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The 20th century saw a period of enormous legal and social change in Britain. In these engaging memoirs Ronald Waterhouse, who sat as one of Britain's leading High Court Judges, provides fascinating frontline insights into the complex British legal...

Nili Gold, who was born in Haifa to German-speaking parents in 1948, the first year of Israeli statehood, here offers a remarkable homage to her native city during its heyday as an international port and cultural center. Spanning the 1920s and '30s, when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610352703Author Josephine KnowlesFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Linden Publishing Co IncPublisher Linden Publishing Co IncDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

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From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him.The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993488672Author Malcolm WinmillFormat HardbackPage Count 131Imprint Cambria BooksPublisher Cambria PublishingWeight(grams) 549g

Capability Brown was a man made for his time. Read about his life and work in this absorbing biography.Book InformationISBN 9781841650395Author Peter BrimacombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Pitkin PublishingPublisher Pavilion BooksWeight(grams)...

13 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955085406Author Dean PowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Dean PowellPublisher Dean Powell

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871085112Author Sir Paul BryanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Tom Donovan Publishing LtdPublisher Tom Donovan Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 320g

In this work of historical speculation Terry Jones investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. A diplomat and brother-in-law to John of Gaunt - one of the most powerful men in the kingdom - Chaucer was...

In 2012 Annette Carson formed part of the team that discovered King Richard III's mortal remains, verified in 2013 by forensics including DNA matching. In response to the recent upsurge of interest, her 2009 paperback has been updated with details of the...

This is the enthralling story of the lives of two remarkable women: women who have been defined by history as Henry VIII's sisters, but who were strong, fierce and sensual characters in their own right. Illuminating and groundbreaking, Sisters to the...

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Frantz Fanon was born in Martinique, a French colony, in 1925. As a young man, he volunteered to fight in de Gaulle’s army for the liberation of France, and trained to become a doctor and psychiatrist. His experiences as a black man under French colonial...

In the summer of 1945, Eberhard Bethge began the search for traces of his colleague and friend Dietrich Bonhoeffer. From as early as September 1945, Hermann Pünder provided Bethge a first-hand account of Bonhoeffer's final days. Five years on, another...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780753560822Author Keren BlankfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint W H AllenPublisher Ebury PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

Rudolf II: The Life and Legend of the Mad Emperor offers a fresh perspective on the Habsburg ruler, shedding new light on a reign often coloured by myths of madness. Contrary to popular belief, Rudolf was not a passive recluse but an engaged monarch,...

Frederick Barbarossa, also known as Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor from 1155, was a dominant figure in late 12th-century European history. He is remembered as one of the greatest medieval German emperors; some even regard him as a German hero. He...

When Henry IV seized the throne from his cousin Richard II, people saw it as a hopeful new beginning for England. The first monarch to have English as his mother tongue since the Norman conquest, Henry seemed to embody the ideals of chivalric kingship:...

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At the age of twelve, on hearing that Sir Ross Smith had broken the England-Australia aero record in a Vickers Vimy, Roly Alderson decided that he wanted to fly. Denied a secondary education, orphan Roly was an accomplished engineer by the time he...

Xi Jinping rules over 1.4 billion people and the second biggest economy on earth. He commands huge armed forces and runs a technology programme meant to dominate the globe. His ambition is to take the place of the United States and to change the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739533250Author Sean J FitzgeraldFormat PaperbackImprint Coldwater Publishing HousePublisher Coldwater Publishing House

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The first biography in over a century of Adrian IV , the only English pope in the history of the Catholic Church

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George Windsor Earl (1813-1865) was one of that great band of young British men who adventured far to the east in the early 19th century to forge careers, make fortunes and help build the empire. At the age of sixteen he sailed for Western Australia to...

After Sarah’s fathers’ death, an old sports bag was found in his attic, containing many letters from family and friends, all his school reports, together with diaries and photos from his time at boarding and accountancy school and subsequent emigration...

Discover the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilotSmall in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.From shooting down...

June 1849: Dr William Wilde, passing a wretched hovel in Dublin’s Liberties, discovers James Clarence Mangan in a state of indescribable misery and squalor. Aged just 46, the man dubbed ‘Ireland’s National Poet’ is about to succumb to the cholera...

Meet one of the most influential men in the United States’ history of emancipation and Black rights. Chronicling Frederick Douglass’s life in an accessible way, this biography engages with history and wrestles with biases, falsehoods, and unknown facts...

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THE MEMOIRS AND OTHER KEY WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: THE FIRST AMERICAN.Also includes:The Way of WealthThe Book of VirtuesThe Letters of Silence DogoodThe Declaration of Rights and Grievances of 1765On Civil WarAn Edict by the King of PrussiaRules by...