 | Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland by G.W.S. Barrow
Buy new: £22.79 / Used from: £5.72 By far the best work on the subject and a universal exemplar of scholarly excellence
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 | The Edinburgh History of Scotland: The Later Middle Ages v. 2 (The Edinburgh History of Scotland) by Ranald Nicholson
Quite brilliant; manages to blend balanced and authoritative analysis with a vast yet genuinly readable narrative
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 | Europe: A History by Norman Davies
Buy new: £13.29 / Used from: £8.25 Only one word will suffice; breathtaking. This enormous volume oozes intelligence and learning, yet is never dull or boring
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 | Scotland: A New History by Michael Lynch
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £3.39 The best single volume history of Scotland available, this is the essential starting point in any quest to understand the nation
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 | The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £2.76 This book handles a mammoth subject with classy even-handedness, avoiding both pointless empire-bashing and sanctimonious self-congratulation
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 | Dictionary of British History (Wordsworth Reference)
Buy used from: £0.01 An extremely handy reference work which lays out the main themes of British history in a clear and concise manner. Perfect for those who suffer from perpetual curiosity
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 | Byzantium: The Early Centuries v. 1 by John Julius Norwich
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £4.50 By no means academic or exhaustive, this is a book which sets out with the sole intention of telling an exciting story as accuarately as possible. And there's nothing wrong with that
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 | The Penguin History of Medieval Europe (Penguin History) by Maurice Keen
Buy new: £4.06 / Used from: £2.18 For those whose knowledge of the subject is limited, this work is both exciting and illuminating. Hurrah!
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 | Cold War: For 45 Years the World Held Its Breath by Jeremy Isaacs
Buy used from: £5.45 Beautifully written and presented, this book manages to maintain the reader's interest through a political quagmire that could so easily be renered unintelligable
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