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A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation by Alison Light
RRP: €19.03€13.82WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE'The greatest memoirs offer all the complex shades and colours that we expect in fiction. A Radical Romance is more than just some summing-up: it is a work of art' GuardianAlison Light met the charismatic social historian,... -
Shipcraft 22: German Battlecruisers by Steve Backer
RRP: €17.84€13.03The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between... -
The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II by Ian Lloyd
RRP: €19.03€14.58At the time of Elizabeth II's accession, Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harry S. Truman was President of the United States and Joseph Stalin still governed the Soviet Union. It has often been said that she never put a... -
Gypsies: An English History by David Cressy
RRP: €17.84€13.03Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and--more recently--Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many... -
Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty by Norman M Naimark
RRP: €20.17€16.48A Financial Times Best Book of the YearWinner of the Norris and Carol Hundley AwardWinner of the US-Russia Relations Book Prize"The achievement of a lifetime."-Stephen Kotkin, author of Stalin"Naimark has few peers as a scholar of Stalinism, the Soviet... -
The Celts: A Sceptical History by Simon Jenkins
RRP: €13.08€9.25A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times 'One of the liveliest commentators in Britain, always worth reading and pleasingly contrarian' Jeremy Paxman, Guardian Who were the Celts?... -
On Laudianism: Piety, Polemic and Politics During the Personal Rule of Charles I by Peter Lake 9781009306812
RRP: €47.59€41.92Laudianism was both a way of being Christian and a political ideology. This definitive account establishes the theological roots and political resonances of Laudianism, and shows how it was based on the recuperation of the theological principles and... -
Robespierre: The Man Who Divides Us the Most by Marcel Gauchet
RRP: €45.22€30.88How Robespierre's career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracyMaximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory figure of the French Revolution, inspiring passionate debate like no other... -
Towards the Sun: World Pictures by British Artist-Travelers at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Kenneth McConkey 9781913645083
RRP: €59.50€41.91While there have been monographs on British artist-travellers in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, there has been no equivalent survey of what the writer, Henry Blackburn, described as 'artistic travel' a hundred years later. By 1900, the... -
When the War Is Over: Far from home, far from family, safe from the war - a true story of two Second World War evacuees by Barbara Fox
RRP: €13.08€8.81THE TOUCHING TRUE STORYTwo young Second World War evacueesFar from home, far from family, safe from the warGwenda and Douglas Brady were among the millions of British children sent to live with new families for their own safety during the Second World... -
Rome - City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943-44 by Victor Failmezger 9781472841285
RRP: €29.75€26.41'Victor Failmezger's passion for the city of Rome is matched by his extensive knowledge of its dark recent past.' - Joshua Levine, author of Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture In September 1943, following wave upon wave of Allied... -
The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by Thomas Childers 9781451651140
RRP: €24.98€17.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451651140Author Thomas ChildersFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Next Moon by Andre Hue 9780141042800
RRP: €19.03€13.82Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to... -
Migrant City: A New History of London by Panikos Panayi
RRP: €15.46€13.64The first history of London to show how immigrants have built, shaped and made a great success of the capital city London is now a global financial and multicultural hub in which over three hundred languages are spoken. But the history of London has... -
Haunted Poole by Julie Harwood 9780752445038
RRP: €15.46€11.45From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains new and well-known spooky tales from in and around Poole. Drawing on... -
House in the Country: Where Our Suburbs and Garden Cities Came From and Why it's Time to Leave Them Behind by Simon Matthews
RRP: €23.79€15.89For nearly 150 years living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost... -
A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter 9780571372294
RRP: €15.46€10.19Wine and dine with Victorian London's literati in a heatwave in one of the first ever group biographies, introduced by Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting).Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and... -
Paris: The Secret History by Andrew Hussey 9780141011134
RRP: €20.22€14.61Paris is the city of light and the city of darkness - a place of ceaseless revolution and reinvention that for two thousand years has drawn those with the highest ideals and the lowest morals to its teeming streets. In Andrew Hussey's wonderful book we... -
Hitler's Attack U-Boats: The Kriegsmarine's Submarine Strike Force by Showell, Jak P Mallmann 9781526797667
RRP: €17.84€13.51The success of German submarines during the First World War in almost cutting off Britain's vital imports had not been forgotten by Adolf Hitler and when, in March 1935, he repudiated the Treaty of Versailles, Britain, magnanimously, signed up to an... -
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 by Tony Hier
€8.65Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of consolidation activities and exam-style questions, this time-saving Workbook makes it easier to reinforce... -
My First Booke of My Life by Alice Thornton
RRP: €28.55€24.80An early modern domestic and spiritual memoir, My First Booke of My Life depicts the life of Alice Thornton (1626-1707), a complex, contradictory woman caught in the changing fortunes and social realities of the seventeenth century. Her memoir documents... -
The Trials of Charles I by Ian Ward 9781350025141
RRP: €33.31€28.88One of the iconic moments in English history, the trial and execution of King Charles I has yet to be studied in-depth from a contemporary legal perspective. Professor Ian Ward brings his considerable legal and historical acumen to bear on the particular... -
The Long Flight Home: a heart-breaking and uplifting World War 2 love story by A.L. Hlad
RRP: €11.89€8.09A heart-breaking and moving story of love and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of the Blitz. Inspired by true events, and perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Dear Mrs Bird***Is love... -
The Welsh Gypsies: Children of Abram Wood by Eldra Jarman 9780708323984
RRP: €22.60€17.28The Gypsy family of Abram Wood first arrived in Wales in the eighteenth century, a tawny-skinned people speaking a language close to Hindi and Sanskrit. Welsh society found their customs strange and sometimes unacceptable. The family included such... -
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin 9781473677791
RRP: €29.75€19.97A Sunday Times Best History Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year'A book of beauty and beguiling rhythm that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders' The Times'Thoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic . . . an... -
The Kidnapping: A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland by Tommy Conlon 9781844886630
RRP: €20.22€18.46'Riveting . . . a triumph . . . intertwining personal narratives with wider themes of remembrance, loss, courage and blame' Gary Murphy, Irish ExaminerNovember 1983. Early morning in suburban south Dublin. Businessman Don Tidey is snatched from his car... -
Post-Modern Buildings in Britain by Geraint Franklin
RRP: €29.75€15.68An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style - and its finest examples Post-modernism was the 1980s' counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best buildings began to disappear. Now is the time to reassess its values... -
Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton by Martin van Creveld
RRP: €36.88€30.50Why did Napoleon succeed in 1805 but fail in 1812? Could the European half of World War II have been ended in 1944? These are only two of the many questions that form the subject-matter of this meticulously researched, lively book. Drawing on a very wide... -
London's 'Golden Mile': The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550-1650 by Manolo Guerci
RRP: €59.50€51.47A reconstruction of the 'Strand palaces', where England's early-modern and post-Reformation elites jostled to build and furnish new, secular cathedrals This book reconstructs the so-called "Strand palaces"-eleven great houses that once stood along the... -
Haunted Scarborough by Mark Riley 9780752454429
RRP: €17.84€13.74The popular seaside resort of Scarborough has long been a haven for holidaymakers, but the town also harbours some disturbing secrets. Discover the darker side of Scarborough with this fascinating collection of spine-chilling tales from around the town... -
Battle-Scarred: Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars by David Appleby 9781526144850
RRP: €29.75€25.93Battle-scarred investigates the human costs of the British Civil Wars. Through a series of varied case studies it examines the wartime experience of disease, burial, surgery and wounds, medicine, hospitals, trauma, military welfare, widowhood, desertion,... -
A Grim Almanac of Devon by John van der Kiste
RRP: €17.84€13.74The history of Devon is full of dark deeds and horrible happenings. Among the county's more macabre claims to fame are England's first documented serial killer, Robert de Middlecote, the murderous monk, believed to have been executed in 1329; the hanging... -
British Leyland: From Triumph to Tragedy. Petrol, Politics and Power by Lance Cole
RRP: €29.75€22.16What really happened at British Leyland (BL)? Was it 'just' the cars, or were other factors vital to the story? Who really was to blame for BL and MG Rover's death? The 'truth' about BL is deeper than its cars - were ultra- Left-wing plots to topple BL... -
Railways and Industry in the Western Valley: Aberbeeg to Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale by John Hodge 9781473838086
RRP: €29.75€22.16This is the second in a new series on the South Wales Valleys by John Hodge, author of the South Wales Main Line series and North and West series, each of four volumes. The South Wales Valleys were famous for coal mining, iron and steel, tinplate works... -
Sheffield Troublemakers: Rebels and Radicals in Sheffield History by David Price 9781860776601
RRP: €23.80€17.90George III described Sheffield as a 'damned bad place' at a time when the town was notorious for radical agitation. This book traces this radical tradition right up to the 1980s, when David Blunkett's Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire fought Mrs... -
The Brandon Men: In the Shadow of Kings by Sarah Bryson
RRP: €13.08€8.95Four generations of Brandon men lived and served six English kings, the most famous being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, best friend and brother-in-law to King Henry VIII. Yet his family had a long history tied closely to the kings of the Wars of the... -
Eclipse by Alan Moorehead
RRP: €13.08€9.25Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and bestselling historian James Holland.With a new introduction by James HollandEclipse was the code name given by... -
The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V by Hugh Thomas 9780141034492
RRP: €23.79€16.99Moving between Spanish conquest abroad and the court of the astute Charles V, Hugh Thomas's The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V is the second volume in a planned trilogy on the Spanish Empire. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South... -
No Ordinary Women: Irish Female Activists in the Revolutionary Years 1900-1923 by Sinead McCoole
RRP: €27.36€21.15Updated edition with many more biographies and a new introduction by the author. Spies, snipers, couriers, gun-runners, medics, women played a major role in the fight for Ireland's freedom, risking loss of life and family for a cause to which they... -
Country House Secrets: Behind closed doors by Ruth Binney 9781910821312
RRP: €17.84€11.66With a foreword by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey who concludes that: `This is the world that Ruth Binney has brought so wonderfully to life in her book'. Inside the country house, what exactly were the ...