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The Persian Expedition by Xenophon
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.74In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to... -
The Catalpa Rescue: The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison story in Australian and Irish history Peter FitzSimons 9781472131348
RRP: €23.99Booksplease Price: €17.46The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the... -
Renia's Diary: A Young Girl's Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust by Renia Spiegel
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €12.89Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of DenialJuly 15, 1942, WednesdayRemember this day; remember it well. You will tell generations to come. Since 8 o'clock today we have been shut away in... -
Bloody British History: Norwich by Mark Mower 9780752476582
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €11.17Danish death! Vikings sack and burn the city. Medieval murder mysteries! The dead body of a young boy was one third of Norwich's residents caught the Black Death! Victorian horrors! In 1851, body... -
The Miners' Strike 1984-5: Class Against Class by Sean Matgamna 9781909639263
RRP: €10.79Booksplease Price: €8.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909639263Author Sean MatgamnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint -
Shakespearean: On Life & Language in Times of Disruption by Robert McCrum
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.11'Enchanting' - Simon Russell Beale 'Remarkable' - James Shapiro'Wonderful . . . compulsively readable' - Nicholas HytnerWhy do the collected works of an Elizabethan writer continue to speak to us as... -
A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives by Philip Matyszak
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.11Discover the lives of the ancient Romans, pieced together from inscriptions, discarded letters, biographies and myth over two thousand years of history. The Roman empire witnessed a huge diversity... -
Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - of the Japanese Sword Clive Sinclaire 9784805314579
RRP: €29.99Booksplease Price: €22.67Japanese swords, particularly those wielded by famous samurai warriors, hold a continuing fascination for collectors of fine arts and historical military weapons. This book is designed to enhance... -
Ancient Egypt: An Introduction by Salima Ikram
RRP: €49.20Booksplease Price: €44.72This book provides an introduction to one of the greatest civilizations of all time - ancient Egypt. Beginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems as... -
The Guns of August by Barbara W Tuchman
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €7.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345476098Author Barbara W. TuchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprin -
Doctor for Friend and Foe by Rick Jolly
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.74Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total... -
Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe by Mark Mazower
RRP: €22.79Booksplease Price: €17.26Mark Mazower's Hitler's Empire is a provocative account of the rise and fall of Nazi Europe by one of Britain's leading historians. Hitler's empire was the largest, most brutal and most ambitious... -
Strewing the Pateran: The Gypsies of Thorney Hill by John Pateman 9780956081261
RRP: €15.00Booksplease Price: €11.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956081261Author John PatemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint -
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.54Did you know that the word 'prestige' derives from the Latin word for 'illusion'? Or that 'infantry' stems from a Latin word meaning one who could not speak? In this original and highly entertaining... -
Eleanor of Castile: The Shadow Queen by Sara Cockerill
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €12.50Eleanor of Castile, the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I, has been effectively airbrushed from history; yet she had one of the most fascinating lives of any of... -
The Outer Hebrides: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: €9.59Booksplease Price: €7.22The remote archipelago which lies off the north-west coast of Scotland boasts a huge range of contrasting and spectacular land- and seascapes. Lewis is austere, with a featureless peatland core,... -
I Couldn't Paint Golden Angels by Albert Meltzer
RRP: €15.54Booksplease Price: €11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873176931Author Albert MeltzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint -
Buster: The dog who saved a thousand lives by Will Barrow 9780753555798
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €13.69The Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerThousands of lives have been saved by this spaniel. He is a best friend in dog's clothing. An RAF dog with his mossy feet firmly on the ground. A brave dog who has... -
Inside Story: Politics, Intrigue and Treachery from Thatcher to Brexit by Philip Webster 9780008201364
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €13.03An insider's account of the great political stories over the past three decades years, illustrated with Peter Brookes' iconic cartoons. Philip Webster covered... -
Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey 9781915563002
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.54'Engaging, absorbing and crammed with marvellous stories, Finding Endurance is a tale about exploring the cold, told with much warmth.' MICK HERRON'Beautiful, thrilling, heroic and kind, a ripping... -
The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics by Diarmaid Ferriter
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.62Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019 'Anyone who wishes to understand why Brexit is so intractable should read this book. I can think of several MPs who... -
Overture of Hope: Two Sisters' Daring Plan that Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich by Isabel Vincent
RRP: €26.40Booksplease Price: €18.60Schindler's List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World-War-II history to recover the amazing story of two British... -
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.08History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting... -
Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation: Save One Life, Save the World by Muriel Emanuel
Booksplease Price: €21.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853034254Author Muriel EmanuelFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint -
Northumberland Rocks: 50 Extraordinary Rocky Places That Tell The Story of the Northumberland Landscape by Ian Jackson
Booksplease Price: €14.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916237674Author Ian JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint -
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.62Charles Carter, dubbed Carter the Great by Houdini himself, was born into privilege but became a magician out of need: only when dazzling an audience can he defeat his fear of loneliness. But in... -
The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Dominique Enright 9781843175650
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €9.49Sir Winston Churchill remains a British hero, lauded for his oratorical skill. He wrote histories, biographies, memoirs, and even a novel, while his journalism, speeches and broadcasts run to... -
Hard Choices: A Memoir Hillary Rodham Clinton 9781471131523
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.62HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CRISES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SHE FACED DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS AMERICA'S 67THSECRETARY OF STATE, AND HOW THOSE EXPERIENCES DRIVE HER VIEW OF THE... -
The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together by Michael Smith 9781471186813
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.11'Fascinating analysis' Nigel West; 'Grippingly told, authoritative' Mail on Sunday; 'Meticulously researched...a remarkably good read' John Brennan, former CIA Director; 'Excellent...a detailed,... -
Hazard Spectrum: Life in The Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm’s Top Gun by Nathan Gray
RRP: €26.40Booksplease Price: €18.96'Nerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving' - JOHN NICHOL'A powerful and compelling read' - ROWLAND WHITEOn 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' ... -
Churches of Cambridgeshire by John E. Vigar
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €14.02Cambridgeshire is a large and diverse county, and this is reflected in its churches. In the south, chalk provided flints for even the grandest of churches. The Fens in the north and east had no... -
The Waffen-SS (2): 6. to 10. Divisions by Gordon Williamson 9781841765907
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.99In the early 1920s, a tiny group was formed within the SA to serve as Hitler's personal bodyguard. Originally labelled the "Stosstruppe Adolf Hitler", they later became known as the SS - Schutz... -
Industrial Britain: An Architectural History by Hubert J. Pragnell
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €10.45A fascinating insight into Britain's industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings. Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of... -
Catalonia a Cultural and Literary History by Michael Eaude 9781904955320
RRP: €18.00Booksplease Price: €14.15Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the... -
The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America by Brian P. Levack
Booksplease Price: €55.16The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in... -
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne by Arthur Edwards 9780008629304
Booksplease Price: €19.25Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of a new monarch, The Sun looks back on 100 moments in the life of the man who would be... -
The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715: Volume 1: the Guard of Louis XIV by Rene Chartrand 9781911628606
RRP: €35.94Booksplease Price: €27.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628606Author Rene ChartrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint -
The University of Oxford: A Brief History by Laurence Brockliss
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €12.96The University of Oxford is the third oldest university in Europe and remains one of the greatest universities in the world. How did such an ancient institution flourish through the ages? This... -
Wellington's Eastern Front: The Campaign on the East Coast of Spain, 1810–1814 by Nick Lipscombe 9781399024471
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €15.79At last, in this absorbing and authoritative study, the story of the epic struggle on Spains eastern front during the Peninsular War has been told. Often overlooked as not integral to the Duke of... -
Druids: A Very Short Introduction by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €9.28Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in the second century BC. They are a...