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A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses by Desmond Seward 9781845290061 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power... -
Nein!: Standing up to Hitler 1935-1944 by Paddy Ashdown 9780008257071 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.81From bestselling and prize-winning author Paddy Ashdown, a revelatory new history of German opposition to Hitler. 'Ashdown has a great gift for narrative history. He unearths little known stories and... -
Island Stories: Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds 9780008282318 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$5.57'Concise, elegant and lucid ... A very useful primer on the delusions of an English mentality' Guardian What do we get wrong about Britain's history and its place in the world? ... -
The Fourth Reich?: The EU - An Emerging German Empire by Sara Moore 9780995466005 [USED COPY]
RRP: $22.05$4.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995466005Author Sara MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Jollies PublishingPublisher Jollies Publishing -
Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors by Chris Skidmore 9780753828946 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81Richard III and Henry Tudor's legendary battle: one that changed the course of English history.On the morning of 22 August 1485, in fields several miles from Bosworth, two armies faced each other, ready for battle. The might of Richard III's army was... -
History Day by Day: 366 Voices from the Past by Peter Furtado 9780500294963 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57'What a wonderful, eclectic daily diet of historical speech! Each entry - one for each day of the year - transports us back to hear the voices of the past, and gives us an empathic, learned, and fascinating insight into the thoughts and feelings of the... -
Brief History of Wales, A by Gerald Morgan 9781847710185 [USED COPY]
RRP: $10.40$4.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847710185Author Gerald MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 175mm * 120mm * 9mm -
British Political History, 1867-2001: Democracy and Decline by Malcolm Pearce 9780415268707 [USED COPY]
RRP: $77.68$7.16This third edition of British Political History, 1867-2001 is an accessible summary of major political developments in British history over the last 140 years.Analyzing the changing nature of British society and Britain's role on the world stage, Malcolm... -
Wordy by Simon Schama 9781471180125 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$5.02'Wordy is about the intoxication of writing; my sense of playful versatility; different voices for different matters: the polemical voice for political columns; the sharp-eyed descriptive take for profiles; poetic precision in grappling with the hard... -
1066 by Frank McLynn 9780712666725 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$4.81Everyone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but in recent years is has become customary to assume that the victory was virtually inevitable, given the alleged superiority of Norman military technology. In this new study,... -
The Country House at War: Life below stairs and above stairs during the war by Simon Greaves 9781907892776 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$5.57A fascinating illustrated history of the First World War told through the great houses of the National Trust. The First World War touched every family in the country and this book tells a story of national collective action and intense private experience... -
1215: The Year of Magna Carta by Danny Danziger 9780340824757 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81On 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... -
Mr Churchill's Profession by Peter Clarke 9781408831236 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$4.81A fascinating new look at a neglected side of Winston Churchill - his life as a professional author - revealing how his most important literary work shaped his role as a world leader, and the history of the Second World War 'Clarke gives us the... -
The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States by Michael Haag 9781846684517 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.83In 1187, nearly a century after the victorious First Crusade, Saladin captured Jerusalem. The Templars, headquartered on the Temple Mount, were driven from the city along with the Frankish population.The fall of Jerusalem was a turning point, the start... -
Torn Apart: Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019 by Ken Wharton 9780750988155 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$18.08In the early twentieth century there was a war brewing on Britain's doorstep. Northern Ireland was filled with discrimination and suspicion, a sense of foreboding that would soon erupt into full-blown rioting. As the fiftieth anniversary of the Troubles... -
War Against the Taliban by Sandy Gall 9781408822340 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.88$5.57Afghanistan's strategically significant lands have long been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight the way the modern... -
Hanes Cymru (A History of Wales in Welsh) by John Davies 9780140284768 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$30.60Yn ymestyn o'r Oesoedd Ia hyd y dwthwn hwn, mae'r gyfrol feistrolgar hon yn olrhain hanes gwleidyddol, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol y rhan honno o'r byd y daethpwyd i'w hadnabod fel Cymru. Dyma'r llyfr sy'n egluro pam, 'er gwaethaf pawb a phopeth, 'rydym... -
Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book: An Englishwoman's Life During the Civil War by Lucy Moore 9781782398127 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$5.57'Fascinating... A vivid account' - Philippa Gregory, The TimesIn the mid-seventeenth century, England was divided by Civil War, but inside the home domestic life continued as it always had done. Lady Ann Fanshawe's 'receipt book' was a treasured and... -
The Penguin History of Medieval Europe by Maurice Keen 9780140136302 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57This is a fascinating, three-dimensional picture of the politics, society and religion of medieval Europe, the age that had as its great theme the unity of Christendom. Maurice Keen examines tribal wars, the Crusades, the growth of trade and the shifting... -
Escaping Hitler: Heroic True Stories of Great Escapes in Nazi Europe by Monty Halls 9781509865826 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$4.81'I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun. I just thought that was it, the game was up . . .'Downed airman Bob Frost faced danger at every turn as he was smuggled out of France and over... -
Russia's Empires by Philip Longworth 9780719565830 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$5.57Through the centuries, Russia has swung between successful expansionism, catastrophic collapse and spectacular recovery. This illuminating history traces these cycles from the late Neolithic age to Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great, and from the... -
A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger 9780007200061 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$3.74A compelling portrait of 1960s America that takes as its starting point the brutal events of 11 March 1963, the day on which the lives of three complete strangers – a black handyman, an Italian-American carpenter and a second-generation Jewish housewife... -
Backstop Land by Glenn Patterson 9781838932022 [USED COPY]
RRP: $29.38$3.93'Funny, wise, entertaining and illuminating, this book is one of the best things to come out of the Brexit saga' FINTAN O'TOOLE. 'Read this absorbing book to understand why, since 2016, we have been playing with fire. There is no longer any excuse for... -
Outside In by Peter Hain 9781849544108 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$7.22Peter Hain has lived an extraordinary life. Formerly an 'outsider' he became an 'insider', one of the last Labour government's most effective ministers. He held an array of glittering posts in the British political establishment, from key roles in the... -
Searching for the Silures: An Iron Age Tribe in South-East Wales by Ray Howell 9780752440149 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$14.76The Silures, the Iron Age tribe of south-east Wales, are described by Roman sources as among the most implacable foes of Roman expansion. The remarkable Silurian War, a protracted and surprisingly successful guerrilla campaign, saw the advancing legions... -
Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora by Tim Pat Coogan 9780099958505 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.88$5.57Far more Irishmen live outside Ireland than within it. This fascinating study, by Ireland's best known and most controversial contemporary historian, reveals why this is, how it has come about and what the realities are today - political, economic,... -
The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation by Roy Hattersley 9780099554394 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$5.57William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England. Arbella Stuart, their granddaughter, was a heartbeat away... -
Schooldays: Best Days of Our Lives: Volume 1 by Gervase Phinn 9781855683471 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.78$4.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855683471Author Gervase PhinnFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dalesman Publishing Co LtdPublisher Dalesman Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Fight to the Finish: The First World War - Month by Month by Allan Mallinson 9780593079140 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$5.57'Mallinson . . . combines the authority of a soldier-turned-military historian with the imaginative touch of the historical novelist.' Lawrence James, THE TIMESWe remember months, because months have names, because they are linked to the seasons, and... -
Health, Disease and Society in Europe, 1800-1930: A Source Book by Deborah Brunton 9780719067396 [USED COPY]
RRP: $41.98$5.57During the nineteenth century, the provision of medical care underwent a radical transformation. In 1800, the body was still understood in terms of humours and fluids, and treatment was provided by a wide range of individuals, some of whom had little or... -
A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors by Anthony Blond 9781845297190 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.94The history of ancient Rome omitting all the boring bits. Following the success of BBC2 hit Rome on BBC2, no one has looked at the private lives of the Roman Emperors again in the same light. Anthony Blond's scandalous expose of the life of the Roman... -
The Prometheans: John Martin and the generation that stole the future by Max Adams 9781849161732 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57The richly varied lives of the Martin brothers reflected the many upheavals of Britain in the age of Industrial Revolution. Low-born and largely unschooled, they were part of a new generation of artists, scientists and inventors who witnessed the... -
To Fight Alongside Friends: The First World War Diary of Charlie May by Gerry Harrison 9780007558551 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.03The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A born storyteller, Charlie May's vivid eye for detail and warm good humour brings his experience in the trenches (and... -
Britain by the Book: A Curious Tour of Our Literary Landscape by Oliver Tearle 9781473666030 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.47What caused Dickens to leap out of bed one night and walk 30 miles from London to Kent?How did a small town on the Welsh borders become the second-hand bookshop capital of the world?Why did a jellyfish persuade Evelyn Waugh to abandon his suicide attempt... -
The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings by Robert Ferguson 9780141017754 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57For those living outside Scandinavia, the Viking Age effectively began in 793 with an attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne, a characteristically violent harbinger of what was in store for Britain and much of Europe from the Vikings for the next 300... -
Edward III and the Triumph of England: The Battle of Crecy and the Company of the Garter by Richard Barber 9780141020679 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.88$5.57The destruction of the French army at Crecy in 1346 and the subsequent siege and capture of Calais marked a new era in European history. The most powerful, glamorous and respected of all western monarchies had been completely humiliated by England, a... -
The Virago Book of Women and the Great War by Joyce Marlow 9781860495595 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57Joyce Marlow presents a fascinating and varied collection of women's writing on the Great War drawn from diaries, newspapers, letters and memoirs from across Europe and the States. Starting with material from 1914, she outlines the pre-war campaigns for... -
The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - AD 1700 by Charles Freeman 9781789545623 [USED COPY]
RRP: $63.00$12.37A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery and refashioning of Europe's classical heritage from the... -
Hadrian's Empire by Danny Danziger 9780340833612 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57Hadrian's Wall is one of the world's best known legacies of the Roman Empire. It has stood for two thousand years as a moment to its creator, and yet he himself remains an enigmatic figure. Now bestselling author Danny Danziger and Nicholas Purcell... -
Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin by Ben Judah 9780300205220 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$5.57Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.