Skip to
Main content
Keyboard shortcuts
Search
ALT
+
/
Basket
shift
+
ALT
+
C
Home
shift
+
ALT
+
H
Orders
shift
+
ALT
+
O
Show/Hide shortcuts
shift
+
ALT
+
Z
To move between items, use your keyboard's up or down arrows.
.co.uk
Delivering to London W1D 7
Update location
British Historical Biographies
Select the department you want to search in
British Historical Biographies
All Departments
Alexa Skills
Amazon Devices
Amazon Fresh
Amazon Global Store
Amazon Resale
Apps & Games
Audible Audiobooks
Baby
Beauty
Books
Car & Motorbike
CDs & Vinyl
Classical Music
Co-op
Computers & Accessories
Deals
Digital Music
DIY & Tools
DVD & Blu-ray
Electronics & Photo
Fashion
Women's Clothing, Shoes and Jewellery
Men's Clothing, Shoes and Jewellery
Girl's Clothing, Shoes and Jewellery
Boy's Clothing, Shoes and Jewellery
Baby Clothing, Shoes & Jewellery
Garden & Outdoors
Gift Cards
Grocery
Handmade
Health & Personal Care
Home & Business Services
Home & Kitchen
Iceland
Industrial & Scientific
Kindle Store
Large Appliances
Lighting
Luggage and travel gear
Luxury Stores
Morrisons
Musical Instruments & DJ Equipment
PC & Video Games
Pet Supplies
Premium Beauty
Prime Video
Software
Sports & Outdoors
Stationery & Office Supplies
Subscribe & Save
Toys & Games
Search Amazon.co.uk
Hello, sign in
Account & Lists
Returns
& Orders
Basket
All
Best Sellers
New Releases
Amazon Basics
Today's Deals
Prime
Prime Video
Music
Books
Gift Cards & Top Up
Home & Garden
Electronics
Toys & Games
Fashion
Beauty
Pet Supplies
PC
PC & Video Games
Health & Personal Care
Subscribe & Save
Grocery
Car & Motorbike
Baby
Shopper Toolkit
Sell on Amazon
Gift Ideas
Audible
Sports & Outdoors
Custom Products
Free Delivery
Amazon Essentials
Books
Advanced Search
Best Sellers & more
Top New Releases
Deals in Books
School Books
Textbooks
Books Outlet
Children's Books
Calendars & Diaries
Audible Audiobooks
Amazon Editors' Choice
British Historical Biographies Books
Browse Books
Popular in Books
Summer Reads 2024
Best Books of 2024
Top New Releases
Amazon Charts
Best Sellers
School Books
Amazon Editors' Choice
Books Deals
All Deals in Books
Books Outlet
10% off for Prime Student members
More in Books
Audiobooks
Textbooks
Kindle Books
All Kindle Books
Kindle Deals
Kindle Unlimited
Free Kindle Reading Apps
Kindle Newsstand
Prime Reading
Popular Brands
Harry Potter
Joe Wicks
Danielle Steel
Department
Books
Biography
Historical
Britain
Early British to Anglo-Saxon: BCE-1000 AD
Norman to Medieval: 1001-1500
Tudors & Stuarts: 1501-1700
Georgian to Victorian: 1701-1900
1901 Onwards
Military
British Royalty
Social & Urban History
Amazon Prime
Prime Eligible
Eligible for free delivery
Free UK Delivery by Amazon
Free UK Delivery by Amazon
FREE Delivery on orders over £10 for books or over £35 for other categories shipped by Amazon
Delivery Day
Get It Tomorrow
Get It Tomorrow
Customer Reviews
4 Stars & Up
& Up
Any Price
Up to £5
£5 to £10
£10 to £20
£20 to £50
£50 & above
Deals & Discounts
All Discounts
Today's Deals
Condition
New
Used
Kindle Unlimited
Kindle Unlimited Eligible
Kindle Unlimited Eligible
Format
Hardcover
Paperback
Audiobooks
Kindle Books
Language
Dutch
Dutch
English
English
French
French
German
German
Greek
Greek
Italian
Italian
Latin
Latin
Polish
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese
Russian
Russian
Spanish
Spanish
Welsh
Welsh
New Arrivals
Last 30 days
Last 90 days
Next 90 days
Author
Raynor Winn
Raynor Winn
Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson
Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold
Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart
Tom Holland
Tom Holland
Book Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Penguin Modern Classics
Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford World's Classics
Oxford World's Classics
Penguin Monarchs
Penguin Monarchs
Canons
Canons
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics
See product details
Customers also bought
Top rated
See more
Quick look
£18.09
£
18
.
09
£25.00
Get In: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
4.0 out of 5 stars
16
Quick look
£10.99
£
10
.
99
£12.99
Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment
4.6 out of 5 stars
2,112
Quick look
£14.99
£
14
.
99
£20.00
A Mother's Promise: My true story of surviving Auschwitz and the horrors of the Holocaust, the Sunday Times bestseller
4.8 out of 5 stars
66
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland: The Internationally Bestselling True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland
4.6 out of 5 stars
15,961
Quick look
£15.00
£
15
.
00
£30.00
Unleashed: The No.1 Sunday Times Bestselling ‘Political Memoir of the Century'
4.5 out of 5 stars
834
Quick look
£8.99
£
8
.
99
£10.99
Killing Thatcher: The Sunday Times bestselling true story of the IRA assassination attempt on Thatcher,perfect for history and politics fans
4.7 out of 5 stars
2,012
Quick look
£17.50
£
17
.
50
£35.00
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
4.6 out of 5 stars
101
Quick look
£9.88
£
9
.
88
£10.99
The Wild Silence: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author of The Salt Path (Raynor Winn, 2)
4.5 out of 5 stars
8,295
Quick look
£12.50
£
12
.
50
£25.00
Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power, from the bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance
4.5 out of 5 stars
1,205
Quick look
£18.00
£
18
.
00
£25.00
Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King
4.7 out of 5 stars
601
Quick look
£15.00
£
15
.
00
£30.00
Out: New book from Sunday Times Bestselling author Tim Shipman - How Brexit Got Done - & Four Prime Ministers Were Undone: Uncover the truth about politics in the Johnson years
4.9 out of 5 stars
56
Quick look
£11.00
£
11
.
00
£22.00
SAS Daggers Drawn: In For the Kill: The Mavericks Who Made the SAS
4.8 out of 5 stars
195
See product details
Customers also bought
Most gifted
See more
Quick look
£6.00
£
6
.
00
£10.99
Unruly: The Number One Bestseller ‘Horrible Histories for grownups’ The Times
4.3 out of 5 stars
4,889
Quick look
£5.50
£
5
.
50
£10.99
Politics On the Edge: The must-read #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics
4.5 out of 5 stars
4,376
Quick look
£12.50
£
12
.
50
£25.00
A Voyage Around the Queen: The new Sunday Times bestselling biography of Queen Elizabeth II, from the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize
4.2 out of 5 stars
359
Quick look
£17.00
£
17
.
00
£22.00
Politics On the Edge: The must-read #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics
4.5 out of 5 stars
4,376
Quick look
£6.00
£
6
.
00
£10.99
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
4.5 out of 5 stars
1,952
Quick look
£12.50
£
12
.
50
£25.00
Operation Biting: OPERATION BITING: The Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Military History of the 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar
4.4 out of 5 stars
310
Quick look
£11.96
£
11
.
96
£25.00
Normal Women: The Sunday Times Bestseller – 900 Years of Women Making History
4.4 out of 5 stars
649
Quick look
£11.00
£
11
.
00
£22.00
Eighteen: The Sunday Times Bestseller: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives
4.3 out of 5 stars
189
Quick look
£14.95
£
14
.
95
£20.00
Failed State: The Sunday Times bestselling investigation of why Britain is struggling
4.4 out of 5 stars
621
Quick look
£9.65
£
9
.
65
£12.99
The Man Who Never Was: The Remarkable Story of Operation Mincemeat (Now the subject of a major new film starring Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu)
4.6 out of 5 stars
438
Quick look
£11.00
£
11
.
00
£22.00
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
4.5 out of 5 stars
1,952
Quick look
£9.65
£
9
.
65
£12.99
A 1950s Childhood Special Edition: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping
4.7 out of 5 stars
201
See product details
Customers also bought
Hot new releases
See more
Quick look
£18.09
£
18
.
09
£25.00
Ungovernable: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip
Quick look
£19.98
£
19
.
98
£25.00
Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart
Quick look
£16.39
£
16
.
39
£20.00
Yes, Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants
Quick look
£12.99
£
12
.
99
£25.00
Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart
Quick look
£31.78
£
31
.
78
£35.00
Christopher Hill: The Life of a Radical Historian
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
A Mother's Promise: My true story of surviving Auschwitz and the horrors of the Holocaust, the Sunday Times bestseller
4.8 out of 5 stars
66
Quick look
£10.11
£
10
.
11
£10.99
Failed State: The Sunday Times bestselling investigation of why Britain is struggling
4.4 out of 5 stars
621
Quick look
£10.99
£
10
.
99
A Cruel Love: The shocking true story of Ruth Ellis behind the ITV drama
Quick look
£17.59
£
17
.
59
£20.00
Waking the Giant: Inside the Rebirth of Aston Villa
Quick look
£11.99
£
11
.
99
£25.00
Jane Austen's Bookshelf: The women writers who shaped a legend
5.0 out of 5 stars
1
Quick look
£10.99
£
10
.
99
A Very Private School: The #1 Sunday Times Bestselling Memoir
4.5 out of 5 stars
1,438
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
£16.99
Thou Savage Woman: The gripping new true crime history book of female killers in early modern Britain
3.5 out of 5 stars
5
See product details
Customers also bought
Best sellers
See more
Quick look
£18.09
£
18
.
09
£25.00
Ungovernable: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip
Quick look
£6.00
£
6
.
00
£10.99
Unruly: The Number One Bestseller ‘Horrible Histories for grownups’ The Times
4.3 out of 5 stars
4,889
Quick look
£4.99
£
4
.
99
£12.99
Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes)
4.6 out of 5 stars
2,112
Quick look
£18.09
£
18
.
09
£25.00
Get In: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
4.0 out of 5 stars
16
Quick look
£10.99
£
10
.
99
£12.99
Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment
4.6 out of 5 stars
2,112
Quick look
£5.50
£
5
.
50
£10.99
Politics On the Edge: The must-read #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics
4.5 out of 5 stars
4,376
Quick look
£19.98
£
19
.
98
£25.00
Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart
Quick look
£5.99
£
5
.
99
£10.99
The Wild Silence: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author of The Salt Path
4.5 out of 5 stars
8,295
Quick look
£2.99
£
2
.
99
£10.99
The White Ship: The gripping Sunday Times bestselling book about the Anarchy in medieval England (Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream)
4.4 out of 5 stars
4,412
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland: The Internationally Bestselling True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland
4.6 out of 5 stars
15,961
Quick look
£0.99
£
0
.
99
£10.99
Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life
4.1 out of 5 stars
1,159
Quick look
£15.00
£
15
.
00
£30.00
Unleashed: The No.1 Sunday Times Bestselling ‘Political Memoir of the Century'
4.5 out of 5 stars
834
See product details
Customers also bought
Up to £5
See more
Quick look
£4.99
£
4
.
99
£12.99
Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes)
4.6 out of 5 stars
2,112
Quick look
£5.50
£
5
.
50
£10.99
Normal Women: The Sunday Times Bestseller – 900 Years of Women Making History
4.4 out of 5 stars
649
Quick look
£3.95
£
3
.
95
If This Is a Man / The Truce
4.7 out of 5 stars
2,412
Quick look
£4.99
£
4
.
99
£10.99
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
4.6 out of 5 stars
10,396
Quick look
£8.99
£
8
.
99
£10.99
The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast
4.3 out of 5 stars
354
Quick look
£3.99
£
3
.
99
£10.99
Killing Thatcher: The Sunday Times bestselling true story of the IRA assassination attempt on Thatcher,perfect for history and politics fans
4.7 out of 5 stars
2,012
Quick look
£0.99
£
0
.
99
£10.99
Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life
4.1 out of 5 stars
1,159
Quick look
£5.50
£
5
.
50
£10.99
SAS Brothers in Arms: The Mavericks Who Made the SAS: The First in the Blair 'Paddy' Mayne Trilogy
4.8 out of 5 stars
433
Quick look
£5.98
£
5
.
98
£6.50
GCSE History Edexcel Topic Revision Guide - Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939: for the 2025 and 2026 exams (CGP Edexcel GCSE History)
4.8 out of 5 stars
360
Quick look
£7.45
£
7
.
45
£10.99
SAS Great Escapes
4.6 out of 5 stars
811
Quick look
£4.99
£
4
.
99
£10.99
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller
4.7 out of 5 stars
9,732
Quick look
£11.45
£
11
.
45
£12.99
The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England
4.5 out of 5 stars
6,555
See product details
Customers also bought
Most wished for
See more
Quick look
£13.99
£
13
.
99
£16.99
Thou Savage Woman: The gripping new true crime history book of female killers in early modern Britain
3.5 out of 5 stars
5
Quick look
£19.97
£
19
.
97
£25.00
The Mercian Chronicles: King Offa and the Birth of the Anglo-Saxon State, AD 630–918 (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
£20.00
A Mother's Promise: My true story of surviving Auschwitz and the horrors of the Holocaust, the Sunday Times bestseller
4.8 out of 5 stars
66
Quick look
£15.00
£
15
.
00
£30.00
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
4.4 out of 5 stars
70
Quick look
£23.28
£
23
.
28
£30.00
Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in the English Civil War
5.0 out of 5 stars
1
Quick look
£5.99
£
5
.
99
£10.99
Politics On the Edge: The must-read #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics
4.5 out of 5 stars
4,376
Quick look
£15.29
£
15
.
29
£19.99
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815
4.5 out of 5 stars
101
Quick look
£19.65
£
19
.
65
£25.00
Story of a Murder: A gripping, historical true crime tale from the bestselling author of The Five: The Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Quick look
£11.00
£
11
.
00
£22.00
Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
4.2 out of 5 stars
42
Quick look
£5.99
£
5
.
99
£10.99
The Wild Silence: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author of The Salt Path
4.5 out of 5 stars
8,295
Quick look
£4.99
£
4
.
99
£10.99
Normal Women: The Sunday Times Bestseller – 900 Years of Women Making History
4.4 out of 5 stars
649
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
£10.99
The Restless Republic: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022
4.5 out of 5 stars
655
See Similar
1-12 of over 30,000 results for
Britain
See all results
Back to top
Get to Know Us
Careers
About Us
UK Modern Slavery Statement
Sustainability
Amazon Science
Make Money with Us
Sell on Amazon
Sell on Amazon Business
Sell on Amazon Handmade
Sell on Amazon Launchpad
Supply to Amazon
Protect and build your brand
Associates Programme
Fulfilment by Amazon
Seller Fulfilled Prime
Advertise Your Products
Independently Publish with Us
Amazon Pay
Host an Amazon Hub
›
See More Make Money with Us
Amazon Payment Methods
Barclays Instalments
The Amazon Barclaycard
Gift Cards
Amazon Currency Converter
Payment Methods Help
Shop with Points
Top Up Your Account
Top Up Your Account in Store
Let Us Help You
COVID-19 and Amazon
Track Packages or View Orders
Delivery Rates & Policies
Amazon Prime
Returns & Replacements
Recycling
Manage Your Content and Devices
Recalls and Product Safety Alerts
Amazon Mobile App
Customer Service
Accessibility
Gift List
Report illegal content
£
GBP - Pounds
United Kingdom
Amazon Music
Stream millions
of songs
AbeBooks
Books, art
& collectables
ACX
Audiobook Publishing
Made Easy
Veeqo
Shipping Software
Inventory Management
Amazon Web Services
Scalable Cloud
Computing Services
Audible
Download Audiobooks
Goodreads
Book reviews
& recommendations
Amazon Home Services
Experienced pros
Happiness Guarantee
IMDb
Movies, TV
& Celebrities
Kindle Direct Publishing
Indie Digital & Print Publishing
Made Easy
Shopbop
Designer
Fashion Brands
Amazon Resale
Great Deals on
Quality Used Products
Amazon Business
Service for
business customers
Conditions of Use & Sale
Privacy Notice
Cookies Notice
Interest-Based Ads Notice
© 1996-2025, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates