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Villa of Secrets: Escape to paradise with this perfect holiday read! by Patricia Wilson
RRP: £9.99£6.85If you love The Island and Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop, you will love this perfect summer read from the author of Island of Secrets.Rebecca Neumanner's marriage is on the brink of collapse, as her desire to be a mother becomes an... -
Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 by David Howarth 9780300276497
RRP: £12.99£11.46"Overflowing with surprises."-William Dalrymple, The Spectator "Essential reading."-Dan Jones, Times (UK) "Fascinating and authoritative."-Jerry BrottonThe unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior... -
Hereward: The Definitive Biography of the Famous English Outlaw Who Rebelled Against William the Conqueror by Peter Rex
RRP: £12.99£8.48After the Norman victory in Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror's oppression of the English led to widespread famine, death and destruction, culminating in the brutal Harrying of the North and the deaths of 100,000 people. Did the English submit to... -
The Apocalypse and the End of History: Modern Jihad and the Crisis of Liberalism by Suzanne Schneider
RRP: £16.99£14.10In this authoritative, accessible study, historian Suzanne Schneider examines the politics and ideology of the Islamic State (better known as ISIS). Schneider argues that today's jihad is not the residue from a less enlightened time, nor does it have... -
Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 by Robert C. Davis 9781403945518
RRP: £27.99£25.65This is a study that digs deeply into this 'other' slavery, the bondage of Europeans by North-African Muslims that flourished during the same centuries as the heyday of the trans-Atlantic trade from sub-Saharan Africa to the Americas. Here are explored... -
Dulce Wars: Underground Alien Bases and the Battle for Planet Earth by Branton
£18.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781892062123Author BrantonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Inner Light Publications & Global CommunicationsPublisher Inner Light Publications,U.S... -
A Brief History of Paris by Cecil Jenkins
RRP: £12.99£8.60Paris: city of love, food and fashion. Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas. Paris: a modern metropolis. Paris is all of these, all at once, all the time. There is a unique fusion of past and present in this... -
The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 9781780747668
RRP: £12.99£9.09Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the... -
British Celtic Warrior vs Roman Soldier: Britannia AD 43-105 by William Horsted
RRP: £14.99£10.95An illustrated study of the British tribal warriors and Roman auxiliaries who fought in three epic battles for control of Britain in the 1st century AD. Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the tribes of the west and north resisted the... -
World War II: A Very Short Introduction by Gerhard L. Weinberg
RRP: £8.99£6.45The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come about that there was a Second World War causing twice the 30 million deaths and... -
Megaliths of Wales: Mysterious Sites in the Landscape by Chris Barber 9781445674001
RRP: £21.99£15.61Erected by man for some long-forgotten purpose, there are large numbers of enigmatic standing stones, stone circles and burial chambers to be found in Wales. This book provides descriptions of some of the largest, tallest and best-preserved examples that... -
Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80 by Kerrin Cocks
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294055Author Kerrin CocksFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Georgette Heyer's Regency World by Jennifer Kloester 9780099478720
RRP: £12.99£9.09If you love Georgette Heyer, 'the queen of Regency romance', this is a must-read: the definitive guide to the sparkling world of Georgette Heyer's celebrated novels, which are currently being reissued.A bestselling novelist since 1921, Georgette Heyer is... -
Annihilation Of Caste: With A Reply To Mahatma Gandhi by Dr Ambedkar 9789354206337
RRP: £9.00£8.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354206337Author Dr AmbedkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 5mm -
The Man Who Sank Titanic: The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hichens by Sally Nilsson 9780752460710
RRP: £8.99£6.85Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to steer the Titanic away from the iceberg and failed. Following this, his falling out with the 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' over the actions of the lifeboats saw him branded a... -
In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A compelling tale... a narrative that makes such a brave effort to see history as it evolves and not as it becomes.' SPECTATORSuffused with the tense atmosphere of the times, and with brilliant portraits of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering and Himmler amongst... -
Independence or Union: Scotland's Past and Scotland's Present by T. M. Devine
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Deserves to be read by everyone interested in the future of the United Kingdom' Andrew Marr, The Sunday TimesThere can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and uneasy than that between Scotland and England. From the... -
High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain by Simon Heffer
RRP: £20.00£14.69Simon Heffer's new book forms an ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind.Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest and uncertainty, where there were attempts to assassinate the Queen and her... -
Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples by Neil MacGregor
RRP: £14.99£10.95Following the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, a panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany'Riveting, extraordinary ... tells the sweeping story of religious ... -
The Gate and the Wall: A History of China and Hong Kong by Michael Sheridan
RRP: £25.00£22.19'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times 'An authoritative history' Financial Times 'Gripping and richly researched' Rana Mitter ... -
The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith
RRP: £9.99£7.11'One of the most engrossing books I have ever read' Daily TelegraphJohn Kenneth Galbraith's now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse remains the definitive book on the most disastrous cycle of boom and bust in modern times.Vividly depicting... -
The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell by Alex Fernandes 9780861547548
RRP: £22.00£16.0225 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course of a single day, Europe's oldest fascist regime falls. On its 50th anniversary, this is the story of the revolution that changed Portugal forever. 'A thrilling and inspiring page-turner.' Richard Zimler, author... -
The Kings & Queens of Scotland by Timothy Venning
RRP: £12.99£8.48The kingdom of Scots was the last of the non-Anglo-Saxon states of Britain to survive as a political entity. Alone of the 'Celtic' nations, it was not absorbed into England by conquest. James VI of Scotland came to the throne of England in 1603, and when... -
Memory Politics and the Russian Civil War: Reds Versus Whites by Professor Marlene Laruelle
RRP: £13.99£12.61In examining the re-emergence of Russia's White Movement, Memory Politics and the Russian Civil War gets to the heart of the rich 20th-century memory debates going on in Putin's Russia today. The Kremlin has been giving preference to a Soviet-lite... -
Inside the Kingdom by Robert Lacey
RRP: £11.99£8.43Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the country's roiling disaffection produced sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. It is a modern state, driven by contemporary technology,... -
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West by Katie Hickman
RRP: £12.99£8.60The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there'This book is a triumph' AMANDA FOREMAN'Absolutely compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB'A blazing view of the American story' BETTANY HUGHES'Gripping,... -
Military Aircraft Colouring Book by Amber Books Ltd 9781838862930
RRP: £12.99£9.09Featuring classic and modern military airplanes from World War I to the present day, Military Aircraft Colouring Book includes more than 120 biplanes, sea planes, single-seat fighters, bombers, transports, stealth aircraft and multirole fighters to... -
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe
RRP: £14.99£10.95Keith Lowe's Savage Continent is an awe-inspiring portrait of how Europe emerged from the ashes of WWII.The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on... -
No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami
RRP: £9.99£7.11A Sunday Times Book of the Year Winner of the Polari Prize 'A book about love, identity, acceptance and the freedom to write, paint, compose and wear corduroy breeches with gaiters. To swear, kiss, publish and be damned. It is vastly entertaining and... -
Fairies: A Dangerous History by Richard Sugg
RRP: £14.95£10.92How dangerous were fairies? In the late seventeenth century, they could still scare people to death. Little wonder, as they were thought to be descended from fallen angels, and to have the power to destroy the world itself. Such beliefs, along with some... -
T-34 vs StuG III by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £14.99£10.95In the summer of 1944, the Red Army staged a massive armoured assault up the Karelian Isthmus with the intent of eliminating any remaining German and Finnish forces facing the Leningrad region. Most of the Soviet units sent into Finland were new to... -
Stirling's Desert Triumph by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: £15.99£13.33Specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs and expert analysis combine to tell the absorbing story of the SAS's legendary raid on Sidi Haneish at the height of World War II. The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of... -
White Malice: The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa by Susan Williams
RRP: £25.00£22.03The shocking, untold story of how African independence was strangled at birth by America's systematic interference. Accra, 1958. Africa's liberation leaders have gathered for a conference, full of strength, purpose and vision. Newly independent Ghana's... -
Become Ungovernable: An Abolition Feminist Ethic for Democratic Living by H.L.T. Quan 9780745349114
RRP: £19.99£13.35'Phenomenal' Angela Y. Davis 'An elegantly written masterpiece' Barbara Ransby Become Ungovernable is a provocative new work of political thought setting out to reclaim 'freedom', 'justice', and 'democracy', revolutionary ideas that are all too... -
Bosworth 1485: A Battle of Steel by Mike Ingram
RRP: £12.99£9.62'[An] important book to grace your bookshelves.' - JoeAnn Ricca, Founder of the Richard III Foundation, Inc.Bosworth Field saw the two great dynasties of the day clash on the battlefield: the reigning House of York, led by Richard III, against the rising... -
The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine’s Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy 9780674268838
RRP: £16.95£13.85The Frontline collects essays in a companion volume to Plokhy's The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. The essays present further analysis of key events in Ukrainian history, including Ukraine's relations with Russia and the West, the Holodomor and World War... -
Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance by Jake Subryan Richards 9781781301234
RRP: £25.00£18.88An important illustrated history of the relationship between Cambridge and the Black Atlantic. Between 1400 and 1900, European powers, not least Britain, colonised the Americas and transported over 12.5 million people from sub-Saharan Africa as... -
Through Innocent Eyes: The Chosen Girls of the Hitler Youth by Cynthia A Sandor 9780999755006
RRP: £26.71£19.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999755006Author Cynthia A SandorFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint Bdm HistoryPublisher Bdm HistoryWeight(grams) 640g -
The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino by Jane Stevenson 9781800241978
RRP: £30.00£20.95The story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro. 'Painstakingly researched and yet unfailingly readable' Ross King 'An insight into one of Renaissance Italy's... -
Canal Builders: How Britain's Canal Network Evolved by Anthony Burton
RRP: £14.99£11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399014304Author Anthony BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Pen and Sword TransportPublisher Pen and Sword TransportWeight(grams) 165g