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Richard II by Nigel Saul
RRP: £25.00£21.32Richard II is one of the most enigmatic of English kings. Shakespeare depicted him as a tragic figure, an irresponsible, cruel monarch who nevertheless rose in stature as the substance of power slipped from him. By later writers he has been variously... -
White Rajah: A Biography of Sir James Brooke by Nigel Barley
RRP: £10.99£7.40Sir James Brooke was an extraordinary 'eminent' Victorian, whose life was the stuff of legend.His curious career began in 1841 when he was caught up in a war in Brunei which had started because a party of local Dayaks had refused to furl their umbrellas... -
Blue Eyes and a Wild Spirit: A Life of Dorothy Wellesley by Jane Wellesley 9781914518232
RRP: £30.00£21.35Dorothy Wellesley was a poet, gardener, traveller and heiress; she was also bisexual and a rebel. She became the lover of Vita Sackville-West, wrecking her marriage to the Duke of Wellington. She was the intimate friend of W.B. Yeats in his final years... -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks 9780715652763 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£5.07As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
RRP: £12.99£8.63As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
Roger Casement: 16Lives by Angus Mitchell
RRP: £16.99£13.09A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into... -
James II by John Miller 9780300087284
RRP: £18.99£16.18James II (1633-1701) lacked the charisma of his father, Charles I, but shared his tendency to dismiss the views of others when they differed from his own. Failing to understand his subjects, James was also misunderstood by them. In this highly-regarded... -
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: £14.99£9.53The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard... -
The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret by Karen Dolby
RRP: £9.99£6.85Celebrate the rapier-like wit of the royal rebel, the late, great Princess Margaret - or 'Ducky' as she was known behind closed doors.Even as a child, Princess Margaret - younger sister of Elizabeth - was noted for her theatrical and witty demeanour. Her... -
Brunel in South Wales Vol 1 by Stephen Jones 9780752432366
RRP: £25.00£18.94Isambard Kingdom Brunel is famous for many things - the Great Western Railway, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, timber viaducts and the steamships Great Western, Great Britain and Great Eastern - but his work in South Wales has been largely overlooked. Yet... -
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors by Dith Pran 9780300078732
RRP: £22.50£21.68"Childhood testimonies by survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. . . . Compelling."-Kirkus Reviews"Underscores with great poignancy the horror of the Pol Pot period."-Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, Journal of Asian StudiesThis extraordinary book... -
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer 9781784704216
RRP: £12.99£9.09From one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.**WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2019****FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL... -
Kennedy Curse by Klein 9780312312930
RRP: £21.99£14.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312312930Author KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends by Sarah Knights
RRP: £22.00£14.96The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer'Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period' The Times'A picturesque portrayal of a world that sounds as thoroughly maniacal as it was modern' Daily Telegraph'I just... -
Cavalier: The Story Of A 17th Century Playboy by Lucy Worsley
RRP: £14.99£9.80William Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular image of a cavalier. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in... -
The Nevills of Middleham: England's Most Powerful Family in the Wars of the Roses by K. L. Clark
RRP: £14.99£11.55In 1465, the Nevills must have thought they'd reached the pinnacle of power and influence in England. Richard Nevill was the king's right-hand man and married to the richest woman in the kingdom; John Nevill was an accomplished soldier who'd done much to... -
Franco by Paul Preston
RRP: £25.00£16.83'Magisterial ... As engagingly readable as a good novel' Observer The definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston. Francisco Franco was the Caudillo of... -
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan
RRP: £14.99£12.35A 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... -
Miss Savidge Moves Her House: The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime by Christine Adams 9781845135188 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£1.92' This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman' s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women' Daily Telegraph The hardback edition of this book, published... -
Miss Savidge Moves Her House: The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime by Christine Adams
RRP: £11.99£8.00' This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman' s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women' Daily Telegraph The hardback edition of this book, published... -
Diarmait King Of Leinster by Nicholas Furlong 9781856355056
£14.55Diarmait Mac Murchada was a king through misadventure. Owing to a series of fatal family mishaps he was elected to power in 1126 at sixteen. He ruled through a turbulent period and became one of the most dominant figures in Irish history. Furlong... -
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt
RRP: £17.99£13.87At once a heart-wrenching personal narrative and a unique historical document, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt is the ultimate example of the personal as political. Eleanor Roosevelt stands as one of the world's greatest humanitarians, having... -
Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon 9781444762105 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.29Sometimes the facts are even more extraordinary than the fiction...Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story of the beautiful American heiress who lived at Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes' award winning drama Downton... -
Charles Dickens: The Man, The Novels, The Victorian Age by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley 9780233006055
RRP: £20.00£13.75Charles Dickens is the definitive illustrated guide to the man and his works with images of documents from Dickens' personal archive written by one of descendants. It follows Dickens from early childhood, including his time spent as a child labourer, and... -
The Anne Boleyn Bible by Mickey Mayhew 9781399083720 [USED COPY]
RRP: £22.00£10.20Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Anne Boleyn Bible by Mickey Mayhew 9781399083720
RRP: £22.00£15.62Anne Boleyn sells, but she sells in segments; a biography here, a study over there on her guilt and something else yonder concerned with where she lived or what she liked to wear. This book, covering not just her life but her life onscreen, in theatre,... -
Hillsborough Untold: Aftermath of a Disaster by Norman Bettison 9781785900891
RRP: £18.99£13.81On 15 April 1989, ninety-six spectators lost their lives at Sheffield's Hillsborough Stadium as they gathered for an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The events of that spring afternoon sparked a controversy that continues... -
Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East by Patrick Seale
RRP: £31.00£24.43'This is a book in the finest tradition of investigative scholarship. The research is awesome...Seale's great strength is his ability to explain the confusing kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. He understands the game being played and also... -
Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom by Erica Benner
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A ripping read ... fascinating, charming, enjoyably unorthodox' Daily TelegraphWas Niccolo Machiavelli really the cynical schemer of legend - or was he a profound ethical thinker, who tried to save the democratic freedom of Renaissance Florence as it... -
Last Team Out of Kabul: Surrounded by the Taliban by H. Collins
RRP: £9.99£6.44As a Royal Marine Commando, H. Collins served in Afghanistan in 2001 on combat operations. He took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and returned for a second tour the following year. In 2005, now a private security contractor, he spent five years in... -
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by John Meacham
RRP: £19.99£13.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780812973464Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Jam Butties and a Pan of Scouse by Maggie Clarke
RRP: £8.99£6.20JAM BUTTIES AND A PAN OF SCOUSE is a gritty yet heart-warming memoir set against the backdrop of Liverpool's tightknit working-class docklands community. The story covers Maggie Clarke's upbringing in the tenements close to the docks, the River Mersey... -
Cecily Neville: Mother of Richard III by John Ashdown-Hill 9781526706324
RRP: £25.00£17.62Wife to Richard, Duke of York, mother to Edward IV and Richard III, and aunt to the famous 'Kingmaker', Richard, Earl of Warwick, Cecily Neville was a key player on the political stage of fifteenth-century Britain England. Mythologically rumoured to... -
The Earp Brothers of Tombstone: The Story of Mrs. Virgil Earp by Frank Waters 9780803258389
RRP: £12.99£11.47The Earp Brothers of Tombstone and the famous fight at the O. K. Corral are well known to American history and even better known to American legend. This composite biography of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warner Earp is based on the recollections... -
Gandhi 1914-1948: The Years That Changed the World by Ramachandra Guha
RRP: £18.99£14.01'Essential reading ... will not be bettered' Ferdinand Mount, Wall Street Journal'Gandhi's finest biographer' David Kynaston, GuardianThe magnificent new biography of Gandhi by India's leading historianA New York Times Notable Book of 2018Gandhi lived... -
King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts by Claudia Gold
RRP: £12.99£8.48Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral... -
The Makers of Rome by Plutarch
RRP: £12.99£9.09These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. Selected from Plutarch's Roman Lives, they... -
Captured by a Vision: A Memoir by Ken Newell
£16.02"...we are more than capable of transforming our own country." These are the words of an Irish Presbyterian minister who participated in some of the most important events in the recent history of Northern Ireland. Ken Newell was born in North... -
Bright Star, Green Light: The Beautiful and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald by Jonathan Bate 9780008425005
RRP: £10.99£7.25A dazzling biography of two interwoven, tragic lives: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Highly engaging ... Go now, read this book' THE TIMES 'For awhile after you quit Keats,' Fitzgerald once wrote,... -
Elizabeth of York: The Forgotten Tudor Queen by Amy Licence
RRP: £10.99£7.77As Tudors go, Elizabeth of York is relatively unknown. Yet she was the mother of the dynasty, with her children becoming King of England (Henry VIII) and Queens of Scotland (Margaret) and France (Mary Rose) and her direct descendants included three Tudor...