 | The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Buy used from: £0.01 The first of the excellent Saxon Stories.
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 | The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.01 The beginning of one of the best interpretations of the Arthur legends. The Warlord Chronicles are realistic and gritty. A real page turner.
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 | Harlequin (The Grail Quest) by Bernard Cornwell
Buy used from: £0.01 Another compulsive read from Cornwell, this book begins the Grail Quest trilogy of books.
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![Sharpe's Tiger: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 [Sharpe 1]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QC3tlkmRL._SL75_.jpg) | Sharpe's Tiger: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 [Sharpe 1] by Bernard Cornwell
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01 B.C. made his name with the Sharpe books, read this, the first in the story arc and see why.
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 | Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.43 An epic tale of the battle of Thermopylae.
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 | The Gates of Rome (Emperor) by Conn Iggulden
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.01 The beginning to Iggulden's Emperor series. The books are thrilling and well written, if a little historically inaccurate in places.
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 | Viking 1: Odinn's Child: The heroes of the north live on: Odinn's Child No. 1 (Viking Trilogy) by Tim Severin
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.01 A captivating look at Viking society and pagan clashes with christianity. The first in a brilliant trilogy.
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 | Brethren (Brethren Trilogy 1) by Robyn Young
Buy used from: £0.31 A look at the Crusades though the eyes of a young Templar and a Muslim warlord. I just hope the rest of the books are this good.
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 | Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow
Buy used from: £0.01 The beginning of Scarrow's series featuring the Roman Legionaries Macro and Cato. The series is currently 7 books long and great.
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 | The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £8.06 What would happen if white supremacists went back in time to the American Civil War and supplied the Confederacy with AK-47s? A brilliant and involving novel.
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 | Pompeii by Robert Harris
Buy used from: £0.01 Back to the Romans with Harris's excellent Pompeii, complex and satisfying. Check out his latest book Imperium for more Roman goodness.
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 | Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow (Trojan War Trilogy): 1 by David Gemmell
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Gemmell has sadly passed away and will be much missed. Honour his memory by reading his last, excellent trilogy on ancient Troy.
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 | Dissolution (Shardlake) by C.J. Sansom
Buy used from: £0.01 Sansom's first Shardlake novel set at the time of the reformation of the church by King Henry VIII. A brilliant historical crime novel, check out the sequels, Dark Fire and Sovreign.
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 | Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 The opening book of the great Aubrey and Maturin epic series of books.
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 | Attila (Attila Trilogy 1) by William Napier
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 A great book on the young Attila the Hun. The modern bad language may seem incongruous but a good read non the less.
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 | The Death of the Red King by Paul Doherty
Buy new: £10.62 / Used from: £8.69 Who killed King William II "Rufus the Red King" of England? A well written and involving historical whodunnit.
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