 | Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
Buy used from: £0.01 Very possibly the best book on the planet. Forget Tolkein & enter the world of Ash. Lose days in this book. Truly superb
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 | 1610: A Sundial In A Grave (Gollancz S.F.) by Mary Gentle
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 A sheer swashbuckling delight! MG's imagination is boundless & her writing spellbinding.
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 | The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman
Buy new: £10.46 / Used from: £0.01 The definitive Richard III novel. Superbly written with fantastic characterisation. If time travel is possible then SP grew up with Richard III
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 | When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Penman
Buy new: £10.47 / Used from: £0.76 Poor King Stephen! Why did he want the crown? He'd have been so much happier without it. Read this and you'll know Stephen et al inside out.
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 | Maia by Adams Richard
Buy used from: £1.66 I was so gutted this book had finished that I started it again immeditately. Full of debauchery (maybe RA had been thinking of his rabbits a bit too much). Fall in love with the main character.
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 | Aztec by Gary Jennings
Buy used from: £1.66 Blood, guts & perverted sex. Meticulous research of the Aztecs & captivating writing
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 | Journeyer, The by Gary Jennings
Buy used from: £6.57 Read this book or die unfulfilled. A rollercoaster ride across medieval Asia
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 | Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
Buy used from: £11.89 A unique terrifying vision of a post-apocalyptic world. Can a magical girl called Swan save the planet? What the hell is trying to stop her? Amazing!
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| Court of the Lion by Eleanor Cooney
Buy used from: £0.01 It's a crime that this book is out of print. Read and live in ancient China for days. Spellbinding & violent in places
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 | Vatican by Malachi Martin
Buy used from: £0.01 Ever wanted to know what really goes on behind closed doors? A fictional account by someone who knows. Fascinating and grips like the best of thrillers.
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 | The Witching Hour: Lives of the Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.12 Totally bloody bewitching! I now believe in witches and the writing and plot is spellbinding.
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 | Shogun (Hodder Great Reads) by James Clavell
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.27 JC gets under the skin of the Japanese in this outstanding read with countless plots & subplots all flawlessly intertwined. Read this now!
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 | Noble House (The Asian saga) by James Clavell
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.64 JC's ultimate plot twister. Read Tai-pan first though for full enjoyment. The very best writer of this ilk.
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 | The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 The best book on good(?) King Henry you'll ever read. Faultless
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 | The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.01 Gives you more insight into the person of Cleopatra than a thousand academic books. Impossibly good.
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 | I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
Buy used from: £0.14 Beautifully written. The only book on Bess you'll ever need.
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 | Shanghai (China Coast Trilogy 1) by Christopher New
Buy used from: £3.75 Running out of adjectives. Just read this - it's brilliant!
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 | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £0.01 Dive in and you'll only come up for air when you pass out.
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 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 Totally compelling and immensely satisfying. Cleverly witty & fiendishly imaginative. Truly magical.
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 | Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 His first and still his very best. The section where Stonehenge is built is brilliant!
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 | The Quincunx: The Inheritance of John Huffam by Charles Palliser
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £4.30 Nicely written with compelling characters and one helluva twisting plot. Very enjoyable.
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 | The Queen of Bedlam by Robert R. McCammon
Buy new: £8.70 / Used from: £2.92 Wonderfully entertaining with brilliant characters. A great plot too.
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 | Lords of the White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.76 Gives Sharon Penman a run for her money. Much, much more than a romance story.
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