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When the Clock Struck in 1916 by Derek Molyneux
RRP: £15.99£14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848892132Author Derek MolyneuxFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint The Collins PressPublisher The Collins PressWeight(grams) 502g -
Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T. Alexander
RRP: £12.99£10.01Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33, Catherine's private and public life generated tremendous contemporary controversy, and she has subsequently been portrayed variously as a political genius, a despotic foreign adventuress, a tyrant, and... -
The Adoption Papers by Jackie Kay
RRP: £10.99£7.40Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter. The Adoption Papers won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. In 2022 The Adoption... -
Mallard: The Story of Britain's Most Magnificent Locomotive by Robin Jones
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658214Author Robin JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 596gDimensions(mm) 246mm *... -
Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
RRP: £8.99£6.45Edmund Burke was the dominant political thinker of the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England. His reputation depends less on his role as a practising politician than on his ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of... -
Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl, An Unofficial Biography by Matthew Dennison 9781788549448
RRP: £10.99£7.12Book of the Week on Radio 4, and in the Observer, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and The Week 'Riveting, and immaculately written' Sunday Telegraph 'A superb psychological study of a literary genius' Business Post 'A rounded picture... and gets to... -
World War II by Winston Churchill 9780395416853
£102.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395416853Author Winston ChurchillFormat HardbackPage Count 4736Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 8300g -
Drawing Acts: Studies in Graphic Expression and Representation by David Rosand 9781316637524
RRP: £30.99£29.28Drawing Acts is about drawing, both as art and act. Taking the study of drawings beyond the traditional agenda of connoisseurship, David Rosand explores the significance of the making of drawings, the meaning in the line of the draftsman, and the... -
Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney by Kate Kennedy
RRP: £35.00£28.14The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylumIvor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the... -
The Castle: A History by John Goodall
RRP: £19.99£17.37A vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of... -
She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music by Gillian Dooley 9781526170101
RRP: £20.00£14.53Like her much-loved heroine Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen 'played and sang'. Music occupied a central role in her life, and she made brilliant use of it in her books to illuminate characters' personalities and highlight the contrasts between them. Until... -
A Black Boy at Eton by Dillibe Onyeama
RRP: £9.99£7.11'The story [Onyeama] had to tell was so gripping and shocking, it wouldn't let me go . . . A remarkably well-written memoir' Bernardine Evaristo, from the IntroductionDillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton - joining in 1965 - and the first to... -
John Wyclif on War and Peace by Rory Cox
RRP: £80.00£73.68New investigation of John Wyclif's writings on the theory of the "just war" shows him to be the first genuine pacifist of medieval Europe. John Wyclif (c. 1330-84) was the foremost English intellectual of the late fourteenth century and is remembered... -
Storming the Eagle's Nest: Hitler's War in the Alps by Jim Ring
RRP: £12.99£8.56In a mountain resort in the Alps, Hitler built his 'Eagle's Nest' from which he conceived and directed the war. Skiing resorts were turned into training centres for mountain warfare, plans were made to invade Switzerland, and concentration camps were... -
Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Ree
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Astonishing ... enjoy its riches slowly, and savour every generous, erudite and undogmatic page' Boyd Tonkin, Financial Times'We English men have wits,' wrote the clergyman Ralph Lever in 1573, and, 'we have also framed unto ourselves a language... -
A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire by Neil Storey 9780752457680
RRP: £14.99£11.55A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, strange occurrences and heinous homicides, this almanac... -
Field of Shadows: The English Cricket Tour of Nazi Germany 1937 by Dan Waddell
RRP: £10.99£7.77Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. And Berlin in 1937 was not a time to be going against the Fuhrer's wishes. But hot on the heels of the 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix... -
Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great War by Mary McAuliffe 9781442276130
RRP: £18.99£14.72Mary McAuliffe's Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870-1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris... -
Sunshine and Laughter: The Story of Morecambe & Wise by Louis Barfe
RRP: £25.00£18.02The unique story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - British television's most iconic double act. 'A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship' Sunday Times 'Barfe lifts the lid on the... -
Patronage, Power, and Agency in Medieval Art by Colum Hourihane 9780983753742
RRP: £30.95£28.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983753742Author Colum HourihaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton UniversityPublisher... -
This is Tomorrow: An Artist's History of Britain by Michael Bird
RRP: £30.00£14.97A compelling and lively history that examines the lives of British artists from the late-19th century to today. In This is Tomorrow Michael Bird takes a fresh look at the 'long twentieth century', from the closing years of Queen Victoria's reign to... -
Richard II by Nigel Saul
RRP: £25.00£21.32Richard II is one of the most enigmatic of English kings. Shakespeare depicted him as a tragic figure, an irresponsible, cruel monarch who nevertheless rose in stature as the substance of power slipped from him. By later writers he has been variously... -
The Little History of Kent by Susan McGowan 9780750990066
RRP: £14.99£11.55Kent has been the gateway to Britain since prehistoric man first set foot on our soil. Its people have repelled invaders including Julius Caesar, the Vikings and William the Conqueror, while welcoming migrants from countries such as France, Austria and... -
Stephen and Matilda's Civil War: Cousins of Anarchy by Matthew Lewis 9781526718334
RRP: £25.00£18.02The Anarchy was the first civil war in post-Conquest England, enduring throughout the reign of King Stephen between 1135 and 1154. It ultimately brought about the end of the Norman dynasty and the birth of the mighty Plantagenet kings. When Henry I died... -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
RRP: £12.99£8.63As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
DK Eyewitness Cruise Guide to Europe and the Mediterranean by DK Publishing
RRP: £15.99£12.01The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Europe and the Mediterranean on a cruise.Cruise Norway's awe-inspiring fjords, enjoy some sunshine along the... -
Roger Casement: 16Lives by Angus Mitchell
RRP: £16.99£13.09A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into... -
James II by John Miller 9780300087284
RRP: £18.99£16.18James II (1633-1701) lacked the charisma of his father, Charles I, but shared his tendency to dismiss the views of others when they differed from his own. Failing to understand his subjects, James was also misunderstood by them. In this highly-regarded... -
The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspden 9780099506171
RRP: £10.99£7.77'David Oluwale's story has a raw power...and Kester Aspden makes it relevant for the reader of today' Mishal HusainAn award-winning microhistory that examines the death of David Oluwale and institutionalised police racism in Britain.When, in May 1969,... -
God's Playground A History of Poland: Volume 1: The Origins to 1795 by Norman Davies
RRP: £48.49£41.69This new edition of Norman Davies's classic study of the history of Poland has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century. The writing of Polish history, like Poland itself, has frequently... -
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £20.99£14.94When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power... -
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: £14.99£9.53The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard... -
The Thousand Year Old Garden: Inside the Secret Garden at Lambeth Palace by Nick Stewart Smith
RRP: £16.99£12.94"A fascinating and intimate portrait of a garden over time ... Reading is like being given a rusty key to a beautiful secret garden." - Ben Dark, Author of The GroveHidden away behind high stone walls in the centre of London is Lambeth Palace Garden, a... -
The Murder of the Whitechapel Mistress: Victorian London's Sensational Murder Mystery by Neil Watson 9781399049740
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
At Home with the Soanes: Upstairs, Downstairs in 19th Century London by Susan Palmer 9781910258446
RRP: £12.99£8.60The product of many years' research by Susan Palmer, archivist to Sir John Soane's Museum, At Home with the Soanes paints a detailed picture of the social and domestic life at Nos 12 & 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, in the early 19th century - how... -
The Snows of Yesteryear: Portraits for an Autobiography by Gregor von Rezzori
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Snows of Yesteryear (1989) is Gregor von Rezzori's haunting evocation of his childhood in Czernowitz, in present-day Ukraine. Growing up after the First World War, Rezzori portrays a twilit world suspended between the dying ways of an imperial past... -
Italy and Its Eastern Border, 1866-2016 by Marina Cattaruzza
RRP: £43.99£38.84This is the first scholarly work in Modern European History which elucidates consistently how border issues affect the history of nations and states in the 19th and 20th centuries. The book rethinks the Italian history of the last 150 years from the... -
Old Greenock by Joy Monteith
RRP: £21.95£19.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333145Author Joy MonteithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly 9781785781889
RRP: £10.99£7.32'A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.' Caroline Criado-Perez, GuardianAlmost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong. Her novels don't... -
Locks, Bolts and Bars: A Life Inside by John Massey
RRP: £20.00£15.04John Massey's story is unique. Part of a notorious duo that the Flying Squad dubbed 'Laurel and Hardy', his criminal activities included hijacking a police car after robbing a bank of GBP25,000 and relieving the Sunday Mirror of GBP50,000 - and all...