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The Russian Revolution: A New History by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $25.33$18.21At the turn of the century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10% annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 the country was in desperate financial straits and more than 20 million Russians had died. And by 1950, a third of the... -
The Glorious Guinness Girls: A story of the scandals and secrets of the famous society girls Emily Hourican 9781472274601
RRP: $21.43$15.35LOVE AFFAIRS, LIES, SCANDALS, SECRETS... Aileen. Maureen. Oonagh. The private lives of the Glorious Guinness Girls fascinated a nation. But privilege always has its price...Granddaughters of the first Earl of Iveagh, the three daughters of Ernest... -
Syria: A Recent History by John McHugo 9780863561603
RRP: $21.43$14.84Syria's descent into chaos since 2011 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, while more than nine million people have fled their homes. In this timely account, John McHugo charts the history of Syria from the First World War to the present and... -
A Brief History of Korea: Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People Michael J. Seth 9780804851022
RRP: $27.28$18.41Exploring Korean history from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the story of a people with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times-one isolated and secretive and the other among the world's... -
A Cornish Childhood: Autobiography of a Cornishman by Dr. Alfred Lestie Rowe 9781850221241
$18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850221241Author Dr. Alfred Lestie RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint TruranPublisher Truran -
England Under the Tudors G.R. Elton (Formerly University of Cambridge, UK) 9781138602748
RRP: $38.98$35.80'Anyone who writes about the Tudor century puts his head into a number of untamed lions' mouths.' G.R. Elton, PrefaceGeoffrey Elton (1921-1994) was one of the great historians of the Tudor period. England Under the Tudors is his major work and an... -
The Railways of Glasgow: Post-Beeching by Gordon D. Webster
RRP: $42.90$32.55The city of Glasgow, formerly one of the largest industrial centres in the world, was once responsible for building about one-quarter of the world's railway locomotives. This was complemented by a massive urban railway network: the second largest in the... -
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1995 and the Search for Peace by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: $33.13$24.32This history of Ireland, written by one of Ireland's most controversial journalists, studies the period from 1968 to the present day. Tim Coogan is also the author of The IRA and two biographies - Michael Collins and De Valera.About the AuthorTim Pat... -
The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation, 1800-2000 by Callum G. Brown
RRP: $74.08$65.09The Death of Christian Britain examines how the nation's dominant religious culture has been destroyed. Callum Brown challenges the generally held view that secularization was a long and gradual process dating from the industrial revolution. Instead, he... -
Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Jessica Cox
RRP: $48.75$36.70'An important, fascinating and frequently shocking read.' - BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, OtherCovering a fascinating period of population growth, high infant mortality and deep social inequality, rapid medical advances and pseudoscientific... -
LNER: The London and North Eastern Railway by Paul Atterbury
RRP: $15.58$11.49The London and North Eastern Railway, or LNER as it was familiarly known, was one of the Big Four companies that took control of Britain's railway network following the 'Grouping' in 1923. This network represented a challenging mixture of mainline and... -
Strange Ways to Die in History: The Heroic, Tragic and Funny by Ben Gazur 9781399045520
RRP: $42.90$30.46Death comes for us all in the end. But it does not always come in a way you might expect. Throughout history there have been people who have suffered extraordinary, unusual, and downright weird demises. In Strange Ways to Die in History you will find out... -
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror And Faith In 1605 by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: $29.23$19.60Remember, remember, the Fifth of November ... With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded... -
The Plantagenets: The Kings That Made Britain by Derek Wilson
RRP: $25.33$16.97England, 1154. As Henry II seizes the throne after years of turmoil, a new dynasty is poised to haul this hitherto turbulent nation out from the Dark Ages and transform it into the nation state we recognize today. Featuring some of England's greatest but... -
London Curiosities: The Capital's Odd & Obscure, Weird and Wonderful Places by John Wade 9781473879119
$26.93London is full of curiosities. Who knew that beneath the Albert Memorial lies an undercroft resembling a church crypt? Or that there are catacombs under Camden? Who would expect to find a lighthouse in East London, sphinxes in South London, dummy houses... -
In Sicily Norman Lewis 9781780600093
RRP: $25.33$16.97In Sicily is a loving take on an extraordinary island, based on Norman Lewis's sixty-yearlong fascination with all things Sicilian! Few places on earth have escaped the singular eye of Norman Lewis, but always, in the course of his long career, he has... -
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II by Paul Kennedy
$52.38A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II "When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling."-Ian W. Toll, New York Times "The book makes for enjoyable... -
Under Pressure: Living Life and Avoiding Death on a Nuclear Submarine by Richard Humphreys
RRP: $21.43$14.29'One of the finest memoirs published in recent years.' Dan Jones 'An utterly fascinating and wonderfully detailed insight into the hidden world of the modern submarine.' James Holland A candid, visceral, and incredibly... -
The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 by A. J. P. Taylor 9780198812708
RRP: $70.18$66.28The system of international repression ended with the fall of Metternich in 1848. The conflicting ideals of international revolution and collective security came into being with Lenin and Wilson in 1918. Nationalism, tempered by the Balance of Power,... -
Antarctica: Life on the Frozen Continent by Conor Kilgallon
RRP: $38.98$30.23On the southern-most tip of the Earth lies one of the world's biggest and most hostile landmasses. From the waters of the Southern Ocean to the ice-shelves, glaciers, volcanoes and mountains, Antarctica is one of the most mysterious yet intriguing... -
Meet Me in Bombay: All he needs is to find her. First, he must remember who she is. Jenny Ashcroft 9780751573220
RRP: $19.48$13.65'An epic love story full of exotic charm and rich historical detail . . . Meet Me In Bombay will sweep you away to another time and place.' Red Magazine'Powerful and evocative' Woman & HomeAll he needs is to find her. First he must remember who she is... -
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition by Ulysses S. Grant 9780674237858
RRP: $38.90$34.91"Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War."-Ron Chernow, author of Grant"Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else... Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a... -
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit
RRP: $42.90$26.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385521710Author Ari ShavitFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 209mm... -
The Little Book of Tyrone by Cathal Coyle 9780750987875
RRP: $25.33$19.25The Little Book of Tyrone is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about this much-loved county. Here you will find out about Tyrone's myth and legend, its proud sporting heritage, its castles and great houses and its... -
Batavia's Graveyard Mike Dash 9780753816844
RRP: $25.33$17.22When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a lifeboat to seek help, 250 of the survivors ended up on a... -
For the Sins of My Mother Marie Therese Rogers-Moloney 9781780730653
RRP: $23.40$21.37In rural Ireland in 1950, a respectable widow has an affair with a visiting stranger. To conceal her pregnancy, she travels to Belfast, where she gives birth to a baby girl called Marie Therese. She returns to her village life, leaving her daughter to... -
London Thames Path: updated edition by David Fathers
RRP: $23.38$16.03David Fathers presents a unique and richly illustrated guide to the London section of the Thames Path, newly updated to reflect the city's ever-changing landscape. The iconic path, which stretches from the lost floodplains of Richmond all the way to the... -
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin
RRP: $25.33$18.21'Perhaps the most readable history ever written' Time OutLords of the Horizons charts the Ottoman Empire's swirling epic history; dramatic - detailed and alive - a journey, and a world all in one.The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on... -
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life by Natalie Haynes
RRP: $21.43$15.35It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens,... -
The Trojan War by Barry Strauss
RRP: $25.33$18.21Did the Trojan War really happen?Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly translated Hittite texts reveal that Troy was a large, wealthy city allied with the Hittite Empire. Located at the strategic... -
Mr Jones: The Man Who Kew Too Much: The Life and Death of Gareth Jones by Martin Shipton
RRP: $38.98$32.80Murdered in Mongolia in 1935 on the orders of Stalin, the Welsh investigative journalist Gareth Jones is a national hero in Ukraine for reporting the truth about the Holodomor (the Soviet Union's politically-driven famine that killed millions) and is... -
An Uncommon Woman: The Life of Princess Vicky: Princess Vicky Hannah Pakula 9781842126233
RRP: $33.13$23.28The life of Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm.AN UNCOMMON WOMAN is an enthralling biography of Princess Vicky - the Empress Frederick of Germany, the eldest daughter of Queen... -
Access to History: The Middle East 1908-2011 Second Edition by Michael Scott-Baumann
$49.94Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
The Balkans 1940–41 (1): Mussolini's Fatal Blunder in the Greco-Italian War by Pier Paolo Battistelli
RRP: $31.18$22.64The first of two volumes on the Axis campaigns in the Balkans, exploring Mussolini's fateful decision to move against Greece in October 1940. The Greek President Metaxas rejected the Italian ultimatum with a famous 'Oxi' ('No'), and what followed was... -
William II (Penguin Monarchs): The Red King by John Gillingham
RRP: $13.63$10.34'To provide splendid settings for their displays of majesty, kings had great halls built, and none more so than Rufus' William II, or William Rufus, son and successor to William the Conqueror, is most famous for his death: killed by an arrow while out... -
Guide to Greece: Central Greece by Pausanias
RRP: $29.23$21.35Written in the second century AD by a Greek traveller for a predominantly Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece is an extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook. A study of buildings, traditions and myth, it describes with precision and... -
Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin
RRP: $37.03$27.32A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard'The second volume of what will surely rank as one of the greatest historical achievements of... -
Not In Your Lifetime: The Assassination of JFK Anthony Summers 9780755365425
RRP: $21.43$14.84'It might not be in your lifetime', said the Chief Justice of the United States when asked whether the files on the assassination of President Kennedy would be made public. If the President was killed by a lone gunman, as the first official enquiry... -
Japan’s Indian Ocean Raid 1942: The Allies' Lowest Ebb by Mark Stille 9781472854186
RRP: $33.13$23.95An detailed illustrated exploration of the Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942 - one of the largest operations conducted by the Imperial Navy during the war. In the wake of Japan's conquest of Burma in early 1942, plans were formed by... -
Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens
RRP: $23.38$16.89'When Dickens has described something you see it for the rest of your life' George OrwellIn 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year, and Pictures from Italy is an illuminating account of his...