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Edward Elgar: Music, Life and Landscapes by Suzie Grogan
RRP: $52.50$37.00More perhaps than any other composer, Edward Elgar (1857-1934) has gained the status of an 'icon of locality', his music seemingly inextricably linked to the English landscape in which he worked. This, the first full-length study of Elgar's complex... -
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV by Philip Mansel
RRP: $35.68$25.79Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019'The ultimate biography of the Sun King' Simon Sebag Montefiore Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The... -
The Life and Times of Mary Ann McCracken, 1770–1866: A Belfast Panorama by Mary McNeill 9781785374586
RRP: $27.28$23.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374586Author Mary McNeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
RRP: $27.28$17.98Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in a striking fashion. Likewise, the thought and... -
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse
RRP: $42.00$28.35Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history.'Excellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand'Brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan"My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been... -
Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: $39.88$26.21A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR'This is the biography we have been awaiting for 400 years' Hilary Mantel'A masterpiece' Dan Jones, Sunday TimesThomas Cromwell is one of the... -
Disraeli: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert 9780007147182 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$5.57Disraeli is one of the most fascinating men of the 19th century. This masterly biography, written by an outstanding popular historian, concentrates on his intriguing private life. Superb politician, orator, writer and wit, Benjamin Disraeli... -
Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir 9780099540175 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$5.57A lucid, gripping account of the human side of one of the bloodiest chapters of British history. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton,... -
Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
RRP: $31.48$20.01A lucid, gripping account of the human side of one of the bloodiest chapters of British history. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton,... -
Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare by Philip Short 9780719565694
RRP: $31.48$20.58Pol Pot was an idealistic, reclusive figure with great charisma and personal charm. He initiated a revolution whose radical egalitarianism exceeded any other in history. But in the process, Cambodia desended into madness and his name became a byword for... -
Ellen Wilkinson: From Red Suffragist to Government Minister by Paula Bartley
RRP: $52.48$34.40Ellen Wilkinson was a key radical figure in the 20th century British socialist and feminist movement, a woman of passionate energy who was involved in most of the major struggles of her time. Born in October 1891 into a working-class textile family,... -
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
RRP: $23.08$15.23A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New... -
Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha
RRP: $23.08$16.32IsolatedCommand Post Keating - one of the most vulnerable US army bases in Afghanistan. Located at the bottom of a deep valley, soliders are exposed. The Taliban can see every move and attack is imminent.OutnumberedJust before sunrise on 3 October 2009,... -
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History by Boris Johnson
RRP: $31.48$23.00As the country navigates a national crisis once again, read how Britain's Prime Minister was inspired by Winston Churchill.One man can make all the difference.Now leader of the UK himself, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the... -
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton 9781789294231
RRP: $20.98$14.39From the internationally renowned bestselling author of Diana: Her True Story and Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, comes the sensational and captivating biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret.They were the closest of sisters and the best of... -
Edward the Confessor: King of England by Peter Rex
RRP: $27.28$19.09Edward the Confessor was the son of King Aethelred the Unready of the House of Wessex. The family was exiled to Normandy when the Danish invaded England in 1013 but, with the nation in crisis on the death of King Harthacnut twenty-nine years later,... -
The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump by Bob Woodward
RRP: $18.88$12.22"An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected, non-partisan journalists in the world" -Jake Tapper, CNN"It was riveting. I couldn't get enough of it." -Gayle King, CBS MorningsThe Trump Tapes explodes with the exclusive, inside story of... -
Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian by David Alan Parnell 9780197574706
RRP: $41.98$35.97A unique look at a powerful marriage in the celebrated age of Justinian Belisarius and Antonina were titans in the Roman world some 1,500 years ago. Belisarius was the most well-known general of his age, victor over the Persians, conqueror of the... -
Attila The Hun by John Man
RRP: $23.08$16.32The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals... -
The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe 9780140432510
RRP: $20.98$14.93A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving... -
Against the Tide by Noel Browne
RRP: $37.78$27.20Against the Tide is a story told with honesty and great emotion; the narrative of a life in which tragedy and good fortune succeeded each other with bewildering speed. After training as a doctor, Noel Browne experienced at... -
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jon Halliday
RRP: $35.68$26.63The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday.Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked... -
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India by William Dalrymple
RRP: $39.88$27.99From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles... -
My Life by Fidel Castro
RRP: $39.88$28.58The acclaimed autobiography of Fidel Castro, one of the towering political figures of our age, who dominated both Cuba and the world stage for over half a century.Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about ... -
The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano
RRP: $27.28$19.09An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, and a precursor to the famous nineteenth-century slave narratives, Equiano's The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy... -
Nick Drake: The Biography by Patrick Humphries 9780747535034
RRP: $31.48$23.00'An exquisite portrait' MOJO 'A riveting account of the golden-boy genius' EVENING STANDARD Nick Drake was barely twenty-six years old when he died in 1974, but in his short lifetime he recorded three albums that are now recognised as classics:... -
This Boy by Alan Johnson
RRP: $27.28$19.09'The best memoir by a politician you will ever read' Philip Collins, The TimesSchool on the Kings Road, Chelsea in the Swinging 60s, the rock-and-roll years, the race riots; this boy has seen it all. ________Alan Johnson's childhoodwas not so much... -
The Past is Myself & The Road Ahead Omnibus: When I Was a German, 1934-1945 by Christabel Bielenberg
RRP: $39.88$28.58Brought together for the first time in one edition, both of Christabel Bielenberg's bestselling memoirs give an incredibly moving, emotionally charged and compelling insight into life in Nazi Germany during The Third Reich and during the aftermath of... -
The Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton 9781784081737 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.88$5.57England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous, Seymour begins an overt flirtation with Elizabeth that... -
The Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: $18.88$13.55England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous, Seymour begins an overt flirtation with Elizabeth that... -
Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II, 1926-2022 by Robert Hardman 9781529063455
RRP: $23.08$15.77A Sunday Times Book of the YearQueen Of Our Times is the definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth II by one of Britain's leading royal authorities, Robert Hardman. This commemorative edition includes an epilogue reflecting upon Her Majesty's Platinum... -
Gather Together In My Name by Maya Angelou
RRP: $20.98$14.28The sequel to I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' Barack ObamaMaya Angelou's volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the... -
The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
RRP: $27.28$19.09WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2013'Completely absorbing' Amanda Foreman'Enthralling' Guardian'The Three Musketeers! The Count of Monte Cristo! The stories of courseare fiction. But here a prize-winning author shows us that the inspiration... -
Behind Enemy Lines: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero by Sir Tommy MacPherson 9781845967086 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.81With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander's... -
Behind Enemy Lines: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero by Sir Tommy MacPherson
RRP: $23.08$16.32With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander's... -
Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist: Art, Politics, and the French Revolution by Warren Roberts 9780807843505
RRP: $115.50$105.61The lifetime of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) coincides with the most tumultuous period in the history of France and much of the Western world. And David's life was closely bound up with the changes that were taking place in French politics, society,... -
Che Guevara by Jon Lee Anderson
RRP: $46.20$34.90With unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries, this biography of one of history's most... -
Napoleon: A Concise Biography by Mr David Bell
RRP: $31.48$23.00This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human... -
Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley
RRP: $23.08$16.32She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous... -
Sabine’s War: One woman. Three concentration camps. A remarkable true story of survival. by Eva Taylor
RRP: $20.98$13.94An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery 'A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.' Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz ...