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Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
by Guy Halsall

Ryan Lavelle praises a lively deconstruction of Arthurian legend and the myths surrounding post-Roman Britain

Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem  and the Modernisation  of the Monarchy
by Paul Thomas Murphy

Kate Williams on a look at the effects of attempts to assassinate Victoria

 
Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
by Guy Halsall

Ryan Lavelle praises a lively deconstruction of Arthurian legend and the myths surrounding post-Roman Britain

 
Macaulay and Son: Architects of Imperial Britain
by Catherine Hall

John MacKenzie on a biography exploring the lives of two members of the same Scottish family - and how they shaped the British empire

William: King and Conqueror
by Mark Hagger

Marc Morris looks at an insightful but uneven biography of a monarch who remains contentious in the popular imagination

Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest
by Susan Brigden

George Bernard considers an emotive attempt to understand the trials and tribulations faced by a poet in the court of Henry VIII

A History of England, Volume II: The Tudors
by Peter Ackroyd

Susan Doran looks at the second part of a sweeping history of England, focusing on how four monarchs shaped the lives of the nation's people

Britain Begins
by Barry Cunliffe

Miles Russell on an authoritative account of the origins of Britain and Ireland, from 10,000 BC to the Norman Conquest

The Pinecone
by Jenny Uglow

Jane Garnett on a biography of a 19th-century artist, poet and architect

The Late Medieval English Church
by George W Bernard

Martin Heale applauds an engaging look at the strengths and weaknesses of the English church in the years before the Reformation