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The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past by Christopher Hadley
RRP: £20.00£13.50A 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... -
Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World Alex Bellos 9781406373400
RRP: £7.99£5.78A groundbreaking new series from two bestselling writers that teaches you about the world through football. The first book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads. When do footballers poo? Can... -
The History of the World Quiz Book: 1,000 Questions and Answers to Test Your Knowledge by Meredith MacArdle
RRP: £9.99£7.05Taking the history of the world as its basis might seem a mammoth task but this fascinating book does just that, breaking the whole lot down into ten enthralling chapters that cover the ages and the world, from the Bronze Age up until the end of the... -
Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History by Sir Richard J. Evans 9780349141435
RRP: £14.99£10.05At the time of his death at the age of 95, Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) was the most famous historian in the world. His books were translated into more than fifty languages and he was as well known in Brazil and Italy as he was in Britain and the United... -
A History and Guide to Scottish Castles by Jenna Maxwell
RRP: £22.00£15.87At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles. It's an extraordinary number for such a small country and today, around 3,000 still stand. Some are world famous, others have inspired great works of literature, while others have lit up the... -
Soldiers in Zimbabwe`s Liberation War by Ngwabi Bhebe 9780852556092
RRP: £24.99£17.61This work is an attempt to look at some of the realities of Zimbabwe's liberation war and at what happened afterwards, rather than at the comfortable myths. Both heroic and terrible deeds are recorded. Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe PublicationsBook... -
Greek Tragedy by Aeschylus
RRP: £10.99£7.99Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex the king sets out to uncover the cause of... -
Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II by Louis Zamperini 9780062118851
RRP: £9.99£6.84The bestselling autobiography of the legendary Louis Zamperini, hero of the blockbuster Unbroken A modern classic by an American legend, Devil at My Heels is the riveting and deeply personal memoir by U.S. Olympian, World War II bombardier, and POW... -
The Indian Empire At War: From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War by George Morton-Jack
RRP: £12.99£7.72'Essential to a proper understanding of the war and of our world of today' Michael Morpurgo1.5 million Indians fought with the British in the First World War - from Flanders to the African bush and the deserts of the Islamic world, they saved the Allies... -
The Atlas of the Civil War by James M. McPherson
RRP: £18.99£12.67From the first shots fired at Fort Sumter in 1861 to the final clashes on the Road to Appomattox in 1864, The Atlas of the Civil War reconstructs the battles of America's bloodiest war with unparalleled clarity and precision. Edited by Pulitzer Prize... -
Knights of Bushido: A History of Japanese War Crimes During World War II by Baron Russell of Liverpool, Edward Frederick Langley Russell 9781848327399
RRP: £16.99£12.87Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Eastern Front 1945: Triumph of the Soviet Air Force by William E. Hiestand 9781472857828
RRP: £16.99£12.47A detailed, illustrated account of the air campaign that accompanied the Red Army's final push towards Berlin, in which massed Soviet air power defeated the Luftwaffe's high-tech Me 262 jets and Mistel exploding drones. The last months of World War... -
Mancunians: Where Do We Start, Where Do I Begin? David Scott 9781526161512
RRP: £11.99£8.81In the late 1990s, Manchester was a city in upheaval. The devastation of the IRA bomb and the closure of the notorious Haçienda nightclub were seismic events that rocked the city’s confidence at a time when identikit bands were flooding its clubs and... -
The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless: A True Story of Love and Compassion Amid a Pandemic by Christina Lamb 9780008487584
RRP: £10.99£7.46'There will be an avalanche of books about the pandemic. None will be as eye-opening or humane or moving as Lamb's' DAILY TELEGRAPH A story of poverty, generosity and worlds colliding in modern Britain When... -
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton 9781846143632
RRP: £30.00£21.69A revelatory new account of the magus - the learned magician - and his place in the world of Renaissance EuropeAt the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix... -
The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £11.99£10.41The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the... -
Stalin's Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War by Robert Gellately
RRP: £14.99£11.62The Second World War almost destroyed Stalin's Soviet Union. But victory over Nazi Germany provided the dictator with his great opportunity: to expand Soviet power way beyond the borders of the Soviet state. Well before the shooting stopped in 1945,... -
Matthew Boulton: Selling What All the World Desires by Shena Mason 9780300143584
RRP: £42.50£37.21Matthew Boulton was an 18th-century designer, inventor, and industrialist, a consummate businessman, and co-founder of the influential Lunar Society. Now, on the bicentenary of his death, this book surveys his life and extraordinarily varied achievements... -
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
RRP: £16.99£11.54European and Arab versions of the Crusades have little in common. For Arabs, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were years of strenuous efforts to repel a brutal and destructive invasion by barbarian hordes. In "The Crusades Through Arab Eyes", Amin... -
Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa by Peter Hopkirk
RRP: £12.99£8.83No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a land forbidden to all outsiders. In this remarkable and ultimately tragic... -
A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell 9780465002054
£22.28In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the unconstrained"... -
Napoleon’s Heavy Cavalry: Uniforms and Equipment of the Cuirassiers and Carabiniers, 1805-1815 by Paul L Dawson 9781526784193
RRP: £28.00£20.02Created during the Peace of Amiens, the nineteen regiments of cuirassiers that existed during the course of the 1e Empire were, after the Imperial Guard, perhaps the most famous and recognisable soldiers of the epoch. This book explores the long... -
Yorkshire: A lyrical history of England's greatest county Richard Morris 9781780229096
RRP: £10.99£7.61'Restless, poetic, strange ... and the territory it describes deserves nothing less' Observer'Glittering and energetic' Country LifeYorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving... -
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia
RRP: £18.99£14.01For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern... -
Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman
RRP: £10.99£7.46'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran 'Newman is a brilliant writer' Observer A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but... -
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent by Owen Matthews
RRP: £10.99£7.99SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE 'The most formidable spy in history' IAN FLEMING 'His work was impeccable' KIM PHILBY 'The spy to end spies' JOHN LE CARRE Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of... -
The Bedroom: An Intimate History by Michelle Perrot
RRP: £22.50£19.35An erudite and highly enjoyable exploration of the most intriguing of personal spaces, from Greek and Roman antiquity through today The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this imaginative and captivating book explores the many... -
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley
RRP: £12.99£8.80A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles... -
The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World by Jennifer Higgie
RRP: £22.00£14.56'In effervescent and atmospheric prose, Jennifer Higgie explores some of history's most innovative artists and their spiritual investigations into this realm and the next. I was entranced from start to finish, as she takes us on both a personal and... -
The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World by Rachel Mairs 9780367550271
RRP: £44.99£40.28This volume provides a thorough conspectus of the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical and historical surveys with critical and thought-provoking case studies in archaeology, history, literature and art.The chapters from... -
Congo by David van Reybrouck
RRP: £14.99£9.96FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY 'Not only deserves the description "epic", in its true sense, but the term "masterpiece" as well' Independent This gripping epic tells the story of one of the world's most critical failed... -
The English Civil War: A People's History by Diane Purkiss
RRP: £14.99£9.96A remarkable popular history of the English Civil War, from the perspectives of those involved in this most significant turning point in British history. The compelling narrative draws on new sources such as letters,... -
Does Counter-Terrorism Work? by Richard English 9780192843340
RRP: £25.00£21.19Does Counter-Terrorism Work? offers an historically-grounded, systematic, and expert interrogation of the effectiveness of state responses to terrorist violence from one of the world's leading experts on terrorism. State responses to terrorism have... -
The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War Candan Badem 9781032069432
RRP: £43.99£39.14The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War is an edited collection of articles on the various aspects of the Crimean War written by distinguished historians from various countries. Part I focuses on diplomatic, military and regional perspectives. Part II... -
The Black Prince by Michael Jones 9781784972943
RRP: £10.99£7.99A major new biography of the Black Prince. 'A clear-eyed and thrilling vision of the man behind the legend' DAN JONES. 'Pacy, vivid and extremely readable' TLS. In 1346, at the age of sixteen, he won his spurs at Crecy; nine years later he... -
A Social History of The Third Reich Richard Grunberger 9780753819388
RRP: £16.99£12.11One of the most devastating portraits ever drawn of a human society - life in Hitler's Germany during the Third ReichThe Nazis developed a social system unprecedented in history. It was rigidly hierarchical, with the seemingly beneficent and ascetic... -
Christchurch Curiosities by W. A. Hoodless 9780752456706
RRP: £20.00£15.27This is a quirky compendium of little-known stories and facts about the beautiful heritage city of Christchurch. From an amazing tale about salmon from the Royalty Fishery, the story of how the Prior persuaded King Henry VIII to exempt the Priory Church... -
My Twenty-Five Years In Provence by Peter Mayle
RRP: £13.99£10.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101974285Author Peter MayleFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction by David A Bell
RRP: £8.99£6.65This Very Short Introduction provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility--for both good... -
The History of Alexander by Quintus Curtius Rufus
RRP: £12.99£9.34Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the...