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Bridge of Spies by Giles Whittell 9781849833271 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.65THE DRAMATIC EVENTS BEHIND THE FILM BRIDGE OF SPIES.'Riveting, meticulously researched and beautifully written, Bridge of Spies unlocks one of the most fascinating espionage mysteries of the Cold War' - Ben Macintyre, author of Agent Zigzag and SAS Rogue... -
The Weaker Vessel by Lady Antonia Fraser 9781842126356 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England.Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent... -
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar by Michael Paterson 9781472136831 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.92The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history. Nicholas became Tsar at the age of 26. Though a conscientious man who was passionate in... -
Billy Ruffian by David Cordingly 9780747565444 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian. Under fourteen captains, she played a conspicuous part in three of the most famous of all sea battles: the battle of the Glorious First of June (1794), the... -
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders: The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women by Jane Robinson 9781784163990 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.43It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It marked at once political watershed and a social revolution; the point at... -
South Wales Collieries Volume 5: Mardy Collieries by Owen David 9780752432519 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£4.42This is part of a series on South Wales Collieries, which illustrates the area's industrial history during the past 200 years, in text and photographs, and gives a glimpse of both working and village life in the valleys.Book InformationISBN... -
Faulks on Fiction by Sebastian Faulks 9781846079603 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.65Ever since Robinson Crusoe in 1719, the novel has introduced British readers to truly unforgettable characters - people in whom we can find deeper understanding of our own lives. In this engaging and personal book, Sebastian Faulks examines and... -
A Dictionary of World History by Anne Kerr 9780199685691 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£4.33This wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day. Over 4,000 clear, concise entries include biographies of key figures in world history (living and dead), separate... -
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew by A. N. Wilson 9780099451877 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.99£8.64When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power... -
Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London by Catharine Arnold 9781471125706 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.33The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and confronted triumph and tragedy. Triumph came when Shakespeare's company, the... -
The Earlier Tudors 1485-1558 by J. D. Mackie 9780198217060 [USED COPY]
RRP: £172.50£6.10This classic volume in the renowned Oxford History of England series examines the birth of a nation-state from the death throes of the Middle Ages in North-West Europe. John D. Mackie describes the establishment of a stable monarchy by the very competent... -
Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure by Michael Asher 9780140258554 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure more thrilling than any fiction. The story begins with the massacre of the 11,000 strong Hicks Pasha column in 1883. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero... -
Sweets: A History Of Temptation by Tim Richardson 9780553814460 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone loves sweets. However keen we might be on fine cheese, vintage wine or acorn-fed Iberian ham, much of the time we'd be happier with a Curly-Wurly. But why do we like sweets so much? Why is there such... -
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by Francis Wheen 9780007140978 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£2.29An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would... -
The Oxford History of the British Army by David Chandler 9780192803115 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.99£3.32From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf Campaign, from the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, this stimulating and informative book recounts the history of the British army from its medieval... -
Peninsular War: Wellington's Battlefields Revisited by Ian Fletcher 9781848845299 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£5.62In 1994 Ian Fletcher published his book Fields of Fire, which was the first book to show Wellington's Peninsular War battlefields in full colour. Now, almost 20 years on, he returns with a second book, The Peninsular War: Wellington's Battlefields... -
The American Future: A History From The Founding Fathers To Barack Obama by Simon Schama 9780099520399 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29The American Future traces the history of a country whose most enduring trait is its capacity for self-renewal, especially at times of disaster. Examining issues of power, race and immigration, religious fervour and prosperity, this masterful portrait of... -
The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century by David 9780857206374 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to... -
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter 9780006374541 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.29A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day. Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many... -
Two Sides of Hell: They Spent Weeks Killing Each Other. Now Soldiers from Both Sides of the Falklands War Tell Their Story by Vincent Bramley 9781844548217 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£2.65The unique and harrowing account of the most destructive battle of the Falklands War as seen through the eyes of eight ordinary Argentinian soldiers from the seventh infantry regiment and five British paratroopers. Vincent Bramley, author of the... -
How to be a Knight by David Steer 9781840119282 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840119282Author David SteerFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Templar PublishingPublisher Templar Publishing -
What If?: Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been by Robert Cowley 9780330487245 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Anyone interested in military history or indeed history in general will find it fascinating to read.' Spectator. What If? is a collection of counterfactual essays dealing with military events. Concentrating on some of the most intriguing military history... -
SAS Operation Storm: Nine men against four hundred by Roger Cole 9781444726961 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29SAS OPERATION STORM is the inside story - told by those who took part - of the greatest secret war in SAS history. The tipping point, Mirbat, South Oman, 19 July 1972 is one of the least-known yet most crucial battles of modern times. If the SAS had been... -
Learn on the Loo: Making Your Me Time More Productive by Graeme Donald 9781782433941 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£1.78At home or in the office, the loo is one of those few places where we have space and time to sit and think. And now you can have your own private lavatory lecturer to help you make the most of the average 1.5 years you will spend on the loo over your... -
Wartime by Juliet Gardiner 9780755310289 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29Juliet Gardiner's critically acclaimed book - the first in a generation to tell the people's story of the Second World War - offers a compelling and comprehensive account of the pervasiveness of war on the Home Front. The book has been commended for its... -
Spitfire Stories: True Tales from Those Who Designed, Maintained and Flew the Iconic Plane by Jacky Hyams 9781782438168 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Spitfire Stories, published in association with Imperial War Museums, is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines of the Second World War.The Spitfire is the world's most iconic aeroplane. Coming into its own during... -
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan 9781541730342 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£8.35A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA #1 ABA INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE BESTSELLERFew in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously on both sides of... -
Seal Team Six: The incredible story of an elite sniper - and the special operations unit that killed Osama Bin Laden by Howard E. Wasdin 9780751549027 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.31When the US Navy send their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six. SEAL Team Six is a clandestine unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue and counterinsurgency. Until recently its existence was a... -
Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties by Rachel Cooke 9781844087419 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29In her apron and rubber gloves, a smile lipsticked permanently across her face, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful to have sloughed off. A homely compliant creature, she knows little or nothing of sex,... -
Superworm Anniversary foiled edition PB by Julia Donaldson 9780702303982 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99£2.65The wriggly, squiggly superhero is now available with a gorgeous foiled cover to celebrate his tenth anniversary! Never fear, Superworm's here! He can fish Spider out of a well, and rescue Toad from a... -
Egypt: How A Lost Civilisation Was Rediscovered by Joyce Tyldesley 9780563493815 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£1.87For nearly two thousand years after the last pharaoh ruled Egypt the wonders of this ancient culture remained hidden, seemingly lost and forgotten for ever. Then, in the late eighteenth century, Napoleons invasion of the country sparked an explosion of... -
Latin Inscriptions by Dirk Booms 9780714122885 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£4.87Latin inscriptions can appear daunting - a jumble of letters without any structure or meaning. However, once you know how, most are easy to read as they follow strict rules of grammar and abbreviation. This book will teach readers how to 'decipher' them... -
An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines 9780007435852 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£2.65WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the... -
Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World by Roy Porter 9780140250282 [USED COPY]
RRP: £22.00£2.29For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. Porter certainly acknowledges France's importance, but here makes an overwhelming case for... -
We Are At War: The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times by Simon Garfield 9780091903879 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries of those who lived through it. We Are At War is the story of five everyday folk, who, living on the brink of chaos, recorded privately on paper... -
Stalingrad 1942-43 (2): The Fight for the City by Robert Forczyk 9781472842695 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£7.00The second in a three-part series examining the Stalingrad campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War II, that set the stage for the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich. By early September 1942, 6.Armee and 4.Panzer-Armee had... -
Their Darkest Hour: People Tested to the Extreme in WWII by Laurence Rees 9780091917593 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.25How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi death camp?Award-winning documentary maker and historian... -
GCHQ: Centenary Edition by Richard Aldrich 9780008351809 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.65FULLY UPDATED CENTENARY EDITION 'An important book' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'An intriguing history of covert surveillance ... thoroughly engaging' Daily Telegraph ... -
Ghosts of Wales: Accounts from the Victorian Archives by Mark Rees 9780750984188 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£4.90In the Victorian era, sensational ghost stories were headline news. Spine-chilling reports of two-headed phantoms, murdered knights and spectral locomotives filled the pages of the press. Spirits communicated with the living at dark seances, forced... -
The Great Journeys in History by Robin Hanbury-Tenison 9780500287033 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travellers of all time. This book chronicles their stories and many more, describing epic voyages of discovery from the extraordinary...