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1.		1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance from HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Price: £10.63 Customer Review: Garbage. That's what this is. Garbage. It's bad enough that the fore-runner to this book was swallowed hook, line, and sinker by the gullible thousands; but for a sequel, even more outlandish in its thesis, to receive a similar welcome is a poor reflection on the intelligence of the average... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Exploring History 1400-1900: An Anthology of Primary Sources from Manchester University Press Price: £14.24	Click here for more information

3.		God's War: A New History of the Crusades from Penguin Price: £9.09 Customer Review: Big book, but does not seem to say a lot. I found it boring in the extreme without any real depth. A disappointment as I had expected more information and background on the characters involved. Instead, God's War seems to be more about the politics of the church,than the people who actually lived... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 from Faber and Faber Price: £5.99 Customer Review: An excellent read. Think of the sieges in LOTR's the twin towers and return of the king rolled into one, but this actually happened!. This is one of the most exciting, enthralling and entertaining histories I've ever read. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, buy it and be amazed.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		The She-apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa De Carvajal from OUP Oxford Price: £11.89 Customer Review: The She-Apostle is a fascinating book, about a fascinating character, who is arguably one of the lesser known figures of conventional history. Her remarkable story is beautifully conveyed by Redworth's distinctive style of writing which is skillful and detailed, yet easy to follow and engaging.... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		The Travels of Ibn Battutah from Picador Price: £6.99 Customer Review: Ibn Battuta was a medieval traveller from modern day Morocco. He was a Qadi (judge) who travelled, lived and worked in large swathes of the ancient world ranging from China, India, Ceylon, Sub Saharan Africa, and the Middle East! A feat one wonders if ever has been repeated. The book is an... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Saqi Essentials) from Saqi Books Price: £10.49 Customer Review: As the title clearly indicates, this book is an attempt to depict the experience of the crusades through Arab eyes; in my opinion, it succeeded. Until I read this title, my two favourite works concerning the crusades were 'The first crusade' by Thomas Asbridge and 'The sword and the scimitar'... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History from Penguin Price: £6.74 Customer Review: If you are a fan of history and have not yet discovered this wonderful series of atlases, you are in for a real treat. I have to agree with the reviewer below, that taken as a whole this volume might be one of the greatest history books ever published. It's hard to imagine someone with an... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Decline and Fall: Byzantium at War (Field of Glory) from Osprey Price: £12.99	Click here for more information

10.		William Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147-1219 from Longman Price: £16.09 Customer Review: I am not an academic, but I work in the field of Medieval history in my job and I know the period well. I have read all three biographies of William Marshal i.e. the Crouch, the Painter and the Duby. I have also read the Anglo Norman Text Society's translation of the Histoire de Guillaume le... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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