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Devonshire Folk Tales by Michael Dacre 9780752455051
RRP: $19.48$14.72This collection of traditional stories and tales, many of which are published for the first time, will delight lovers of Devonshire folklore. Some of the stories have been gleaned from residents of the county, whilst others have been developed by the... -
My Opposition: The Diary of Friedrich Kellner - A German against the Third Reich by Friedrich Kellner
RRP: $74.08$65.46This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret diary from 1939 to 1945, risking his life to record Germany's path to... -
The Pursuit Of The Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages by Norman Cohn
RRP: $39.00$27.87The Middle Ages inherited from Antiquity a tradition of prophesy and gave it fresh and exuberant life. This tradition foretold a Millennium in which humanity would enjoy a new Paradise on earth, free of suffering and sin - a Kingdom of the Saints... -
Girls in Khaki: A History of the ATS in the Second World War by Barbara Green 9780752463506
RRP: $29.23$22.52At the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain's manpower crisis forced them to turn to a previously untapped resource: women. For years it was thought women would be incapable of serving in uniform, but the ATS was to prove everyone wrong. Formed in... -
Futures of Socialism: ‘Modernisation', the Labour Party, and the British Left, 1973–1997 by Colm Murphy 9781009278812
RRP: $165.75$150.15The transformation of the Labour Party by 1997 is among the most consequential political developments in modern British history. Futures of Socialism overhauls the story of Labour's modernisation and provides an innovative new history. Diving into the... -
The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision by Henry Kamen
RRP: $43.88$37.73In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen's classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new-and thought-provoking-view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the... -
Hitler's Spy Chief: The Wilhelm Canaris Mystery by Richard Bassett
RRP: $19.48$13.26How Hitler's spy chief sabotaged the German war effort.Wilhelm Canaris was appointed by Hitler to head the Abwehr (the German secret service) 18 months after the Nazis came to power. But Canaris turned against the Fuhrer and the Nazi regime, believing... -
By Permission Of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: $25.33$17.73There had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. Yet the signs from the heavens in 1666 were ominous: comets, pyramids of flame, monsters born in city slums. Then, in the early hours... -
Britain and Europe in a Troubled World by Vernon Bogdanor
RRP: $37.03$31.55The history of Britain's complex relationship with Europe, untangled"The best short introduction to both the political realignment that produced the 2016 Referendum result and the immense fallout since."-CapX, "Books of the Year" (2020)"[A] cool-headed,... -
Cops and Robbers: The Story of the British Police Car by Ant Anstead
RRP: $21.43$14.14TV presenter and all-round car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared everyone's horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and... -
Jews by the Seaside: The Jewish Hotels and Guesthouses of Bournemouth by Pam Fox 9781912676934
RRP: $38.90$30.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912676934Author Pam FoxFormat PaperbackImprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Western Isles Folk Tales by Ian Stephen 9780752499116
RRP: $25.33$18.76Western Isles Folk Tales is a representative collection of stories from the geographical span of the long chain of islands known as the Outer Hebrides. Some are well-known tales and others have been sought out by the author, but all are retold in the... -
Women'S Leisure in England 1920-60 by Claire Langhamer 9780719057373
RRP: $38.98$34.34This insightful book offers a timely assessment of the complex relationship between women and leisure in England, drawing upon recent feminist theory. Departing from approaches which focus on particular activities or institutions, it places everyday... -
Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom: The Golden Age and the Viking Age by Fiona Edmonds
RRP: $52.63$43.82WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021 The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide-ranging connections between the Gaelic world and the Northumbrian kingdom. Northumbria was... -
A Compendium of Medieval World Sovereigns by Timothy Venning
RRP: $243.75$210.33The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access 'who's who' with details on the identities and dates, ages and wives, where known, of heads of... -
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge
RRP: $38.98$29.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060787295Author Thomas AsbridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Mr Crippen, Cora and the Body in the Basement by Matthew Coniam
RRP: $48.75$34.36It was an 'open and shut' case. Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American quack doctor, had murdered his wife, the music hall performer Belle Elmore, and buried parts of her body in the coal cellar of their North London home. But by the time the remains were... -
Paris-London Connection: The Assassination of Princess Diana by John Morgan 9780980740752
RRP: $17.45$12.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980740752Author John MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint John MorganPublisher John MorganWeight(grams) 265gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm -
Winchester Curiosities by David Hilliam
RRP: $31.18$23.89Winchester, ancient capital of Wessex, is a crucial part of Britain's heritage. In his latest book, David Hilliam condenses the city's long and fascinating history into a collection of memorable 'curiosities' that are still to be seen today. Visitors -... -
Ireland: The Autobiography: One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People by John Bowman
RRP: $25.33$17.73Ireland in its own words: a dazzling compendiumOver the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and... -
Stone Voices: The Search For Scotland by Neal Ascherson
RRP: $19.48$13.07Neal Ascherson is one of Britain's finest writers in an undefinable genre that fuses history, memoir, politics and meditations on places. His books on Poland and his collected essays on the strange Britain to which he returned from Europe in the... -
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time by Hilary Spurling
RRP: $19.48$13.86BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 in The Sunday Times, Spectator, Mail on Sunday, Observer and Financial Times'A landmark biography' The Times, Books of the Year'One of our generation's greatest biographers' London Review of Books'Witty, spirited, richly crowded... -
Charleston: Past and Present: The Official Guide to One of Bloomsbury's Cultural Treasures by Professor Quentin Bell 9780156167734
RRP: $29.15$20.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156167734Author Professor Quentin BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 197mm *... -
A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II by Joanna Lumley
RRP: $21.43$14.43'Lovely... delivers the warmest of glows' - Telegraph 'Who wouldn't love this chocolate-box delight of insights and snapshots of The Queen...A treasure chest' - Good Housekeeping In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated seventy years as Queen and Head of... -
Hoax: The Catholic Plot that Never Was by Victor Stater
RRP: $39.00$33.11The extraordinary story of the Popish Plot and how it shaped the political and religious future of Britain "Stater tells a complex and convoluted story with absolute clarity. . . . As a work of historical scholarship, Hoax is terrific."-Robert G... -
A Bite-sized History Of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment by St (c)phane H (c)naut
RRP: $27.28$18.06From the cassoulet that won a war to the crepe that doomed Napoleon, from the rebellions sparked by bread and salt to the new cuisines forged by empire, the history of France is intimately entwined with its gastronomic pursuits. A witty exploration of... -
Eastern Front Sniper by Roland Kaltenegger 9781784382162
RRP: $38.98$27.85Eastern Front Sniper is a long overdue and comprehensive biography of one of World War II s most accomplished snipers. Math us Hetzenauer, the son of a Tyrolean peasant family, was born in December 1924/. He was drafted into the Mountain Reserve... -
Ruling the Spirit: Women, Liturgy, and Dominican Reform in Late Medieval Germany by Claire Taylor Jones
RRP: $113.10$97.83Histories of the German Dominican order have long presented a grand narrative of its origin, fall, and renewal: a Golden Age at the order's founding in the thirteenth century, a decline of Dominican learning and spirituality in the fourteenth, and a... -
Shakespeare's Britain by Jonathan Bate
RRP: $19.48$13.26From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience - revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's... -
The Norman Conquest: William the Conqueror's Subjugation of England by Teresa Cole
RRP: $25.33$16.541066 saw three kings of England, the last of whom was William, Duke of Normandy. Tradition tells us the conquest of England by the powerful Normans was inescapable, and suggests England benefited almost at once from closer links with Europe. But new... -
The Hayling Island Branch: The Hayling Billy by John Scott-Morgan 9781526726810
RRP: $48.75$35.14The Hayling Island Branch was one of Britain's most iconic sea side lines, connecting Havant with Hayling Island via Langston Harbour. Opening in 1865 for freight and 1867 to passenger traffic, it was after a few years of local control, managed and... -
The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings: A medieval ghost story by Dan Jones
RRP: $19.48$15.91A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones. Published in a beautiful small-format hardback, perfect as a Halloween read or a Christmas gift. One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on... -
Dassault Mirage F1s by Salvador Mafe Huertas 9788366148819
RRP: $39.98$33.81The Mirage F1 emerged from a series of design studies performed by French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation. Having originally sought to develop a larger swept wing derivative of the Mirage III, which became the Mirage F2, to serve as a vertical... -
Michael Logue and the Catholic Church in Ireland, 1879-1925 by John Privilege 9780719091322
RRP: $38.98$34.34Michael Logue and the Catholic Church in Ireland, 1879-1925 provides a review and consideration of the role of the Catholic Church in Ireland during the intense political and social changes after 1879 through a major figure in Irish history, Michael... -
Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the Streets and Fear of Civil War by Dirk Schumann 9780857453143
RRP: $46.70$38.79In noting that political violence was the product of choices made by political actors rather than the result of irresistible forces ...Schumann issues a pertinent warning while making a first-rate contribution to the scholarly literature on the Weimar... -
Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille by Nicholas Hewitt
RRP: $48.75$42.96Marseille is a thoroughly ambiguous place. France's second city and its major sea-port, its impact on the national imagination is unparalleled. Yet it is also a frontier city, arguably capital of the Mediterranean, and with a traditionally suspect... -
The Politics of the Veil by Joan Wallach Scott 9780691147987
RRP: $48.75$38.20In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds... -
Blasphemy in the Christian World: A History by David Nash 9780199255160
RRP: $183.30$182.15David Nash's new study focuses on the development of blasphemy in the Christian world. Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, he outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept, from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as... -
An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family by Alison Bashford
RRP: $29.23$21.35SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'A masterpiece of biography ... a vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultural shifts of the modern era' John Gray, New Statesman'The whole of British intellectual life seems accessible... -
Scratches: The Rules of the Game, Volume 1 by Michel Leiris
RRP: $33.13$32.49A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Michel Leiris, a French intellectual whose literary works inspired high praise...