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Lancaster Against York: The Wars of the Roses and the Foundation of Modern Britain by University Fellow Trevor Royle 9781403966728
RRP: £39.99£25.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781403966728Author University Fellow Trevor RoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave USAWeight(grams)... -
Great Naval Battles: From Medieval Wars to the Present Day Dr Helen Doe 9781398808034
RRP: £9.99£7.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398808034Author Dr Helen DoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 153g -
Little Book of Hampshire by Erica Wheeler
RRP: £12.99£9.87Did You Know?The authors of literary classics Watership Down, The Water Babies, Madame Doubtfire and the Little White Horse all lived and wrote in Hampshire, using real places as their inspiration.Hampshire's inhabitants include Men of the Trees,... -
Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy by Stephen F. Kaufman 9780804835206
RRP: £10.99£7.87This classic interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings is explicitly intended for the martial artist-as Miyamoto Musashi originally intended. It explains the underlying truths necessary for a full understanding of Musashi's message... -
The Race Against the Stasi: The Incredible Story of Dieter Wiedemann, the Iron Curtain and the Greatest Cycling Race on Earth by Herbie Sykes 9781781315361
RRP: £9.99£6.90Cycling Book of the Year - Cross British Sports Book Awards When the 'Iron Curtain' descended across Europe, Dieter Wiedemann was a hero of East German sport. A podium finisher in The Peace Race, the Eastern Bloc equivalent of the Tour de France, he was... -
Debden Warbirds: The 4th Fighter Group in World War II by Frank E. Speer 9780764307256
RRP: £40.99£27.67The P-51 Mustangs of the 4th Fighter Group were the first to escort bombers over Berlin during World War II, the first to escort bombers from England to Russia, and at war's end ranked first in the number of enemy aircraft destroyed (over 1,000). The... -
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose
RRP: £16.99£14.61This is a landmark intellectual history of Britain's working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. Drawing on workers' memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, Jonathan Rose uncovers which books people read, how they... -
The Trees that Made Britain Archie Miles 9781785946998
RRP: £14.99£9.78As the oldest living inhabitants on the planet, trees have played a major part in the way we live today, providing both the daily oxygen we breathe and the foundation of our nations heritage. Every native tree in Britain, whether its part of a grand... -
Inside the Scriptorium 1: Inks, Paints & Quills DVD by Bernard J. Muir 9780980286229
RRP: £70.00£62.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980286229Author Bernard J. MuirImprint EvellumPublisher Evellum -
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast by Michael Scott Moore
RRP: £10.99£7.46Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates-a riveting,thoughtful, and... -
Reinhard Heydrich Nine Months Riechsprotector by Tina Walford 9780244993481
RRP: £14.73£13.23Since his assassination in June 1942, the former Reich Protector, Chief of the Secret State Police and Security Service has been responsible for every outrage. In the so-called war crimes trials, the defendants blamed him for everything and everything... -
Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson 9781801101158
RRP: £14.99£10.95An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape, Siena is as much a magnet for... -
The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics by Kenan Malik
RRP: £12.99£8.66In this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories of the great... -
Sugar Man: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez by Craig Bartholomew Strydom
RRP: £12.99£9.34In the summer of 1972, during a compulsory stint in the South African military, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman heard the music that would forever change his life. A decade later, on yet another military base, Craig Bartholomew Strydom heard the same music. It... -
Return to the Source: Selected Texts of Amilcar Cabral, New Expanded Edition by Amilcar Cabral
RRP: £16.99£14.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900045Author Amilcar CabralFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Book of Destiny: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Mayans and the Prophecy of 2012 by Carlos Barrios 9780061833830
£11.96The year 2012 marks the end of the Mayan calendar - the date that indicates the beginning of the Prophecy of the Sun and denotes the dramatic transition from one major phase of our world into another. Many read this as the date of the apocalypse. This... -
The Gifts: The captivating historical fiction debut for fans of THE BINDING by Liz Hyder
RRP: £8.99£6.89'Haunting, thrilling, wonderful. I loved it' Stacey Halls, bestselling author of The Familiars'Fierce and touching' Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne'Your next obsession. . . Unique and captivating' Cosmopolitan Discover the extraordinary,... -
1923: The Crisis That Led to Hitler's Coup by Mark Jones 9781529360745
RRP: £14.99£8.64A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Excellent' Richard Evans'A vivid, crisp, impressively sustained narrative' Financial Times'Riveting' Irish Independent'Refreshing and readable' Irish Times'Gripping . . . thoroughly researched and beautifully... -
God's Fury, England's Fire: A New History of the English Civil Wars by Michael Braddick
RRP: £18.99£13.61The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was one of the most devastating conflicts in its history. It destroyed families and towns, ravaged the population and led many, both supporters of Charles I and his... -
Tirpitz: Hunting the Beast by John Sweetman
RRP: £12.99£9.87The German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz had brutally short careers. The Bismarck was sunk by the Home Fleet on her first operational sortie in May 1941. But the Tirpitz, hiding in Norwegian fjords, remained a menace to Allied convoys and tied down... -
Maldon and Heybridge Revisited by Patrick Lacey
RRP: £14.99£11.72A history of Maldon and HeybridgeBook InformationISBN 9780752424873Author Patrick LaceyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Galley: The Royal Navy and Royal Marines charity cookbook by Mattie Tew 9781910863817
RRP: £25.00£14.35Galley is a unique new cookbook that will resonate with anyone who has a connection to the Royal Navy, as well as keen cooks who enjoy entertaining and cooking restaurant-quality food. It shines a light on the incredible skill and talent found within... -
Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital by Philip Hoare
RRP: £10.99£7.46The story of Netley in Southampton - its hospital, its people and the secret history of the 20th-century. Now with a new afterword uncovering astonishing evidence of Netley's links with Porton Down & experiments with LSD in the 1950s. It was... -
The Glorious Revolution: 1688 - Britain's Fight for Liberty by Edward Vallance
RRP: £12.99£8.83In 1688, a group of leading politicians invited the Dutch prince William of Orange over to England to challenge the rule of the catholic James II. When James's army deserted him he fled to France, leaving the throne open to William and Mary. During the... -
The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
RRP: £14.99£11.75Sixty years after the defeat of the Third Reich, the complexities of Nazi ideology are still being unravelled. This enormously influential book has provided the first serious account of these ideological origins. The book demonstrates the way in which... -
The Celts: A Sceptical History by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £12.99£9.19A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times 'One of the liveliest commentators in Britain, always worth reading and pleasingly contrarian' Jeremy Paxman, Guardian Who were the Celts?... -
Elizabeth Gaskell by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £16.99£11.58Winner of the Portico PrizeShortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the YearHigh-spirited, witty and passionate, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age, including Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and... -
The Shadow Factory: The Nsa from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America by James Bamford
RRP: £16.99£12.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279392Author James BamfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Viking Warrior Operations Manual: The life, equipment, weapons and fighting tactics of the Vikings by Angus Konstam 9781785211737
£16.77In the summer of 793 AD Viking raiders attacked and looted the monastic island of Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland. This assault was only the beginning, within 18 months huge areas of the British coast was being devastated by the terrifying... -
England's Gardens: A Modern History by Stephen Parker
RRP: £25.00£16.47We may all feel we know what an "English" garden is, but do we really? England's Gardens offers a holistic, modern-day tour and an update on the history of some of the most iconic, enduring, and influential gardens across the country.A fresh take on a... -
The Spatial Humanities: GIS and the Future of Humanities Scholarship by David J. Bodenhamer
RRP: £19.99£17.54Geographic information systems (GIS) have spurred a renewed interest in the influence of geographical space on human behavior and cultural development. Ideally GIS enables humanities scholars to discover relationships of memory, artifact, and experience... -
White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America by Don Jordan 9780814742969
£26.64The forgotten story of the thousands of white Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from... -
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place by Harry Crews
RRP: £12.99£9.191935, Bacon County, Georgia. The bite of the Great Depression was beginning to be felt in the rest of America, but its teeth had been in Bacon County for years. Here one of America's most original storytellers, Harry Crews, was born in a sharecropper's... -
William the Conqueror by David Bates
RRP: £17.99£16.39A landmark reinterpretation of the life of William the Conqueror-a pivotal figure in British and European history"[The] definitive biography of the man who forever changed England with his invasion of 1066."-Tony Barber, "Best books of 2016," Financial... -
Stony The Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525559559Author Henry Louis Jr GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20 Norman Davies 9780712606943
RRP: £18.99£13.82Surprisingly little known, the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history. In White Eagle, Red Star, Norman Davies gives a full account of the War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army - sure... -
House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address by Michael Gross 9781451666205
RRP: £19.99£13.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451666205Author Michael GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 25mm -
Arthurian Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters by Prof Raluca Radulescu
RRP: £10.99£6.70Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Many medieval writers, especially from France and Wales, wrote stories about the great British leader, King Arthur. Legends, folklore and myths from this period come together to paint a picture of who he was with some... -
Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare by Sam Willis 9781837651115
RRP: £25.99£21.69Naval warfare is vividly brought to life, from first contact through how battles were won and lost to damage repair. Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea... -
Economic Actors and the Limits of Transitional Justice: Truth and Justice for Past Business Complicity in Human Rights Violations by Leigh A. Payne 9780197267264
£75.52The rights of victims to truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition when businesses are involved in past and present abuses are seldom guaranteed. A legacy of impunity has prevailed globally in which economic actors have incurred few...