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Sheffield Troublemakers: Rebels and Radicals in Sheffield History by David Price 9781860776601
RRP: $39.00$29.33George 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: $21.43$14.66Four 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: $21.43$15.15Part 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: $38.98$27.85Moving 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: $44.83$34.65Updated 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: $29.23$19.11With 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 ... -
Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness by Allyson Shaw
RRP: $37.03$21.70'Beautiful... A moving reminder for us all to connect with what's gone before' STYLISTA moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century... -
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice by Mary Fulbrook
RRP: $33.13$27.07A single word - Auschwitz - is often used to encapsulate the totality of persecution and suffering involved in what we call the Holocaust. Yet a focus on a single concentration camp - however horrific what happened there, however massively catastrophic... -
The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I by John William Adamson
RRP: $33.13$24.45A magnificent new study of the political crisis that produced the overthrow of King Charles I, and came to engulf all three Stuart kingdoms - England, Scotland, and Ireland - in war during the 1640s.John Adamson's book traces the careers and fortunes of... -
Medieval Combat in Colour: A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat by Hans Talhoffer 9781784382858
RRP: $38.98$35.14Hans Talhoffer's professional fencing manual of 1467 illustrates the intricacies of the medieval art of fighting, covering both the 'judicial duel' (an officially sanctioned fight to resolve a legal dispute) and personal combat. Combatants in the... -
Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and Their Victims by Katherine Watson 9781852855031
$64.82From Mary Ann Cotton, the Victorian serial murderess, to Dr Crippen, poisoners have attracted a celebrity unmatched by violent killers. Secretly administered, often during a family meal, arsenic (the most commonly-used poison) led to a slow and agonising... -
Falling Down: Parliamentary Conservatism and the Decline of Tory Britain by Phil Burton-Cartledge
RRP: $37.03$30.52Despite winning the December 2019 General Election, the Conservative parliamentary party is a moribund organisation. It no longer speaks for, or to, the British people. Its leadership has sacrificed the long-standing commitment to the Union to 'Get... -
Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life by Peter McPhee
RRP: $27.28$23.89An intimate new portrait of one of history's most controversial figures: heroic revolutionary or the first terrorist? For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the... -
The Wars of the Roses by Terence Wise
RRP: $25.33$19.09Much myth and fantasy surrounds the events of the Wars of the Roses: a bloody and prolonged dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster. Terence Wise's fascinating text lays bare the real story, and examines the armies, liveries and badges... -
All the Queen's Jewels, 1445-1548: Power, Majesty and Display by Nicola Tallis
RRP: $50.68$42.72From Margaret of Anjou to Katherine Parr, All the Queen's Jewels examines the jewellery collections of the ten queen consorts of England between 1445-1548 and investigates the collections of jewels a queen had access to, as well as the varying contexts... -
Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment by Lee Jackson 9780300254785
RRP: $23.38$19.79An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the... -
HM Naval Base: Clyde by Keith Hall
RRP: $25.33$18.76The Clyde submarine base was officially commissioned in 1967. The Faslane site had originally been used as a military port during the Second World War and was built and manned by the army. HMS Adamant, the Depot ship of the 3rd Submarine Squadron, first... -
Medieval Architecture by Nicola Coldstream 9780192842763
RRP: $45.81$34.01Medieval architecture comprises more than the traditional image of Gothic cathedrals and the castles of chivalry. A great variety of buildings - synagogues, halls, and barns - testifies to the diverse communities and interests in western Europe in the... -
Along the Kent Coast by Ray Hollands
RRP: $33.13$25.23This book is a unique photographic record of a journey along the Kent coastline. From the starkness of Dungeness in the south to the magisterial sweep of Dartford Bridge in the north, the descriptions of Paul Harris and the contemporary photographs of... -
Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815 by Philip Dwyer
RRP: $48.75$35.14The second volume of a new and comprehensive biography about one of the history's most charismatic leaders 'a very fine book, which explains Napoleon's extraordinary rise to power and equally meteoric fall, with great erudition, skill and verve'... -
Cumbrian Folk Tales by Taffy Thomas
RRP: $25.33$18.76These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom... -
Historic England: Newcastle: Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England by Paul Perry 9781445681252
RRP: $31.18$21.16This illustrated history portrays one of England's great cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Newcastle's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the unique Historic... -
The Toxic Travel Guide: Meditations for the Anxious Mind's Guide to the Biggest Dumps in Ireland by Frankie McNamara
RRP: $25.33$16.54Ireland's Instagram sensation Meditations for the Anxious Mind takes us on a trip around Ireland of the likes you've never seen before, from the trolley-filled Liffey to the glamour of Navan. Ever been curious about... -
Massacre of Glencoe by John Buchan 9781852171643
RRP: $13.63$7.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852171643Author John BuchanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
Aberfan: Government and Disaster by Iain McLean 9781860571336
RRP: $38.98$34.34On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a school in the village of Aberfan below. It is a moment that will be forever etched in the memories of many people in Wales and... -
Unwanted by Suz Evasdaughter 9781912624966
RRP: $15.58$13.86A true story of resilience, survival and achievement, and a heartbreaking tale of a father's complicity in his own family's disintegration.In Yorkshire in the 1950s, Suz Evasdaughter, aged just 5, is moved to a children's home with her brothers... -
A Party with Socialists in It: A History of the Labour Left by Simon Hannah
RRP: $29.23$19.11*A Guardian Book of the Day* The defeat of socialist firebrand Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader in 2019 confirmed Tony Benn's famous retort 'the Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it.' For... -
D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose 9780751578270
RRP: $19.48$13.26The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory, for fans of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell'Gripping: Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains,... -
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz
RRP: $27.28$18.72A towering achievement in European literature, Pan Tadeusz is the central work of the Polish literary canon, heralded for its lovingly detailed recreation of a bygone world. The traditions of the Polish gentry and the social and natural landscape of the... -
Paris, City of Dreams: Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris by Mary McAuliffe 9781538121283
RRP: $48.75$36.93Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III's Second Empire into the beloved city of today. Together, Napoleon III and his right-hand man, Georges Haussmann, completely rebuilt Paris in less than two decades-a... -
The Ancient Olympic Games by Judith Swaddling
RRP: $19.48$13.26In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of... -
Glasgow by Michael Fry
RRP: $48.75$43.27Beloved, reviled - and not only by Glaswegians - Glasgow isn't just the Industrial Revolution nor the Victorian slums. Founded in the sixth century, its forebears pushed back the Romans. The roof of its cathedral, founded in the twelfth century,... -
Mr Horniman's Walrus: Legacies of a Remarkable Victorian Family by Clare Paterson
RRP: $39.00$26.62'This has everything I love in a book; drama, intrigue and a giant, stuffed mammal.' Sue PerkinsMr Horniman's Walrus tells the story of the rise and fall of three generations of a remarkable and dysfunctional Victorian family - the Hornimans - exploring... -
Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720 by Tim Harris
RRP: $33.13$23.95To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only... -
A Social and Cultural History of Early Modern France by William Beik
RRP: $60.43$52.32A magisterial history of French society between the end of the middle ages and the Revolution by one of the world's leading authorities on early modern France. Using colorful examples and incorporating the latest scholarship, William Beik conveys the... -
The Native Woodlands of Scotland: Ecology, Conservation and Management by Scott Wilson
RRP: $68.23$56.96This book offers topical information on ecology, conservation and management for Scottish native woodlands. This authoritative textbook provides a convenient single source of up to date information about the fascinating native woodland habitats of... -
Women and the Miners' Strike, 1984-1985 by Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite 9780192843098
RRP: $68.25$59.48Just days into the miners' strike of 1984-1985, a few women in coalfield communities around Britain began to meet to consider how they could support the strike, a clash with the Thatcher government over the future of the coal industry. Women ultimately... -
The Dublin Railway Murder: The sensational true story of a Victorian murder mystery by Thomas Morris 9781787302396
RRP: $33.13$22.76A thrilling and perplexing investigation of a true Victorian crime at Dublin railway station. Dublin, November 1856: George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk. ... -
Scotland - Glory, Tears & Souvenirs by Robert Marshall
RRP: $38.98$16.65Scotland - Glory, Tears & Souvenirs is an offbeat collection of memories, mementos, rants and aspirations relating to Scotland's national football team. A 'look back in hunger' on the post-war era, with emphasis on the 1970s to date. A reminder of the... -
Fin De Siecle Vienna: Politics And Culture by Carl E. Schorske
RRP: $43.88$34.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 1981.Book InformationISBN 9780394744780Author Carl E. SchorskeFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House USA...