British History before 1603

CAESAR'S INVASION OF BRITAIN

Peter Beresford Ellis
CAESAR'S INVASION OF BRITAIN
Ellis surveys the cultural achievements, religious practices, government, economy, and military organistation of the British Celts and tells of the campaign plans of Caesar and the preparations of the defenders of Britain. It shows how, by a combination of British tactical sense and good luck, the Romans were forced to abandon their invasion and leave Britain in peace for another centruy.
144 pages hardback (Orbis Publishing/BCA, 1978)
Condition: BCA edition with slightly faded top page edges; d/w good with faded spin; has owner's signature.

THE ANGLO-SAXONS

James Campbell (editor)
THE ANGLO-SAXONS
In this richly illustrated survey, three distinguished scholars present an authoritative introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England, a period of some 650 years, from the end of Roman rule to the Battle of Hatings in 1066. With 330 illustrations, 40 in colour.
272 pages, 289x220mm, hardback (Phaidon/BCA, 1982)
Condition: BCA edition in good condition with slightly worn d/w and owner's signature.

KING ARTHUR & THE HOLY GRAIL

Richard Cavendish
KING ARTHUR & THE HOLY GRAIL
The Arthurian Legends & Their Meaning
Cavendish examines the themes which, to the present day, have given the Arthurian and Grail,legends their compelling attraction: eroism, honour, the quest of the self and the conquest of death.
229 pages hardback (BCA/Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1978)
Condition: BCA edition with dust stained top page edges, faded d/w and owner's signature

ANNE BOLEYN

Hester W Chapman
ANNE BOLEYN
Against the rich background of the Tudor court, Chapman's book portrays the life of the most contaversial of Henry VIII's wives and includes a shrewd analysis of the great figures of the age - Wolsey, Norfolk, Cromwell, Katherine of Aragon and Henry and Anne themselves.
244 pages hardback (BCA/Jonathan Cape, 1974)
Condition: BCA edition with faded top page edges, small tear on top back cover of d/w, and owner's signature

WILLIAM CAXTON

Edmund Childs
WILLIAM CAXTON: A Portrait in a Background
Drawing on an extensive knowledge of the history of the turbulent and exciting times in which Caxton lived, Childs has been able to fill in many gaps in the existing record, as well as pointing to a number of hitherto unsupected connections between Caxton and the momentous events that were happening around him.
190 pages paperback (Northwood Publications, 1976)
Condition: has faded spine, slightly shelf-worn bottom page edges and owner's signature.

ENGLISH OVERSEAS TRADE 1500-1700

Ralph Davis
ENGLISH OVERSEAS TRADE 1500-1700: Studies in Economic History
64 pages paperback (Papermac, 1973)
Condition: has faded cover and pages with owner's signature

ARTHUR THE KING

Graeme Fife
ARTHUR THE KING
Fife traces the development of Arthurian literature from its emergence in the mist filled valleys of the Celtic heartlands of Britain to the banqueting halls of the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine. He argues that the rise of the romances was inextricably linked to the development of the Crusading movement.
199 pages paperback (BBC, 1990)
Condition: unread with faded spine and slight shelf solied page edges with owner's signature.

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE (4 vols)

John Richard Green
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE: 4 volumes
Hardback (Macmillan & Co, 1985)
Condition: 4 volume set in good condition with eight colour maps; has owner's signature.

AGINCOURT

Christopher Hibbert
AGINCOURT
Hardback(BCA/Batsford, 1978)
Condition: BCA edition with dust-stained top page edges and owner's signature

CRISPIN'S DAY

Rosemary Hawley Jarman
CRISPIN'S DAY: The Glory of Agincourt
Richly illustrated from contemporary sources, Jarman recreates the whole of that brief, foolhardy expedition mounted by a 28-year-old English king determined to regain the realm across the Channel he believed was his by right.
223 pages hardback (William Collins, 1979)
Condition: has slightly creased d/w (top edge) and owner's signature.

CRITICAL HISTORICAL ESSAYS vol 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay
CRITICAL HISTORICAL ESSAYS: volume 1
Hardback (J M Dent, 1926)
Condition: Everyman Library edition with binding beginning to break, library stamps and owner's signature

THE HIGH MDDLE AGES 1200-1550

Trevor Rowley
THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES 1200-1550: The Making of Britain
Starting in the late twelfth century, Rowley traces British history through the centuries using historical narrative and the physical remains still to be seen in today's landscape. He ends this period with the dissolution of the monasteries and the final victory of State over Church.
329 pages paperback (Paladin, 1988)
Condition: has owner's signature

THE NORMAN HERITAGE 1066-1200

Trevor Rowley
THE NORMAN HERITAGE 1066-1200: The Making of Britain
Traces the impact of the Norman Conquest upon the British scene, through both an historical narrative and an analysis of remains from the period.
286 pages paperback (Paladin, 1984)
Condition: has owner's signature

THE FLOWERING OF IRELAND

Katherine Scherman
THE FLOWERING OF IRELAND: Saints, Scholars & Kings

Hardback (Victor Gollancz, 1981)
Condition: has slightly dust-stained top page egdes and faded d/w; also has owner signature

BATTLES IN BRITAIN 1066-1547

William Seymour
BATTLES IN BRITAIN 1066-1547
Includes narrative accounts of the main battles, explanation of historical background, analysis of commanders plus a guide to battlefields with aerial photos, detailed battle plans and drawings of main weapons and armour plus contemporary illustrations.
232 pages hardback (Sidgwick & Jackson/BCA, 1975)
Condition: BCA edition in good condition with owner's signature.

ELIZABETH R

Roy Strong & Julia Trevelyan Oman
ELIZABETH R
Using words and pictures, the authors draw a picture of the life of Elizabeth I through her appearance, clothes, jewels and the decoration of her palaces.
79 pages hardback (BCA/Seckar & Warburg, 1972)
Condition: BCA edition with slight dust stains on top page edges and slightyl faded d/w and owner's signature.

THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD PICTURE

E M W Tillyard
THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD PICTURE
The Elizabethans took from the MIddle Ages a modified view of the universe which, Platonic and Biblical in origin, radically differed from our own. For them all creation was ranged in an unalterable order from the angels down to man - for whom the world existed - and hence to the beasts and plants.
By elucidating such fairly familiar but often mystifying concepts as the four elements, the celestial harmony or macrocosm and miscrocosm, the author has rendered plain, and not merely picturesque, a host of contemporary passages.
125 pages, paperback (Penguin, 1976)
Condition: has faded pages and owner's signature

FRANCIS DRAKE

Neville Williams
FRANCIS DRAKE
Williams charts Drake's rise to success, culmuinatiing in his extraordinary attacks on Cadiz and the campaign against Phillip II's Armada.
232 pages hardback (Weidenfeld & Nicholas/BCA, 1973)
Condition: BCA edition hardback with slightly faded pages edges and d/w with owner's signature.

THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY

Marion Yass
THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY
Large format illustrated hardback with 100+ contemporary prints, engravings and photos and 8 pages of colour. Traces the history of the English aristocracy from Norman times.
128 pages, 220x285mm hardback (Wayland, 1974)
Condition: has faded pages edges and slight tear to bottom inside corner of first 15 pages which were glued together. Good d/w and owner's signature. 2

BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH

Giles Milton

BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH

A pungent, amusing and accessible historical account of the first English settlement in the New World in the 16th century.

416 pages, paperback (Sceptre, 2001)

Condition: mint