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1	Three Musketeers more books like this by Alexandre Dumas add to wishlist The Three Musketeers (1844) is one of the most famous historical novels ever written. It is also one of the world's greatest historical adventure stories, and its heroes have become symbols for the spirit of youth, daring, and comradeship. The action takes place in the 1620s at the court of Louis XIII, where the musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £1.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Girl with a Pearl Earring more books like this by Tracy Chevalier add to wishlist A brilliant historical novel on the corruption of innocence, using the famous painting by Vermeer as an inspiration. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeeth century Holland, obtains her first job, as a servant in Vermeer's household. Tracy Chevalier shows us, through Griet's eyes, the complicated family, the society of the small ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £5.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague more books like this by Geraldine Brooks add to wishlist During the plague that decimated the population of England during the 17th century, the vicar of an isolated village tries desperately to save the townspeople from death. Narrated by his courageous young housemaid, whose own family members have become victims, YEAR OF WONDERS is a story of the heroism that can arise in extreme situations--and it's ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £4.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister more books like this by Gregory Maguire add to wishlist Beautifully plays on the beloved tale of Cinderella. In this remarkable version we are taken to Amsterdam, where two impoverished sisters and their widowed mother are taken in by a Flemish painter, and the startling events that follow. see all copies from £1.45! new only from £5.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War more books like this by Nathaniel Philbrick add to wishlist A New York Times Bestselling Author From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £7.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love more books like this by Dava Sobel add to wishlist Drawing from over 100 recently translated letters, this historical account chronicles the life of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei by examining his relationship with his eldest daughter, Virginia, a cloistered nun. This biography places their correspondence in historical context, detailing the religious and political climate of Galileo's ... see all copies from £3.15! new only from £6.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Peony in Love more books like this by Lisa See add to wishlist Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, See's novel beautifully explores the many manifestations of love and addresses the age-old desire of women to be heard. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £2.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Cyrano de Bergerac more books like this by Edmond Rostand add to wishlist Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome but tongue-tied Christian is also pining for ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £3.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Quicksilver more books like this by Neal Stephenson add to wishlist As extraordinary an achievement as Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson's new novel is set in the 17th century, in another world of secrets, codes and conflict. Having challenged Robert Harris in his previous book, Stephenson now sets his sights on Patrick O'Brien...Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thriller Cryptonomicon, ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £6.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	An Instance of the Fingerpost more books like this by Iain M Pears, M.D add to wishlist An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £5.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Moll Flanders more books like this by Daniel Defoe add to wishlist Moll Flanders recounts the story of her extraordinary life, from her birth in Newgate prison to her declining years in married prosperity. After being seduced in the home of her adoptive family she lives off her wits and her beauty, as a whore, 'five times a Wife', and a thief, and is eventually transported to Virginia for her crimes. Rich and ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £1.26! \| first editions
12 view cover	Forever Amber more books like this by Kathleen Winsor add to wishlist Abandoned on the teeming streets of London with no money, and soon to have a child, 16-year-old Amber St Clare manages, by her wits, beauty and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman can achieve in Restoration England - that of mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £11.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Norton Anthology of English Literature more books like this by Stephen Greenblatt (Editor), M H Abrams (Editor), Alfred David (Editor) add to wishlist A best-seller for more than forty years, this is the survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. With 274 authors, the Eighth Edition deepens its representation of essential works in all genres, ranging from Seamus Heaney's translation of "Beowulf" to global twentieth-century classics. Over 75 colour plates and ... see all copies from £5.66! new only from £10.68! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Heretic's Daughter more books like this by Kathleen Kent add to wishlist Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried, and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. This is the haunting story of Carrier's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by her daughter, Sarah. see all copies from £8.81! new only from £9.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Witch of Blackbird Pond more books like this by Elizabeth George Speare add to wishlist A high-spirited teenage girl rebels against the narrow-minded ways of Puritan Connecticut and befriends a lonely old woman who is subsequently accused of being a witch. "Strong plot, fully realized characters, and convincing atmosphere distinguish this historical narrative."--"Booklist." see all copies from £1.99! new only from £5.66! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane more books like this by Katherine Howe add to wishlist Written by an author completing a Ph.D. in New England Studies, and whose ancestors had been accused witches in Salem, "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" travels seamlessly between the trials in the 1690s and a modern woman's story of mystery and discovery. see all copies from £13.20! new only from £15.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Shakespeare: The World as Stage more books like this by Bill Bryson (Read by) add to wishlist In this new installment in the critically acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Bryson explores the life and work of Shakespeare in a typically Brysonian fashion. That is to say, he has crafted a travelogue of sorts, narrating his quest for the Bard. see all copies from £5.66! new only from £6.93! \| first editions
18 view cover	In the Company of the Courtesan more books like this by Sarah Dunant add to wishlist Set in Renaissance Italy, this follow-up to Dunant's "The Birth of Venus" recounts the fantastic escapades of Bucino Teodoldo, a wily dwarf, and his mistress, celebrated courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini, who escape to Venice where intrigue awaits. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £1.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Wordy Shipmates more books like this by Sarah Vowell add to wishlist From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Assassination Vacation" and "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities. see all copies from £11.50! new only from £12.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Birds of Prey more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist It is 1667 and Sir Francis Courteney and his son Henry "Hal" Courteney are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa. They have a letter from Charles II sanctioning them to hunt down and capture enemy ships "beyond the line". see all copies from £1.26! new only from £6.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Jubal Sackett more books like this by Louis L'Amour add to wishlist Jubal Sackett feared no man. With the aid and company of Itchakomi, a Natchez Princess, he blazed a trail through the American wilderness from the Appalacians to the Rockies. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £6.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle: the Great Siege of Vienna. Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks created an all-or-nothing scenario: every last ... see all copies from £13.76! new only from £14.61! \| first editions
23 view cover	Leviathan more books like this by Thomas Hobbes add to wishlist This is a critical edition of Hobbes's "Leviathan". Hobbes began writing "Leviathan" in Paris having fled there in 1640 as he saw the Civil War approaching. It was finished in early 1651 and sent to London to Hobbes's publisher, Andrew Crooke at the Green Dragon in St Paul's Churchyard. There are three editions all with the date 1651 and all three ... see all copies from £1.34! new only from £3.94! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America more books like this by Russell Shorto add to wishlist This history of early New York City conveys a strong sense of place as it covers the period when the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was a sprawling seaport, full of activity and promise. Russell Shorto offers illuminating portraits of two key players: Peter Stuyvesant, governor, and Adriaen van der Donck, a lawyer and historian whose nearly lost ... see all copies from £7.90! new only from £9.95!
25 view cover	Man in the Iron Mask more books like this by Alexandre Dumas add to wishlist The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas' celebrated foursome of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some thirty-five years on, the bonds of comradeship are under strain as they end up on different sides in a power struggle that may undermine the young Louis ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £1.50! \| signed copies \| first editions

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