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Napoleon as a General: Command from the Battlefield to Grand Strategy by Jonathon Riley 9781847251800
RRP: £65.00£63.31'In war, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns. Thus it may be known that the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or peril...' ("Sun Tzu The Art of War")... -
Ukraine 22: Ukrainian Writers Respond to War by Mark Andryczyk 9781802062915
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The extraordinary writers in this volume articulate the taste, the terror, and the dialect of war; they command their powers of description to face a shameless empire intent on annihilating them' Ellena SavageA selection of Ukraine's leading writers... -
The Pulse Glass: And the beat of other hearts by Gillian Tindall
RRP: £9.99£7.11*As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week*'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount' Sunday TelegraphA toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass, inherited from her... -
The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain: A History by Simon Taylor 9781906860318
RRP: £22.99£17.44The story of the rise, fall and second ascendancy of nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Britain was a pioneer in civil nuclear power and there were once high hopes in the 1950s that this could be a source of cheap electricity and a valuable export... -
50 Finds of Early Medieval Coinage by John Naylor
RRP: £15.99£11.61Since 1997 the Portable Antiquities Scheme has recorded almost 1.5 million objects found in England and Wales, the vast majority discovered by members of the public rather than professional archaeologists. Among these finds are more than 10,000 early... -
Keys of This Blood: Pope John Paul II Versus Russia and the West for Control of the New World Order by Martin 9780671747237
£32.57Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9780671747237Author MartinFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 790gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 155mm * 50mm -
History of the Green Howards by Geoffrey Powell 9781473857971
RRP: £16.99£12.28Regimental histories abound, but few can be as stirring as this story of the fortunes of the famous Yorkshire-based Green Howards. Raised in 1688 in response to a call for loyal troops, the Green Howards have maintained their tradition of loyalty over... -
Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of the World by Meredith Francesca Small 9781639364190
RRP: £22.00£14.05The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece-the Venetian mappa mundi-that revolutionized how we see the world.In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro's mappamundi is... -
The Book of Llandaf as a Historical Source by Patrick Sims-Williams
RRP: £80.00£76.61Revisionist approach to the question of the authenticity - or not - of the documents in the Book of Llandaf. Awarded the Francis Jones Prize in Welsh History 2019 by Jesus College Oxford The early-twelfth-century Book of Llandaf is rightly... -
Henry V by Christopher Allmand
RRP: £25.00£21.32Thanks in part to Shakespeare, Henry V is one of England's best-known monarchs. The image of the king leading his army against the French, and the great victory at Agincourt, are part of English historical tradition. Yet, though indeed a soldier of... -
The German Army, 1939-45: v. 1: Blitzkrieg by Nigel Thomas
RRP: £12.99£9.09The first of a series of five books on the German army of World War II. This volume focuses on their achievements from 1935 to 1940, and how the military traditions of Germany were used by Hitler to dominate Europe. Nigel Thomas examines the ways in... -
Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family by Tom Quinn 9781785907647
RRP: £20.00£14.48For as long as the British monarchy has existed, royal children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us. From medieval wet nurses to today's Norland nannies and elite boarding schools, princes and princesses have... -
An Englishman in Madrid by Eduardo Mendoza
RRP: £9.99£6.80"A funny, gripping and perfectly balanced blend of P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene" Independent"Highly enjoyable read" SpectatorAnthony Whitelands, an English art historian, is invited to Madrid to value the collection of a Spanish duke... -
Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918 by Louis Barthas
RRP: £14.99£13.43The harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War Along with millions of other Frenchmen, Louis Barthas, a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town, was... -
Negotiating Toleration: Dissent and the Hanoverian Succession, 1714-1760 by Nigel Aston
£107.521714 was a revolutionary year for Dissenters across the British Empire. The Hanoverian Succession upended a political and religious order antagonistic to Protestant non-conformity and replaced it with a regime that was, ostensibly, sympathetic to the... -
Landsknecht Woodcuts: Kriegsvolker Im Zeitalter Der Landsknechte by Marion McNealy 9780615919942
£13.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615919942Author Marion McNealyFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Nadel Und Faden PressPublisher Nadel Und Faden PressWeight(grams) 449g -
The Dreyfus Affair: The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History by Piers Paul Read
RRP: £19.99£14.28Intelligent, ambitious and a rising star in the French artillery, Captain Alfred Dreyfus appeared to have everything: family, money, and the prospect of a post on the General Staff. But his rapid rise had also made him enemies - many of them aristocratic... -
Fishing Boats Around Scotland: 30 Years of Photography by Peter Drummond
RRP: £17.99£13.64Spend thirty years or so roaming around Scotland checking out the fishing harbours and you'll encounter quite the variety of fishing craft. Take pictures of them and you'll end up with quite the collection of images of how things used to be.Fishing Boats... -
Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 by Eugene Costello 9781837651474
RRP: £29.99£24.83First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. WINNER: American Conference for Irish Studies Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book 2021 Special Commendation, Publication... -
The Place of Enchantment: British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern by Alex Owen
RRP: £28.00£27.39By the end of the nineteenth century, Victorians were seeking rational explanations for the world in which they lived. The radical ideas of Charles Darwin had shaken traditional religious beliefs. Sigmund Freud was developing his innovative models of the... -
Early Modern England: A Social History, 1550-1760 by J. A. Sharpe 9780340577523
£39.51Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Nordic Model: Scandinavia Since 1945 by Mary Hilson
£21.33For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. The successes and failures of the famous 'Scandinavian' or 'Nordic' model in politics and policy continue to... -
Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera by Jonathan Miles 9781838959265
RRP: £14.99£12.68'Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times, 'Book of the Week''[A] fabulous romp of a book'***** Mail on Sunday A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of... -
Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset
RRP: £14.99£10.95An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court.Elizabeth I ruled England in defiance of convention, exercising supreme authority in a man's world. With courage, brilliance and style, she reigned... -
Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich by Christopher Clark 9780691217321
RRP: £17.99£14.38From the bestselling author of The Sleepwalkers, a book about how the exercise of power is shaped by different concepts of timeThis groundbreaking book presents new perspectives on how the exercise of power is shaped by different notions of time... -
Medieval Pets by Kathleen Walker-meikle 9781783275694
RRP: £19.99£16.97An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature. Animals in the Middle Ages have often been discussed - but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for... -
History of Italy: A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements through the Middle Ages to the Modern Period by Captivating History 9781637160350
RRP: £16.97£11.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637160350Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)... -
The Disastrous Fall and Triumphant Rise of the Fleet Air Arm from 1912 to 1945 by Adlam, Henry 'Hank' 9781399074902
RRP: £15.99£12.28In this riveting critique of the Fleet Air Arm's policy across two world wars, former FAA Fighter Pilot Henry Adlam charts the course of its history from 1912 to 1945, logging the various milestones, mistakes and successes that characterised the service... -
Old English Legal Writings by Wulfstan
RRP: £29.95£23.66Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) was a powerful clergyman and the most influential political thinker of pre-Conquest England. An advocate for the rights and privileges of the Church, he authored the laws of King Aethelred and King Cnut in prose that... -
Cornish Folk Tales for Children by Mike O'Connor 9780750984492
RRP: £9.99£7.55Join Jamie, the son of a travelling droll teller, as he journeys across Cornwall, a land steeped in myth and legend. Along the way you will hear mysterious and exciting tales like what happened when Bodrugan took his soldiers to capture Richard Edgcumbe,... -
The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron: 2022 by Christopher Tugendhat 9781913368531
RRP: £20.00£14.06The Conservative Party have been in power for 47 of the 65 years since the end of the Second World War. During that time the division within the party over Europe has been the enduring drama of British politics - from Churchill's decision not to join the... -
The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City by Iris Origo
RRP: £10.99£7.77This extraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, is one of the greatest historical portraits written in the twentieth century.Drawing on an astonishing cache of letters unearthed centuries after... -
Dundrum: Ireland in Old Photographs by Joe Curtis 9781845888886
RRP: £16.99£12.94For many years Dundrum was just another stop on the railway between Harcourt Street and Bray; it was a village in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains that, despite its rich history, was often thought of as simply the best place to rest on a journey to... -
Execution: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain by Simon Webb
RRP: £16.99£12.94Judicial hanging is regarded by many as being the quintessentially British execution. However, many other methods of capital punishment have been used in this country; ranging from burning, beheading and shooting to crushing and boiling to death... -
Piranesi Unbound by Carolyn Yerkes
RRP: £65.00£52.11Why Piranesi's greatest works weren't his famous prints but rather the books for which he made themA draftsman, printmaker, architect, and archaeologist, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) is best known today as the virtuoso etcher of the immersive and... -
Liverpool's Children in the 1950s by Pamela Russell
RRP: £16.99£15.26Full of the warmth and excitement of growing up in the 1950s, awakening nostalgia for times that seemed cosy and carefree with families at last enjoying peacetime, this book is packed with the experience of school days, playtime, holidays, toys, games,... -
Polemical Encounters: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Iberia and Beyond by Gerard Wiegers
RRP: £42.95£38.47This collection takes a new approach to understanding religious plurality in the Iberian Peninsula and its Mediterranean and northern European contexts. Focusing on polemics-works that attack or refute the beliefs of religious Others-this volume aims to... -
Operators: On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service by James Rennie 9781781592625
£16.23Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the Operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off 14 Company prevent twelve. The... -
Don Quixote's Delusions: Travels in Castilian Spain by Miranda France
RRP: £9.99£6.80A humorous and affectionate look at modern Spain, and a celebration of the country's greatest book, from the pen of a brilliant young writer.When in 1987 Miranda France spent a year living in Madrid, the post-dictatorship ebullience was at its height. ... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings by Peter Sawyer
RRP: £23.49£17.01Were the Vikings, as contemporary description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? Or in the words of a Manx folksong 'ware-wolves keen in hungry quest', who lived and died by the...