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Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe by Craig M. Koslofsky
RRP: £25.99£22.07What does it mean to write a history of the night? Evening's Empire is a fascinating study of the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced, and transformed the night. Using diaries, letters, and legal records together with... -
The Assassins of Isis (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 5): A gripping mystery of Ancient Egypt by Paul Doherty
RRP: £9.99£6.80Somewhere deep in the desert, the location of Rahimere's tomb has long been kept a closely guarded secret. But now, the Sebaus - a sect taking its name from demons - has plundered and pillaged the sepulchre for its most powerful treasure.The fiery... -
Africa: A Biography of the Continent by John Reader
RRP: £18.99£13.61Drawing on many years of African experience, John Reader has written a book of startling grandeur and scope that recreates the great panorama of African history, from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals facing... -
I Believe In Yesterday: A 2000 year Tour through the Filth and Fury of Living History by Tim Moore
RRP: £16.99£12.28In 1989, Tim Moore moved into the last house in Chiswick with an outside toilet. Intrigued by a subsequent encounter with an elderly former resident, he finds himself inspired to travel back to the land before now, experiencing the hardships and... -
The Dancing Debutante: The Adventures of a Society Beauty on and off the Stage by Elfrida Eden Fallowfield 9781861513311
RRP: £12.99£12.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861513311Author Elfrida Eden FallowfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint Memoirs PublishingPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm)... -
From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68 by H. H. Scullard
RRP: £18.99£17.27From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period, going through many revised and updated editions until H.H. Scullard's death... -
The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-1950 by Martin Jay
RRP: £27.00£21.06Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, Max Horkheimer, Franz Neumann, Theodor Adorno, Leo Lowenthal--the impact of the Frankfurt School on the sociological, political, and cultural thought of the twentieth century has been profound. The Dialectical Imagination is... -
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks, German Army and Waffen-SS, The Last Battles in the West, 1945 Dennis Oliver 9781526741820
RRP: £14.99£10.95Tiger tanks were among the most-feared fighting vehicles of the Second World War and they gained almost legendary status, yet they never fulfilled their potential because they were not produced in sufficient numbers and the tide the war had turned... -
Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide by Filippo Coarelli
RRP: £32.00£25.16This superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated... -
The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945 by Paul Adelman 9780582292109
£35.74This popular study covers two major topics: the formation of the Labour Party and its emergence as the main rival to the conservatives. This transformation of the British political scene has been accounted for in a variety of ways. Dr Adelman examines... -
Hitler's Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt and Schmidt Unguarded by David Stahel
RRP: £25.00£17.13Germany's success in the Second World War was built upon its tank forces; however, many of its leading generals, with the notable exception of Heinz Guderian, are largely unknown. This biographical study of four German panzer army commanders serving on... -
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis Dr Stephen P. Kershaw 9781472145673
RRP: £30.00£19.80Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative'PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazineIn 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing... -
RAF Southend: 1940-1944 by Peter C. Brown 9780752470030
RRP: £12.99£9.62RAF Southend focuses on the airport's role in the Second World War, between October 1940 and August 1944, from when it became a fighter station in its own right, until it became an armament practice camp later in the war. It describes the manning and... -
The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hamalainen 9780300151176
RRP: £16.99£14.61From the author of Lakota America, an award-winning history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Comanche empire "Cutting-edge revisionist western history."-Larry McMurtry, New York Review of Books "A landmark study that will make readers... -
Dunkirk: The Epic Story of History's Most Extraordinary Evacuation by John Harris
RRP: £12.99£4.11How the miracle on the beaches saved a nation. A gripping account of one of the most famous episodes of the Second World WarIn May 1940 British and Allied troops on mainland Europe were in a perilous situation: cut off and surrounded, at the conclusion... -
Which People's War?: National Identity and Citizenship in Wartime Britain 1939-1945 by Sonya O. Rose 9780199273171
£74.57Which People's War? examines how national belonging, or British national identity, was envisaged in the public culture of the World War II home front. Using materials from newspapers, magazines, films, novels, diaries, letters, and all sorts of public... -
The Scramble for Africa M. E. Chamberlain 9781408220146
RRP: £36.99£35.74In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the 'scramble' or 'race' for Africa, the period of around 20 years... -
The Rule of Saint Benedict by Saint Benedict of Nursia
RRP: £29.95£24.06One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to the lowliest, of monastic life. This new Latin-English edition has features of... -
A 1950s Southampton Childhood by Penny Legg 9780752482859
RRP: £10.99£8.25The 1950s was a time of regeneration and change for Southampton. For children growing up during this decade, life was changing fast. They still made their own toys and earned their own pocket money, but, on new television sets, Andy Pandy (1950) and Bill... -
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega 9781324074465
RRP: £12.99£11.23What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about... -
The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel by Weina Dai Randel
£9.78In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of music... 1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a... -
The Hittites: Lost Civilizations by Damien Stone
RRP: £18.00£12.96An accessible introduction to the Bronze Age culture in Asia Minor.Famed for their skill in battle, the Hittites flourished in central Anatolia from the seventeenth to the thirteenth century BC. They were much more than a military power, however - their... -
Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea by Gertrude Bell
RRP: £14.99£11.75Gertrude Bell's fascinating account of a lifetime of travel and a lifelong enchantment of Persia. 'Are we the same, I wonder, when all our surroundings, association, acquaintances are changed? I conclude that it is not the person who danced with you... -
Both Sides of the Fence by Reg Fearman
RRP: £16.99£13.34'Reg Fearman is the man who knows all of speedway's secrets ... and is prepared to reveal them. He has taken a unique, full-throttle, white-knuckle ride to the top as an international rider, a world-class team manager, a successful promoter and a... -
Stalingrad 1942-43 (2): The Fight for the City Robert Forczyk 9781472842695
RRP: £15.99£11.61The second in a three-part series examining the Stalingrad campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War II, that set the stage for the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich. By early September 1942, 6.Armee and 4.Panzer-Armee had... -
The House of Godwin: The Rise and Fall of an Anglo-Saxon Dynasty by Michael John Key
RRP: £25.00£16.43Godwin and his family dominated English politics for almost half a century, establishing themselves as the most influential and powerful dynasty in Anglo-Saxon England. At the height of its power, it took a matter of weeks for the dynasty to fall. ... -
Strange Ways to Die in History: The Heroic, Tragic and Funny by Ben Gazur 9781399045520
RRP: £22.00£15.62Death comes for us all in the end. But it does not always come in a way you might expect. Throughout history there have been people who have suffered extraordinary, unusual, and downright weird demises. In Strange Ways to Die in History you will find out... -
Brighton's Secret Agents: The Brighton & Hove Contribution to Britain's WW2 Special Operation's Ex by Paul McCue 9781910500750
RRP: £14.99£10.95Winston Churchill authorised the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive(SOE), with the order "And now set Europe ablaze". On behalf of the Secret WW2 Network, an educational charity dedicated to revealing... -
Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt by Richard Gott
£15.10As the call for a new understanding of our national history gets louder, this book turns the received imperial story of Britain on its head. Britain's Empire recounts the long overlooked narrative of the resisters, revolutionaries and revolters who stood... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Transformation of China 1936-1997 by Robert Whitfield
£34.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions,The Transformation of China... -
An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines 9780007435852
RRP: £11.99£8.43WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the... -
Providence Was with Us: How a Japanese Doctor Turned the Afghan Desert Green by Tetsu Nakamura
RRP: £31.00£29.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784866581477Author Tetsu NakamuraFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for CulturePublisher Japan Publishing Industry... -
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London Liza Picard 9780753817575
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan MorrisElizabethan London reveals the practical details of everyday life so often ignored in conventional history... -
Cranogwen by Jane Aaron 9781837720255
RRP: £19.99£15.23Yn oes Fictoria, ystyriwyd menywod yn anaddas ac anabl ar gyfer pob arweinyddiaeth gyhoeddus a deallusol. Ond llwyddodd Cranogwen, sef Sarah Jane Rees (1839-1916) o Langrannog, i ennill parch ac enwogrwydd fel bardd, darlithydd, golygydd, pregethwraig,... -
Putting the Tea in Britain: The Scots Who Made Our National Drink by Les Wilson
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Deserves to sell like hot cakes' - Allan Massie, The Scotsman Shortlisted for the Saltire Society History Book of the Year From the Indian Mutiny to the London Blitz, offering a 'nice cup of tea' has been a stock British response to a crisis. But... -
A Brief History of Spain by Jeremy Black
RRP: £10.99£4.71Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and artistic elements, and is very open to regional variations and to the extent that the history of the peninsula and of its political... -
Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £14.99£11.75Explaining and illustrating the immediate background to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, this book investigates the Ukrainian and Russian regular and irregular forces which have been fighting in the Donbas region since 2014. In February 2014,... -
The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: £31.49£23.51Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland... -
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733-1795: Light and Flame by Richard Butterwick
RRP: £30.00£29.25A major new assessment of the "vanished kingdom" of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth-one which recognizes its achievements before its destruction Richard Butterwick tells the compelling story of the last decades of one of Europe's largest and least... -
Samhain: The Roots of Halloween by Luke Eastwood
RRP: £12.99£9.62'An excellent and comprehensive exploration of this fascinating subject.' - Philip Carr-Gomm, author Druid Mysteries'Samhain was the entry point into winter, a time of hardship, cold and hunger ... It was also a time of introspection, of communing with...