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Ukraine 22: Ukrainian Writers Respond to War by Mark Andryczyk 9781802062915
RRP: $25.33$17.73'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: $19.48$13.86*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: $44.83$34.01The 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: $31.18$22.64Since 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
$63.51Synopsis 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: $33.13$23.95Regimental 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: $42.90$27.40The 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: $156.00$149.39Revisionist 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: $48.75$41.57Thanks 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: $25.33$17.73The 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: $39.00$28.24For 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: $19.48$13.26"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: $29.23$26.19The 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
$209.661714 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
$26.01Apologies 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: $38.98$27.85Intelligent, 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: $35.08$26.60Spend 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: $58.48$48.42First 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: $54.60$53.41By 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
$77.04Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Nordic Model: Scandinavia Since 1945 by Mary Hilson
$41.59For 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: $29.23$24.73'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: $29.23$21.35An 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: $35.08$28.04From 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: $38.98$33.09An 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: $33.09$22.31Apologies 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: $31.18$23.95In 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: $58.40$46.14Archbishop 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: $19.48$14.72Join 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: $39.00$27.42The 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: $21.43$15.15This 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: $33.13$25.23For 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: $33.13$25.23Judicial 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: $126.75$101.61Why 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: $33.13$29.76Full 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: $83.75$75.02This 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
$31.65Few 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: $19.48$13.26A 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: $45.81$33.17Were 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... -
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova: A Life Torn Apart By Revolution And War by Antony Beevor
RRP: $25.33$17.73'An extraordinary drama of exile and espionage' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'Compelling . . . as engaging a read as Stalingrad and Berlin' Guardian______________Olga Chekhova was the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov and a Russian beauty. She was also a...