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The Seeker: The Seeker 1 by S. G. MacLean
RRP: £10.99£6.35A bloody murder. An open and shut case? In Oliver Cromwell's London, nothing is as it seems - Captain Damian Seeker must battle to find justice, when an innocent man's life hangs in the balance.'Challenges CJ Sansom for dominion of historical crime'... -
How to be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life by Ruth Goodman
RRP: £12.99£9.34TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMANWe know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII - but what was life really like for a commoner like you or me?To answer this question, the renowned "method... -
Edward the Confessor (Penguin Monarchs): The Sainted King by David Woodman
RRP: £14.99£10.95Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages.In this revealing portrait of England's royal saint, David Woodman traces the... -
Hera: The beguiling story of the Queen of Mount Olympus by Jennifer Saint 9781472292209
RRP: £20.00£13.95The 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... -
My Life with Bonnie and Clyde by B.C. Barrow 9780806137155
RRP: £18.95£13.02Bonnie and Clyde were responsible for multiple murders and countless robberies. But they did not act alone. In 1933, during their infamous run from the law, Bonnie and Clyde were joined by Clyde's brother Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche. Of these four... -
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin 9781529152616
RRP: £22.00£14.71From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him.The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking... -
The Trigger: The Hunt for Gavrilo Princip - the Assassin who Brought the World to War by Tim Butcher
RRP: £10.99£7.99'The most original of First World War centenary books; it is a travel narrative of rare resonance and insight' Sunday Times On a summer morning in 1914, a teenage assassin fired the starting gun for modern history. It was a young teenage boy named... -
Iowa Interstate Railroad: History Through the Miles by Barton Jennings 9780984986675
RRP: £19.99£13.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984986675Author Barton JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Techscribes, Inc.Publisher Techscribes, Inc.Weight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War by Gerry Docherty
RRP: £25.00£18.02Think you know about British history and the causes of the First World War? Think again. This fascinating and gripping study of events at the turn of the Twentieth Century is a remarkable insight into how political and social factors that we widely... -
Mystery of Egypt: The First Tunnel by Radu Cinamar
RRP: £30.99£16.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937859084Author Radu CinamarFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Sky BooksPublisher Sky BooksWeight(grams) 322g -
The Angel's Game: The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 2 Carlos Ruiz Zafon 9780753826492
RRP: £9.99£7.00'A heady brew of detective thriller, supernatural horror tale, magical realist fable and a heartbreaking love story' DAILY MAIL'Readers familiar with The Shadow of the Wind will find themselves back in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where, from a... -
The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary by Hana Videen 9781800815797
RRP: £15.99£11.79'A dream! I learnt something new and fascinating on every page' - Lucy Mangan 'Invaluable - and hugely entertaining ... It is an absolute romp and a must-have for history and fantasy enthusiasts alike' - Eleanor Janega 'Endlessly fascinating' - the... -
Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration Nadine Akkerman 9780300267549
RRP: £20.00£16.43A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination Early modern Europe was a hotbed of espionage, where spies, spy-catchers, and conspirators... -
Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor by Emma Warren 9780571366040
RRP: £12.99£7.60'A clarion call to get up on the dance floor.' FINANCIAL TIMESWhy do we dance together? What does dancing tell us about ourselves, individually and collectively? Whether at home, in '80s club nights, Irish dancehalls or youth centres, Emma Warren has... -
The Cretan Runner by George Psychoundakis
RRP: £10.99£7.99The legendary story of a resistance hero'Full of death and excitement' - Sunday Times'Unique' - TLSGeorge Psychoundakis was a young shepherd boy who knew the island of Crete intimately when the Nazis invaded by air in 1941. He immediately joined the... -
Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France by Nick Hewitt 9780300256734
RRP: £20.00£17.38The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognised events of modern history. The assault phase,... -
The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells
RRP: £10.99£7.99**SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'An epoch-defining book' Matt Haig'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should probably be this' David Sexton, Evening StandardSelected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times,... -
Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel 9780897333764
RRP: £14.95£9.80Having lost her husband, her parents, and her two young sons to the Nazi exterminators, Olga Lengyel had little to live for during her seven-month internment in Auschwitz. Only Lengyel's work in the prisoners' underground resistance and the need to tell... -
Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game Andrew Hodges 9781784700089
RRP: £10.99£8.39The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Taken on by British Intelligence in... -
The Art of War: The Ancient Classic by Sun Tzu
RRP: £11.99£8.22The original and bestselling leadership book! Sun Tzu's ideas on survival and success have been read across the world for centuries. Today they can still be applied to business, politics and life. The Art of War demonstrates how to win without conflict... -
Ferret!: USAAF Airborne Signals Intelligence Development and Operations 1942-1945 by William M. Cahill 9781800352971
RRP: £34.95£24.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352971Author William M. CahillFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past by Christopher Hadley 9780008356729
RRP: £10.99£7.33A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph 'On nearly every page a random... -
A Street in Arnhem: The Agony of Occupation and Liberation by Robert Kershaw
RRP: £32.95£22.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612002644Author Robert KershawFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint CasematePublisher CasemateWeight(grams) 612g -
Africana by Lerato Umah-Shaylor
RRP: £22.00£15.58'It is a glorious book: an education and an invitation. There is such life in its pages, and such food!' Nigella Lawson A culinary expedition celebrating cooking from across the African continent Africana... -
The Kebra Nagast: The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith by Gerald Hausman
RRP: £12.99£11.46The Kebra Nagast is a sacred text originally written in 14th century Ethiopia. It tells the story of how the Queen of Sheba met the biblical King Solomon, and relates the birth of her son, Menilek, who became the legendary king of Ethiopia. A work of... -
The Shortest History of Greece James Heneage 9781913083243
RRP: £9.99£7.32Apologies 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 -
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson 9780141993096
RRP: £12.99£9.34Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize 2023A Telegraph Book of the YearA Times, Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearOne of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French historyFew images more... -
Roman Britain: A New History by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: £19.99£14.35This lively, authoritative account of a crucial period in Britain's history has been revised and updated to incorporate the very latest findings and research. Guy de la Bedoyere - the popular face of Romano-British archaeological studies - puts the Roman... -
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
RRP: £18.99£14.01**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award**A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest - now serialised in the BBC R4 documentary The Crowning of Everest.'The price of life is... -
A History of Norfolk in 100 Places by David Robertson
RRP: £17.99£13.84Norfolk has a wealth of important archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes. This guide is the first to use them to tell the county's rich history.Starting with real footprints of people who lived here nearly 1 million years ago, A History... -
Spitfire: A Very British Love Story by John Nichol 9781471159237
RRP: £10.99£7.21THE SUNDAY TIMES NON FICTION BESTSELLER WHSmith NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys'A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic... -
Cameron at 10: The Verdict by Anthony Seldon
RRP: £16.99£12.87The most intimate account of a serving prime minister ever published, this is the gripping inside story of David Cameron's government as told by senior figures, including the Prime Minister, George Osborne and Boris Johnson. Spanning the early... -
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization: A new investigation into the mysteries of the human past by the bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods and Magicians of the Gods by Graham Hancock
RRP: £14.99£6.11***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER***'Hancock's books provide a fascinating, alternative version of prehistory. America Before, detailed and wide-ranging, turns what was myth and legend into a new story of the past.' Daily MailWas an advanced... -
No Way Out: The Searing True Story of Men Under Siege by Adam Jowett
RRP: £10.99£8.15A Sunday Times bestseller, powerful, highly-charged and moving, No Way Out is Adam Jowett's tribute to the men of Easy Company who paid a heavy price for serving their country in Afghanistan.'Fiercely immersive. Truly heroic.' - Tom Marcus, bestselling... -
Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations by Neil Oliver 9781787636347
RRP: £25.00£18.30' Haunted is a wonderful book: part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book about ghosts .... beautifully written, fascinating, deeply moving and thought-provoking.' - James Holland'A proper page-turner .... A fascinating tangle... -
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson 9780753560846
RRP: £16.99£12.47** #4 New York Times bestseller **In Democracy Awakening, American historian Heather Cox Richardson examines how, over the decades, an elite minority have made war on American ideals. By weaponising language and promoting false history, they are leading... -
Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney by Peter Marshall 9780008394394
RRP: £25.00£16.43From Peter Marshall, winner of the Wolfson Prize 2018, Storm’s Edge is a new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs and community memory on the geographical edge of Britain. Peter Marshall was born in Orkney... -
The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy and Seized Power in Germany by Richard J. Evans
RRP: £16.99£12.28Richard J. Evans' The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy and Seized Power in Germany explores how the First World War, the Weimar Republic and the Great Depression paved the way for Nazi rule. They started as little more than a... -
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney 9780241519332
RRP: £75.00£55.20THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWinner of Non-Fiction Book of the Year, British Book Awards (Nibbies), 2022A self-portrait in 154 songs, by our greatest living songwriter'More often than I can count, I've been asked if I would write an autobiography,... -
The American Civil War by John Keegan
RRP: £14.99£11.11The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the most mysterious. It has captured the imagination of writers, artists and film-makers for decades but the reality of it confuses and divides historians even...