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The Lion House by Christopher de Bellaigue
RRP: €23.80€17.01**A SUNDAY TIMES, SPECTATOR and iNEWS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph'The most daring history book of the year. Unforgettable' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times___Venice, 1522... -
The Words and Wisdom of Teddy Roosevelt by R Scott Frothingham 9781482041293
RRP: €8.91€7.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781482041293Author R Scott FrothinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Case for Trump by Victor Davis Hanson
RRP: €29.75€22.86In The Case for Trump, acclaimed historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a... -
Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents--One Queen's Special Relationship with America by David Charter 9780593712870
RRP: €29.74€19.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593712870Author David CharterFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Being Nixon by Evan Thomas
RRP: €23.79€17.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812985412Author Evan ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 709gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
The Twelve Caesars by Matthew Dennison
RRP: €15.46€10.19One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned. Six of their number were assassinated, two committed suicide, and five of them were elevated to the status of gods. They have come to be known as the 'twelve... -
Golda Meir: Israel’s Matriarch by Deborah E. Lipstadt 9780300253511
RRP: €20.22€17.39A balanced biography of Golda Meir, who was both adored and abhorred, from award-winning author Deborah E. Lipstadt "Comprehensive. . . . Always thoughtful. . . . A nuanced account of a leader whose influence endures in the Middle East."-Kirkus Review ... -
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: €20.22€13.65'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original... -
Gimson's Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Crisp and witty' Charles Moore, Spectator'A brilliant survey of the occupants of the Oval Office' Daniel Johnson, Article'Witty and succinct with splendid caricatures' Tibor Fischer, CriticA spirited and entertaining aide-memoire offering 44 short,... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone by Charles Moore
RRP: €22.60€16.67The final part of Charles Moore's bestselling and definitive biography of Britain's first female Prime Minister, 'One of the great biographical achievements of our times' (Sunday Times)A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, IRISH TIMES, NEW... -
For the Record by David Cameron 9780008239329
RRP: €13.08€8.63'The political memoir of the decade' Sunday Times The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller What was it like to lead the Conservative Party back to power and form a coalition government? How does a Prime Minister turn... -
Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump by Michael Cohen
RRP: €26.18€17.20A #1 New York Times Bestseller! "I read it cover-to-cover. I did not intend to, but I started at the beginning and didn't put it down until it was over."-Rachel Maddow, MSNBCThis book almost didn't see the light of day as government officials tried to... -
We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West gets him wrong, and how to get him right by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €11.89€8.46'Galeotti sketches a bleak, but convincing picture of the man in the Kremlin and the political system that he dominates' - The TimesMeet the world's most dangerous man. Who is the real Vladimir Putin? What does he want? And what will he do next? Despite... -
Pine Forest by Author to be revealed
RRP: €23.80€17.48THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Landslide cuts deeper than any previous book about this president, indeed about any president' The Times'First there was Fire and Fury, then there was Siege, now there is Landslide. The third is the best of the three ... -
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
RRP: €24.99€17.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812979480Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Rafiq Hariri and the Fate of Lebanon by Marwan Iskandar 9780863563706
RRP: €20.22€13.73On Valentine's Day 2005 self-made billionaire Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister, was assassinated in Beirut by a massive bomb that destroyed his motorcade. The Lebanese people subsequently took to the streets, and the United Nations Security... -
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham 9780553393989
RRP: €24.99€17.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553393989Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Gorbachev: The Man and His Era by Prof. William Taubman 9781471147951
RRP: €20.22€13.19SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZEFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and his Era, the most comprehensive portrait of the former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on 30 August 2022.'A phenomenally researched... -
President Kennedy by Richard Reeves 9780671892890
RRP: €53.54€39.14Three decades after his death, here is the startling story of John F. Kennedy's three years in the White House. Based on previously unavailable White House files, letters and records, and hundreds of new interviews, Richard Reeves has written the first... -
The Reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 138 161 by McHugh, John S 9781526773982
RRP: €26.18€18.59The reign of Antoninus Pius is widely seen as the apogee of the Roman Empire yet, due to gaps in the historical sources, his reign has been overlooked by modern historians. He is considered one of the five good emperors of the Antonine dynasty under whom... -
To Obama by Jeanne Marie Laskas
RRP: €11.89€8.46One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy. 'The real story of Obama's America' Sunday Times Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary... -
Nelson Mandela: pocket GIANTS by Colin Bundy
RRP: €8.32€6.51'Colin Bundy has given us an incredible insight into the person of Mandela. What a man and what a gift Madiba was to the world.' - Desmond TutuNelson Mandela's place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world even before... -
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: €20.22€13.65'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a... -
King Richard: an American tragedy by Michael Dobbs
RRP: €22.60€15.27From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account - told from inside the White House - of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president. In January 1973, Richard... -
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan by Owen Bennett-Jones
RRP: €14.27€12.08A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day "Students of geopolitics and South Asia will find this a valuable book."-Kirkus Reviews "Fluently written, impeccably... -
The Portable Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln 9780143105640
RRP: €15.46€15.35Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that has all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. Lincoln's writings are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the... -
Oliver Cromwell (Penguin Monarchs): England's Protector by David Horspool
RRP: €9.51€6.89The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackAlthough he styled himself 'His Highness', adopted the court ritual of his royal predecessors, and lived in the former royal palaces of Whitehall... -
Napoleon: A Brilliant Leader Who Helped Shape the Modern World - or a Brutal Tyrant? by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912568017Author Adam ZamoyskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
Baldwin by Anne Perkins 9781904950608
€10.70Stanley Baldwin's cultivated image of the plain man, Mr Suburbia', helped him cope with two of the greatest domestic political crises of the first half of twentieth century Britain, the General Strike and the Abdication.Book InformationISBN... -
The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson: The White House Years by Joseph A. Califano 9781476798790
RRP: €21.42€14.55Califano takes us into the Oval Office as the decisions that irrevocably changed the United States were being crafted to create Johnson's ambitious Great Society. He shows us LBJ's commitment to economic and social revolution, and his willingness to do... -
The New Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev 9781509523610
RRP: €17.84€11.66After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail... -
Not for Turning: The Complete Life of Margaret Thatcher by Robin Harris
RRP: €20.22€14.61Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. Like it or not, her radical social and economic... -
The Complete Book of Us Presidents: Fourth Edition by Bill Yenne
€21.68Discover the history and personal stories of 46 US Presidents in this beautifully illustrated volume.From the first president, George Washington, to the forty-sixth, Joe Biden, the United States has seen a host of extraordinary men take office. Their... -
The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty by Neal Thompson 9780063268593
RRP: €17.84€15.11"Here is that rare thing: an untold chapter in the Kennedy saga. . .Compelling and illuminating."-Jon MeachamBased on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first book to explore the inspiring story of the poor Irish... -
Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy by Mr David Cannadine
RRP: €14.27€13.03Few modern women have had as great a political impact as Margaret Hilda Roberts, the grocer's daughter from Grantham who, as Margaret Thatcher, became Britain's first woman prime minister. The longest serving British premier of the twentieth century, Mrs... -
On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics by Sheila Fitzpatrick
RRP: €23.80€18.91Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes-men and political window dressing. On Stalin's Team overturns this view, revealing that behind Stalin was a... -
Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
RRP: €41.65€34.91A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and ruleMaria Theresa (1717-1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg... -
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
RRP: €15.46€10.23One of the most intelligent and influential women in America reflects on her eight years as First Lady of the United States in a revealing book -personal, political and newsmaking. During her husband's two administrations, Hillary Rodham Clinton... -
America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Sarah Bradford 9780241967430 [USED COPY]
RRP: €22.60€3.00The definitive biography of Jackie Kennedy, by Britain's best royal biographer Jackie Kennedy was a twentieth-century icon of glamour, elegance and grace. As the beautiful young wife of President John F. Kennedy, she was adored, her style imitated... -
In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny by Daisy Dunn
RRP: €11.89€7.90'Never less than compelling ... She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life' Tom Holland, Literary Review 'Starts with an erupting volcano - and then...