Historical

The reign of Charles I, defined by religious conflict, a titanic power struggle with Parliament - culminating in the English Civil Wars, the execution of the king and the brief abolition of the monarchy - was one of the most turbulent in English history...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a masterful new biography of Theodor Herzl by an eminent historian of Zionism "An excellent, concise biography of Theodor Herzl, architect of modern Zionism. . . . An exceptionally good, highly readable volume...

From the host of RTE's Primetime and author of The Reluctant Taoiseach, the widely acclaimed biography of John A. Costello, Rise 1882-1932 is the first volume of a major two-part reassessment of the man who shaped modern Ireland. Eamon de Valera is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423641230Author William B. MatsonFormat HardbackPage Count 254Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Long before the screen placed the face of Mary Pickford before the eyes of millions of Americans, this girl, born August 13, 1860 as Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, had won the right to the title of "America's Sweetheart." Having grown up learning to shoot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982130428Author Walter IsaacsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 2592Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 3651gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470128213Author Angus KonstamFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

The age of Charlemagne was a crucible for change in the history of Europe, bridging the divide between the medieval and the classical worlds and setting the political and cultural tone for centuries to come. This book focuses directly on the reign of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789655750959Author Arie TamirFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Valcal Software LtdPublisher Valcal Software LtdWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

J. M. Barrie has long been a controversial figure; as D. H. Lawrence observed in 1921, 'Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die'. The five nervous breakdowns, two suicides, one attempted suicide and numerous deaths that are associated with...

J. M. Barrie has long been a controversial figure; as D. H. Lawrence observed in 1921, 'Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die'. The five nervous breakdowns, two suicides, one attempted suicide and numerous deaths that are associated with...

Curious to find out what it means to be an Anglo-Indian? Join Andrea Malam BEM as she shares the story of her journey from Bombay to London, and the search for her ancestry and identity. Along with her contributors, Andrea reveals the...

Covering 400 years of Shakespeare scholarship, Schoenbaum's now classic William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life received high acclaim from critics and scholars. The New York Review of Books called it "a masterpiece," and the Guardian labeled it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993403002Author Deborah JayFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Rosa's PressPublisher Rosa's Press

'Engrossing' Daniel Beer, Guardian'A beautiful book... incisive, radiant' Olivia Laing'Illuminating, dramatic... majestic writing' Spectator'Enthralling... a triumph' Andrew SolomonAlex Halberstadt returns to Russia, the troubled, enigmatic land of his...

Thomas Cromwell was a self-made lawyer who served first Cardinal Wolsey and then Henry VIII. His time with Wolsey served him well in his work for the king after the cardinal's fall from power in 1529. Cromwell's time in office from 1530 until his...

A Jew passing as a Christian in occupied Poland during WWII, Oswald Rufeisen worked as translator and personal secretary to a Nazi commander of the German police, repeatedly risking his life to save hundreds from the Nazis. A relatively unknown Jewish...

Throughout his long and turbulent career as an Indian leader, first in South Africa and then in India, Gandhi sought to fulfill his religious aspirations through politics, and to reconcile politics with his private religious discipline. The Gandhi...

Mathilde Carre, notoriously known as La Chatte, was remarkable for all the wrong reasons. Like most spies she was temperamental, scheming and manipulative - but she was also treacherous. A dangerous mix, especially when combined with her infamous history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909813595Author Malcolm CowperFormat PaperbackPage Count 155Imprint Bannister Publications LtdPublisher Bannister Publications Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780828015615Author Susi Hasel MundyFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Review & Herald PublishingPublisher Review & Herald PublishingWeight(grams)...

For much of his half-century career in the House of Commons, Tony Benn has been the most loved and loathed man in British politics. He has been idolized by the left, and reviled with equal measure by the Westminster establishment , not least by New...

The image of St George - the mounted, medieval knight slaying a dragon - seems so familiar to us all that it is tempting to assume this figure is easily understood. He is, in fact, one of the most significant and complex mythic figures in Christian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906190620Author Martin HoylesFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 460g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294413Author Quintin BarryFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Gruesome but not gratuitous, this decidedly darker take on the Tudors, from 1485 to 1603, covers some forty-five events' from the Tudor reign, taking in everything from the death of Richard III to the botched execution of Mary Queen of Scots, and a...

Sir Edward Woodville was the medieval knight par excellence - except that his life coincided with the beginning of the Renaissance. With this vivid and long-awaited biography, Christopher Wilkins demonstrates how Sir Edward carved out an important role...

Galileo's story may be more relevant today than ever before. At present, we face enormous crises-such as the minimization of the dangers of climate change-because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo...

Called a madman by some, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was possibly the greatest inventor the world has ever known. He was, without a doubt, a trail blazer who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming,...

Greenwich Village in the 1950s was a haven to which young poets, painters, and jazz musicians flocked. Among them was Hettie Cohen, who'd been born in a Jewish middle-class family in Queens and who'd chosen to cross racial barriers to marry the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781505113280Author Charles a CoulombeFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Saint Benedict PressPublisher Saint Benedict PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Nigel Hamilton brings all the magisterial authority he brought to his Whitbread-winning biography of Monty, and all the talent for tracking down and verifying hidden, controversial material that he showed in JFK: Reckless Youth, which topped the American...

Poet and musician, artist and hostess, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted...

Poet and musician, artist and hostess, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250178169Author Tom ClavinFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Through a close and critical reading of biblical texts, ancient history, and recent archeological discoveries, Steven L. McKenzie concludes that David was indeed a real person. This David was not the humble shepherd who slew Goliath and became king,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993409509Author Sophena ChisembeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Sylsop BooksPublisher Sylsop Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789382277200Author Naresh FernandesFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher Aleph Book Company

This book talks about the short, savage life of a civil war guerrilla. Nowhere was the Civil War as savage as it was in Missouri - and nowhere did it produce a killer more savage than William Anderson. For a brief but dramatic period, ""Bloody Bill""...

France's great heroine and England's great scourge: whether a lunatic, a witch, a religious icon, or a skilled soldier and leader, Joan of Arc's contemporaries found her as extraordinary and fascinating as the legends that abound about her today. But her...