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Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
RRP: €11.89€8.46The instant New York Times Bestseller soon to be a major Apple TV series with Brie Larson.'Reads as if a John le Carre character landed in Eat Pray Love' - New York Times'Best book of the year' - Tom Marcus, author of Soldier, SpyDo you have what it... -
The Truth of the Russian Revolution: The Memoirs of the Tsar's Chief of Security and His Wife by Konstantin Ivanovich Globachev 9781438464626
RRP: €29.49€26.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438464626Author Konstantin Ivanovich GlobachevFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New... -
Justinian: The Last Roman Emporer by G. P. Baker 9780815412175
RRP: €29.75€22.06Justinian (482-565 A.D.), who ruled the Roman Empire from his capital in Constantinople, was, along with his wife Empress Theodora, one of the most scandalous monarchs in history. During his reign, Justinian oversaw the construction of the Hagia Sophia,... -
King: The Life of Martin Luther King by Jonathan Eig 9781471181030
RRP: €17.84€11.14A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *SELECTED AS ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023*Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. - and the... -
Richard I (Penguin Monarchs): The Crusader King by Thomas Asbridge
RRP: €9.51€6.89'Here is the English sovereign as a crusader, battling on the fringes of the known world; the warrior-king ... imbued with the heart of a lion'Even within his own lifetime Richard I, dubbed the 'Lionheart', attained a kind of semi-mythical status as a... -
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance by Dr Ross King
RRP: €15.46€10.82'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects. But equally... -
Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power by Christopher Clark
RRP: €17.84€13.03Christopher Clark's Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power is a short, fascinating and accessible biography of one of the 20th century's most important figures.King of Prussia, German Emperor, war leader and defeated exile, Kaiser Wilhelm II was one of the... -
Bobby Sands - New Edition: Nothing But an Unfinished Song by Denis O'Hearn
RRP: €22.60€15.17This is the best-selling biography of the IRA resistance fighter and hunger-striker, Bobby Sands. In this updated, new edition, Denis O'Hearn draws from a wealth of interviews with friends, comrades, fellow prisoners and prison wardens, to provide a... -
Artist of Wonderland: The Life, Political Cartoons, and Illustrations of Tenniel by Frankie Morris
RRP: €52.66€38.51Best known today as the illustrator of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, John Tenniel was one of the Victorian era's chief political cartoonists. This extensively illustrated book is the first to draw almost exclusively on primary sources in family... -
Children Against Hitler: The Young Resistance Heroes of the Second World War by Monica Porter 9781526764287
RRP: €15.46€10.82Readers of all generations have grown up on The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier's best-selling tale of children under wartime occupation, but few know the real life stories of the children and teenagers who went further and actually stood up to the Nazis... -
Lucky Dip by Richard Thomas
RRP: €14.27€10.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528984911Author Richard ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister The Official Companion to the BBC Series by Sally Wainwright 9781785944048 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€2.73The real Anne Lister, and the official companion to the hit BBC series created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones.In Gentleman Jack, historian and series consultant Anne Choma draws from the explosive diaries of Anne Lister to recreate the... -
Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister The Official Companion to the BBC Series by Sally Wainwright
RRP: €15.46€10.82The real Anne Lister, and the official companion to the hit BBC series created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones.In Gentleman Jack, historian and series consultant Anne Choma draws from the explosive diaries of Anne Lister to recreate the... -
Lady Katherine Grey: A Dynastic Tragedy by Conor Byrne
RRP: €23.80€17.90'I have always abhorred to draw in question the title of the crown, so many disputes have been already touching it in the mouths of men . . . so long as I live, I shall be queen of England; when I am dead, they shall succeed that has most right.' -... -
Francis I: The Maker of Modern France by Leonie Frieda
RRP: €15.46€10.23'A captivating biography ... This rollicking story is packed with anecdotes' The Times'I can't suppose that there has been a better English biography of Francis, or indeed is likely to be one' Catholic HeraldFrancis I was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed... -
Gresley's Master Engineer, Bert Spencer: A Career in Railway Engineering and Design by Tim Hillier-Graves 9781399045070
RRP: €33.32€23.35Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Michael Collins: A Biography by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: €13.08€9.25'The unofficial voice of modern Irish history' EconomistWhen President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' In August 1922 at... -
Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust by Livia E. Bitton Jackson
RRP: €11.89€7.90'Among the most moving documents I have read in years ... You will not forget it' Elie Wiesel From her small, sunny hometown between the beautiful Carpathian Mountains and the blue Danube River, Elli Friedmann was taken - at a time when most... -
13 Hours: The explosive inside story of how six men fought off the Benghazi terror attack by Mitchell Zuckoff 9781785030529
RRP: €20.22€14.6113 HOURS is the true account of the events of 11 September 2012, when terrorists attacked a US State Compound and a nearby CIA station in Libya, one of the most dangerous corners of the globe. On that fateful day, a team of six American security... -
Gentry: Six Hundred Years of a Peculiarly English Class by Adam Nicolson
RRP: €15.46€10.09Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his... -
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski 9780007123742
RRP: €23.79€15.86Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in... -
Gay Life Stories by Robert Aldrich
RRP: €15.46€9.67A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time whose lives have influenced society at large, as well as what we recognize as today's varied gay culture. This book gives a voice to more than eighty people from every major continent and from... -
Fighting Retreat: Churchill and India by Walter Reid 9781805260509
RRP: €29.75€26.22Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the sub-continent-or interfered in... -
A Drop in the Ocean: Lawrence MacEwen and the Isle of Muck by Polly Pullar
RRP: €11.89€8.32Polly Pullar tells the fascinating tale of one of the Hebrides unique thriving small communities through the colourful anecdotes of Lawrence MacEwen, whose family have owned the island since 1896. A wonderfully benevolent, and eccentric character, his... -
Albert Camus and the Human Crisis: A Discovery and Exploration by Robert E. Meagher
RRP: €23.80€15.30A renowned scholar investigates the "human crisis" that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camus's life and influence for those readers who, in Camus's words, "cannot live without dialogue and friendship."As... -
Mary I: England's Catholic Queen by John Edwards
RRP: €22.60€19.73A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign The lifestory of Mary I-daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon-is often... -
The Cretan Runner by George Psychoundakis
RRP: €13.08€9.25The legendary story of a resistance hero'Full of death and excitement' - Sunday Times'Unique' - TLSGeorge Psychoundakis was a young shepherd boy who knew the island of Crete intimately when the Nazis invaded by air in 1941. He immediately joined the... -
Napoleon by Alan Forrest
RRP: €15.46€8.94On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. In this book Alan Forrest tells the remarkable story of how the son... -
The Heart Of A Woman by Maya Angelou
RRP: €11.89€10.42From the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, this memoir chronicles Maya Angelou's involvement with the civil rights movement. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMAMaya Angelou's... -
A Mountain of Crumbs: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Elena Gorokhova 9780099537649 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.73A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a young Soviet girl's discovery of the hidden truths of adulthood and her country's profound political deception. Elena, born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, finds her passion in the... -
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy 9781526631527
RRP: €35.70€22.81A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever. 'In many places, where once we had speculation, we... -
The Golden Legend: Lives of the Saints - The Legenda Aurea by Jacobus De Voragine 9781789875027
€14.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789875027Author Jacobus De VoragineFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm)... -
Matisse: The Life by Hilary Spurling
RRP: €17.84€13.03'Inspired, innovative, remarkable' Independent 'Spurling has done better than anyone else at uncovering intimate information about Matisse' GuardianThe abridged, one-volume edition of Hilary Spurling's critically acclaimed biography of Henri Matisse, one... -
A Circle of Sisters: Alice Kipling, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Agnes Poynter and Louisa Baldwin by Judith Flanders
RRP: €20.22€14.61The Macdonald sisters -- Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa -- started life among the ranks of the lower-middle classes, with little prospect of social advancement. But as wives and mothers they made a single family of the poet Rudyard Kipling, the... -
Life of Picasso: v. 4 by John Richardson
RRP: €41.65€30.10'A masterpiece' Sunday Times'Magisterial... thrilling' Guardian'Terrifically enjoyable' Daily TelegraphThe beautifully illustrated, long-awaited final volume of John Richardson's magisterial Life of Picasso, drawing on original research from interviews... -
How Churchill Waged War: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Second World War by Allen Packwood 9781526771094
RRP: €17.84€13.03When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was not going to play the chairman's role, adjudicating between the competing claims of the ministers below him. He was going... -
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw
RRP: €13.08€9.72In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published materials from archives on three continents and... -
Napoleon: Life of an Emperor by Mike Lepine 9781915343420
RRP: €26.17€18.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915343420Author Mike LepineFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Sona BooksPublisher Danann Media Publishing Limited -
Edward III by W. Mark Ormrod
RRP: €29.75€26.08A landmark biography of the charismatic king beloved of fourteenth-century England Edward III (1312-1377) was the most successful European ruler of his age. Reigning for over fifty years, he achieved spectacular military triumphs and overcame grave... -
A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's youngest child by Mary Soames
RRP: €15.46€10.82At ninety years old, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. A Daughter's Tale follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own 'Garden of Eden' at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft...