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Auschwitz by Laurence Rees 9780563522966 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£3.07THE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Superb' ANDREW ROBERTSIn this classic book, highly acclaimed author and broadcaster Laurence Rees tells the definitive history of the most notorious Nazi institution of them all. We discover how Auschwitz... -
Tudors: The History of England Volume II by Peter Ackroyd 9781447236818 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Following on from Foundation, Tudors is the second volume in Peter Ackroyd's astonishing series, The History of England.Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country... -
Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense by Jenny Uglow 9780571269549 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.80Acclaimed historian Jenny Uglow brings us a fascinating and beautifully illustrated biography of Edward Lear, full of the colour of the age.Edward Lear lived a vivid, fascinating, energetic life, but confessed, 'I hardly enjoy any one thing on earth... -
The Riviera Set by Mary S. Lovell 9780349139890 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65'I loved every word' - Sarra Manning, Red'[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med' - Rachel Johnson, Mail on SundayThe Riviera Set is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon... -
Fulham Match of My Life: Fifteen Stars Relive Their Greatest Games by Michael Heatley 9781908051707 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.19Fifteen Fulham legends come together to tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Cottagers fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts out... -
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons by Geoffrey Hindley 9781845291617 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.40Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired... -
Gentleman Jack: A biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist by Katy Derbyshire 9781788160995 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.41Longlisted for the 2019 Portico Prize The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the popular television series Gentleman Jack. Anne Lister's journals were so shocking that the first person to crack their secret code hid... -
Medieval Medicine: Its Mysteries and Science by Toni Mount 9781445655420 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£5.45Conjuring up a time when butchers and executioners knew more about anatomy than university-trained physicians, the phrase 'medieval medicine' sounds horrific to those of us with modern ideas on hygiene, instant pain relief and effective treatments. In... -
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII by Nicholas Rankin 9780571250639 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men... -
Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron by David Price 9781800242302 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£6.73Nicknamed The 'Wooden Wonder' for its timber frame and superb performance, the de Havilland Mosquito ranks alongside the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster as one of the RAF's greatest-ever flying machines. Novel in design, operationally flexible... -
The Invention of Russia: The Journey from Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War by Arkady Ostrovsky 9780857891600 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£3.07The definitive and award-winning history of Vladimir Putin's rise to power following the collapse of the Soviet Union, by The Economist's Russia editor.'Fast-paced and excellently written' New York Times'A real insiders' story of Russia's post-Soviet... -
Secrets of Station X by Michael Smith 9781849540957 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.51When Captain Ridley's shooting partyA" arrived at Bletchley Park in 1939 no-one would have guessed that by 1945 the guests would number nearly 10,000 and that collectively they would have contributed decisively to the Allied war effort. Their role? To... -
SBS - Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History by Saul David 9780008394561 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.65THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A terrific book ... It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I've read in many a year' JAMES HOLLAND 'Riveting ... A brilliant account' DAILY MAIL ... -
On Bloody Sunday: A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There by Julieann Campbell 9781800960435 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£6.10SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE*****'There have been many books written about the events of Bloody Sunday, however, none has wrenched the reader as violently back to those CS gas-choked streets, dumping them right in the heart of the... -
The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II by Michael Rosen 9781406386752 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.13***As heard on The Jeremy Vine Show******As heard on The Cerys Matthews Show***"Michael Rosen is a master of pace and clarity... Essential reading." - The Times, Children's Book of the Week"Five stars ... extraordinary and affecting. " - The Telegraph,... -
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg Jenner 9781780225661 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli 9780141392219 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.13When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Hungarian Jew and a medical doctor, Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared from death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow... -
Blood and Power: The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism by John Foot 9781408897966 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£7.22'Clear, cool, plainly written and devastating' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Times Literary Supplement A major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of violence, ideals and a country at war. In the aftermath of the First World War,... -
They Fought Alone: The Story of British Agents in France by Maurice Buckmaster 9781849546928 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£4.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943 by James Holland 9780552163415 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£5.33The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland,... -
I Used to Know That: History by Emma Marriott 9781782434481 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£1.87If your response to a mention of the Wars of the Roses, the Sumerians or the Reformation is, 'Hmm, I've heard of that - what was that again?', then this is the book for you. This entertaining yet informative book travels back through time to fill in... -
Spitfire: A Very British Love Story by John Nichol 9781471159206 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.29THE SUNDAY TIMES NON FICTION BESTSELLERWHSmith NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane.' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys.'A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic... -
The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth Century by Kassia St Clair 9781529386059 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£8.52'An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure . . . Down goes the flag. Smash goes the bottle. Shards of emerald glass and champagne spume catch the light. The race from Peking to Paris... -
Revise Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 Practice Paper Plus by Rob Bircher 9781292310183 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.99£3.97It will help you to: Check what you know - the warm-up activities in the knowledge booster section help you recap what you already know about the topic. Understand the exam questions - the exam skills section break down each type of questions so you can... -
The Story of India by Michael Wood 9781846074608 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.15In The Story of India, Michael Wood weaves a spellbinding narrative out of the 10,000-year history of the subcontinent. Home today to more than a fifth of the world's population, India gave birth to the oldest and most influential civilization on Earth,... -
The Making of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr 9780330510998 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and... -
History in Infographics: Mayans by Jon Richards 9780750291880 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£6.66History in Infographics helps children to visualise facts and statistics using a clever and appealing mix of graphics and numbers. The colourful, high-impact design will appeal to a wide range of children, from visual learners to struggling readers,... -
You Wouldn't Want To Be Married To Henry VIII! by Fiona MacDonald 9781909645271 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£2.29Marrying Henry VIII was not an easy option - tips provided in this book include 'think carefully before accepting his proposal' and 'give birth to a son, not a daughter'. Set against a backdrop of turbulence in the royal court, this book describes Henry... -
How the Girl Guides Won the War by Janie Hampton 9780007356324 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£1.92A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world - the Girl Guides - and how they helped win the war. Mention Girl Guides to any woman and the reaction will be strong. They either loved them or hated them;... -
Tornado: In the Eye of the Storm by John Nichol 9781471180552 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses. It is an extraordinary account of courage and fortitude.'We were doing... -
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 by Max Hastings 9780008364946 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.65The Sunday Times bestseller 'One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings' DAILY MAIL In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis,... -
Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne 9780007243778 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England's greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his... -
The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There by Sinclair McKay 9781845136338 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial - achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's "Enigma" code in which its most important military communications were couched. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside... -
A Brief History of British Kings & Queens by Mike Ashley 9781841195513 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a... -
100 Facts - Victorian Britain by Miles Kelly 9781842369845 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£2.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842369845Author Miles KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Miles Kelly Publishing LtdPublisher Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd -
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi 9781529114676 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£8.44*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices -- co-curated by Ibram X. Kendi, author of the million-copy bestseller How To... -
SBS - Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History by Saul David 9780008394523 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.29THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A terrific book ... It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I've read in many a year' JAMES HOLLAND 'Riveting ... A brilliant account' DAILY MAIL ... -
Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries by Robert Harris 9780099791515 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£3.08PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024'Impossible to stop reading' OBSERVER'Thrilling, intricate and hilarious' DAILY MAILAPRIL 1945: From the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes off... -
1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke 9780552779937 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.41Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.Was the guillotine a French... -
Regency House Styles by Trevor Yorke 9781846743108 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.95£6.98The word 'Regency' has long been associated with elegance conjuring up visions of fashionably-dressed ladies and gentlemen promenading along streets lined with refined terraced houses and villas. Although strictly covering the decade from 1811 when King...