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God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusaders: Reynald de Chatillon by Jeffrey Lee 9781782399285
RRP: £9.99£6.70In 2010, a parcel bomb was sent from Yemen by an al-Qaeda operative with the intention of blowing up a plane over America. The device was intercepted before the plan could be put into action, but what puzzled investigators was the name of the person to... -
Charlemagne by Johannes Fried
RRP: £33.95£28.41When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary... -
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss 9781250853561
RRP: £17.99£13.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250853561Author Gwen StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Hannah More: The First Victorian by Anne Stott 9780199274888
£53.69Hannah More (1745-1833), the daughter of an obscure schoolmaster, began her working life as a teacher at her sisters' school in Bristol. In her thirtieth year she came to London to persuade the actor-manager David Garrick to put on one of her plays. Her... -
Gunboat Command by Antony Hichens 9781473822962
RRP: £16.99£12.68This biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or 'Hitch' as he was universally known). After a brief description of his early life, time at Oxford, his motor racing achievements (including trophies at Le Mans in his... -
It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir by Emma Williams
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566567893Author Emma WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen 9780679600213
RRP: £19.50£16.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679600213Author Isak DinesenFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 192mm *... -
Hitler's Executioner: Judge, Jury and Mass Murderer for the Nazis by Helmut Ortner 9781473889392
RRP: £25.00£17.62Though little known, the name of the judge Roland Freisler is inextricably linked to the judiciary in Nazi Germany. As well as serving as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice, he was the notorious president of the People s Court , a man... -
Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Simon, Rebecca Alexandra 9781526791306
RRP: £20.00£19.62Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century... -
Michael Collins and the Making of the Irish State by Gabriel Doherty 9781856355124
£16.36This is a professional evaluation of Michael Collins which brings to light his multi-faceted and complex character. The contributors examine Collins as Minister for Finance, his role in intelligence, his policy towards the north, his career as... -
Profiles in Courage by John F Kennedy
RRP: £15.99£10.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060854935Author Lecturer in Chemistry John F KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers... -
Marco Polo Travels by Colin Thubron 9781841593135 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£5.83Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Marco Polo Travels by Everyman
RRP: £16.99£12.68Marco Polo set off on his travels from Venice as a young man in 1271, and returned home in 1295 after spending 24 years away, 17 of them in China. He isone of the few early adventurers whose name nearly everyone knows. His book was one of the best-loved... -
Bare Feet and Tackety Boots by Archie Cameron
RRP: £7.95£5.92A survivor's tale, this book presents a social history and personal anecdote of those born and raised on the island of Rum before World War I. The largest of four small islands located off the west coast of Scotland, Rum is home to several volcanic peaks... -
James Fitzjames: Commander of HMS Erebus by William Battersby 9781803994123
RRP: £14.99£11.55'A riveting detective story ... Revelation follows revelation.' - Benedict Allen, author, explorer and TV presenterJames Fitzjames was a hero of the early nineteenth-century Royal Navy. A charismatic man with a wicked sense of humour, he pursued his... -
The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur: The Woman Whose Goodness Changed Her Husband from Atheist to Priest by Elisabeth Leseur 9781928832485
£15.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928832485Author Elisabeth LeseurFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Sophia Institute PressPublisher Sophia Institute Press -
Edith by Martina Devlin
RRP: £14.00£11.79Martina Devlin, an award-winning columnist for the Irish Independent and podcaster for Dublin City of Literature #CityofBooks, has delivered a new novel based on the life of Edith Somerville of 'Somerville and Ross' fame - authors of The Irish R.M. In... -
A Fine Brother: The Life of Captain Flora Sandes by Louise Miller
RRP: £9.99£7.11Shortlisted for the HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize 2012 "The only Western woman to enlist as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a heroine and a media sensation when she fought for the Serbian Army and pursued... -
Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown
RRP: £14.99£9.80Bengal Lancer is a complete one off. On one hand this book is a love affair with the spiritual traditions of India while on the other it is the memoir of a carefree young cavalry officer in the halcyon days of the British Empire. Francis Yeats-Brown... -
Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary by Bertrand M Patenaude 9780060820695
RRP: £15.99£11.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060820695Author Bertrand M PatenaudeFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Henry VI by Bertram Wolffe
RRP: £25.00£21.32In this widely acclaimed biography, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent, and saintly monarch and offers instead a finely drawn but critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Drawing on widespread... -
Row for Freedom: Crossing an Ocean in Search of Hope by Julia Immonen 9780529101471
RRP: £12.99£9.59"When you're in the middle of the adventure, you just have to live it. When you're on an expedition, you put your head down and battle through. Storytelling happens after the finish line. . . . now that time has come [and] Julia can tell her story. The... -
Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution by William Doyle 9781789146172
RRP: £18.00£12.96The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized... -
The Prisoner King: Charles I in Captivity by John Matusiak 9780750967686
RRP: £20.00£15.04Much has been written about Charles I's reign, about the brutal civil war into which his pursuit of unfettered power plunged the realm, and about the Commonwealth regime that followed his defeat and execution. His reign is one that shaped the future of... -
Shaftesbury: The great reformer by Revd Dr Richard Turnbull 9780745953489 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£2.26The best-loved politician and social reformer of nineteenth century England, Lord Shaftesbury's deep compassion for the poor became legendary. He campaigned tirelessly to limit factory hours, to stop the use of boys as chimney sweeps and children in... -
The Two Worlds of Wellesley Tudor Pole by Gerry Fenge 9780979170065
RRP: £17.95£13.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979170065Author Gerry FengeFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Lorian PressPublisher Lorian PressWeight(grams) 378g -
Birdie - More Than 'Soul of Anzac': Field Marshal Lord Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes, 1865-1951 by Richard Farrimond
RRP: £35.00£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512364Author Richard FarrimondFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan by Arthur Waley 9784805311080
£12.18Japan in the 10th century stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Inside this bubble, a subtle and beautiful world was in operation, and its inhabitants were tied to the moment, having no interest in the future and disdain... -
Farewell Shiraz: An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile by Cyrus Kadivar 9789774168260
RRP: £29.99£24.56In October 1999 during a trip to Cairo, Cyrus Kadivar, an exiled Iranian living in London, visited the tomb of the last shah and opened a Pandora's box. Haunted by nostalgia for a bygone era, he recalled a protected and idyllic childhood in the fabled... -
William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man by Duncan Wu 9780199549580
£46.62Romanticism is where the modern age begins, and Hazlitt was its most articulate spokesman. No one else had the ability to see it whole; no one else knew so many of its politicians, poets, and philosophers. By interpreting it for his contemporaries, he... -
When God Looked the Other Way: An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption by Wesley Adamczyk
RRP: £17.00£14.62In the shadow of the Holocaust, the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens is often overlooked. Wesley Adamczyk's gripping memoir, "When God Looked the Other Way", gives voice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of Soviet... -
Great Escapes of the First World War by Rachel Bilton 9781473887732
RRP: £19.99£14.28Just how far would you go to escape? Would you bury yourself under the floor? Would you board a boat with a rotten bottom? Would you tunnel underground? Contained within this book are the daring true stories of fifteen soldiers and their escapes from... -
Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery and His War on Slavery by Todd Mildfelt 9780806192901
£40.58A controversial character largely known (as depicted in the movie Glory) as a Union colonel who led Black soldiers in the Civil War, James Montgomery (1814-71) waged a far more personal and radical war against slavery than popular history suggests. It is... -
Victor Lustig: The Man Who Conned the World by Christopher Sandford
RRP: £20.00£15.04An Austro-Hungarian with a dark streak, Victor Lustig was a man of athletic good looks, with a taste for larceny and foreign intrigue. He spoke six languages and went under nearly as many aliases in the course of a continent-hopping life that also saw... -
A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby by Joe Moshenska
RRP: £12.99£9.09SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY and THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY'A thrilling account' The Times'As heroic as Digby himself, Moshenska has defied the tyranny of genre and made his own absorbing account'... -
Dare To Be A Daniel: Then and Now by Tony Benn 9780099471530 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£1.87Born into a family with a strong, radical dissenting tradition in which enterprise and public service were combined, Tony Benn was taught to believe that the greatest sin in life was to waste time and money. Life in his Victorian-Edwardian family home in... -
When I Was a Child: Growing Up in the Potteries in the 1840s by Charles Shaw 9780957670419
RRP: £13.99£9.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957670419Author Charles ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Dormouse Press, an imprint of Guidemark Publishing LtdPublisher Dormouse Press, an... -
The Woman Who Censored Churchill by Ruth Ive
RRP: £10.99£8.25During the Second World War, the only way Winston Churchill and his American counterpart Franklin D. Roosevelt could communicate was via a top secret transatlantic telephone link. All other Atlantic telephone cables had been disconnected to prevent the... -
Wedlock: The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore by Wendy Moore 9780307383372
RRP: £22.00£15.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307383372Author Wendy MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
RRP: £12.99£11.29An "intriguing and accessible" (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really...