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A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece by Hannah Breece 9780679776338
RRP: £14.99£11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679776338Author Hannah BreeceFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages that Changed History by Joanne Major 9781473863422
RRP: £19.99£14.50Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British Royal Family. The first part of this... -
Princess Victoria Melita by John van der Kiste
RRP: £9.99£7.77Princess Victoria Melita played a colourful role from her birth in 1876. The second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, she made a brief and unhappy marriage at the age of 17 to her cousin, Ernest, Grand Duke of Hesse. In the face of strong opposition... -
Bohemian Lives: Three Extraordinary Women: Ida Nettleship, Sophie Brzeska and Fernande Olivier by Amy Licence
RRP: £9.99£7.32Ida Nettleship was a flamboyant Bohemian who gave up a promising artistic career to marry Augustus John. She had five pregnancies in just six years, lived with Augustus and his mistress in a menage a trois, and died exhausted in childbirth aged thirty... -
My Crazy Century by Ivan Klima
RRP: £16.99£12.16More than a memoir, My Crazy Century explores the ways in which the epoch and its dominating totalitarian ideologies impacted the lives, character, and morality of Klima's generation. Klima's story begins in the 1930s, in the Terezin concentration camp... -
Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth: A Curious and Enduring Relationship by Christine Skelton
RRP: £20.00£14.53Charles Dickens called his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth his 'best and truest friend'. Georgina saw Dickens as much more than a friend. They lived together for twenty-eight years, during which time their relationship constantly changed. The sister of... -
Hannibal's Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy by John Prevas
RRP: £25.00£14.66According to ancient sources, Hannibal was only nine years old when his father dipped the small boy's hand in blood and made him swear eternal hatred of Rome. Whether the story is true or not, it is just one of hundreds of legends that have appeared over... -
The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall Daphne Du Maurier 9781844080748
RRP: £10.99£7.61FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA' ... a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'Unlike many authors of popular historical biographies, du Maurier resembled Antonia Fraser in being an indefatigable researcher' FRANCIS KING'du Maurier has no equal'... -
The Truth about the Mutiny on Hmav Bounty - And the Fate of Fletcher Christian by Glynn Christian
RRP: £19.99£14.50Apologies 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 -
Capability Brown by Peter Brimacombe
RRP: £6.00£4.60Capability Brown was a man made for his time. Read about his life and work in this absorbing biography.About the AuthorPeter Brimacombe is an experienced Pitkin author and photographer with numerous titles on history and heritage. His titles and guides... -
Mother of the Bront s: When Maria Met Patrick - 200th Anniversary Edition by Wright, Sharon 9781399018814
RRP: £14.99£10.95The groundbreaking biography of Maria Branwell reveals a remarkable woman who has been lost in the shadows of her gifted children, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bront . The witty, clever and intrepid Cornish lady of letters, lover of Patrick and mother of... -
The 9/11 Dogs: The heroes who searched for survivors at Ground Zero (HarperTrue Friend - A Short Read) Isabel George 9780008105099
RRP: £5.99£4.63Meet the dogs who searched for life amongst the ruins of the Twin Towers. Many heroes were made on 9/11 and in the weeks that followed. Not all of them showed human courage. Some of them could only show that they were truly man's best friend... -
James Connolly: My Search for the Man, the Myth and his Legacy by Sean O'Callaghan 9781784751807
RRP: £15.99£12.57FROM THE FORMER IRA MEMBER AND AUTHOR OF THE INFORMER, SEAN O'CALLAGHAN'Very interesting on how fanaticism can develop within a community, and especially relevant today.' Bob GeldofThe story of revolutionary James Connolly, his role in the 1916 Easter... -
The Rebel Suffragette: The Life of Edith Rigby Beverley Adams 9781526773906
RRP: £19.99£14.50The suffragette movement swept the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Led by the Pankhurst's, the focus of the movement was in London with demonstrations and rallies taking place across the capital. But this was a nationwide movement with... -
Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music by Blair Tindall
RRP: £10.99£7.54In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential comes an insider's look into the cloistered world of classical music. Now a major Amazon.com TV series starring Gabriel Garcia Bernal.From her debut recital at Carnegie Hall to performing with... -
Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe by Raymond F. Toliver
RRP: £31.99£20.72The story of Hanns Scharff, the master interrogator of the Luftwaffe who questioned captured American fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth and Ninth Air Forces in World War II. Scharff, a German Intelligence Officer, gained the reputation as the man who... -
James J.Hill and the Opening of the Northwest by Albro Martin 9780873512619
£54.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873512619Author Albro MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 702Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S... -
Shame: Confessionas of the Father of the Neutron Bomb by Sam Cohen 9780738822303
£14.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738822303Author Sam CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 141g -
Columba and All That by Allan Burnett
RRP: £2.99£2.50Columba And All That is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about the legendary Celtic saint. Join Columba as he leaves his home in Ireland for the undiscovered country of Scotland. Witness magic and miracles as Columba confronts the Loch... -
The Lives of Eminent Philosophers: v.1 by Diogenes Laertius
RRP: £24.95£23.76Examined lives.Diogenes Laertius, author of a work on Greek philosophy, lived probably in the earlier half of the third century, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. He was an Epicurean philosopher, but his work is not philosophical. The title is... -
The Mistress of Mayfair: Men, Money and the Marriage of Doris Delevingne by Lyndsy Spence 9780750967150
RRP: £20.00£15.27The plot could have been inspired by Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies, but unlike Waugh's novel - which parodies the era of the 'Bright Young Things' - The Mistress of Mayfair is a real-life story of scandal, greed, corruption and promiscuity at the heart of... -
Eva Braun: Life With Hitler by Heike B. Gortemaker 9780241955925 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£7.47DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR and BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK CLUB title'I want to be a beautiful corpse, I will take poison' Eva Braun, 1945Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler were together for fourteen years, a relationship that ended only with their marriage... -
Eva Braun: Life With Hitler by Heike B. Gortemaker 9780241955925
RRP: £15.99£11.61DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR and BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK CLUB title'I want to be a beautiful corpse, I will take poison' Eva Braun, 1945Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler were together for fourteen years, a relationship that ended only with their marriage... -
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff 9780062442185
RRP: £14.99£12.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062442185Author Helene HanffFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1950s English boarding school and her search for belonging by Sharon Maas 9781909770690 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.65'An incredibly moving, truly inspiring story of the power of determination. An absolutely stunning read.' Katharine Birbalsingh'Fascinating and poignant... an astoundingly honest and intimate memoir.' Angela PetchPerhaps it's true that absence makes the... -
The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1950s English boarding school and her search for belonging Sharon Maas 9781909770690
RRP: £8.99£6.39'An incredibly moving, truly inspiring story of the power of determination. An absolutely stunning read.' Katharine Birbalsingh'Fascinating and poignant... an astoundingly honest and intimate memoir.' Angela PetchPerhaps it's true that absence makes the... -
Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad
RRP: £10.99£8.52Described as 'a masterpiece' by critics, this remarkable book tells the story of war through the lives and deaths of a single family. Absolutely unforgettable new writing. If you loved The English Patient or Rohinton Mistry's Fine Balance or... -
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth
RRP: £15.99£9.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060084608Author Frank B. GilbrethFormat PaperbackPage Count 207Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)... -
The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej Paul M. Handley 9780300228304
RRP: £22.50£19.35Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and at the time of his death, in October 2016, was the world's longest serving monarch. Now out in paperback with a new preface by... -
A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors Anthony Blond 9781845297190
RRP: £10.99£7.61The history of ancient Rome omitting all the boring bits. Following the success of BBC2 hit Rome on BBC2, no one has looked at the private lives of the Roman Emperors again in the same light. Anthony Blond's scandalous expose of the life of the Roman... -
Autobiography by John Robson
RRP: £12.99£9.34One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant, fearless and profound, he became a... -
Henry VII by S. B. Chrimes 9780300078831
RRP: £25.00£21.32Founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history. In this acclaimed study of the king's life and reign, the distinguished historian S. B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne,... -
The If Man: Dr Leander Starr Jameson, the Inspiration for Kipling's Masterpiece by Chris Ash 9781907677748
RRP: £21.95£15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907677748Author Chris AshFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Memoirs Of Lorenzo Da Ponte Lorenzo Da Ponte 9780940322356
RRP: £21.00£14.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322356Author Lorenzo Da PonteFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: £15.99£15.31This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; beautiful Diana... -
Lucky Dip by Richard Thomas
RRP: £11.99£8.66Apologies 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 -
Destined to Witness by Massaqudi
RRP: £12.99£10.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060959616Author MassaqudiFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Churchill & Son Josh Ireland 9781529337792
RRP: £12.99£8.83'In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows how central Winston and Randolph were to each other's lives' Andrew RobertsFew fathers and sons can ever have been so close as Winston Churchill and... -
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt
RRP: £20.00£13.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812970586Author Anthony EverittFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 234mm... -
The Vanished Collection: Stolen masterpieces, family secrets and one woman's quest for the truth Pauline Baer de Perignon 9781803280905
RRP: £20.00£17.62A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to find the truth about her family. 'As devourable as a thriller... Incredibly moving' Elle 'Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest,...