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Prize-winning historian Lawrence Freedman takes an exceptionally clear-eyed look at America's strategic predicament in the Middle East, over the past 30 years.The United States is locked into three prolonged conflicts without much hope of early...

The Remembrance Poppy is a haunting reminder of the ultimate cost of war. Worn by millions around the world every year, the Poppy compels us to remember war's dead, wounded and bereaved, regardless of nationality or conflict. As we reflect on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907771579Author Ben WarlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Maritime BooksPublisher MCI Media Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739805104Author Andrew MarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Halwill PublishingPublisher Halwill PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860061288Author I.S. SwinnertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 119Imprint Federation of Family History Societies (Publications)Publisher Family History...

Focusing on the French Revolution, this is one of a history series, modular in structure, which offers teachers the flexibility to design their own scheme of work at Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. Each book covers all the core study units and...

John Stubbs's Reprobates charts the rise and fall of the Cavaliers before, during and after the English Civil War.From disastrous foreign forays to syphilitic poets, from political intriguing to ambitious young playwrights keen to curry favour with the...

Covering different historical eras, this informative series details all the topics one would expect to find in a history series, such as family life, food, religion, entertainment and warfare. However, it focuses on the most gruesome parts of these...

This compact easy-reference book takes an alternative look at 19th-century British history, shining a light on the often-forgotten sacrifices that were required to bring about the Industrial Revolution & the realisation of the Victorian dream. For...

Professor Tudor Parfitt, a real-life British Indiana Jones, has made the biggest discovery of the last 3,000 years - what became of the fabled Ark of the Covenant. This is the amazing story of his quest. This is the real-life account of...

Off With Their Heads, the follow-up to the bestselling Thirty Days Has September, is bursting with the best bits from British history. This book will inspire a love of history that will last a lifetime and is a lovely gift from parent to child to help...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079773Author Edward LuceFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780713106855Author John F. AylettFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 216mm...

Henry VIII changed the course of English life more completely than any monarch since the Conquest. In the portraits of Holbein, Henry Tudor stands proud as one of the most powerful figures in renaissance Europe. But is the portrait just a bluff?In his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743261043Author David MaranissFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen. But this is not just his story; it is...

An analytical survey of Britain in the era of the Great War (focusing particularly on the period 1907-1922), which questions the common assumption that, because the war had a devastating impact on the British people, its social consequences must...

In the political ferment of the Tudor century one family above all others was always at the troubled centre of court and council. During those years the Dudleys were never far from controversy. Three of them were executed for treason. They were...

The true story of a love which defied family, Apartheid, and empire - the inspiration for the major new feature film A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike London, 1947. He was the heir to an African kingdom. She was a white...

Portrays Elizabeth I's turbulent life and times and the achievements of the talented men of the time, among them Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage...

Long after the Battle of Britain, the aircrews of RAF Bomber Command risked their lives night after night during the Second World War. Over 55,000 of the airmen never returned from these missions; a further 10,000 became prisoners of war. And yet Bomber...

In the nineteenth century true stories of cannibal tribes massacring white traders (and vice versa) and missionaries fed the morbid appetites of Europeans, North Americans and colonials. Accounts of cannibalism committed by seafarers on their dead...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955275104Author William WebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Colour HeroesPublisher Colour Heroes

From the divine right of kings to the political philosophies of writers such as Machiavelli, the medieval city-states to the unification of Spain, Daniel Waley and Peter Denley focus on the growing power of the state to illuminate changing political...

In the wake of the Dreyfus affair and the Shoah, many French intellectuals have maintained rich and complex relationships with Judaism, beyond as well as within the religious dimension. Whether they approach it via history, philosophy, biblical studies...

In 1856, in an opera house in Roseville, Illinois, Susan B. Anthony called for the supporters of woman suffrage to stand. The only person to rise was eight-year-old Emma Smith. And she continued to take a stand for the rest of her life. As a leader in...

The fascinating and turbulent black America of the 1960s emerges in these essays, through the lenses of dissent and its contradictions. Gerald L. Early revisits this volatile time in American history, when class, culture, and race ignited conflagrations...

While the coast of the Pacific Northwest becomes populated with houses, condominiums, motels, and restaurants, its beaches and cliffs continue to be altered by ocean currents and winter storms. A companion volume to Living with the Shore of Puget Sound...

Kelsey's observations range from descriptions of the Battle of Britain from the ground, bombing raids on civilian populations, and a meeting with a possible German spy, to more personal accounts of the difficulties of obtaining a bath. She and her...

The Gulf Coast of Texas has drawn people ever since nomadic Indian tribes sought sustenance in the coastal lagoons and marshes. Spanish and French explorers shipwrecked on these shores, while settlers in the nineteenth century turned Galveston and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840135596Author New Line BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Grange Books LtdPublisher Grange Books Ltd

The Norman Conquest in the eleventh century is one of the best-known events in English history, but the French attempts to invade England three hundred years later are largely ignored and misunderstood. In fact, French invaders landed on English soil...

Fire! Fire! tells the story of a young boy trapped in London as the Great Fire takes hold. Now over 350 years since fire swept through the city in 1666, this gripping first-hand account is perfect for children studying ...

Some devised methods of torture cruel beyond belief, some Killed members of their own families, others ordered the murders of millions of innocents; some were admired statesmen, some were maniacs - others simply butchers. Vlad Dracul, prince of...

Never heard before real stories of soldiers who fought in WW2 'Extraordinary ...If they had not made our war their war also, victory might not have come in 1945' DAILY TELEGRAPHIn this powerful and moving narrative, Christopher Somerville skilfully links...

For a nation with a long and proud-military tradition, one token stands above all others as a mark of recognition for the ultimate individual feats of arms: the Victoria Cross. Awarded for one reason alone - to mark extreme acts of great heroism by...

The making of Music is the story of our musical history, its origins and how it has shaped us. We have all grown up with a common background noise, whether we realise it or not. The tradition of European music that took shape in medieval monasteries,...

'The best study of Lawrence of Arabia' Sunday TimesControversial and provocative, revised and updated, this edition of Lawrence James' acclaimed biography penetrates and overturns the mythology which surrounds T. E. Lawrence, yet remains dispassionate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788280068Author Nigel CawthorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Considered to be the classic introduction to the subject, this third edition has been carefully revised and updated to take account of the developments in the subject, and includes an extensive newly compiled bibliography and twice the number of...