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Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium by Lucy Inglis 9781447285762
RRP: £25.00£18.94'Lucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting and dangerous plants in the world. Telling the story of opium tells us much about our faults and foibles as humans - our willingness... -
The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple
RRP: £14.99£10.95On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests... -
The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror by Joseph A. McCullough
RRP: £25.00£18.88As the wars of Napoleon ravage Europe, chaos and fear reign and the darkness that once clung to the shadows has been emboldened. Supernatural creatures - vampires, werewolves, ghouls, and worse take advantage of the havoc, striking out at isolated farms,... -
Himalaya: A Human History by Ed Douglas
RRP: £14.99£10.87'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' TelegraphThis is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZEAn epic... -
Slaves and Highlanders: Hearing Silenced Histories by David Alston
RRP: £15.99£13.33Shortlisted for the 2021 Highland Book Prize Explores the prominent role of Highland Scots in the slavery industry of the cotton, sugar and coffee plantations of the 18th and 19th centuries Scots were involved in every stage of the slave trade:... -
A House Through Time by David Olusoga
RRP: £10.99£7.93'A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes' Choice MagazineIn recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great... -
The Stasi Poetry Circle: The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War by Philip Oltermann
RRP: £10.99£7.32The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry club: Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with Dead Poets Society.'Engrossing.' Observer'Remarkable.' The Times'Magnificent.' Phillipe Sands'Gripping.' Literary Review'A history so outlandish and... -
The Age of Athelstan: Britain's Forgotten History by Paul Hill 9780752425665
RRP: £17.99£13.64In an age of evocative names like Eric Bloodaxe and Egil Skallagrimson, one name has been lost in the mists of time: that of Athelstan, ruler of all Britain. From the first raids of the Vikings on the shores of Britain and Ireland, the book traces the... -
The American Civil War by John Keegan
RRP: £14.99£10.95The 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... -
A Dual Perspective: The German in an English Judge by Konrad Schiemann 9781915036667
RRP: £24.99£20.29The inspirational story of a young German orphan who escaped a war-torn Berlin to rise to the highest ranks of the European legal system. When Konrad Schiemann escaped his home in Berlin to begin a new life in England, he didn't know what life... -
Inside The Third Reich by Albert Speer
RRP: £16.99£11.94The classic eye-witness account of Nazi Germany, by Hitler's Armaments Minister and right-hand man.'Inside the Third Reich is not only the most significant personal German account to come out of the war but the most revealing document on the Hitler... -
The God of Small Things (Collins Modern Classics) by Arundhati Roy
RRP: £9.99£7.26Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. ... -
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
RRP: £9.99£6.80'The first in an effervescent new mystery series. . . a treat for historical mystery lovers looking for a new series to savour (or devour)' NEW YORK TIMES'A gorgeous debut mystery with a charming and fearless sleuth . . . spellbinding' SUJATA... -
The Penguin History of the United States of America by Hugh Brogan
RRP: £16.99£12.28This new edition of Brogan's superb one-volume history - from early British colonisation to the Reagan years - captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress. Brogan explores the period leading... -
The Gulag Archipelago: v. 2: Experiment in Literary Investigation by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9780061253720
RRP: £21.99£14.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061253720Author Aleksandr SolzhenitsynFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David Van Reybrouck 9781847927040
RRP: £30.00£21.35A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Harari'Utterly compelling' Financial... -
The Craft of International History: A Guide to Method by Marc Trachtenberg 9780691125695
RRP: £35.00£27.74This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics. The focus is on the nuts and bolts of historical research--that is, on how to use original sources, analyze and interpret historical works, and actually write a work of history... -
Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger 9780671510992
RRP: £16.99£12.08'Kissinger's absorbing book tackles head-on some of the toughest questions of our time ...Its pages sparkle with insight' Simon Schama in the NEW YORKER Spanning more than three centuries, from Cardinal Richelieu to the fragility of the 'New World... -
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
RRP: £10.99£7.77On 1 May 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. The passengers - including a record number of children and infants - were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around... -
The Madman's Gallery by Edward Brooke-Hitching
RRP: £30.00£19.81Enter The Madman's Gallery - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made. From the author of... -
Devon and Cornwall's Oddest Historical Tales by John Fisher
RRP: £12.99£9.62The West Country's colourful past encompasses a pageant of historical figures and peculiar stories - from Lawrence of Arabia's flamboyant motorbike forays across Dartmoor and the terrifying account of a lion attack on the Exeter mail coach, to Devonian... -
Half Century, Baby! - Fifty Years of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat by David Parsons 9781911658924
RRP: £40.00£28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658924Author David ParsonsFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 1357g -
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: with Pearl and Sir Orfeo by J. R. R. Tolkien
RRP: £9.99£7.14This smart new paperback edition contains the fully-reset text of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour. It features a beautifully decorated text... -
Wales from the Air: history in the hills by Paul R. Davis 9781910839690
RRP: £20.00£16.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839690Author Paul R. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll
RRP: £25.00£16.43A Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller 'As taut as a... -
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
RRP: £10.99£7.32'I beseech you to read this account' - Christopher HitchensA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his... -
The Meaning of History: Reflections on Spenler, Toynby and Kant by Henry Kissinger
RRP: £20.00£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189425866Author Henry KissingerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe PublishingWeight(grams) 930g -
London's Hidden Walks Volume 4 by Stephen Millar 9781902910680
RRP: £11.99£8.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902910680Author Stephen MillarFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Metro Publications, N1Publisher Metro Publications, N1Weight(grams) 105g -
Bobby Fischer Goes to War by David Edmonds
RRP: £10.99£7.32PERFECT FOR FANS OF NETFLIX'S THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT'Gripping.' SUNDAY TIMES'Pure drama.'INDEPENDENT'Compelling.'NEW YORK TIMESBobby Fischer Goes to War by David Edmonds and John Eidinow details the occasion when Bobby Fischer met Boris Spassky in one of the... -
The Hidden Ways: Scotland's Forgotten Roads by Alistair Moffat
RRP: £10.99£7.32Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing AwardsIn The Hidden Ways, Alistair Moffat traverses the lost paths of Scotland - its Roman roads tramped by armies, its byways and pilgrim routes, drove roads and railways, turnpikes and sea roads - in a... -
Wales: England's Colony? by Martin Johnes 9781912681419
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the very beginnings of Wales, its people have defined themselves against their large neighbour. Wales: England's Colony? shows, that relationship has not only defined what it has meant to be Welsh, it has also been central to making and defining... -
King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia by Asfa-Wossen Asserate
RRP: £14.99£10.80Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was as brilliant as he was formidable. An early proponent of African unity and independence who claimed to be a descendant of King Solomon, he fought with the Allies against the Axis powers during World War... -
Wake Up: Why the world has gone nuts by Piers Morgan
RRP: £9.99£6.64The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller It's time we get back to common sense. It's time to cancel the cancel culture. ... -
Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding by Roel Sterckx
RRP: £12.99£9.09Shortlisted for the PEN Hessel-Tiltman Prize'A terrific book, rich and endlessly thought provoking. . . If you are looking for one book to understand the core ideas of Chinese civilisation, read this' - Michael WoodAn engrossing history of ancient... -
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by David Womersley
RRP: £12.99£9.49Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto... -
The Warrior Queen: The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great by Joanna Arman
RRP: £11.99£7.86AEthelflaed, eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. To the popular imagination, she is the archetypal warrior queen, a Medieval Boudicca, renowned for her heroic struggle against the... -
Poetry of the First World War by Marcus Clapham
RRP: £10.99£7.51The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history and produced horrors undreamed of by the young men who cheerfully volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas. Whether in the patriotic enthusiasm of Rupert... -
Dead Man's Hand by Brad Taylor 9781837933303
RRP: £9.99£7.46The gripping new thriller by New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor. Pike Logan investigates a threat to a key European ally... and discovers a secret that could lead to world annihilation. To finally end the war between their nations, a band... -
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain by Peter Fryer
RRP: £16.99£11.94Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of... -
Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
RRP: £12.99£8.60**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan is the most influential book ever written on the Japanese "Way of the Warrior." A classic study of Japanese culture, the book outlines the moral code of the Samurai way...