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Londinium: A Biography: Roman London from its Origins to the Fifth Century Professor Richard Hingley (Durham University, UK) 9781350047297
RRP: $56.53$50.72*** Winner of the PROSE Award (2019) for Classics *** This major new work on Roman London brings together the many new discoveries of the last generation and provides a detailed overview of the city from before its foundation in the first century to... -
A Brief History of the English Civil Wars by John Miller
RRP: $21.43$8.33Miller provides a clear and comprehensible narrative, a coherent and accurate synthesis, intended as a guide for students and the general reader to an extremely complex period in British history. His aim is to help readers avoid getting lost in a maze of... -
Caribbean Irish, The: How the Slave Myth was Made Miki Garcia 9781789042689
RRP: $29.23$25.41The Caribbean Irish explores the little known fact that the Irish were amongst the earliest settlers in the Caribbean. They became colonisers, planters and merchants living in the British West Indies between 1620 and 1800 but the majority of them arrived... -
The Butcher, The Tailor, The Picture-Frame Maker…: Stories of Middle Way by Gareth Winrow
RRP: $17.53$12.77As she awaits her execution at Oxford Castle, a newly wed woman from a God-fearing family, convicted for murdering her housemaid, is pardoned at the last minute by King George II. A butcher suddenly disappears and changes his identity after the tragic... -
Creators of Modern China (British Museum): 100 Lives from Empire to Republic 1796–1912 by Jessica Harrison-Hall
RRP: $68.25$45.69Discover the stories of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China. Through telling the lives of one hundred significant individuals, this book explores how China transformed from dynastic empire to... -
Cornish Folk Tales for Children by Mike O'Connor 9780750984492
RRP: $19.48$16.38Join Jamie, the son of a travelling droll teller, as he journeys across Cornwall, a land steeped in myth and legend. Along the way you will hear mysterious and exciting tales like what happened when Bodrugan took his soldiers to capture Richard Edgcumbe,... -
The House of Godwin: The Rise and Fall of an Anglo-Saxon Dynasty by Michael John Key
RRP: $48.75$32.04Godwin 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. ... -
Sunderland: Britain in Old Photographs by Stuart Miller 9780752449272
RRP: $33.13$25.60This collection is comprised almost entirely of images which have never previously appeared in print. Starting in the earliest days of photography, travelling through the war years to the post-war period and finishing with the shipyards and pits of the... -
Sunderland, Industrial Giant: Recollections of Working Life by Marie Gardiner 9780750981200
RRP: $29.23$22.85Sunderland was once one of Britain's industrial giants. Famous for its shipyards, mines and glass-making, it thrived at a time when its country needed it most. After the Second World War the town saw incredible change, as the heavy industry that seemed... -
Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare
RRP: $21.43$14.55A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 'This is a wonderful book. A... -
The World of the Troubadours: Medieval Occitan Society, c.1100-c.1300 by Linda M. Paterson 9780521558327
RRP: $60.43$51.48Occitania, known today as the 'south of France', had its own language and culture in the Middle Ages. Its troubadours created 'courtly love' and a new poetic language in the vernacular, which were to influence European literature for centuries; and its... -
The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America by Brian P. Levack
$78.35The 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 Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth... -
Ancient Rome by Charles Kovacs
RRP: $21.43$15.58This book, for use by Steiner-Waldorf teachers, includes stories of the founding of Rome, the early battles with Carthage and Hannibal, Julius Caesar and the conquests of Gaul and Britain, Antony and Cleopatra, and the decline and fall under the Huns and... -
Coronation: The Crowning of Elizabeth II: 2023 by Hugo Vickers 9780957311961
RRP: $23.40$22.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957311961Author Hugo VickersFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote PressDimensions(mm) 198mm * 154mm * 12mm -
The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset Philippa Levine 9780815366232
RRP: $77.98$68.89The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of what life was like under colonial rule, weaving the everyday stories of people living... -
Panzers in Berlin 1945 by Lee Archer 9781908032164
RRP: $116.98$86.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032164Author Lee ArcherFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedWeight(grams) 1900g -
Dog's Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond Simon Garfield 9781474610759
RRP: $19.48$13.46'This love letter to our four-legged friends is a delight . . . there is a good joke, an intriguing tale or a fascinating statistic on every page' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday'A fact-packed history of a 15,000-year relationship' Sunday TimesHow did we... -
It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time ''We need this book.' SIMON REEVE Astrid Madimba 9781529376784
RRP: $39.00$26.03'. . . we need this book. Of course Africa needs it as well, because no other huge area of the planet is treated as such a singular region, and that has to change. But the rest of the planet needs It's a Continent because we miss out by not recognising... -
Rome and Italy: The History of Rome from its Foundation by R. M. Ogilvie
RRP: $25.33$18.21Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this... -
A Reed Shaken by the Wind: Travels Among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq Gavin Maxwell 9780907871934
RRP: $25.33$17.22The Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq were one of the most isolated communities in the world. Few outsiders, let alone Europeans, had been permitted to travel through their homeland, a mass of tiny islands lost in a wilderness of reeds and swamps in southern... -
The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London Sarah Wise 9781844133307
RRP: $25.33$17.92Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed a series of crimes at Number 3, Nova Scotia Gardens in East London that appeared to echo the notorious Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh three years earlier. After a long investigation, three... -
Secrets Of Churchills War Rooms Compact Ed by J. Asbury 9781912423149
RRP: $29.23$21.06This magnificent volume, now in a smaller paperback format, gives you exclusive access to behind the glass partition at Churchill War Rooms, bringing you closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war - but won it. Go behind closed doors... -
Our Uninvited Guests: The Secret Life of Britain's Country Houses 1939-45 by Julie Summers 9781471152535
$18.37'Julie Summers has an amazing instinct for unearthing good stories and telling quotes.' Craig Brown, The Mail On Sunday. 'This is an enjoyable book, peppered with examples of under-reported wartime heroism.' Robert Leigh-Pemberton, The Daily Telegraph... -
A History of Halesowen by Julian Hunt
RRP: $35.08$26.60Halesowen is an old place, planned and laid out by the monks of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Hales. Much has been written about its medieval past and William Shenstone's landscape gardens at the Leasowes, but this history of the town is the first to... -
Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian (336 BC - AD 138) by Prof. Dr. Angelos Chaniotis 9781846682971
RRP: $29.23$21.35The ancient world that Alexander the Great transformed in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death. The imperial dynasties of his successors incorporated and reorganized the fallen Persian empire, creating a new land empire stretching from the... -
A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados by Richard Ligon
RRP: $33.13$29.46Ligon's True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados is the most significant book-length English text written about the Caribbean in the seventeenth century. [It] allows one to see the contested process behind the making of the Caribbean... -
Noble Savages: The Olivier Sisters by Sarah Watling
RRP: $25.33$17.92*A NEW STATESMAN AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**WINNER OF THE TONY LOTHIAN PRIZE*'Interesting women have secrets. They also ought to have sisters.'From the beginning of their lives, the Olivier sisters stood out: surprisingly emancipated, strikingly... -
Management Secrets from History: How History Can Change the Way You Manage by Mark P. Donnelly
RRP: $19.48$15.15If you could go back in time and ask any historical figure for advice on how best to manage your business or staff, who would it be? Benjamin Franklin, Niccolo Machiavelli, Elizabeth I or Helena Rubinstein? Well, they are all here, and more... Featuring... -
The Battle for North Africa: The Epic Second World War Struggle in the Desert by John Strawson 9781804364062
RRP: $25.33$16.40The moment Britain fought back.It was in North Africa that the tide turned; that Britain began its long fightback against Nazi dominance.The distinguished military historian Major General John Strawson's vivid, unputdownable book describes how the... -
An Unreasonable Man by Leslie Turnberg 9781805140634
RRP: $29.23$21.35Pinchas Rutenberg was the man who electrified Palestine in more ways than one. A Russian revolutionary and an assassin who plotted the murder of Lenin and Trotsky, he escaped the Bolsheviks, finishing up at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. There he... -
Dracula, Prince Of Many Faces: His Life and Times by Radu R. Florescu 9780316286565
RRP: $33.15$26.72A biography of the 15th Century Prince of Romania, Vlad Dracula (1431-1476), nicknamed the Impale and on whom Bram Stoker based his fictional character. It covers his career as ruler of Wallachia, terror of Transylvania and crusader against the Turks... -
Free Market: The History of an Idea by Jacob Soll
RRP: $48.75$36.06After two government bailouts of the American economy in less than twenty years, free market thought is due for serious reappraisal. Free Market: The History of an Idea shows how the idea became so powerful, why it succeeded, and why it has failed so... -
Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traor 9781913322366
RRP: $15.58$11.33In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret ... WINNER OF THE TIMES/CHICKEN HOUSE CHILDREN'S FICTION COMPETITION 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S... -
Norway 1940: The Luftwaffe's Scandinavian Blitzkrieg by James S. Corum
RRP: $29.23$21.35The German invasion of Norway was a pivotal moment in modern warfare, the first joint campaign that featured air power as an equal element of all operations. It was, in fact, the superior use of their air force that gave the Germans the decisive... -
Stethoscope: The Making of a Medical Icon by Anna Harris
RRP: $48.75$34.36This book explores the colourful past, present and future of an instrument that is, quite literally, close to our hearts. The stethoscope has become the symbol of medicine itself, but how did this come to be? What makes the stethoscope such a familiar... -
Poole Past & Present: Britain in Old Photographs by Ian Andrews 9780752452869
RRP: $29.23$22.85This absorbing collection of photographs, containing many rare and unpublished images of Poole, illustrates the changes that have been seen in this picturesque seaside town as it has evolved over the years. Featuring scenes from work and home life to the... -
Memories of a Wartime Childhood in London by Douglas Model
RRP: $25.33$19.25In this vivid memoir, Douglas Model tells the incredible true story of his wartime childhood in Wembley amidst the horrors of the Blitz. Contrasting his peaceful infant life - which included a hiking holiday to Nazi Germany in 1934 - with the terrors of... -
Amsterdam Then and Now (R) by Egbert de Haan 9781910904855
RRP: $39.00$27.96Amsterdam Then and Now is the perfect historical guide to one of Europe's best preserved city centres. Written by one of Amsterdam's most popular walking tour leaders, the book matches up archive images from the late nineteenth century through to the... -
British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII: Destroyers, Frigates, Escorts, Minesweepers, Coastal Warfare Craft, Submarines & Auxiliaries by Malcolm George Wright 9781399024860
RRP: $33.13$23.95During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both the vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying more obtrusive... -
Stirling's Desert Triumph by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: $31.18$25.99Specially 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...