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The War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714 by James Falkner
RRP: £14.99£10.95The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented scale, stretching across most of western Europe, the high seas and the Americas. Yet this major subject is... -
Roman Legions, the (europa Militaria Special 2) by Peterson
RRP: £14.95£12.53Military historian and museum curator Daniel Peterson has been active in the field of 'living history' for may years, and has marched and ridden hundreds of miles across Europe to recreate the day-to-day experiences of the Roman soldiers of 2,000 years... -
Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail, 1700-1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates by Rif Winfield
RRP: £50.00£37.62This book is the latest contribution to a unique series in a common format documenting in great detail the warships of the major naval powers during the age of sail. To date, four volumes have covered the British Navy, two have been devoted to the French... -
The Fenian Rising: James Stephens and the Irish Republican Brotherhood, 1858-1867 by Michael T. Foy 9781803992624
RRP: £25.00£18.54Fenianism was the Irish separatist movement committed to winning Irish freedom through revolution. Defeated often, its tremendous resilience enabled it to rise time and again, phoenix-like, until it eventually inspired the 1916 Easter Rising, soon... -
Churchill and Spain: The Survival of the Franco Regime, 1940-1945 Richard Wigg 9781845192839
RRP: £24.50£22.00Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies. "Churchill and Spain" examines why Franco's regime was alone among Europe's "Big Three" Fascist dictatorships in being able to survive beyond the end of the Second... -
Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire by David J. Mattingly
RRP: £38.95£36.35Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for understanding this and other territories incorporated in the Roman empire. Based on decades of... -
The Weimar Republic by Stephen J. Lee
RRP: £36.99£32.53The Weimar Republic provides a comprehensive introduction to Germany in the aftermath of the First World War. Exploring themes including the formation of the Republic, the impact of the Treaty of Versailles and the Republic's problems and achievements,... -
Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848-2023 by John M Rist 9780227179390
RRP: £20.75£17.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780227179390Author John M RistFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint James Clarke CompanyPublisher James Clarke CompanyWeight(grams) 762g -
The World We Have Lost by Peter Laslett
RRP: £17.99£16.04What was life like in England before the Industrial Revolution? The World We Have Lost is widely regarded as a classic of historical writing and a vital book in reshaping our understanding of the past and the structure of family life in England. Turning... -
Two Sisters by Asne Seierstad
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Asne Seierstad is the supreme non-fiction writer of her generation ... Two Sisters isn't only the story of how a pair of teenage girls became radicalised but an unsparing portrait of our own society - of its failings and its joys' Luke HardingOn 17... -
John F. Kennedy by Robert Dallek
RRP: £11.49£8.10Robert Dallek's masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one national bestseller, and it remains the most widely read one-volume biography of the 35th President. Now, in this marvelous short biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek achieves... -
The Spatha by M.C. Bishop
RRP: £13.99£9.75Adopted from the Celts in the 1st century BC, the spatha, a lethal and formidable chopping blade, became the primary sword of the Roman soldier in the Later Empire. Over the following centuries, the blade, its scabbard, and its system of carriage... -
New York: An Illustrated History by Ric Burns
RRP: £62.00£42.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593534144Author Ric BurnsFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Meakin Diaries - Sheffield in the Trenches by Penny Meakin 9781849638883
RRP: £10.99£7.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849638883Author Penny MeakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)... -
A Birmingham Backstreet Boyhood by Graham V. Twist
RRP: £15.99£12.25A Brimingham Backstreet Boyhood is a fascinating, funny and poignant recollection of the experience of growing up in the slums of Nechells and Aston. All the harshness of daily life is remembered here by local author Graham Twist. Despite hard living... -
Flying Light Helicopters with the Royal Marines: Collective Tales From Marine Air 489 by Robert Wilsey
RRP: £25.00£17.62Little has been written about Royal Marines rotary aviation, the small and select unit which operated light helicopters between 1965 and 1995. Officer and senior non-commissioned officer pilots had the unique privilege of being both Commandos and... -
VCs of the First World War: Spring Offensive 1918 by Gerald Gliddon 9780752487304
RRP: £9.99£7.55At the end of 1917, after three years of trench warfare on the Western Front, the Allied armies of Britain and France, and those of their main opponent, Germany, had reached a point of exhaustion and hibernation. On March 21 1918, the German Army... -
Women, resistance and revolution: A history of women and revolution in the modern world by Sheila Rowbotham
£23.28This classic book provides a historical overview of feminist strands among the modern revolutionary movements of Russia, China and the Third World. Sheila Rowbotham shows how women rose against the dual challenges of an unjust state system and... -
Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer: German Army, Western Europe 1944 -1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526710895
RRP: £14.99£10.95Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three... -
Berwick Upon Tweed: History & Guide by Jim Walker 9780752422626
RRP: £25.00£18.54A history of Berwick upon TweedBook InformationISBN 9780752422626Author Jim WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 248mm * 172mm * 10mm -
The Silent Service: The Inside Story of the Royal Navy's Submarine Heroes John Parker 9780747238058
RRP: £10.99£7.40One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission... -
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S Jones 9781541600256
RRP: £18.99£14.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541600256Author Martha S JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 28mm -
The Forth Bridge: A Picture History by Sheila MacKay
RRP: £14.99£10.20At the time of its construction, the Forth Bridge was the largest bridge in the world, and to this day it remains a breathtaking monument to the vision and confidence of the Victorian age which created it. For seven years, thousands of men from all over... -
Battle of the Atlantic 1939-41: RAF Coastal Command's hardest fight against the U-boats by Mark Lardas
RRP: £14.99£10.95At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies' merchantmen, and the RAF's only offensive weapon was the ... -
Essential SQA Exam Practice: Higher History Questions and Papers: From the publisher of How to Pass Hodder Gibson 9781510471795
£10.93Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: HistoryPractice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher History exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions for every question type and the most popular topics, plus two... -
To the Mountains: My Life in Jihad, from Algeria to Afghanistan by Abdullah Anas
RRP: £15.99£14.47As one of the earliest Arabs to join the Afghan Jihad, the Algerian Islamist Abdullah Anas counted as brothers-in-arms the future icons of al-Qaeda's global war, from Abdullah Azzam to Osama bin Laden, and befriended key Afghan resistance leaders such as... -
The Oxford History of the Holy Land by Robert G. Hoyland
RRP: £12.99£9.09Histories you can trust. The Oxford History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the... -
Last Things: Death and the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages by Caroline Walker Bynum
RRP: £31.00£27.76When the medievals spoke of "last things" they were sometimes referring to events, such as the millennium or the appearance of the Antichrist, that would come to all of humanity or at the end of time. But they also meant the last things that would come... -
Teddington, Twickenham & Hampton Past and Present by Garth Groombridge
RRP: £12.99£9.62About thirty years ago Garth Groombridge recorded the changing scene in Teddington, Twickenham and the Hamptons - focusing particularly on buildings that were due for demolition. He uses his photographs to travel back in time - to a period when these... -
The Offbeat Sari: Indian Fashion Unravelled by Priya Khanchandani
RRP: £24.95£16.35The Offbeat Sari will explore how the sari has become a site for design innovation, an expression of identity, a form of resistance, and a crafted object carrying layers of cultural meanings. In recent years, the sari has been reinvented. The urban... -
The South Downs by Peter Brandon
RRP: £20.00£15.44The South Downs has throughout history been a focus of English popular culture. With chalkland, their river valleys and scarp-foot the Downs have been shaped for over millennia by successive generations of farmers, ranging from Europe's oldest... -
Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15 by Thomas Cleaver 9781612002576
RRP: £25.00£20.71The record of Carrier Air Group 15 in World War II is astonishing by any measure: it scored 312 enemy aircraft destroyed, 33 probably destroyed, and 65 damaged in aerial combat, plus 348 destroyed, 161 probably destroyed, and 129 damaged in ground... -
Portsmouth at War by Andrew Whitmarsh 9780752442969
RRP: £12.99£9.62A collection of images providing a pictorial record of events in Portsmouth during the Second World War.About the AuthorAndrew Whitmarsh has worked as a curator in military history museums for over 25 years, and since 2001 as the curator of The D-Day... -
Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas by Richard Price
RRP: £28.00£24.54Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a... -
Napoleon by Georges Lefebvre
RRP: £19.99£18.09With a new introduction by Andrew Roberts.'A penetrating interpretation...No one with a serious interest in the Napoleonic period can afford to ignore it. ' - Times Literary SupplementWhether viewed as an inspired leader or obsessed tyrant, Napoleon has... -
The Little History of the East End by Dee Gordon 9780750991964
RRP: £12.00£8.93The modern history of London's East End has been well-documented - but what of its ancient roots? From embryonic beginnings in the Stone Age, through Roman rule and civil wars, all the way to its jam-packed twentieth-century timeline, the East End has... -
South Shields in the 1950s: Ten Years that Changed a Town by Eileen Burnett
RRP: £15.99£10.85The 1950s proved to be a period of great change in South Shields, when residents were beginning to put their lives back together after the Second World War. New housing estates and factories were built, bringing increased prosperity to the area. The... -
The Changing Outer Hebrides: Galson and the meaning of Place Frank Rennie 9781789070835
RRP: £16.95£14.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789070835Author Frank RennieFormat PaperbackImprint AcairPublisher Acair -
How to Survive in the Georgian Navy by Bruno Pappalardo
RRP: £9.99£7.11Rigidly organised and harshly disciplined, the Georgian Royal Navy was an orderly and efficient fighting force which played a major role in Great Britain's wars of the 18th and early 19th centuries. This concise book explores what it was like to be a... -
A Less Boring History of the World by Dave Rear
RRP: £18.99£13.61Refreshes the parts other history books can't reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not...