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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: “An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel” STEPHEN FRY by Paterson Joseph 9780349702377
RRP: £9.99£5.96'A great storyteller and a fabulous actor. Well done, sir!' DAVID HAREWOOD'Phenomenal! Highly recommended.' MALORIE BLACKMAN'An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Hugely recommended.' STEPHEN FRYFor fans of The... -
The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic - A Retelling for Our Times by Ross King 9781891011450
RRP: £16.95£11.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891011450Author Ross KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Experiment, LLCPublisher Experiment, LLCWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 132mm *... -
London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 9780099422587
RRP: £30.00£21.95Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, so London is a biography rather... -
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew Wilson 9781847398826
RRP: £10.99£7.00In the early hours of 15 April 1912, after the majestic liner Titanic had split apart and the 1,500 men, women and children struggled to stay alive in the freezing Atlantic, the sea was alive with the sound of screaming. Then, as the ship sank to the... -
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green
RRP: £10.99£7.32THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages: our shadowlands.'A beautiful book,... -
The Royal Station Master's Daughters: A heartwarming World War I saga of family, secrets and royalty by Ellee Seymour
RRP: £8.99£6.89A heartwarming and dramatic World War I saga of secrets, love and the British royal family for readers of Daisy Styles and Maisie Thomas. 'A heartwarming historical novel' Rosie Goodwin'A gripping historical saga' Daisy StylesRoll out the red carpet. The... -
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
RRP: £10.99£7.77A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers"Astute, insightful, and empathetic...A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author of... -
The Universe: The book of the BBC TV series presented by Professor Brian Cox by Andrew Cohen
RRP: £9.99£6.52Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. ... -
They Were Here Before Us: Stories from Our First Million Years by Ran Barkai 9781786788313
RRP: £16.99£10.39This is not a book about archaeological sites. We shall come across flint tools, bones, skulls, surprising structures, and layers of earth that we can date to different periods-but they are not the heart of the matter. This book is about us, human... -
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft Richard Davenport-Hines 9780008285722
RRP: £26.00£17.05History in the House pulls back the curtains on Christ Church, Oxford and reveals its great and lasting historical significance. This is an exciting new historiographical study from the much-acclaimed historian Richard Davenport-Hines. It shows the... -
The Last Witch of Scotland by Philip Paris
RRP: £14.99£11.35'Compelling, evocative, heart-wrenching and beautifully written. Highly recommended.' - Fiona Valpy, author of The Storyteller of CasablancaBeing a woman was her only crime.Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her... -
History of Japan by J.G. Caiger
RRP: £16.99£11.54A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history... -
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
RRP: £30.00£18.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385534260Author David GrannFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
Hera: The beguiling story of the Queen of Mount Olympus by Jennifer Saint 9781472292209
RRP: £20.00£13.75The enthralling tale of a powerful Greek goddess maligned in both myth and ancient history, as told by Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Saint.'An exceptional achievement' ELODIE HARPER 'A very special novel' COSTANZA CASATI 'The essential... -
Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea by Barbara Demick 9781847081414
RRP: £10.99£7.32WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A spectacular, definitive portrait of ordinary life within one of the world's most repressive states - North Korea. 'A most perceptive and eye-opening account of everyday life in North Korea'... -
Growing Up for Boys: Everything You Need to Know by Dr Emily MacDonagh 9780702310973
RRP: £8.99£5.82A reassuring, fact-packed book for boys on what to expect when growing up. From Dr Emily MacDonagh, practising NHS doctor and OK! magazine's popular Health and Parenting Columnist. Dr Emily talks about the physical... -
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
RRP: £10.99£7.77Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of T.E. Lawrence - also known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' - of his service in the Arab Revolt during the First World War, published in Penguin Modern Classics.Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed'... -
Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: £14.99£12.33A new, updated, revised edition of JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY, the wider history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City, from King David to today. The story of Jerusalem is the story of the world.Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital... -
The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World by Arthur Herman
RRP: £12.99£8.48'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have... -
SAS: Rogue Heroes - Soon to be a major TV drama by Ben MacIntyre
RRP: £9.99£7.11THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE BBC SERIES WILL LOVE THIS GIFT!THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily... -
KJV, Thinline Bible, Large Print, Leathersoft, Black, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Zondervan 9780718098070
RRP: £25.00£16.83A balance of being both easy-to-read and easy-to-carry, this Bible is a perfect resource to take with you wherever you go. Published in Thomas Nelson's exclusive KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed to be the most readable at any size.The Thomas... -
The Twelve Apostles by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £8.99£6.45Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins,... -
The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty by Ethan Sherwood Strauss
RRP: £17.99£10.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541736221Author Ethan Sherwood StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes.'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world.Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen.54 per cent of Icelanders believe in... -
Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay K. Gupta
RRP: £19.99£15.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514000748Author Nijay K. GuptaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
With the Old Breed: The World War Two Pacific Classic by Eugene B. Sledge
RRP: £14.99£10.95The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFICThis was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islands...Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as a twenty-year-old new recruit to... -
The Shortest History of Greece by James Heneage
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083243Author James HeneageFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
A History Of Scotland by Neil Oliver
RRP: £12.99£8.60The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver.Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure,... -
Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans by Francis Pryor
RRP: £10.99£7.51An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants. 'Highly compelling' Spectator, Books of the Year 'An evocative foray into the prehistoric past' BBC Countryfile Magazine 'Vividly... -
Casino: The Rise and Fall of the Mob in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Stardust... The Fremont... The Marina. They ran them all.And they lost.Big time.No one knew more about casinos than Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, along with his best friend and partner, Anthony 'the Ant' Spilotro, virtually... -
The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III by Philippa Langley
RRP: £12.99£8.60Now with a new chapter.The official inside story of the life, death and remarkable discovery of history's most controversial monarch.On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious... -
Greek to GCSE: Part 1: for OCR GCSE Classical Greek (9-1) by John Taylor
RRP: £15.99£14.37First written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools, and now endorsed by OCR, this textbook has become a standard resource for students in the UK and for readers across the world who are looking for a clear and thorough introduction to the... -
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
RRP: £12.99£9.09*SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history; a gripping story of sisterhood and betrayal from the bestselling author of Wild Swans.They were the most famous sisters in China... -
Bodyline Autopsy: The full story of the most sensational Test cricket series: Australia v England 1932-33 by David Frith 9781854109316
RRP: £21.00£13.96In 1932, England's cricket team, led by the haughty Douglas Jardine, had the fastest bowler in the world: Harold Larwood. Australia boasted the most prolific batsman the game had ever seen: the young Don Bradman. He had to be stopped. The leg-side... -
Voices of the Old Sea by Norman Lewis 9781906011611
RRP: £14.99£9.26"Voices of the Old Sea" is Lewis' masterly description of the Costa Brava on the cusp of tourist development in the 1950s, a place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the tuna fishing of summer, and where women... -
The Generalship of Muhammad: Battles and Campaigns of the Prophet of Allah by Russ Rodgers 9780813054599
RRP: £24.95£16.69There are many biographies of the Prophet, and they tend to fall into three categories: pious works that emphasize the virtues of the early Islamic community, general works for non-Muslim or non-specialist readers, and source-critical works that grapple... -
Daisy's War: A compelling wartime saga of love and friendship by Rowena Summers 9781804365441
RRP: £8.99£5.87With hope dwindling, can she find her way again?The three Caldwell sisters have split up. Imogen has joined the war effort, Elsie has married, and Daisy is living away from home and missing her sisters.Although busy making new friends and dancing with... -
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre
RRP: £25.00£18.02THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph_____________________________FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE... -
Dartmoor 365: An exploration of every one of the 365 square miles in the Dartmoor National Park by John Hayward
RRP: £14.99£12.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916485310Author John HaywardFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Curlew PublicationsPublisher Curlew PublicationsWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
RRP: £10.99£7.77'I read this as a young pilot about to embark on a career flying military helicopters. It should have put me off for life. Robert Mason tells a gripping account of the relentless courage and heroism amidst the insanity of the Vietnam war. The final few...