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Battles of Conscience: British Pacifists and the Second World War by Tobias Kelly
RRP: $42.90$31.24A ground-breaking new study brings us a very different picture of the Second World War, asking fundamental questions about ethical commitmentsAccounts of the Second World War usually involve tales of bravery in battle, or stoicism on the home front, as... -
The Lost Queen: The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter by Anne M Stott 9781526736437
RRP: $48.75$32.70As the only child of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the heiress presumptive to the throne. Her parents' marriage had already broken up by the time she was born. She had a difficult childhood and a... -
The RAF in Cold War Germany by Ian Smith Watson 9781781558423
RRP: $58.50$40.85In May 1945 with the war in Europe at an end, Britain had to play her part in the occupation of the defeated Germany. The near-bankrupt country was hard-pressed to maintain such a military presence on the continent and still manage our other out... -
Railway Walks: Wales by Jeff Vinter 9780752449340
RRP: $35.08$26.60Jeff Vinter, Consultant to the BBC's Railway Walks series, provides comprehensive details of every disused railway line in Wales that is now a public walk or cycle trail. He covers everything from the earliest tram-roads to recently closed colliery lines... -
Greenwich: Centre of the World by David Ramzan
RRP: $25.33$18.76Illustrating the area of Greenwich's rich history and naval and military connections.About the AuthorDavid Ramzan was born in Greenwich, just to the east of the Meridian Line. As well as being an author, David is also an artist whose works are much... -
Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries: The Loyalist Backlash by Gareth Mulvenna 9781781383261
RRP: $36.45$33.31Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries is a new oral history of the loyalist backlash of the early 1970s in Northern Ireland. In the violent maelstrom of Belfast in 1971 and 1972 many young members of loyalist youth gangs known as 'Tartans' converged with... -
Victoire: A Wartime Story of Resistance, Collaboration and Betrayal by Roland Philipps
RRP: $39.00$26.33'The wartime spy career of Mathilde Carre - aka "the Cat" and "Agent Victoire" - is so extraordinary it almost defies belief' The Times'A truly astonishing story, meticulously and brilliantly told' Philippe Sands, author of The RatlineRESISTANCE,... -
Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949-1962 by Doris Lessing 9780006388890
RRP: $23.38$17.55The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. 'Walking in the Shade' begins in 1949, as Doris Lessing arrives in London with nothing but her young son and the manuscript of her first novel... -
Arran & Ayrshire: Picturing Scotland: From 'Scotland in Miniature' to Burns' country and beyond by Colin Nutt 9781906549183
RRP: $9.73$8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906549183Author Colin NuttFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Ness PublishingPublisher Ness PublishingDimensions(mm) 115mm * 168mm * 11mm -
The Book of Celtic Myths: From the Mystic Might of the Celtic Warriors to the Magic of the Fey Folk, the Storied History and Folklore of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales by Adams Media
RRP: $27.28$18.47Hear the tales of Gods, monsters, magic, and more! Warriors, poets, scholars, and visionaries--from the depths of time the ancient Celts have fascinated us. Their rich heritage lives on today. But who were they? From the Druids and fairies to King Arthur... -
Living with Hitler: Accounts of Hitler's Household Staff by Krause Karl Wilhelm 9781784382971
RRP: $38.98$28.63This collection paints a picture of Hitler from members of his household in the unique position of being seemingly ever-present, yet totally unconnected to events. The reader is introduced to Hitler's Bodyguard Karl Krause (1934-39), his house... -
Richard III: The Young King to be by Josephine Wilkinson
RRP: $21.43$13.88A major new biography of the young Richard III. Richard III is a paradox - the most hated of English kings, yet the most beloved, a deeply pious man, yet materialistic to the point of obsession, puritan, yet the father of at least two illegitimate... -
Superstition and Science: Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans by Derek Wilson 9781472135926
RRP: $29.23$19.11'A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity's smug assumptions' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist'O what a world of profit and delightOf power, of honour and omnipotenceIs promised to the studious artisan.'Christopher Marlowe, Dr FaustusBetween... -
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning 9780062303028
$23.65Christopher R. Browning's shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews-now with a new afterword and additional photographs. Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police... -
Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570 by Eamon Duffy
RRP: $43.88$37.73Personal prayer books and the jottings in their margins tell us about their owners and about life in late medieval and Reformation England In this richly illustrated book, religious historian Eamon Duffy discusses the Book of Hours, unquestionably the... -
Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Hayden White 9781421415604
RRP: $51.68$46.20Since its initial publication in 1973, Hayden White's Metahistory has remained an essential book for understanding the nature of historical writing. In this classic work, White argues that a deep structural content lies beyond the surface level of... -
The Illustrated Six Wives of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: $31.18$21.16Henry VIII had the most controversial love life of the Tudor period, and he remains Britain's most famous king because of it. His pursuit of a male heir for his throne led him to cast aside five consecutive wives and bring about the reformation of the... -
Gloucester Murder & Crime by Jill Evans 9780752467504
RRP: $25.33$18.76This chilling collection of cases delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Gloucester during its long history. Among those featured are a French sailor stabbed to death outside a Gloucester pub, a boy drowned in the Gloucester and... -
The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives by Sarah E. Stockwell
RRP: $56.45$49.67This volume adopts a distinctive thematic approach to the history of British imperialism from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It brings together leading scholars of British imperial history: Tony Ballantyne, John Darwin, Andrew Dilley, Elizabeth... -
Lost in the Post: Dispatches from Inside Her Majesty's Postal Service by Kevin Boniface 9781905847532
RRP: $17.53$14.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905847532Author Kevin BonifaceFormat HardbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility by Gregory Clark
RRP: $35.08$25.55How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The... -
World War II German Motorized Infantry & Panzergrenadiers by Nigel Thomas
RRP: $29.23$21.35In World War II Germany's doctrine of mobile warfare dominated the battlefield. By trial and error, the Germans were the first to correctly combine the strength in tanks and in mobile infantry and artillery. This integration of mobile units, equipment... -
The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain by Allan Massie 9781250024923
RRP: $35.08$26.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250024923Author Allan MassieFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)... -
Picatrix: A Medieval Treatise on Astral Magic by Dan Attrell 9780271082127
RRP: $66.20$59.94A manual for constructing talismans, mixing magical compounds, summoning planetary spirits, and determining astrological conditions, Picatrix is a cornerstone of Western esotericism. It offers important insights not only into occult practices and beliefs... -
With Zeal and with Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 by Matthew H Spring
$53.74The image is indelible: densely packed lines of slow-moving Redcoats picked off by American sharpshooters. Now Matthew H. Spring reveals how British infantry in the American Revolutionary War really fought.This groundbreaking book offers a new analysis... -
Farming in the 1920s and 30s by Jonathan Brown
RRP: $17.53$14.43With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and '30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive. Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Some... -
Command and Morale: The British Army on the Western Front 1914-1918 by Professor Gary Sheffield 9781781590218
RRP: $48.75$35.14Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulating of military historians at work today. For 25 years, in a series of perceptive books and articles, he has examined the First World War from many angles - from the point of view of the politicians... -
Unspoken: A Father's Wartime Escape. A Son's Family Discovered by Tom McGrath
RRP: $31.18$22.64'A triumph of family story-telling' Hugo Hamilton, author of The Pages. A tale of three journeys, the final one a successful pursuit of shadows' Myles Dungan Growing up in Waterford, Tom McGrath never noticed the odd gaps in the stories of his... -
The Cambridge History of Ireland 4 Paperback Volume Set by Thomas Bartlett 9781316617830
RRP: $216.45$189.27This authoritative, accessible and engaging four-volume history vividly presents the Irish story - or stories - from c.600 to the present, within its broader Atlantic, European, imperial and global contexts. While the volumes benefit from a strong... -
The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End of Industrial Britain by Ray Hudson 9781839767982
RRP: $29.23$24.47The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday, the heroics and betrayals of the Miners' Strike, and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed.No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. Coal was... -
South Telford, Ironbridge Gorge, Medeley & Dawley by John Powell 9780752401256
RRP: $25.33$18.76In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Ironbridge Gorge was the scene of dramatic industrial activity which today's resident or visitor finds difficult to envisage. Coal had been extracted from the hillsides of Benthall, Brosely and Madeley for... -
Battle of Britain 1940: The Luftwaffe's 'Eagle Attack' by Doug Dildy
RRP: $33.13$25.66In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air... -
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front - Somme 1916 by Paul Oldfield 9781473827127
RRP: $58.50$13.34In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the... -
The Road To 1945: British Politics and the Second World War Revised Edition by Paul Addison
RRP: $33.13$23.95The Road to 1945 is a rigorously researched study of the crucial moment when political parties put aside their differences to unite under Churchill and focus on the task of war. But the war years witnessed a radical shift in political power -... -
A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485: The Birth of the Nation by Nicholas Vincent
RRP: $25.33$16.77From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born. When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England's language, culture, politics and law were... -
Land for the People?: The British Government and the Scottish Highlands 1880-1925 by Ewen Cameron
RRP: $48.75$33.77Land for the People? covers a previously neglected period which saw the formative legislation and policies which continue to shape Highland life. Drawing on a wider range of sources, both public and private, than hitherto, Ewen Cameron delivers an... -
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire by Prashant Kidambi 9780198843139
RRP: $61.41$43.56Cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English, it has famously been said. Today, the Indian cricket team is a powerful national symbol, a unifying force in a country riven by conflicts. But India was represented by a cricket team long... -
Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly by Andrew Tierney
RRP: $117.00$97.71The comprehensive guide to the architecture of the heart of Ireland, closely examining a broad range of works, from castles and churches to grand neoclassical country houses. This comprehensive guide covers the historically rich and nuanced territory of... -
Armies of the Great Northern War 1700-1720 by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: $23.38$16.44The Great Northern War was a long series of campaigns in which Russia, linked with several other countries in temporary alliances, confronted and eventually replaced Sweden as the predominant power in Northern Europe. While contemporary with the Duke of... -
Special Operations Executive: Polish Section: The Death of the Second Polish Republic by Wielaw Rogalski
RRP: $38.90$27.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113740Author Wielaw RogalskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 25Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company