Books by Subject

We have an extensive collection of titles that aim to bring history to your fingertips. Our books cover a broad range of interests, from buildings and archaeology to sport and industry. You’ll also find the distinctive guidebooks for an in-depth look at some of English Heritage's greatest sites.

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Guidebook: Rushton Triangular Lodge

Rushton Triangular Lodge, one of the most extraordinary buildings in Britain, was built in the 1590s by Sir Thomas Tresham, an Elizabethan knight and landowner. Although fiercely loyal to the queen as...

£3.50

Guidebook: Lyddington Bede House

The surviving building was a wing of a medieval rural palace of the Bishops of Lincoln. The estate included fishponds and a deer park. In 1600 this building became an almshouse for 12 poor men, two wo...

£2.50

Guidebook: Portland Castle

Portland Castle was built by Henry VIII between 1539 and 1540 to protect an important anchorage known as the 'Portland Roads'. It was one of a series of coastal fortresses designed to protect ...

£3.50

Guidebook: Silchester Roman Town

Silchester in Hampshire is one of the best preserved Roman towns in Britain. It originated as Calleva, a centre of the Iron Age tribe of the Atrebates from the late 1st century BC. After the Roman con...

£4.00

Collins Nature Guides - Garden Birds

This new full-colour photographic guide includes over 100 birds commonly found in the gardens of Britain and Europe. Each bird is illustrated with its own colour photograph. Individual descriptions...

£4.99

Collins Nature Guides - Rocks and Minerals of Britain & Europe

This Collins Nature Guide includes 220 of the rocks, minerals and gemstones you are most likely to see in Britain and Europe, each described and illustrated. There is an ID fact file for each rock ...

£4.99

Collins Nature Guide Herbs and Healing Plants

This new photographic guide includes over 300 plants used in both conventional and homeopathic medicine. Each plant is shown in a colour photograph and its herbal uses or healing powers are explained....

£4.99

Collins Nature Guide - Trees of Britain and Europe

This new, full colour, photographic guide to over 300 species of tree found in Britain and Europe arranges trees by the shape of their leaves for easy identification. Each species is illustrated wi...

£4.99

Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe

This full colour photographic guide to over 350 species of wild flower found in Britain and Europe arranges flowers by colour for easy identification. Each species is illustrated with its own colour p...

£4.99

King Arthur

King Arthur’s name has echoed down the centuries, conjuring up rich images of mystery and power, chivalry and romance. But did he exist at all? There is no evidence to prove he reigned in the fi...

£6.00

Exploring the World of King Arthur

King Arthur, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin, the Holy Grail, Lancelot, and Guinevere—the names conjure up vibrant images of medieval Europe, of chivalry and of romance. But did Arthur really exist o...

£12.95