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A Hero for High Times: A Younger Reader's Guide to the Beats, Hippies, Freaks, Punks, Ravers, New-Age Travellers and Dog-on-a-Rope Brew Crew Crusties of the British Isles, 1956-1994 by Ian Marchant
RRP: £12.99£9.09'My book of the year. Extraordinary' The Times A new history of counterculture... -
Traces of Enayat by Iman Mersal 9781913505721
RRP: £12.99£8.94When Iman Mersal stumbles upon a great - yet forgotten - novel written by Enayat al-Zayyat, a young woman who killed herself in 1963, four years before her book was published, Mersal begins to research the writer. She tracks down Enayat's best friend,... -
The Devil's Disciples by Anthony Read 9780712664165 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.65The Nazi regime was essentially a religious cult, relying on the hypnotic personality of one man, Adolf Hitler, and it was fated to die with him. But while it lasted, his closest lieutenants competed ferociously for power and position as his chosen... -
The Devil's Disciples by Anthony Read
RRP: £20.00£14.69The Nazi regime was essentially a religious cult, relying on the hypnotic personality of one man, Adolf Hitler, and it was fated to die with him. But while it lasted, his closest lieutenants competed ferociously for power and position as his chosen... -
Defenders of the Faith: King Charles III's coronation will see Christianity take centre stage by Catherine Pepinster
RRP: £12.99£8.60During the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the Christian Church will take centre stage once again, as the established religion in England. But why does the Church have such prominence in state affairs, and should it keep this privileged... -
Diana Mosley by Anne De Courcy 9780099470274 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.65Diana Mosley was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of recent times. For some, she was a cult; for many, anathema. Born in 1910 Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she... -
Diana Mosley by Anne De Courcy
RRP: £16.99£12.28Diana Mosley was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of recent times. For some, she was a cult; for many, anathema. Born in 1910 Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she... -
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
RRP: £20.00£13.75This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. Includes an afterword by Kate Mosse OBE.In 1914 Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four... -
Henry V by Christopher Allmand
RRP: £25.00£21.32Thanks in part to Shakespeare, Henry V is one of England's best-known monarchs. The image of the king leading his army against the French, and the great victory at Agincourt, are part of English historical tradition. Yet, though indeed a soldier of... -
The Last Assassin by Peter Stothard
RRP: £9.99£6.80'A gripping history' Mary Beard'A political thriller, and a human story that astonishes' Hilary Mantel'Atmospheric and gripping, and [his] scholarship is impeccable' Greg WoolfMany men killed Julius Caesar. Only one man was determined to kill the killers... -
Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset
RRP: £14.99£8.92An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court.Elizabeth I ruled England in defiance of convention, exercising supreme authority in a man's world. With courage, brilliance and style, she reigned... -
The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City by Iris Origo
RRP: £10.99£7.77This extraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, is one of the greatest historical portraits written in the twentieth century.Drawing on an astonishing cache of letters unearthed centuries after... -
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference by David Garrow 9780060566920
RRP: £22.99£17.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize (Biography) 1987.Book InformationISBN 9780060566920Author David GarrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Constance Villiers Stuart and the Pursuit of Paradise by Mary Ann Prior
RRP: £30.00£20.55In 1903, after a fire completely destroyed her family home in Norfolk, UK, the 27- year-old Constance helped her mother redesign their house and recreate the garden. It was an experience from which she never looked back, going on to become an... -
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova: A Life Torn Apart By Revolution And War by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.09'An extraordinary drama of exile and espionage' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'Compelling . . . as engaging a read as Stalingrad and Berlin' Guardian______________Olga Chekhova was the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov and a Russian beauty. She was also a... -
Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril by Abdullah, II, King of Jordan
RRP: £12.99£9.09HRH King Abdullah was schooled in America and at Sandhurst and was heading for a life as a career soldier, when his father fell ill and he unexpectedly inherited the throne of Jordan. Fiercely loyal to his country but possessing an outsider's perspective... -
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
RRP: £17.99£14.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780812966008Author Edmund MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 792Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random... -
George IV (Penguin Monarchs): King in Waiting by Stella Tillyard
RRP: £12.99£9.09George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king: as a pleasure-loving and rebellious Prince of Wales during the sixty-year reign of his father, George III, and for ten years as Prince Regent, when his father went mad. 'The days are very long... -
Havel: A Life by Michael Zantovsky
RRP: £20.00£13.46This startling biography explores the remarkable life of an iconic figure of the twentieth century, Vaclav Havel, author and dissident, who became the first president of the Czech Republic.Vaclav Havel: iconoclast and philosopher king, an internationally... -
Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History by Melanie Clegg
RRP: £10.99£7.77Versailles obsessive and casual historian Melanie Clegg releases Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History (from Teen Queen to Madame Guillotine) with Burning Eye Books. We are delighted to release the third book by Melanie and our first historic biography... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography by Lady Margaret Thatcher 9780062012340
RRP: £22.99£12.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062012340Author Lady Margaret ThatcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 788Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Edward I by Michael Prestwich 9780300071573
RRP: £25.00£21.32Edward I-one of the outstanding monarchs of the English Middle Ages-pioneered legal and parliamentary change in England, conquered Wales, and came close to conquering Scotland. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as peacemaker during... -
The Last King of Wales: Gruffudd ap Llywelyn c. 1013-1063 by Michael Davies 9780752464602
RRP: £15.99£12.25Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was Wales' greatest king. Ambitious and battle-sure, he succeeded in doing what no Welsh king before him was capable of: he ruled all Wales as a united and independent state. He went further by turning the Viking threat to his realm... -
Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution by Will Bashor 9781493000630
RRP: £12.99£9.61Winner of the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Scholarship Marie Antoinette has remained atop the popular cultural landscape for centuries for the daring in style and fashion that she brought to 18th century France. For the better part of the... -
Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson 9781783783397
RRP: £8.99£6.08'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times 'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant, Guardian The daughter of a successful paediatrician and a fashionable socialite, Margo... -
Secrets of Royal Women: Fascinating Vignettes of Phenomenal Women by Marlene Wagman-Geller 9781642509434
RRP: £13.99£10.95Fascinating Portraits of the Secret Lives of Royals"...offers deep insight into those who were power players in the world's past. I'm even adding some of them to my personal list of sheroes and anti-sheroes...!" -Becca Anderson, author of The Book of... -
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
RRP: £12.99£8.48The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant... -
Sheila: The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society by Robert Wainwright 9781743319444 [USED COPY]
RRP: £13.99£2.29Vivacious, confident and striking, young Australian Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Lord Loughborough, in Egypt during the First World War. Arriving in London as a young married woman, she quickly conquered English society, and would spend the... -
Sheila: The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society by Robert Wainwright
RRP: £13.99£9.75Vivacious, confident and striking, young Australian Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Lord Loughborough, in Egypt during the First World War. Arriving in London as a young married woman, she quickly conquered English society, and would spend the... -
The Utopians: Six Attempts to Build the Perfect Society by Anna Neima 9781529023107
RRP: £10.99£7.51'Fascinating and richly documented . . . Few books manage to be so informative and so entertaining.' - Sunday TimesSantiniketan-Sriniketan in India, Dartington Hall in England, Atarashiki Mura in Japan, the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man... -
Locke: A Biography by Roger Woolhouse
RRP: £30.99£24.20This is the first comprehensive biography of John Locke to be published in nearly a half century. Setting Locke's life within exciting historical and intellectual contexts, which included the English Civil War, religious persecution, and the Glorious... -
Brave Genius by Sean B. Carroll
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307952349Author Sean B. CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
A Venetian Affair: A true story of impossible love in the eighteenth century by Andrea di Robilant 9781841155425 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£2.29The true story of forbidden love in eighteenth-century Venice between an Italian noble and the brilliant, illegitimate daughter of an English baronet. In 1754 Andrea Memmo, the dashing and gifted scion of a distinguished catholic family, fell... -
The Modern Explorers by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
RRP: £10.99£7.40Exploration has never been more popular and any idea that there is nowhere left to explore is instantly disproved by the contemporary explorers who are showcased here. Most of the accounts are written by the explorers themselves, and they all vividly... -
The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag by Peter Burke
RRP: £11.99£10.15From Leonardo Da Vinci to Oliver Sacks: the first history of the western polymath, from the Renaissance to the present"An absorbing group portrait and intellectual history."-Kirkus Reviews"An admirable mixture of industry and erudition."-Robert Wilson,... -
Balzac by Graham Robb 9780330320153
£20.00Graham Robb has produced a masterpiece literary biography in which Balzac bursts into life on every page. The living manifestation of the colourful and varied world he described, yet at the same time its most astonishing exception, Balzac is the perfect... -
John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning: The Life of John Wesley by Roy Hattersley
RRP: £12.99£8.60John Wesley led the Second English Reformation. His Methodist 'Connexion' was divided from the Church of England, not by dogma and doctrine but by the new relationship which it created between clergy and people. Throughout a life tortured by doubt... -
Napoleon: v. 1: The Path to Power 1769 - 1799 by Philip Dwyer 9780747566779
RRP: £18.99£13.61Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character ambiguous and his intentions often ill-defined. He... -
THE HAUNTING OF SHARON RECTORY: Our Truth, Our Horror And Heartbreak by Emma Louise Tully 9781527257733
£9.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527257733Author Emma Louise TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 237Imprint Emma Louise TullyPublisher Emma Louise Tully -
The Truth about the Mutiny on Hmav Bounty - And the Fate of Fletcher Christian by Glynn Christian
RRP: £19.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399014182Author Glynn ChristianFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Pen and Sword HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword HistoryWeight(grams) 152g