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A Ukrainian Christmas by Yaroslav Hrytsak
RRP: £16.99£11.54'A wonderful little book of recipes and stories' - NIGELLA LAWSON'History, stories, recipes and beautiful illustrations' - OLIA HERCULES'Christmas brings the indestructibility of hope in times of the greatest hopelessness. As long as we celebrate this... -
The Witches of St. Petersburg by Imogen Edwards-Jones
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Sumptuous, sexy and haunting. I adored this novel' SANTA MONTEFIORE. Starving men and women stalk the streets of St. Petersburg. Revolution is brewing. Yet in the Imperial court of Nicholas II and the lavish palaces of the aristocracy, there is... -
They Went to Portugal: A Travellers' Portrait by Rose Macaulay
RRP: £12.99£8.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198397Author Rose MacaulayFormat PaperbackPage Count 664Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
Visiting the Normandy Invasion Beaches and Battlefields: A Helpful Guide Book for Groups and Individuals by Gareth Hughes 9781473854321
RRP: £12.99£9.09This splendid and timely book will be invaluable to those visiting the battlefields, sites, museums, memorials and cemeteries of the D-Day Normandy landings. It is intended for those planning and leading school groups and similar parties but is also... -
Buried Lives: The Protestants of Southern Ireland by Robin Bury 9781845888800
RRP: £20.00£15.04The early twentieth century saw the transformation of the southern Irish Protestants from a once strong people into an isolated, pacified community. Their influence, status and numbers had all but disappeared by the end of the civil war in 1923 and they... -
Tudor England: A History by Lucy Wooding 9780300273328
RRP: £14.99£13.03A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England When Henry VII landed in a secluded bay in a far corner of Wales, it seemed inconceivable that this outsider could ever be king of England. Yet he and... -
A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks: Discover 20 routes in and around the city by Ruth Meyer
RRP: £6.99£4.80Discover hidden gems around Cambridge with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert,... -
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt
RRP: £16.99£12.68FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER AWARD A magisterial and acclaimed history of post-war Europe, from Germany to Poland, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, selected as one of New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year Europe in 1945 was drained. Much of the... -
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: £12.99£9.09At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the... -
Letters for the Ages: The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill
£22.38Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower. Letters for the Ages concentrates on the more... -
Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes: The illustrated guide to the architectural, cultural and historical heritage of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Charles Phillips 9780754834960
RRP: £15.00£11.96This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings, from castles, royal palaces and stately homes to fortified manors and the great country houses, and provides a wealth of... -
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar
RRP: £25.00£16.83The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the... -
Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4 by Alison Weir
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Alison Weir transforms Henry VIII's much-maligned fourth wife into a woman of passion, courage and mystery' Tracy Borman Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King's... -
Chanel: Her life, her world, and the woman behind the legend she herself created by Edmonde Charles-Roux
RRP: £16.99£11.54***Now the subject of a major sell-out exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum***She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was an icon. But how... -
The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying to Tell Us Through Her Clothes by Eloise Moran
RRP: £25.00£18.62***Fashion writer Eloise Moran has studied thousands of pictures of Princess Diana over the past few years. Looking carefully at Diana's clothes, she discovered that behind each outfit lies a carefully crafted strategy. What Lady Di couldn't express... -
Thomson: The Origins of the Thomsons and Their Place in History by Iain Gray 9781852171193
RRP: £3.99£3.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852171193Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
The Angel's Game: The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 2 by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
RRP: £9.99£6.80'A heady brew of detective thriller, supernatural horror tale, magical realist fable and a heartbreaking love story' DAILY MAIL'Readers familiar with The Shadow of the Wind will find themselves back in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where, from a... -
The Scottish Nation: A Modern History by T. M. Devine
RRP: £18.99£14.01HERALD BOOKS OF THE YEAR and NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 Part of a trilogy on Scottish history, T.M. Devine's The Scottish Nation: A Modern History traces the epic story of a nation from the Union with England to today's debates on the... -
The Rebel's Mark: A gripping Elizabethan crime thriller, perfect for fans of S. J. Parris and Rory Clements by S. W. Perry
RRP: £9.99£6.70Elizabeth's reign is reaching its winter and England's old adversaries are fading. But in a world on the brink of change, showing any weakness can be fatal...1598. Nicholas Shelby, unorthodox physician and reluctant spy for Robert Cecil, has brought his... -
Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F by Stefan Aust 9780195372755
RRP: £32.99£26.70The Baader-Meinhof Group-later known as the Red Army Faction (RAF)-was a violent urban guerilla group which terrorized Germany in the 1970s and '80s, killing 47 people, wounding 93, taking 162 hostages, and robbing 35 banks-all in an attempt to bring... -
Jeoffry: The Poet's Cat by Oliver Soden
RRP: £12.99£9.62Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written... -
War Journal: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine by Andrey Kurkov
RRP: £16.99£9.58'Uplifting and utterly defiant' Matt Nixson, Daily Express 'Immediate and important ... This is an insider's account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary' Helen Davies, The TimesThis journal of the invasion, a collection of Andrey Kurkov's... -
Frostquake: The frozen winter of 1962 and how Britain emerged a different country by Juliet Nicolson
RRP: £10.99£7.77** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'This book is a must' Peter HennessyOn Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for ten weeks.The threat of nuclear war had reached its terrifying height with the... -
And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson
RRP: £10.99£8.17And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James RobertsonAnd the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and... -
My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London by Gilda O'Neill
RRP: £15.99£11.61Gilda O'Neill's The East End traces the East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, jellied eels. London's East End it is a place at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. Gilda O'Neill, an... -
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970 by John Darwin
RRP: £26.99£22.89The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more... -
Inside the Tudor Court: Henry VIII and his Six Wives through the eyes of the Spanish Ambassador by Lauren Mackay
RRP: £13.99£9.09The reports and despatches of Eustace Chapuys, Spanish Ambassador to Henry VIII's court from 1529 to 1545, have been instrumental in shaping our modern interpretations of Henry VIII and his wives. As a result of his personal relationships with several of... -
How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History by Felipe Fernández-Armesto 9781789148404
RRP: £25.00£17.62"Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that... -
Broadcasting Britain: 100 Years of the BBC by Robert Seatter
RRP: £25.00£13.98Explore 10 years of British History through key broadcasting moments illuminated by images from the BBC archive. Created 100 years ago, on 18 October 1922, the BBC transformed people's lives at the turn of a dial, bringing voices out of the ether and... -
Chippenham: Britain in Old Photographs by Mike Stone 9780752453835
RRP: £14.99£11.55This collection of old photographs and postcards provides the reader with a fascinating and informative guide to Chippenham and its history over the past hundred years. The book spans the expansion and development of the thriving market town by the River... -
The Queen’s Dolls’ House: Revised and Updated Edition by Lucinda Lambton 9781909741904
RRP: £16.95£11.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741904Author Lucinda LambtonFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 580g -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Tudors: England 1485-1603 by Sally Waller 9780198354604
£40.10This title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level: A Level Subject: History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 The Tudors has been approved by AQA and matched to the 2015 specifications. With a... -
Avignon of the Popes: City of Exiles by Edwin Mullins
RRP: £12.99£12.35At the beginning of the fourteenth century, anarchy in Italy led to the capital of the Christian world being moved from Romefor the first and only time in history. It was a critical moment, and it resulted in seven successive popes remaining in exile for... -
Donegal and the Civil War by Liam O'Duibhir 9781856357203
RRP: £18.99£17.57Donegal was one of the counties used to launch this offensive against the newly established government in the six counties. The bulk of the anti-Treaty IRA men who took part were from the southern counties including Cork and Kerry. Donegal became the... -
The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by William Doyle
RRP: £8.99£6.45The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the... -
It Must Never Happen Again by John McShane
£9.59This is a comprehensive look at the events leading up to the death of Baby P. A recent investigation has found that there was poor communication between authorities, a repeated failure to take into account the child's history and inaccurate documentation... -
Ceredigion Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson 9780752486444
RRP: £12.99£11.01Ceredigion is a land shaped by mythology, where mermaids and magic mix with humans and where ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. This is a captivating collection of traditional and modern stories, including the submerged city of Cantre'r... -
Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson
RRP: £18.99£12.71A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail. Magnus Magnusson's starting point is Sir Walter Scott's classic version of... -
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023 by Andrey Kurkov 9781529427837
RRP: £9.99£6.80"Both a pleasure and a testament to life in Ukraine, before" Sunday Times"Ukraine's greatest living novelist" New European"A Ukrainian Murakami" GuardianA love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees... -
The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction by John Guy 9780199674725
RRP: £8.99£6.45The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction. Looking at all aspects of...