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A History of Southend by Ian Yearsley 9781860776458
RRP: €21.41€16.23SOUTHEND has a complex and surprisingly interesting history. From 18th-century origins as the `South End' of Prittlewell Parish, it has grown over 300 years to swallow up six separate parishes: Prittlewell, Southchurch, Leigh, Eastwood,North Shoebury and... -
Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance by Simon Welfare
RRP: €29.75€19.33A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change the world for the better but paid a heavy price. This... -
The Angel and the Cad: Love, Loss and Scandal in Regency England by Geraldine Roberts
RRP: €13.08€9.44At the age of sixteen, Catherine Tylney Long became the wealthiest heiress in England, and the public found their 'angel'. Witty, wealthy and beautiful, Catherine was the most eligible of young ladies and was courted by royalty but, ignoring the warnings... -
The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine and Emigration by Robert James Scally 9780195055825
RRP: €169.58€134.85Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the... -
Her Majesty The Queen: The Official Platinum Jubilee Pageant Commemorative Album by Katie Nicholl 9781906670955
RRP: €59.44€43.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906670955Author Katie NichollFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Black Dog PressPublisher Black Dog Press -
Archbishop Randall Davidson by Michael Hughes
RRP: €47.59€41.72Randall Davidson was Archbishop of Canterbury for quarter of a century. Davidson was a product of the Victorian ecclesiastical and social establishment, whose advance through the Church was dependent on the patronage of Queen Victoria, but he became... -
Against The Law by Peter Wildeblood
RRP: €11.89€8.09'This right which I claim for myself and for all those like me is the right to choose the person whom I love' Peter WildebloodIn March 1954 Peter Wildeblood, a London journalist, was one of five men charged with homosexual acts in the notorious Montagu... -
Men of Mathematics by E. Bell 9780671628185
€16.72From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics.Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major... -
Utopia's Discontents: Russian Emigres and the Quest for Freedom, 1830s-1930s by Associate Professor of History Faith Hillis
RRP: €33.31€28.57In April 1917, Lenin arrived at Petrograd's Finland Station and set foot on Russian soil for the first time in over a decade. For most of the past seventeen years, the Bolshevik leader had lived in exile, moving between Europe's many "Russian... -
Rural Settlements and Society in Anglo-Saxon England by Helena Hamerow
€58.04In the course of the fifth century, the farms and villas of lowland Britain were replaced by a new, distinctive form of rural settlement: the settlements of the Anglo-Saxons. This volume presents the first major synthesis of the evidence - which has... -
Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789-2006 by Paul Bew 9780199561261
RRP: €57.11€41.21The French revolution had an electrifying impact on Irish society. The 1790s saw the birth of modern Irish republicanism and Orangeism, whose antagonism remains a defining feature of Irish political life. The 1790s also saw the birth of a new approach to... -
Satan's Fire (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 9): A deadly assassin stalks the pages of this medieval mystery by Paul Doherty
RRP: €11.89€8.091303 and the Old Man of the Mountain remembers back to when he nearly killed Edward I thirty years before. He now decides to release an imprisoned leper knight to avenge old grievances and take the King's life. A few months later two nuns are returning... -
Making the Renaissance Man: Masculinity in the Courts of Renaissance Italy by Timothy McCall 9781789147858
RRP: €29.75€20.97Making the Renaissance Man explores the images, objects and experiences that fashioned men and masculinity in the courts of fifteenth-century Italy. Across the peninsula, Italian princes fought each other in fierce battles and spectacular jousts; they... -
The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century by Svetlana Alpers
RRP: €42.84€41.92"The art historian after Erwin Panofsky and Ernst Gombrich is not only participating in an activity of great intellectual excitement; he is raising and exploring issues which lie very much at the centre of psychology, of the sciences and of history... -
The Correspondence Between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes by Princess Elisabeth
RRP: €38.08€37.02Between the years 1643 and 1649, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-80) and Rene Descartes (1596-1650) exchanged fifty-eight letters - thirty-two from Descartes and twenty-six from Elisabeth. Their correspondence contains the only known extant... -
Goldfish Caterpillars and Guinea Pigs: Second World War Aircrew Who Experienced Life Saving Events by Colin Pateman 9781781550786
€18.37The RAF and Commonwealth air crews were bound by regulations and discipline during WWII. Survival was by no means a certainty, with casualties becoming a part of everyday life. The evolution of non-established clubs was recognised and regarded as an... -
German History in Modern Times: Four Lives of the Nation by William W. Hagen 9780521175210
RRP: €33.31€29.36This history of German-speaking central Europe offers a very wide perspective, emphasizing a succession of many-layered communal identities. It highlights the interplay of individual, society, culture and political power, contrasting German with Western... -
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
RRP: €49.98€39.79Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up... -
Collins Scotland Clans and Tartans Map: Over 170 arms, official insignia, crests and tartans of Scottish Clans by Collins Maps
RRP: €9.51€6.44Discover Scotland with this authoritative guide to clans, tartans, and their origins. These popular maps are highly detailed, showing hundreds of arms, official insignia, crests, and tartans of the Scottish clans. This beautifully illustrated... -
Biggin on the Bump: The Most Famous Fighter Station in the World by Bob Ogley 9781872337050
€17.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872337050Author Bob OgleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Froglets Publications LtdPublisher Froglets Publications Ltd -
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn H Nicholas
RRP: €24.99€15.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Legion of Honor 1999 and National Book Critics Circle Awards 1994.Book InformationISBN 9780679756866Author Lynn H. NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint... -
Girls Like You...: The Long Road Back from Bessborough by Jacinta O'Connell 9781786051370
RRP: €15.47€13.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786051370Author Jacinta O'ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 155Imprint Red Stripe PressPublisher Orpen Press -
The Story of Bradford by Alan Hall 9780752499772
RRP: €26.18€20.04The Story of Bradford traces the city's history from earliest times to the present, concluding with comments on the issues, challenges and opportunities that the 21st century will present. The departure of the German wool merchants in 1914 and the... -
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse by Andrea di Robilant
RRP: €11.89€6.32National Geographic Traveller's the best books on European cities, 2019In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway was approaching fifty and hadn't published a novel in nearly a decade. He travelled for the first time to Venice and there, at a duck shoot in the... -
Focke-Wulf Ta 154: Luftwaffe Reich Defence Day and Night Interceptor by Dietmar Hermann 9781910809945
RRP: €35.70€26.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809945Author Dietmar HermannFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Top Secret Worcestershire by Stephen Burrows
€18.55Deep in the beautiful Worcestershire countryside lie a number of secret places that played a special part in protecting a generation from the onslaught of a world war. Travellers passing through leafy Worcestershire lanes may catch a glimpse of a... -
Polymath: The Life and Professions of Dr Alex Comfort, Author of The Joy of Sex by Eric Laursen 9781849354967
RRP: €32.13€20.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849354967Author Eric LaursenFormat PaperbackPage Count 648Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
Priestley'S England: J. B. Priestley and English Culture by John Baxendale 9780719072871
RRP: €23.79€17.28Priestley's England is the first full-length academic study of J B Priestley - novelist, playwright, screen-writer, journalist and broadcaster, political activist, public intellectual and popular entertainer, one of the makers of twentieth-century... -
The Lie of the Land: Irish Identities by Fintan O'Toole 9781859841327
€18.12The Lie of the Land is a highly engaging study of Ireland's fractured and shifting identities by one of its most talented writers. From its sometimes confused sense of place, caught somewhere between Europe and America, Ireland has redefined itself in... -
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown by Katie Nicholl 9780306827990
RRP: €20.22€15.58For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a trustworthy steward of the British people and the Commonwealth. In the face of her... -
A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II by A. T. Williams 9780099593263
€15.28A Daily Telegraph Book of the YearShortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2017After the Second World War, the Nuremberg Tribunal became a symbol of justice in the face of tyranny, aggression and atrocity. But it was only a fragment of... -
Great Deception, The: Can the European Union Survive? by Mr Christopher Booker
RRP: €29.75€23.66Since its publication in 2003, The Great Deception has taken on the role of the Eurosceptics' bible, with the third edition helping to fuel the debate during the 2016 EU Referendum. This fourth edition celebrates the moment when the UK broke away... -
Liturgy, Architecture, and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England by Helen Gittos 9780198737056
€58.51Church rituals were a familiar feature of life throughout much of the Anglo-Saxon period. In this innovative study, Helen Gittos examines ceremonies for the consecration of churches and cemeteries, and processional feasts like Candlemas, Palm Sunday, and... -
The Influence of Islam on Medieval Europe by Prof. W. Montgomery Watt
RRP: €34.50€27.82In this admirable book Montgomery Watt traces the influence of Islam in medieval Europe, looking in detail at commerce, science and technology, philosophy, and the development of European self-awareness.ReviewsProfessor Watt's book is a fascinating and... -
Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson
RRP: €17.84€11.66The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplace... -
Reading Ireland: Print, Reading and Social Change in Early Modern Ireland by Raymond Gillespie
RRP: €23.79€20.96This fascinating and innovative study explores the lives of people living in early modern Ireland through the books and printed ephemera which they bought, borrowed or stole from others. While the importance of books and printing in influencing the... -
The Orchards of Eastern England: History, ecology and place by Gerry Barnes 9781912260423
RRP: €20.22€18.22Although the history of orchards and fruit varieties is of great popular interest, there have been few academic treatments of the subject. This book presents results from a three-year project, 'Orchards East', investigating the history and ecology of... -
Queen Victoria After Albert: Her Life and Loves by Ilana D Miller 9781399099714
RRP: €29.75€20.97Few British monarchs have fit the time, the tone or the energy of an era quite the way Queen Victoria mastered her reign. From her ascension to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901, her monarchy was one of spectacular advances in the British Empire... -
Hitler: Only the World Was Enough by Brendan Simms
RRP: €20.22€14.61SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019A revelatory new biography of Adolf Hitler from the acclaimed historian Brendan SimmsAdolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most... -
The Domesday Quest: In search of the Roots of England by Michael Wood
RRP: €20.22€14.61In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous story of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king William the Conqueror. It was called Domesday, the day of...