shakespeare: The Biography
Shakespeare: The Biography 4.03 avg rating — 2,277 ratings
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The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England
The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England 4.06 avg rating — 461 ratings
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The Saxon and Norman Kings
The Saxon and Norman Kings 3.54 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage
Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage 3.85 avg rating — 1,296 ratings
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The Warrior Queens
The Warrior Queens 3.71 avg rating — 2,784 ratings
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Queen Victoria: A Personal History
Queen Victoria: A Personal History 4.02 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 3.58 avg rating — 859 ratings
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The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England
The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England
by: Ann Wroe
3.71 avg rating — 385 ratings
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The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain 4.15 avg rating — 393 ratings
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Customs in Common: Studies in Traditional Popular Culture
Customs in Common: Studies in Traditional Popular Culture 4.22 avg rating — 217 ratings
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The New World (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #2)
The New World (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,582 ratings
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Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth
Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth 4.12 avg rating — 3,426 ratings
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England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond 4.07 avg rating — 7,297 ratings
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Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration
Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration 3.98 avg rating — 756 ratings
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London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God
London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God 4.01 avg rating — 307 ratings
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The Isles: A History
The Isles: A History 3.98 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
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Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy
Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy 4.09 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
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Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men
Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men 4.10 avg rating — 171 ratings
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A Medieval Family: The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England
A Medieval Family: The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England 3.81 avg rating — 253 ratings
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The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family
The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family 3.91 avg rating — 13,805 ratings
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The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution 4.13 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
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Kings and Queens of England
Kings and Queens of England 3.97 avg rating — 1,989 ratings
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle 3.64 avg rating — 20,491 ratings
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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain
The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain 3.69 avg rating — 713 ratings
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Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England 4.18 avg rating — 2,690 ratings
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To Marry an English Lord or, How Anglomania Really Got Started
To Marry an English Lord or, How Anglomania Really Got Started 3.59 avg rating — 5,751 ratings
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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King 3.87 avg rating — 7,980 ratings
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Emma: The Twice-Crowned Queen: England in the Viking Age
Emma: The Twice-Crowned Queen: England in the Viking Age 3.23 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 3.87 avg rating — 1,814 ratings
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A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 4.08 avg rating — 4,227 ratings
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Shit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me!
Shit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me! 4.14 avg rating — 297 ratings
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The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI, 1895-1952
The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI, 1895-1952 4.15 avg rating — 529 ratings
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Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne 4.01 avg rating — 15,666 ratings
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George III: A Personal History
George III: A Personal History 3.84 avg rating — 386 ratings
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Blood on the Snow (The Soldier Chronicles, #3)
Blood on the Snow (The Soldier Chronicles, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837
Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 3.96 avg rating — 771 ratings
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The Struggle for Mastery: Britain, 1066-1284
The Struggle for Mastery: Britain, 1066-1284 3.83 avg rating — 263 ratings
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My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
by: John Guy
3.94 avg rating — 5,223 ratings
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