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Ladies in Waiting by Anne Somerset
RRP: $25.33$16.97'Provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material about five centuries of court life' New York Times'Naughty Knickers version of our island story' Daily Mail---------------------------------------------Ladies in Waiting chronicles the lives of famous and... -
The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction by Matthew Restall 9780195392296
RRP: $17.53$13.30With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the world's resources and balance of power. They changed the... -
A Short History of the Wars of the Roses by David Grummitt
$32.70The Wars of the Roses (c. 1455-1487) are renowned as an infamously savage and tangled slice of English history. A bloody thirty-year struggle between the dynastic houses of Lancaster and York, they embraced localised vendetta (such as the bitter northern... -
Insurrection: Scotland's Famine Winter by James Hunter 9781780276229
$44.93'A gripping, heart-breaking account of the famine winter of 1847' - Rosemary Goring, The Herald Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides... -
Swanage: An Illustrated History Jason Tomes 9781838473525
RRP: $29.25$27.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838473525Author Jason TomesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote PressWeight(grams) 220g -
Who Abolished Slavery?: Slave Revolts and Abolitionisma Debate with Joao Pedro Marques by Seymour Drescher 9781800730052
RRP: $54.50$44.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800730052Author Seymour DrescherFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Berghahn BooksPublisher Berghahn Books -
I Escaped from Auschwitz: The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews by Rudolf Vrba
RRP: $29.23$23.83The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor April 7, 1944-This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf... -
The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution by Yuri Slezkine 9780691176949
RRP: $68.25$57.62On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the... -
The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III by Stephen Boardman
RRP: $58.50$40.95The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland series aims to bring the rich political heritage of late medieval and early modern Scotland before as wide a reading public as possible, with specialist authors writing for the general reader as well as the student or... -
Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570 by Eamon Duffy
RRP: $43.88$37.73Personal prayer books and the jottings in their margins tell us about their owners and about life in late medieval and Reformation England In this richly illustrated book, religious historian Eamon Duffy discusses the Book of Hours, unquestionably the... -
The Battleships, World Encyclopedia of: An illustrated history: pre-dreadnoughts, dreadnoughts, battleships and battle cruisers from 1860 onwards, with 500 archive photographs by Peter Hore 9780754834595
RRP: $29.25$24.82An illustrated history of battleships, their origins and evolution, this meticulously researched book begins with a history of the battleship, from the first ironclad wooden-hulled ships of the 19th century to the revolutionary Dreadnoughts of World War... -
The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars by Daniel Beer
RRP: $25.33$18.21WINNER OF THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017, THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2017 AND THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY BOOK PRIZE 2017THE TIMES, SPECTATOR, BBC HISTORY and TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Masterful, ... -
Japan's Asian Allies 1941-45 by Philip Jowett
RRP: $23.38$17.90During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941-45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no... -
Fighting Fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers by Bill Brown 9781612007113
RRP: $29.23$21.35Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in U.S. history, thanks to Stephen Ambrose's superb book Band of Brothers, followed by portrayals in film. However, to date... -
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Priya Satia 9780715653050
RRP: $33.13$23.54Winner of the Jerry Bentley Prize in World History (American Historical Association). Award-winning historian Priya Satia presents a new history of the Industrial Revolution that positions war and the gun trade squarely at the heart of the rapid... -
Absolute Emperor: Napoleonic Wargame Battles by Boyd Bruce
RRP: $25.33$19.15From the late Revolutionary Wars and Egyptian campaign, to the battles of Austerlitz, Borodino, Leipzig, and Waterloo, Absolute Emperor is a mass battle wargame that provides all the rules needed to play during this period of grand armies and sweeping... -
The Story of Sheppey by John Clancy
RRP: $37.03$28.35The Isle of Sheppey, just 9 miles long and 4 miles wide, is situated in the Thames Estuary at the mouth of the Medway. It is a mysterious and ancient place, separated from the mainland by arm and of the sea known as The Swale. Sheppey, once mainly known... -
Bomber Command: Airfields of Lincolnshire by Peter Jacobs 9781783463343
RRP: $35.08$31.92From the opening day of the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command took the offensive to the enemy and played a leading role in the liberation of Europe. Many of its squadrons were based in Lincolnshire, where the flat terrain and open fields made the... -
Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of World War II by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: $21.43$15.58'Many books claim to tell an "unknown" story of the Second World War. Few of them actually do. Forgotten Bastards is a rare exception . . . This is gripping history' Duncan Weldon, Prospect A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl,... -
The Alphabet Versus The Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain
RRP: $38.98$26.03This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and... -
Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World by Wade Graham
RRP: $39.00$27.87Dream Cities is a lively, unique and accessible cultural history of modern cities which allows us to view them through the planning, design, architects and movements that inspired and built them. It explores our urban areas in a new way - as expressions... -
Heroines of Olympus: The Women of Greek Mythology by Ellie Mackin Roberts
$30.69Cunning, seductive, monstrous, virtuous - whether in divine or mortal form, women shape the foundations of ancient Greek mythology, but have long been eclipsed by their male counterparts. Now, it's time for their stories to be told.Heroines of Olympus... -
A History of England, Henry VII to William and Mary by H O Arnold-Forster 9780359536221
RRP: $68.33$52.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359536221Author H O Arnold-ForsterFormat HardbackPage Count 254Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm -
The Truth about the Mutiny on Hmav Bounty - And the Fate of Fletcher Christian by Glynn Christian
RRP: $38.98$27.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399014182Author Glynn ChristianFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Pen and Sword HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword HistoryWeight(grams) 152g -
Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 by Ian Buruma
RRP: $33.15$19.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812972863Author Ian BurumaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City John Buntin 9781409154150
RRP: $19.48$13.46The epic struggle for control of Los Angeles and the history of the 30s, 40s, and 50s in America's dream city. Now the FOX UK TV series MOB CITY.Mid-century Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as 'the white spot of America', a land of sunshine and... -
F-86 Sabre vs MiG-15 by Doug Dildy
RRP: $31.18$22.64As the routed North Korean People's Army (NKPA) withdrew into the mountainous reaches of their country and the People's Republic of China (PRC) funneled in its massive infantry formations in preparation for a momentous counter-offensive, both lacked... -
The Corn is Green: A Play by Emlyn Williams
$24.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573017384Author Emlyn WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
North Pole: Nature and Culture by Michael Bravo
RRP: $33.05$23.91In North Pole, Michael Bravo explains how visions of the North Pole have been supremely important to the world's cultures and political leaders, from Alexander the Great to neo-Hindu nationalists. Tracing poles and polarity back to sacred ancient... -
Patrolling the Cold War Skies: Reheat Sunset by Philip Keeble 9781781555965
RRP: $58.50$42.96This is a flying adventure book set within the framework of the Cold War and told through the lens of the RAF Pilot's Flying Log Book. Philip Keeble's logbooks cover ten different types of aircraft: from learning to fly in a Chipmunk trainer in 1965,... -
She's on the Money by Victoria Devine 9781761044137
RRP: $29.23$19.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761044137Author Victoria DevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House AustraliaPublisher Random House Australia -
1940s Fashion by Fiona Kay
RRP: $17.53$11.93Despite - or perhaps because of - the privations of war, the 1940s was one of the greatest decades for fashion in Britain. The designs and fashions of the 1930s would linger on through the early years of the Second World War but with shortages and... -
The Badges of Kitchener's Army David Bilton 9781473833661
RRP: $58.50$42.80Badges of Kitchener's Army is based on thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the thirty divisions raised by Kitchener's appeal for men. ... -
Britain's Declining Empire: The Road to Decolonisation, 1918-1968 by Ronald Hyam
RRP: $60.43$52.32An authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam's 2007 book offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on... -
Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources Laura Sangha 9781138823648
RRP: $77.98$68.89Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources is an introduction to the rich treasury of source material available to students of early modern history. During this period, political development, economic and social change, rising literacy levels, and the... -
The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700 by Jennifer M Rampling
RRP: $44.85$43.15A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see... -
Understanding Naval Warfare Ian Speller (Maynooth University, Ireland) 9781032223339
RRP: $70.18$62.28This updated new edition of Understanding Naval Warfare offers the reader an accessible introduction to the study of modern naval warfare, providing a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates, set within the context of relevant... -
The Spy Who Painted the Queen: The Secret Case Against Philip de Laszlo by Phil Tomaselli
RRP: $19.48$15.15Was Philip de Laszlo a secret agent and was MI5's source really as they claimed? Did an enemy spy really paint the portrait of the young Princess Elizabeth? In 1917, noted society portrait painter Philip de Laszlo, who painted such luminaries as the... -
The World of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman
RRP: $53.63$46.59A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by... -
Topgun: The Legacy: The Complete History of Topgun and Its Impact on Tactical Aviation by Brad Elward
RRP: $89.68$61.46The exclusive and definitive look at the 50-year history of the Navy Fighter Weapons School. The history of air combat has seen one recurring theme-new tactics are learned in battle, forgotten or discarded when battle concludes, and relearned at...