What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I'm looking for a history book for my dad for Christmas. He's into European history, particularly the middle ages and Renaissance. Previous hits have been a history of Europe as told by manuscripts and a history according to beet.

A few recos from a friend:
- The Devil's Broker: Seeking Gold, God, and Glory in Fourteenth- Century Italy by Frances Stonor Saunders
- Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century - which is set in 14th century France during the Hundred Years War.

If you think that he might like something a little "different" see if you can find any of Sabine Baring-Gould couple of hundred little monographs. The man was absolutely prolific and wrote on just about everything. Mostly things we would consider utter tripe, but for his time, he was a very interesting man. Or just see if you can find a book ABOUT him.

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (by him)

Sabine Baring-Gould: The Life and Work of a Complete Victorian (about him.)

Revelations of the Medieval World This is Vol. 2 of "A History of Private Life."

The Face Of Battle: A Study Of Agincourt, Waterloo And The Somme

The Making of the Middle Ages is a famous one, often assigned for college courses.

Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520

Not European history but one of the best history books I have read in years Ghost Empire he also has on on Icelandic Sagas that was good too Saga Land. He is Australian.

I also just thought of this one Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe

Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages