BARTLETT, W. B.

New paperback edition - The amazing life of Richard I, King of England, known to history as Richard the Lionheart, after his reputation for bravery exhibited fighting the Saracens whilst crusading in the Holy Land.

A tale of scheming, power struggles, conflict and the birth of England as we know it today. W. B. Bartlett, author of Vikings, tells the story of Alfred the Great and his descendants, and reasserts their right to be regarded as one of historys great... Ler mais

Now in paperback - A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond.

The year 1066: a battlefield... Ler mais

In 878, Alfred, king of Wessex was on the verge of oblivion. Trapped on a small island in the Somerset Levels, it seemed as if he and his kingdom were about to be destroyed. Yet within months he had defeated the Viking invaders and started to... Ler mais

Harald Hardrada had a career that spanned much of the known world of the eleventh century. Here was a man who was born in Norway, was exiled to Russia, spent time as a mercenary leader in Constantinople, journeyed to Jerusalem and won military... Ler mais

Bartlett goes beyond Rorkes Drift to tell the largely forgotten story of how the Anglo-Zulu war was really won and lost. Ler mais

In recent times, globalisation has made the world more interdependent than ever before. W. B. Bartlett's masterly new history of the world narrates the great - and small - events that have shaped the planet on which we live. The great religions,... Ler mais

New B paperback edition of the first ever full biography of Englands Viking king and how he conquered England. Ler mais