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DK Eyewitness Hamburg by DK Publishing
RRP: €15.46€10.82The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this vibrant city.Tour the museums and galleries on museum mile, visit the world's largest model railway at Miniatur... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: France in Revolution, 1774-1815 by Dave Martin
RRP: €14.88€14.09Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Times Lives Less Ordinary: Obituaries of the eccentric, unique and undefinable by Nigel Farndale 9780008637071
RRP: €11.89€7.90Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 85 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive. Be they dons, pop stars, vicars, MPs, rugby players or aristocrats, each has marched to the... -
St. Albans Psalter - Painting and Prayer in Medieval England by Kristen Collins 9781606061459
RRP: €26.17€22.07This is a fascinating look at one of the world's most important and renowned 12th-century manuscripts. The St. Albans Psalter is one of the most important, famous, and puzzling books produced in 12th-century England. It was probably created between 1120... -
Gypsies of Britain by Janet Keet-Black
RRP: €9.51€7.44Gypsies have been a part of the British and European social fabric for centuries - and have faced prejudice and oppression for nearly as long, since at least the time of Henry VIII. Theirs is a peripatetic existence, dwelling in tents and in caravans and... -
Weston Park: The House, the families and the influence by Dr. Gareth Williams
RRP: €47.60€41.16Considering its territorial and social influence and the superlative nature of its furnishings and collections, Weston Park is not as well known as one might expect. The house and contents, with its thousand acre landscape park, was gifted to the... -
Secret Britain: A journey through the Second World War's hidden bases and battlegrounds by Sinclair McKay
RRP: €15.46€10.23Discover the stories of the brave men and women who worked, trained and fought across the UK, from Bletchley Park in southern England all the way to Arisaig in northern Scotland, in an unbelievable effort to defeat the Nazis and win the Second World War ... -
A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman’s Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century by Michael Meyer 9780753559925
RRP: €29.75€21.44London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes a breath, and opens her defence.Annie Besant and her confidant Charles Bradlaugh are on trial for the sordid crime of publishing and selling a birth... -
Gimson's Prime Ministers: Brief Lives from Walpole to Johnson by Andrew Gimson
RRP: €17.84€13.03A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA concise, sharp-witted and illuminating account of the lives of Britain's prime ministers from Walpole to May, illustrated by Martin Rowson.For the reader who has heard of such giants as Gladstone and Disraeli, and has drunk... -
Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold by Stephen Fry
RRP: €13.08€10.03IMAGINE SANDALS ON YOUR FEET, A SWORD IN YOUR HAND, HOT SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOUR BRONZE HELMET. ENTER THE WORLD OF STEPHEN FRY'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, HEROES'An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily... -
The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future by Farah Karim-Cooper
RRP: €26.18€17.20SHAKESPEARE: increasingly irrelevant or lone literary genius of the Western canon? 'Powerful and illuminating' James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, winner of the Baillie Gifford 'Winner of Winners' 2023 ... -
Henry VIII and the men who made him: The secret history behind the Tudor throne by Tracy Borman
RRP: €15.46€10.23'An outstanding work of historical artistry, a brilliantly woven and pacy story of the men who surrounded, influenced and sometimes plagued Henry VIII.' Alison WeirHenry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often... -
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World by Kathryn Hughes 9780008365103
RRP: €26.18€17.35'Remarkable' Literary Review 'Startlingly original' Amanda Foreman Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era. ‘He invented a... -
Scots Dictionary: The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (Collins Little Books) by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: €8.32€5.71A highly popular and informative guide to the Scots language in an attractive format. Contains words and phrases from both literary and everyday language, this is the perfect wee dictionary of Scots for native and non-native speakers alike. ... -
Thatcher's Spy: My Life as an MI5 Agent Inside Sinn Fein by Willie Carlin
RRP: €11.89€9.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374173Author Willie CarlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
England's Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins
RRP: €41.65€28.60'Inspired . . . encourages us to take a fresh look at the familiar' - The TimesEngland's cathedrals are the nation's glory. They tower over its landscape, outranking palaces, castles and mansions. They attract roughly half the nation's population each... -
The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth by John Robb
RRP: €29.75€21.80This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era.Drawing on his own experience as a musician and... -
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond by Geezer Butler 9780008476465
RRP: €29.75€25.93A Rough Trade Book of the Year The Sunday Times bestseller The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal... -
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 by Ian Kershaw
RRP: €20.22€14.61'Superb ... likely to become a classic' ObserverIn the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its... -
A Woman In Berlin by Anonymous
RRP: €13.08€8.81'This is a devastating book. It is matter-of-fact, makes no attempt to score political points, does not attempt to solicit sympathy for its protagonist and yet is among the most chilling indictments of war I have ever read. Everybody, in particular every... -
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin
RRP: €15.46€10.82For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. An audacious and resilient but now little known society, it combined orthodox Christianity with paganism, classical Greek learning with Roman... -
To The Bitter End: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45 by Victor Klemperer
RRP: €17.84€11.66The international bestselling record of a German Jew in Nazi Germany.'Deserves to stand beside the diary of Anne Frank as a day-to-day description of the sufferings of the victims of Hitler's evil regime' EVENING STANDARD'Few English readers will fail to... -
The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy and Seized Power in Germany by Richard J. Evans
RRP: €20.22€14.61Richard J. Evans' The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy and Seized Power in Germany explores how the First World War, the Weimar Republic and the Great Depression paved the way for Nazi rule. They started as little more than a... -
London Under by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: €13.08€9.25London Under is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts and modern Underground stations. This book tunnels down through... -
King: The epic Sunday Times bestselling conclusion to the Lionheart series by Ben Kane 9781409197867
RRP: €10.70€4.18The thrilling next instalment in the epic LIONHEART series from Sunday Times Bestselling author, Ben Kane.WarleaderAutumn 1192. With Jerusalem still in the Saracens' hands, and a peace treaty agreed with their leader Saladin, Richard the Lionheart is... -
The Little History of England by Jonathan McGovern 9781803994666
RRP: €17.84€13.74What did the Romans do for us?Did King Arthur really exist?Who was Bloody Mary?Why did Great Britain go to war with Napoleon?Formed out of a union of warring Germanic kingdoms in the tenth century ad, England rose to become the most powerful nation in... -
Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth 9781803281261
RRP: €17.84€13.03A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy.'... -
Viking Voyagers by Jack Tite
RRP: €11.89€8.63Around 1,200 years ago the legendary voyaging Norsemen set sail to raid and trade - the Viking Age had begun. Step back in time to find out what Viking life was like, how they travelled, where they traded and their rich mythology. Come face to face with... -
The Pacer Family: End of an Era by Fred Kerr 9781526726933
RRP: €29.75€10.58In the 1980s British Railways sought a cheap replacement for the ailing Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trainsets which saw the introduction of the Class 14x trainsets that became known as Pacers. These proved to be cheap to operate hence popular with the... -
Aberfan - A Story of Survival, Love and Community in One of Britain's Worst Disasters by Gaynor Madgwick
RRP: €11.89€10.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784612757Author Gaynor MadgwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland by Alistair Moffat
RRP: €13.08€8.71In this modern age the regional and national boundaries which define Scotland seem fixed and permanent. But of course this has not always been so. In this book Alistair Moffat looks at the shifting political shape of the land long before its modern... -
House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker 9780241552773
RRP: €35.70€25.41The sweeping story of one of the great epics of Europe's history: the rise and rise of the dynasty that dominated the Middle AgesStarting in the tenth century from an insecure foothold around Paris, the Capetians built a nation that stretched from the... -
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: €13.08€9.25THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting to... -
The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks. by Steven Johnson
RRP: €13.08€9.25From the bestselling author of Everything Bad is Good For You, Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map vividly recreates Victorian London to show how huge populations live together, how cities can kill - and how they can save us. Steven Johnson is one of today's... -
African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History by Hakim Adi 9781802060683
RRP: €22.60€16.20SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE A major new history of Britain that transforms our understanding of this country's past'I've waited so long so read a comprehensively researched book about Black history on this island. This is it: a journey of... -
AQA GCSE History: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603 by Wesley Royle
€24.80Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018AQA approvedCreate a stimulating, well-paced teaching route through the 2016 GCSE History specification using this tailor-made series that draws on a legacy of... -
The Hitler Years ~ Triumph 1933-1939 by Frank McDonough
RRP: €15.46€10.82The first volume of a new narrative history of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, by an expert on the Third Reich. 'One of the books of the year' Dan Snow 'A masterclass in the history of Nazi Germany' Get History 'What makes this volume... -
A History of Wales by John Davies
RRP: €22.60€16.20Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales. Spanning prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial... -
Ghost Tales of the United Kingdom: Historic Hauntings and Supernatural Stories from the UK by Charles River Editors 9781722030681
RRP: €15.76€13.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722030681Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Coastal Walks Around Anglesey: Twenty Two Circular Walks Exploring the Isle of Anglesey AONB by Carl Rogers
RRP: €10.70€8.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902512204Author Carl RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Mara BooksPublisher Mara BooksDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 10mm