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Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £7.50'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book... -
Letters from a Stoic: The Ancient Classic by Seneca
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £6.85DISCOVER THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ANCIENT STOICISM Since Roman antiquity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Letters have been one of the greatest expressions of Stoic philosophy. In a highly accessible and... -
Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilisation - the Sequel to Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £4.76TV presenter Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence... -
The White Goddess by Robert Graves
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £11.52This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology,... -
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £8.37This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself... -
The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland by John H. Reid
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £12.41For over three centuries, the inhabitants of North Britain faced the might of Rome, resulting in some of the most extraordinary archaeology of the ancient world. This richly illustrated new... -
The Celts by Dr. Alice Roberts
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.41TV tie-in to major new BBC series revealing a new history of the Celts and their international legacy today.About the AuthorAlice Roberts is an anatomist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian,... -
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Component 11: The World of the Hero Sally Knights (formerly Redland High School, UK) 9781350015074
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.58This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specifications for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers all three options for Component 11: World of the... -
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Components 21 and 22: Greek Theatre and Imperial Image Robert Hancock-Jones (Townley Grammar School, UK) 9781350015111
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.24This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 21 and 22 from the 'Culture and the... -
The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Britain by David R. Abram 9780500024164
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.78A spectacular collection of aerial photographs of Britain's most extraordinary prehistoric sites. This breathtaking collection of aerial images reveals ancient monuments from all around the... -
Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the... -
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.64WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura... -
In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.45A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'A stunning blockbuster' Robert Fisk'A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling' Simon Sebag Montefiore'A compelling detective... -
The Lost Scriptures of Giza: Enoch and the Origin of the World's Oldest Texts by Jason M Breshears 9781585091447
RRP: £15.95Booksplease Price: £10.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585091447Author Jason M BreshearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint -
Ancient Rome: The Definitive Visual History by DK
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.65Immerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome - from its origins as a small settlement on the Palatine Hill to its peak as an empire reigning over 90 million people, and its tumultuous decline... -
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £8.71Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the... -
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £8.43'A masterly account of this first wicked century of the Roman Empire' Sunday Times'Holland does not just tell the story of the reign of the Julio-Claudian family. He knits the history of ancient Rome... -
The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five by Livy
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £9.10`the fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world's mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods' Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at... -
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha 9780755649426
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £9.40This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded... -
Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans by Francis Pryor
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.86An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds. British history is traditionally regarded as... -
The Little Book of World Mythology: A Pocket Guide to Myths and Legends Hannah Bowstead 9781800071766
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.16Step into a world of gods, heroes and monstersThroughout history, mythologies have been fundamental to societies and cultures across the world. They are the collected stories of a people - the... -
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.48THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes... -
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History - Abridged Edition by Ibn Khaldun
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.00The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d... -
OCR Ancient History AS and A Level Component 1: Greece by Charlie Cottam
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £16.95This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for AS and A-Level Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 1, both the compulsory Period... -
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23His last work, regarded by many as the greatest work of contemporary scholarship, Tacitus' The Annals of Imperial Rome recount with depth and insight the history of the Roman Empire during the first... -
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization: A new investigation into the mysteries of the human past by the bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods and Magicians of the Gods by Graham Hancock
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £7.69***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER***'Hancock's books provide a fascinating, alternative version of prehistory. America Before, detailed and wide-ranging, turns what was myth and legend into a... -
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50Tom Holland's bestselling account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC'Magisterial... told with great authority and a novelistic colour and... -
The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained DK 9780241301913
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.05Learn about compelling worlds and characters depicted in myths and legends in The Mythology Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and... -
The Mystery of Doggerland: Atlantis in the North Sea by Graham Phillips 9781591434238
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £10.27A scientific exploration of the advanced ancient civilization known as Doggerland or Fairland that disappeared 5,000 years ago. New marine archaeological evidence has revealed the remains of a large... -
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £8.95'The book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats... -
A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Discover the history of Europe - from the Dark Ages to present day - by the author of the bestselling A Short History of EnglandEurope is an astonishingly successful place. But it would take volumes... -
A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver 9780753828861
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain, much-loved historian Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain;... -
Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story by Rob Dinnis 9780565093372
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50When did the first humans arrive in Britain? Where did they come from? And what did they look like? This is the amazing story of human life in Britain. It begins nearly one million years ago, during... -
Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction by Paul Cartledge
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.37The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizably... -
Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History by DK
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.78Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties.From the clans and legends of prehistory to the last Qing emperor, this book brings China's imperial history to life through its pivotal... -
The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe by Graham Robb
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Graham Robb's The Ancient Paths will change the way you see European civilization.Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, and, most... -
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 23 and 24: Invention of the Barbarian and Greek Art Athina Mitropoulos (Queen's Gate School, London, UK) 9781350020955
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.99This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 23 and 24 from the 'Culture and the Arts'... -
Lessons in Stoicism: What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live by John Sellars
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31How can Stoicism inspire us to lead more enjoyable lives?In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In Lessons in Stoicism, philosopher John... -
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.35THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome's bloody history' The Times 'A book for lovers of traditional,... -
Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers by Andrew Louth
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £9.19The writings in this volume cast a glimmer of light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. A selection of...