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British Royal Tombs by Aidan Dodson 9781843681182
RRP: $33.13$22.50Aidan Dodson's British Royal Tombs covers all the burials of the kings, queens (and lords protector) of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom, from the occupant of the great Sutton Hoo ship burial, to George VI, last Emperor of India, including of... -
Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime by Federico Varese
RRP: $17.53$12.77We see mafias as vast, powerful organisations, harvesting billions of dollars across the globe and wrapping its tentacles around everything from governance to finance. But is this the truth? Travelling from mafia initiation ceremonies in far-flung... -
How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did by Stephen Clarke
RRP: $21.43$15.58Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the... -
French Wine: A History by Rod Phillips
RRP: $48.75$38.20"A fascinating book that belongs on every wine lover's bookshelf."-The Wine Economist"It's a book to read for its unstoppable torrent of fascinating and often surprising details."-Andrew Jefford, Decanter For centuries, wine has been associated with... -
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by John Mandeville
RRP: $19.48$14.27Ostensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, India and China. Mandeville claims to have served in the Great Khan's army, and to have travelled in 'the lands beyond' - countries populated... -
France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
RRP: $25.33$17.59A Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearWinner of the American Library in Paris Book Award'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' - Spectator'A fresh way to write history' - Alan Johnson'An amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious... -
Understanding Cyber-Warfare: Politics, Policy and Strategy Christopher Whyte (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) 9781032159317
RRP: $66.28$58.50This textbook offers an accessible introduction to the historical, technical, and strategic context of global cyber conflict. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout, with three new chapters. Cyber warfare involves issues of doctrine,... -
Battlegroup!: The Lessons of the Unfought Battles of the Cold War by Jim Storr 9781914059964
$66.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059964Author Jim StorrFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Family Cars of the 1960s by James Taylor
RRP: $19.48$13.34The 1960s saw car ownership take off in Britain, as the newly opened motorways created new opportunities for travel - on family holidays, to visit relatives, or for work. The kinds of cars the British drove also changed. Small economy cars in particular... -
David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature: Volume 1: Texts by David Fate Norton 9780199596331
RRP: $74.08$64.29David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This first volume contains the critical text of David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature (1739/40), followed by the short Abstract (1740)... -
Aboriginal Australians: First Nations of an Ancient Continent by Stephen Muecke
RRP: $15.50$10.65Here is a lively, vibrantly illustrated social and cultural history of the Aboriginal Australians, from their origins to the present day. The book explores the spiritual beliefs and Dreamings of the Indigenous people, their complex social structures and... -
How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours Harry Mount 9780670919147
RRP: $25.33$18.21Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories.Q. Why are English train seats so narrow?A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first... -
Lost Tramways of England: Bolton, SLT, Wigan and St Helens by Peter Waller
RRP: $17.53$12.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802582253Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
All the Lives We Never Lived: Shortlisted for the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award Anuradha Roy 9780857058188
RRP: $21.43$13.01"A writer of great subtlety and intelligence . . . a beautifully written and compelling story of how families fall apart and what remains of the aftermath" Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 "The book everyone is talking about... -
U.S. Civil War Battle by Battle Iain MacGregor 9781472850119
RRP: $15.58$11.49'Just the thing for US Civil War buffs: snappily written, informative and entertaining. A cracking read.' Saul David, bestselling author and historian This attractively packaged gift book offers a highly illustrated introduction to some of the U.S... -
One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA by Daniel Finn 9781786636881
RRP: $33.13$27.50The conflict in Northern Ireland was one of the most devastating in post-war Europe, claiming the lives of 3,500 people and injuring many more. This book is a riveting new history of the radical politics that drove a unique insurgency that emerged from... -
Italic Letters: Calligraphy & Handwriting by Inga DuBay 9780982776216
RRP: $31.10$22.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982776216Author Inga DuBayFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Handwriting Success, LLCPublisher Handwriting Success, LLCWeight(grams)... -
Danube a Cultural History by Andrew Beattie 9781904955665
RRP: $29.25$26.62The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded hills of Germany s Black Forest, it touches or winds its way through ten countries and four capital cities before emptying into the Black Sea through a vast... -
Too Few Too Far: The True Story of a Royal Marine Commando by George Thomsen
RRP: $21.43$14.33British Commando George Thomsen's action-filled account of combat during the Falklands War. Seen through the eyes of Section Commander George Thomsen, this inspiring first-hand account, tells of the tension-packed lead up, and the heroic stand, by a tiny... -
The Oxford Handbook of European Romanticism by Paul Hamilton 9780198831143
$80.13TThe Oxford Handbook to European Romanticism brings together leading scholars in the field to examine the intellectual, literary, philosophical, and political elements of European Romanticism. The book focuses on the cultural history of the period... -
Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink by Anthony McCarten 9780062790767
RRP: $44.83$32.92May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill... -
The Perfect Stranger by P. J. Kavanagh 9781910463291
RRP: $25.25$12.29The Perfect Stranger was first published in the '60s and since then has continued to find a select group of passionate admirers. Evocative and engaging, and ultimately deeply emotional, The Perfect Stranger is the story of a soldier, a poet and a husband... -
The Making Of The British Army by Allan Mallinson
RRP: $29.23$22.13Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realizes that war can no longer be made in the old, feudal way: there has to be system and discipline, and therefore -... -
King James VI and I: Political Writings by James VI and I,King
RRP: $58.48$52.01James VI and I united the crowns of England and Scotland. His books are fundamental sources of the principles which underlay the union. In particular, his Basilikon Doron was a best-seller in England and circulated widely on the Continent. Among the most... -
London: The Illustrated History by Simon Hall
RRP: $58.40$43.91Discover which prehistoric mammals would once have lived by the River Thames. Take a detailed look at the crystal palace of the Great Exhibition and an early map of the underground. See the locations of medieval plague pits, Tudor inns,... -
Connecting History: Higher Migration and Empire, 1830-1939 Euan M. Duncan 9781398345355
$42.76Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2018First exam: Summer 2019Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together lesser-told... -
Vikings: A History of the Northmen by W. B. Bartlett 9781398109087
RRP: $25.33$16.98The year 1066: a battlefield in England, a mighty king lies prone on the ground, his lifeblood ebbing out of him. As he draws his last breath, the world of which he is the greatest figurehead also moves towards its end, its existence about to pass from... -
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B Edwards 9780981928425
$59.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981928425Author Amelia B EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint Norton Creek PressPublisher Norton Creek PressWeight(grams) 839g -
Russia - Myths and Realities: The History of a Country with an Unpredictable Past by Sir Rodric Braithwaite
RRP: $33.13$28.84A TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 'Wise and thorough' The Spectator 'Brisk and readable ... very valuable' Financial Times 'He is an engaging guide ... and writes with the same flair demonstrated in his previous bestseller Afgantsy' The Sunday... -
Ultimate SAS Survival by John Wiseman
RRP: $48.75$35.16THE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLER THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SURVIVING ANYWHERE Ultimate SAS Survival is the complete companion for adventurers everywhere. From making camp and finding... -
An Historical Map of Oxford: From Medieval to Victorian Times (New Edition) by Alan Crossley 9780993469893
RRP: $19.48$14.18A full colour map, based on a digitised map of the city of Oxford in 1876, with its medieval past overlain and important buildings picked out. Oxford is synonymous with its university but deserves to be known as a city in its own right as well. What... -
Old Ireland in Colour 2 by John Breslin
RRP: $42.88$36.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374111Author John BreslinFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Transformation Of Ireland 1900-2000 by Diarmaid Ferriter
RRP: $33.13$24.73A ground-breaking history of the twentieth century in Ireland, written on the most ambitious scale by a brilliant young historian. It is significant that it begins in 1900 and ends in 2000 - most accounts have begun in 1912 or 1922 and largely... -
Excellent Essex: In Praise of England's Most Misunderstood County Gillian Darley 9781913083021
RRP: $19.48$14.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083021Author Gillian DarleyFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age by John Arquilla 9780833025142
RRP: $50.68$41.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833025142Author John ArquillaFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 858gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 164mm * 34mm -
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth by Henry Gee
RRP: $33.13$23.95'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . . [making] clear sense out of very complex narratives' - The... -
The 1960s Home by Paul Evans
RRP: $15.58$11.66The 1960s witnessed a sustained period of economic growth, consumer spending and stable employment. This hitherto unknown prosperity enabled a market growth in levels of owner occupation and a subsequent boom in the sale of household furnishings and... -
The Letters of the Younger Pliny by Pliny the Younger
RRP: $25.33$18.21Providing a series of fascinating views of Imperial Rome, The Letters of the Younger Pliny also offer one of the fullest self-portraits to survive from classical times. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Betty Radice.A... -
Medieval Woman: Village Life in the Middle Ages by Ann Baer
RRP: $19.48$13.55A year in the life of a peasant woman in medieval England is vividly evoked in this extraordinary portrait of Marion, a carpenter's wife, and her extended family. Based on years of research, Ann Baer brings to life the reality of a world that has been... -
Too Thin for a Shroud: 8 June 1982, Falklands: Britain's Most Lethal Day of Combat since World War II Crispin Black 9781783342297
RRP: $39.00$32.04In 1982, eight young Guards officers in their twenties found themselves suddenly on the way to the Falklands 8000 miles away from Britain. Some four decades later, they realised that no one had written the history of this unique war in Britain's history...