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Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an army doctor, of what it was like to live and fight in the trenches of the Western Front. Owens, a member of the original British expeditionary Force, the...

More than a million people visit the Stonehenge World Heritage Site every year, pondering the stones and soaking up the surrounding landscape. When was it built? Who built it? What was it? How did it work? Here Timothy Darvill argues that around 2600 BC...

Aubrey Burl provides a fascinating insight into the life and times of Bartholomew Roberts, also known as Black Bart, who was easily one of the most successful and deadly pirates in all of history.About the AuthorAubrey Burl has written Danse Macabre:...

Operation Stopwatch/Gold, said CIA chief Alan Dulles, was one of the most valuable and daring projects ever undertaken. In 1955 it ran a tunnel 800 metres under the Russian sector of Cold War Berlin, and for more than a year tuned into Red Army...

Deception has been an integral part of warfare since Troy accepted a wooden horse from the Acheans, but it has generally been looked on as the ruses de guerre of cunning individuals rather then an essential component of the command skills necessary for...

On 15 June 1215, rebel barons forced King John to meet them at Runnymede. They did not trust the King, so he was not allowed to leave until his seal was attached to the charter in front of him. This was Magna Carta. It was a revolutionary document. Never...

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A history of Canvey IslandBook InformationISBN 9780752411088Author Geoff BarsbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332056Author Peter W. RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 178mm * 19mm

Though known the world over for William's victory in 1066, Hastings was already well populated long before even the Romans came. When they left, sea-raiders came and carved out their own little kingdom and the sea has ever since played a leading role in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771022760Author Andrew CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams) 274g

Speeches that Made History is a collection of speeches, addresses, declarations and announcements that have shaped history. Some have changed the way people think, others have changed the course of events across the globe - sometimes for the better, at...

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The stones of Romford market-place have echoed for centuries with the cries of the traders of every product imaginable. This book records Romford's history, exploring the days when an important royal palace stood nearby and kings, queens and courtiers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907018155Author Joan BellanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Tabb HousePublisher Tabb House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906887346Author Mike HeathFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956121110Author John HannavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint GW PublishingPublisher Lomond Books

As with the Great War, World War II gave rise to a rich crop of legends, many of which persist in the public consciousness even today. Some are well known, like the Dunkirk story, which portrayed the disaster of 1940 as a victory. Others are more obscure...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840135589Author New Line BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Grange Books LtdPublisher Grange Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711034556Author Pete WatermanFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Each mini-guide allows the reader to get to know more about a region's history, linking historical events with places of interest and sites of note, as well as providing an unprecedented visual feast of contemporary photographs, uniforms, badges and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906259013Author Alan AveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 89Imprint Blackthorn PressPublisher Blackthorn Press

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In the early middle ages the Christian presence in the Middle East took a series of blows from often superior Muslim forces, only for a fresh wave of Crusaders to regain territory. But the Fall of Acre in 1291 was the dramatic event that finally brought...

Embark on an entertaining journey across millennia and continents, and learn about absolutely everything including the creation of planet Earth, the age of dinosaurs, the rise of humans, the miserable medieval times, globalisation, wars, revolutions,...

Incorporating recent events in the Native American community as well as additional information gleaned from publications and public resources, this newly redesigned and updated second edition of ""First People"" brings back to the fore this concise and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015442054Author Fanny CrosbyFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Anyone who has seen The Lion in Winter will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets and readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the typecasting of Good King Richard, defending Christendom in the Holy Land, and Bad...

'Excellent ... a remarkable achievement and ought to be recognised as one of the most successful histories of the Western Desert and North African fighting yet to have appeared' John Keegan, Daily TelegraphFor the British, the battle fought at El Alamein...

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The histories of nations are never as simple as their legends suggest. George Rosie has been driven by a powerful curiosity about the country he has lived in since he was an Edinburgh schoolboy fifty years ago. This lively mindset has established him as...

Illustrated by over 300 exciting photographs and contains maps of all the major campaigns. It covers the social, military and political history of Nazi Germany and provides a chronological account of one of history's most infamous regimes. Includes boxes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992841560Author Hatfield WEAFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hatfield Local History SocietyPublisher Hatfield Local History Society

This ground-breaking volume documents women's influence on popular culture in twentieth-century China by examining Yue opera. A subgenre of Chinese opera, it migrated from the countryside to urban Shanghai and morphed from its traditional all-male form...

Napoleon Bonaparte's character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling new biography Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men - as military...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576581711Author James HalcombFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint YWAM Publishing,U.S.Publisher YWAM Publishing,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085275Author Rembrandt Van RijnFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

A concise and accessible study of the foundations, development and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation. Starting with Troy, where history, myth...

"The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series interested in a real-world game of thrones." -- BooklistOne of Italy's most revered cultural figures reconstructs the...