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The Story of Kent by Anne Petrie
RRP: £17.99£13.64A richly illustrated history exploring life in Kent. This book tells the amazing story of Kent from earliest times to the modern day. Some of the pivotal moments in the Garden of England's history are recalled, including invasions from Romans,... -
Conclave 1559: The Story of a Papal Election by Mary Hollingsworth
RRP: £25.00£21.79Intrigue, double-dealing and conspiracy in the Eternal City. 'A fascinating narrative of the intermingling of secular and religious power' New Statesman 'A highly enjoyable and thrilling read... Hollingsworth has peeled back the veil of secrecy... -
Wokingham: A Potted History by Richard Gibbs 9780750993364
RRP: £14.99£11.55Wokingham sits on the edge of Windsor Great Forest. Originally settled by the Wocingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe, the town grew steadily - but its early prosperity was cut short when half of the houses were destroyed during the English Civil War. Wokingham... -
Offa's Dyke by David Hill 9780752419589
RRP: £14.99£10.15In a fascinating study, the reader is presented with a detailed description and analysis of Offa's Dyke, set against the background of the political and social context of the kingdom of Mercia, over which King Offa ruled from 757 to 796. This new... -
The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French by Richard Holmes 9780304367023
£14.87The definitive biography of Sir John French, by the increasingly famous Richard Holmes.Sir John French is a figure who has always aroused controversy. Douglas Haig despised him, while Churchill thought his leadership qualities unsurpassed. Despite being... -
How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed by Mike Snook
RRP: £14.99£12.01Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the long and distinguished history of the British Army. At noon a massive Zulu host attacked the 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana, a distinctive... -
The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition by J. G. A. Pocock
RRP: £32.00£25.16Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness arising from the ideal of the... -
Empires of the Mind: The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present by Robert Gildea
RRP: £14.99£12.55'The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. Robert Gildea exposes instead the brutal realities of decolonisation and neo-colonialism which have shaped... -
Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
RRP: £19.99£17.54Stone maps the force, vivacity, and stories within our most mundane matter, stone. For too long stone has served as an unexamined metaphor for the "really real": blunt factuality, nature's curt rebuke. Yet, medieval writers knew that stones drop with... -
The Favourite Child by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: £8.99£6.22Where there's daring, there's danger...Isabella Ashton has always been her father's favourite, but when she gets involved with the new Birth Control Movement, he is scandalised. A decade has elapsed since the end of the Great War and running a family... -
Britain's Guided Weapons by Chris Gibson
RRP: £15.99£7.11Britain has been at the forefront of weapons technology since the industrial revolution began and, with the Brennan wire-guided torpedo, pioneered guided weapons. World War One saw several developments, but it was during World War Two that Britain's... -
Dialogue on the Infinity of Love by Tullia D'Aragona 9780226136394
RRP: £21.00£20.31First published in Venice in 1547, this work casts a woman rather than a man as the main disputant on the ethics of love. Tullia d'Aragona argued that the only moral form of love between a woman and a man is one that recognizes both the sensual and the... -
Before Rocket: The Steam Locomotive Up to 1829 by Anthony Dawson
£16.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658252Author Anthony DawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)... -
Walking Corpses: Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West by Timothy S. Miller 9781501770838
RRP: £23.99£20.84In Walking Corpses, Timothy S. Miller and John W. Nesbitt contextualize reactions to leprosy in medieval Western Europe by tracing its history in Late Antique Byzantium, which had been confronting leprosy and its effects for centuries. Integrating... -
Looking Down the Corridors: Allied Aerial Espionage Over East Germany and Berlin, 1945-1990 by Kevin Wright 9780750979474
RRP: £16.99£12.94Between 1945 and 1990 the Western Allies mounted some of the most audacious and successful intelligence collection operations of the Cold War. Conducted in great secrecy, aircrews flew specially modified transport and training aircraft along the Berlin... -
Jowett 1901-1954 by Noel Stokoe
RRP: £17.99£13.64The Jowett Motor Manufacturing Company was founded in Bradford in 1901 by Benjamin, Ruth and William Jowett. Their first product was a V-twin engine which proved to be successful in various cars. In 1906 a prototype car was built using a new design of... -
Aleister Crowley: the Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic by Tobias Churton
RRP: £20.00£13.26Gnostic poet, painter, writer, and magician Aleister Crowley arrived in Berlin on April 18, 1930. As prophet of his syncretic religion "Thelema," he wanted to be among the leaders of art and thought, and Berlin, the liberated future-gazing metropolis,... -
What's in Your Surname?: The Fascinating Story of British Surnames by William Lewis 9780956510600
£22.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956510600Author William LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Brazen Head PublishingPublisher Brazen Head PublishingWeight(grams) 434g -
Warrior: A Life of War in Anglo-Saxon Britain by Edoardo Albert 9781783784431
RRP: £9.99£6.70Warrior tells the story of forgotten man, a man whose bones were found in an Anglo-Saxon graveyard at Bamburgh castle in Northumberland. It is the story of a violent time when Britain was defining itself in waves of religious fervour, scattered tribal... -
No 10: The Geography of Power at Downing Street by Jack Brown
RRP: £12.99£8.99Behind the world's most iconic front door lies the core of British political power: the Prime Minister's home and office. Designed over three centuries ago as an ordinary residence, 10 Downing Street (or 'No. 10') has undergone a challenging... -
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume 2: 1942-45 by Thomas Anderson
RRP: £35.00£25.29The final years of World War II saw the legendary Panzerwaffe face its most difficult challenges, with Allied troops landing at Normandy and storming across the continent and the Russians gaining the upper hand on the Eastern Front. As Germany fought... -
A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry by Geoffroi de Charny
RRP: £19.99£17.54On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more determined to attain this level of prowess." On the lady who sees her knight honored: "All of this makes... -
The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects by War Museum of the Boer Republics 9781526734037
£28.69The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects brings the victories and the tragedies-and the full extent of the human drama behind this war-to life through 100 iconic artefacts. While a Mafeking siege note helps to illustrate the acute shortages caused by the... -
Coastal Britain: England and Wales: Celebrating the history, heritage and wildlife of Britain's shores by Stuart Fisher
RRP: £25.00£19.88When all her islands are taken into consideration, the British coastline spans almost 8,000 miles, which is longer than both Brazil's and Mexico's. From the clear blue waters of serene Cornish bays to the tempestuous seas around rugged Pembrokeshire... -
Nature Exposed: Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science by Jennifer Tucker 9781421410937
RRP: £33.00£29.52In Nature Exposed, Jennifer Tucker studies the intersecting trajectories of photography and modern science in late Victorian Britain. She examines the role of photograph as witness in scientific investigation and explores the interplay between... -
Southampton Docks: Looking Back at Britain's Premier Port by Andrew Britton 9780752498812
RRP: £25.00£18.54Southampton is one of the most important maritime centres in the UK - 'the Gateway to the World', as it is often described. The docks is the cornerstone of the city, both past and present. Here Andrew Britton explores this rich history. From... -
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic 9780060975401
RRP: £16.99£9.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060975401Author Slavenka DrakulicFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Constantinople by Jonathan Harris 9781474254649
£26.43Jonathan Harris' new edition of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, Constantinople, provides an updated and extended introduction to the history of Byzantium and its capital city. Accessible and engaging, the book breaks new ground by exploring... -
Sex, Love and Marriage in the Elizabethan Age by R E Pritchard
RRP: £19.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526754622Author R E PritchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Pen and Sword HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword HistoryWeight(grams) 152g -
Pretty Gentlemen: Macaroni Men and the Eighteenth-Century Fashion World by Peter McNeil
RRP: £37.50£32.58An exploration of British male fashion of the late eighteenth century "A brilliant account of a controversial moment in men's self-fashioning."-Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology The term... -
Medieval Civilization 400 - 1500 by Jacques Le Goff 9780631175667
RRP: £36.95£32.91This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will not only be read by... -
The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper by James Carnac
RRP: £14.99£10.95This memoir was recently discovered and appears to have been written in the 1920s by somone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper.This person is James Carnac, this memoir written shortly before his death is an account of his entire life, including a... -
Newgate: London's Prototype of Hell by Stephen Halliday
RRP: £12.99£9.62There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious and worst. Built during the twelfth century, it became a legendary place - the inspiration of more poems, plays and novels than any... -
The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-21 by Prit Buttar
RRP: £16.99£12.68At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was closer than Russia. After the February Revolution, Russia's ability to wage war faltered and her last desperate gamble, the... -
Margaret of Anjou: She-Wolf of France, Twice Queen of England by Joanna Arman
RRP: £22.99£15.18In 1445 a fifteen-year-old French girl left her homeland to marry the son of the great warrior Henry V. Sixteen years later, her husband had lost his throne and she had fled into exile. For a decade, she struggled to reclaim the throne of England before... -
War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris L. Bergen 9781442242289
RRP: £44.00£36.35In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition... -
The Transformation of Rural England: Farming and the Landscape 1700-1870 by Tom Williamson 9780859896344
RRP: £29.99£27.78This is the first book to study in detail the making of the rural English landscape in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. For decades historians have debated the nature, timing and even the existence of the 'agricultural revolution'. This book... -
Enfield: Images of England by Stephen Sellick
RRP: £12.99£9.62Enfield, the northernmost of London's suburbs, has changed enormously over the last 150 years. The former Middlesex market town is now firmly embedded in the vast London conurbation. Eastern Enfield developed into a major industrial area, well known for... -
Fighting in Ukraine: A Photographer at War by David Mitchelhill-Green
RRP: £14.99£11.35The outcome of the Second World War was decided on the Eastern Front. Denied a swift victory over Stalin's Red Army, Hitler's Wehrmacht found itself in a bloody, protracted struggle from late 1941 that it was ill-prepared to fight. Although many... -
From Fatwa to Jihad: How the World Changed: The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo by Kenan Malik
RRP: £12.99£8.56Almost thirty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses held aloft by thousand-strong mobs of protesters became an internationally familiar symbol of anger and offence. In From Fatwa to Jihad, Kenan Malik reveals how...