Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple 9781408864425
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.80THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas, from the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping Empire podcast'Richly woven, highly readable ... Written with passion and verve'... -
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple 9781408864418
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.29THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas, from the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping Empire podcast'Richly woven, highly readable ... Written with passion and verve'... -
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.28An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and... -
Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper
RRP: £21.95Booksplease Price: £15.93Cundill Prize FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Book of the Year"Superbly original...Breaks new ground by showing how a collective consciousness emerged among revolutionaries."-The Economist"A clearly written, brilliantly... -
Return of a King by William Dalrymple
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.03SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013 'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel . . . a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph 'Dazzling' Sunday Times | 'Magnificent' Guardian | 'Sparkling' Daily Telegraph A towering history of the first Afghan... -
A History of the Crusades I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by Steven Runciman
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.96The first volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem, riding upon a white camel'An enthralling work of grand historical narrative,... -
The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, his heirs and the founding of modern China by John Man
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.96Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire that ran across much of Asia... -
China's Republic by Diana Lary
RRP: £24.00Booksplease Price: £20.99Twenty-first century China is emerging from decades of war and revolution into a new era. Yet the past still haunts the present. The ideals of the Chinese Republic, which was founded almost a century ago after 2000 years of imperial rule, still resonate... -
Black Sea: Coasts and Conquests: From Pericles to Putin by Neal Ascherson
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea. Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's... -
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World Frank McLynn 9781784703509
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.72Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power,... -
A Brief History of the Great Moghuls by Bamber Gascoigne
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.60'Entertainingly written history . . . ravishingly beautiful photographs.'The Times Bamber Gascoigne's classic book tells of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the country was ruled by the... -
The Shortest History of China by Linda Jaivin
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083250Author Linda JaivinFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion by Brendan O'Malley 9781860647376
Booksplease Price: £26.82In 1974 the Greek colonels ousted the Greek-Cypriot leader of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, and Turkey retaliated by invading and seizing a third of the island. Cyprus remains split in two, like Berlin before the wall came down, bristling with troops and... -
Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician by Zhisui Li
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.23For the first time, here is the extraordinary true story of one of the most powerful men, and ruthless dictators, who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for a longer period than any other leader in history. In this intimate biography we... -
China in Ten Words by Yu Hua
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.11A courageous and intimate memoir of China framed in ten telling words. People. Leader. Reading. Writing. Revolution. Grassroots. Through these and other common vernacular words and phrases, Yu Hua - widely regarded as one of China's greatest living... -
For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.96Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded... -
A History of Korea: An Episodic Narrative by Kyung Moon Hwang
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £22.07Dynamic and meticulously researched, A History of Korea continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Assuming no prior knowledge, Hwang guides readers from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern... -
Genghis Khan: And the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £10.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609809648Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 264g -
The Shortest History of India by John Zubrzycki 9781913083489
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083489Author John ZubrzyckiFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Armies of the Steppe Nomads, 376–1227: from the Coming of Attila's Huns to the Death of Genghis, Great Khan of the Mongols Gabriele Esposito 9781399037778
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.60Gabriele Esposito presents an overview of the history, organization and equipment of the military forces deployed by the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes during the period from the appearance of the Huns in Eastern Europe to the death of Genghis... -
Forgotten Wars: The End of Britain's Asian Empire by Christopher Bayly
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.23This extraordinary book is a vivid, highly original account of the creation of a new Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. It tells the definitive story of how India, Pakistan, Burma... -
The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857 William Dalrymple 9781408800928
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.08On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests... -
Zhou Enlai: A Life by Jian Chen 9780674659582
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £25.53The definitive biography of Zhou Enlai, the first premier and preeminent diplomat of the People's Republic of China, who protected his country against the excesses of his boss-Chairman Mao.Zhou Enlai spent twenty-seven years as premier of the People's... -
Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission Mike Coburn 9781840189070
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02SOLDIER FIVE is an elite soldier's explosive memoir of his time within the Special Air Service (SAS) and, in particular, his experiences during the 1991 Gulf War. As a member of the Special Forces patrol now famously known by its call sign Bravo Two... -
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu Laurence Bergreen 9781847247674
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.98In September 1298, the rival Italian republics of Genoa and Venice fought a fierce sea battle at Curzola off the rocky coast of southern Dalmatia. Against the odds the Venetians, led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo, son of the Doge, were defeated. Among the... -
A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion: China's War on Foreigners, 1900 by Diana Preston 9781841194905
Booksplease Price: £20.04Fuelled by hatred of foreigners and all they stood for, the ferocious uprising of Chinese peasants and ensuing siege of Peking in the summer of 1900 sent shockwaves around the world. Diana Preston brings thundering to life this 55-day conflict between... -
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.79THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter FrankopanIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and... -
The Decline of Empires in South Asia: How Britain and Russia lost their grip over India, Persia and Afghanistan by Campbell, Heather A 9781526775801
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £11.99The post-First World War period was pivotal in global history, international relations and geopolitics. And no more than in South Asia. where for decades the 'Great Game' in geopolitical rivalry of the two greatest modern empires - Britain and Russia -... -
Savage Summit: The Life and Death of the First Women of K2 by Jennifer Jordan 9780060587161
Booksplease Price: £9.84Here is narrative nonfiction at its most gripping. Journalist Jennifer Jordan chronicled the individual stories of the five courageous women who have climbed K2, the most fearsome mountain in the world. Climbers call K2 "The Savage Mountain." It is not... -
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek 9781848871571
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.03In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements around 5400 BC, to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians in the sixth century BC. He chronicles the rise and fall of dynastic power during this period; he... -
Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924 by Philip Mansel
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.49Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history of Constantinople (formerly known as Byzantium) absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror... -
The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War by S. C. M. Paine 9781107676169
RRP: £23.00Booksplease Price: £17.00The Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and became the one non-European great power, its leaders... -
A Brief History of Vietnam: Colonialism, War and Renewal: The Story of a Nation Transformed by Bill Hayton
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.80A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous historyA Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land that has risen from the ashes of war to become the newest Asian tiger economy. This book expertly examines the... -
Forgotten Armies: Britain's Asian Empire and the War with Japan by Christopher Bayly
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.23The vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India down to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the Second World War a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials and key part of an... -
India in the Second World War: An Emotional History by Diya Gupta
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £27.34In 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic feeling surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War, while 3 million civilians were killed by the... -
After Combat: True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan by Marian Eide 9781640120235
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £18.03Approximately 2.5 million men and women have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the U.S. War on Terror. Marian Eide and Michael Gibler have collected and compiled personal combat accounts from some of these war veterans. In modern warfare... -
The Secret History of the Mongols by Christopher P. Atwood
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.27A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan'Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders'Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships,... -
Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land by Joel Brinkley
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £11.08A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history- the streets of Phnom Penh are paved skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this facade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Joel Brinkley won a... -
Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler by A. L. Sadler
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £10.00Uncover the true history behind the critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series "SHOGUN" in this epic biography of the man who unified Medieval Japan. For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun... -
Year Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.79Many books have been written, and continue to be written, about the Second World War: military histories, histories of the Holocaust, the war in Asia, or collaboration and resistance in Europe. Few books have taken a close look at the immediate aftermath...