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Gentry: Six Hundred Years of a Peculiarly English Class by Adam Nicolson
RRP: $16.76$10.94Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his... -
Jacob's Ladder by Michael Ashcroft 9781785904875
RRP: $25.80$19.20Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of the most prominent and controversial figures in contemporary British politics. He is a man who divides opinion in his own party, in Parliament and across the country. An arch-Brexiteer with significant business interests and... -
Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach
RRP: $19.34$12.64Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the twenty who were executed and the five who... -
The Love Child by Edith Olivier 9780712353649
RRP: $12.89$8.77'She had saved her. But at what a cost! Her position, her name, her character - she had given them all, but Clarissa was hers.' Upon the death of her mother, Agatha Bodenham finds herself alone for the first time in her life. Solitary and socially... -
The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy by Stein Ringen 9781474625197
RRP: $32.25$18.91In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture. Scandinavian history has been one of dramatic discontinuities of... -
A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth
RRP: $14.18$10.02THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A TIPPLE . . . OR TWO . . . OR TEN! Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. Tracing... -
I Can Hear the Cuckoo: Life in the Wilds of Wales by Kiran Sidhu
RRP: $21.92$14.89'A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life.' - Nigel WarburtonFrom the BAFTA award-winning writer of The New Yorker short film, Heart ValleyKiran Sidhu never thought she could leave London, but when her mother passes... -
The Road Past Mandalay by John Masters
RRP: $12.89$8.77The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world warThis is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to... -
The Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World by Chris McNab
RRP: $25.80$22.48The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens - and enemies - of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed... -
The Face Of War by Martha Gellhorn 9781862071506
RRP: $14.18$9.44Martha Gellhorn was one of the twentieth century's greatest war correspondents. The Face of War is a selection of her reports, on the conflicts in Spain, Finland, China and World War II, with later reports on Vietnam, Israel and Central America.Reports... -
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski 9780007123742
RRP: $25.79$17.20Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in... -
Common Entrance 13+ History Exam Practice Questions and Answers by Bob Pace
RRP: $25.79$23.45Exam board: ISEB Level: 13+ CE and KS3 Subject: History First exams: November 2022Hone exam technique and boost confidence for the ISEB CE 13+ History exam with this ISEB-endorsed, essential exam practice book.* Practise for all areas of study in... -
The Olympics' Strangest Moments: Over A Century of the Modern Olympics by Geoff Tibballs
RRP: $11.61$8.33The Olympics' Strangest Moments recounts the bizarre, controversial, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to the return of the games to their birthplace in Athens in 2004. The Olympics' Strangest Moments recounts the... -
Christmas at Highclere: Recipes and traditions from the real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon
RRP: $38.70$28.32Highclere Castle, known as 'the real Downton Abbey' bustles with activity at the best of times, but it is never more alive than at Christmas.Christmas at Highclere is a look behind the scenes at the routines and rituals that make the castle the most... -
Gay Life Stories by Robert Aldrich
RRP: $16.76$10.49A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time whose lives have influenced society at large, as well as what we recognize as today's varied gay culture. This book gives a voice to more than eighty people from every major continent and from... -
Ten Girls Who Used Their Talents by Irene Howat
RRP: $7.73$7.55These ten girls all believed that God had given them given them special gifts, and they all put those talents to use. Helen used her skills as a doctor to bring the truth about Jesus to Africa; Maureen drove a bus and shared food with homeless... -
Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and his Band of Brothers by Jared Frederick
RRP: $25.80$23.68Fans of Stephen E. Ambrose's Band of Brothers will be drawn to this complex portrait of the controversial Ronald Speirs, an iconic commander of Easy Company during World War II, whose ferocious courage in three foreign conflicts was matched by his... -
Tempest: Hawker's Outstanding Piston-engined Fighter by Tony Butler
RRP: $28.32$20.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414154Author Tony ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)... -
A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered by Kamal S. Salibi
RRP: $30.95$25.36The Lebanese have always lacked a common vision of their past. From the beginning Muslims and Christians have disagreed fundamentally over their country's historical legitimacy: Christians on the whole have affirmed it, Muslims have tended to emphasize... -
The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel 9780241304372
RRP: $51.60$35.54The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge. But we generally think much less about the countless men... -
OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 2: Rome by Paul Fowler
RRP: $19.34$17.98This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory longer Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Longer Period... -
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: $27.08$19.27In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm.Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century, and discover a... -
Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America by Rebekah Koffler
RRP: $16.76$10.55With a new introduction about the crisis in Ukraine.Putin's Playbook is urgently essential reading. A former U.S. intelligence specialist who was born and raised in the Soviet Union explains what Vladimir Putin wants and how he plans to get it. Russia's... -
Young Men and Fire: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition by Norman Maclean
RRP: $23.22$20.38When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs through It to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, "It has trees in it." Forty years later, the title novella is widely recognized as one of... -
The Victorians: A Very Short Introduction by Professor Martin Hewitt 9780198736813
RRP: $11.60$8.32Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Contemporary Britain is still in large part Victorian in... -
Made in Belfast by Vivienne Pollock
RRP: $16.76$12.41In 1900 Belfast had the world's biggest linen factories and its largest ropeworks. Its shipbuilding industry produced more tonnage than any other city's (Titanic and Olympic were both built here). But Belfast was also home to cycle-makers, printers,... -
Lost Ireland (Lost) by Orla Fitzpatrick
RRP: $23.21$16.89Pavilion's 20-title Lost series crosses the Atlantic to chronicle some of the precious losses from across the island of Ireland. Pavilion Books' Lost series traditionally looks at the cherished places of a city that time, progress and fashion... -
The Serpent Sword by Matthew Harffy
RRP: $12.89$9.17'HISTORICAL FICTION DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS' ANGUS DONALD AD 633 Beobrand is a young man with a shadowy past. As an outsider in the kingdom of Bernicia, he is compelled to join his brother, Octa, as a warrior in the household of King... -
Access to History: China 1839-1997 by Michael Lynch
$33.04Exam 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 Affairs of Ashmore Castle by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
RRP: $12.89$8.77The second novel in the Ashmore Castle series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novelsBehind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . . England, 1903... -
Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
RRP: $12.89$9.17The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was born in Lyon. His first two books, SOUTHERN MAIL and NIGHT FLIGHT, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including WIND, SAND... -
Scotland: A Concise History by Fitzroy Maclean
RRP: $14.18$9.03'The Scots', said a censorious English member of Parliament in 1607, 'have not suffered above two kings to die in their beds these two hundred years.' He may have exaggerated, but undeniably Scotland has had a rough and bloodstained history. It is a... -
Churchill by Roy Jenkins
RRP: $25.80$19.20From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his personal writing and... -
Regeneration: The Rescue of a Wild Land by Andrew Painting 9781780277592
RRP: $14.18$9.44Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of Caledonian woodlands, subarctic mountains, bogs, moors, roaring... -
Runes by Martin Findell
RRP: $12.89$8.77From late antiquity through to the early middle ages, people across north-western Europe were inscribing runes on a range of different objects. Once identified and interpreted by experts, runes provide us with invaluable evidence for the early 'Germanic'... -
London in Fragments: A Mudlark's Treasures by Ted Sandling
RRP: $23.22$15.34This is the fully-illustrated edition of LONDON IN FRAGMENTS. A new paperback edition is also available, published under the title A MUDLARK'S TREASURES: London in Fragments'A beautiful book.' Daily Mail'Exhilaratingly curious.' Evening... -
The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Majestic. Truly gripping' Andrew RobertsThe Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. In Jonathan Dimbleby's brilliant and dramatic new... -
The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race by David E. Hoffman
RRP: $15.47$10.87WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The Dead Hand is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative history of Reagan, Gorbachev and the final decade of the Cold War. Washington Post journalist David E. Hoffman draws on exclusive interviews in both Russia and the... -
River of Darkness: The Deadly First Voyage Through The Amazon by Buddy Levy 9781635769197
RRP: $21.78$16.80The acclaimed author of Conquistador and Labyrinth of Ice charts one of history's greatest expeditions, a legendary 16th-century adventurer's death-defying navigation of the Amazon River. In 1541, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his lieutenant... -
Protagoras by Plato
RRP: $10.31$7.47'You are going to entrust your soul to the care of a sophist. But I should be surprised if you even know what a sophist is.' In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public...