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Prime Ministers by Jonathan Bastable 9781910821220
RRP: £9.99£6.80Whether you want to explore how our Prime Ministers came to reside in No.10 Downing Street, read about the official mice-catching cats also dwelling there, learn about the rarely seen soft side of the Iron Lady, or discover how Sir Robert Peel invented... -
Medieval Church Window Tracery in England by Stephen Hart 9781843837602
RRP: £24.99£23.92A comprehensive review of the wide and varied range of window tracery designs that emerged during the medieval period. While the terms used to describe the tracery of medieval church windows are familiar (Early English, Decorated, Perpendicular),... -
Scottish Myths by Jake Jackson
RRP: £6.99£5.31Much of Scottish mythology was imported by settlers arriving from across the Irish Sea, and so Scottish mythology in large part shares its characters and tales with the mythology of Ireland, from the Ulster Cycle featuring Conchobar mac Nessa, king of... -
The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present by David S. Landes 9780521534024
RRP: £30.99£26.03For over thirty years David S. Landes's The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this updated edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original arguments in the... -
Britain's Toy Soldiers: The History and Handbook 1893-2013 by James Opie 9781848844445
RRP: £35.00£25.89This is the first full-colour history of the world-famous toy soldiers to chart the whole story of their development from Victorian table toy to 21st Century collectable. Prior to 1893 the family toy business of the Britain family was struggling as the... -
We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire by Ian Patel 9781839767999
£12.30What are the origins of the hostile environment against immigrants in the UK? Patel retells Britain's recent history in an often shocking account of state racism that still resonates today. In a series of post-war immigration laws from 1948 to 1971,... -
Castles of the World by Dr Phyllis G Jestice
RRP: £9.99£6.85From the Highlands of Scotland to the plains of northern India, Castles of the World is a beautiful examination of past worlds viewed through strongholds that continue to enrich the modern landscape. They evoke an imagined age of aristocratic warriors... -
Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
£22.00A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller. From New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell comes Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, a comprehensive and intriguing expose of one of the world's most chilling cases of serial murder-and the... -
Histories of the Holocaust by Dan Stone 9780199566808
RRP: £20.99£20.87The Holocaust is one of the most intensively studied phenomena in modern history. The volume of writing that fuels the numerous debates about it is overwhelming in quantity and diversity. Even those who have dedicated their professional lives to... -
On Bonfires, Butlins and Being Welsh: Growing up in Pwllheli in the 1950s and 1960s by Jos Simon 9781800991873
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800991873Author Jos SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 20mm -
Scotland Yard's Gangbuster: Bert Wickstead's Most Celebrated Cases by Dick Kirby 9781526751737
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the late 1960s the Richardson Torture Gang and the Kray Twins were removed from the London scene by ACC Gerry McArthur and Det. Supt. Nipper Read respectively. Predictably it was not long before the vacuum this left was being filled. With McArthur... -
English Reformations: Religion, Politics, and Society under the Tudors by Christopher Haigh 9780198221623
£56.58English Reformations takes a refreshing new approach to the study of the Reformation in England. Christopher Haigh's lively and readable study disproves any facile assumption that the triumph of Protestantism was inevitable, and goes beyond the surface... -
Panzer III by Thomas Anderson
RRP: £35.00£27.73This highly illustrated title details the history of the Panzer III throughout World War II, from its early development in the pre-war years, through its pivotal role in the Blitzkrieg campaigns in Poland and Western Europe, to its eventual obsolescence... -
Holy Wells, Cornwall: A Photographic Journey by Phil Cope 9781854115287
RRP: £20.00£15.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854115287Author Phil CopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 1315g -
Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears by Thomas Dixon 9780199676064
RRP: £14.99£11.22There is a persistent myth about the British: that we are a nation of stoics, with stiff upper lips, repressed emotions, and inactive lachrymal glands. Weeping Britannia - the first history of crying in Britain - comprehensively debunks this myth. ... -
Lancastrians and Yorkists: The Wars of the Roses by D. R. Cook 9780582353848
£35.74This concise, lucid study charts the complex sequence of events we know today as the War of the Roses. In the thematic chapters of the third section the author assesses the motives and relationships of the principal actors; the real character and impact... -
The Rule of the Templars - The French Text of the Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar by J.M. Upton-Ward 9780851157016
RRP: £24.99£15.94The Order of the Knights Templar, whose original purpose was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, was first given its own Rule in 1129, formalising the exceptional combination of soldier and monk. This translation of Henri de Curzon's 1886 edition of... -
A Rebels Guide To Gramsci by Chris Bambery 9781905192151
RRP: £4.00£3.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905192151Author Chris BamberyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 49g -
A History of Shropshire by Barrie Trinder 9780750983686
RRP: £22.50£16.79Shropshire is England's largest inland county, extending from the fringes of the Black Country and the Potteries to the high sheep pastures of Clun Forest and the craggy heights of the Stiperstones. Dr Trinder's very readable narrative encompasses... -
Cabinets and the Bomb by Peter Hennessy 9780197264225
£60.62The nuclear weapons question runs through post-1940 British history like an irradiated thread. It represents part of the hidden history of twentieth-century Britain, given the high level of technical secrecy and political sensitivity in which the bomb... -
Bolton Street Names: Their Meanings and Origins by Sara Vernon 9780752446523
RRP: £14.99£11.55Take a fascinating trip around Bolton with this comprehensive etymological guide to its highways and byways. Discover the origins of the peculiarly named 'Bowkers Row' and 'Thweat Street'. Delve into the lives of some of Bolton's famous residents who are... -
Dorset History in 101 Objects by Terry Hearing 9781871164961
RRP: £19.99£17.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871164961Author Terry HearingFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Dorset BooksPublisher Halsgrove -
The Thames Torso Murders by M J Trow
RRP: £14.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399013451Author M J TrowPage Count 224Imprint WharncliffePublisher WharncliffeWeight(grams) 156g -
The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters: Linchpin of Victory 1935 1942 by Boyd, Andrew 9781399096546
RRP: £14.99£11.35This important work tells the compelling story of how the Royal Navy secured the strategic space from Egypt in the west to Australasia in the East through the first half of the Second World War; it explains why this contribution, made while Russia's fate... -
Burning Horizon: British Veteran Accounts of the Iraq War, 2003 by Julian Whippy
RRP: £29.95£21.32Codenamed Operation Telic, the British component of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War. Whilst the British public prepared for the worst as its soldiers were facing weapons of mass... -
Disability and the Tudors: All the King's Fools by Phillipa Vincent-Connolly 9781526720054
RRP: £25.00£17.62Throughout history, how society treated its disabled and infirm can tell us a great deal about the period. Challenged with any impairment, disease or frailty was often a matter of life and death before the advent of modern medicine, so how did a society... -
The Great Book of Ireland: Interesting Stories, Irish History & Random Facts About Ireland by Bill O'Neill 9781648450013
RRP: £9.95£7.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450013Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
Northumberland Churches: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Reformation by Stan Beckensall
RRP: £15.99£10.85Northumberland was one of the greatest influences on the development of Christianity in Europe. Stan Beckensall guides the reader in words and full-colour pictures through the history of Northumberland's old churches, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the... -
Churchill's American Arsenal: The Partnership Behind the Innovations that Won World War Two by Larrie D. Ferreiro
RRP: £27.49£19.68Churchill's American Arsenal reveals how the technology, know-how, and production power behind the victorious Allied partnership during World War II extended beyond the battlefront and onto the home-front. Many weapons and inventions were credited... -
Polygon Wood: Ypres by Nigel Cave 9780850526066
RRP: £10.99£7.77This wood featured significantly in the Firs t and Third Battles of Ypres and was the scene of numerous d eeds of heroism. The courage of individuals and units from B ritain and Australia are described in this latest edition to the series. 'Book... -
Gloucester: History You Can See by D. G. Amphlett
RRP: £14.99£11.55Tracing Gloucester's history from its Roman and monastic remains to the battle scars from the English Civil War and the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution, this book explores the colourful and fascinating history of Gloucester through the... -
The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present by Roy Strong
RRP: £7.99£6.31THE CLASSIC HISTORY OF BRITAIN, FULLY UPDATEDRoy Strong has written an exemplary introduction to the history of Britain, as first designated by the Romans. It is a brilliant and balanced account of successive ages bound together by a compelling narrative... -
Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England by Gemma Hollman
RRP: £17.95£11.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643137704Author Gemma HollmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *... -
An Autobibliography by John Caius by Vivian Nutton
RRP: £39.99£35.06John Caius (1510-1573), second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, was an English scholar with an international reputation in his lifetime as a naturalist, historian and medical writer. His Autobibliography is a major contribution to the... -
The Little Book of Marmalade by Lucy Deedes 9780008622381
RRP: £9.99£5.82A perfect guide to making marmalade from the award-winning Lucy Deedes. Marmalade had been around for hundreds of years - as a Portuguese sweetmeat, an after-dinner digestif, an aphrodisiac - before it turned into the most famous breakfast... -
Tacit Alliance: Franklin Roosevelt and the Anglo-American 'Special Relationship' Before Churchill, 1937-1939 by Tony McCulloch 9781399527781
RRP: £29.99£27.79Locates the immediate origins of the Anglo-American 'special relationship' in the diplomacy of Roosevelt's administration Provides the most detailed coverage of Anglo-American relations from 1937 1939 Focuses on the role of Franklin Roosevelt as the... -
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks: German Army and Waffen-SS The Last Battles in the East, 1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526791221
RRP: £16.99£12.28By the first weeks of 1945 the Eastern Front had been pushed back to the Carpathian mountain passes in the south and Warsaw on the Vistula River in the centre while in the north the German army was fighting in East Prussia. The Wehrmacht's armoured and... -
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and the Solent: A Cultural History by Mark Bardell 9781908493071
RRP: £15.00£13.65The Isle of Wight is England's largest island, but its diamond-shape is at most 23 miles long and 13 miles wide. Anchored close to the Hampshire coast, its location has created a sheltered waterway, the Solent, with its own local roadsteads and a unique... -
An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges by David McFetrich 9781526752956
RRP: £60.00£43.65Bridges have a universal appeal as examples of man's mastery of nature, from picturesque packhorse bridges to great spans stretching across broad estuaries, and the development of the technology that allows ever more audacious constructions is... -
After the War Was Over: Reconstructing the Family, Nation, and State in Greece, 1943-1960 by Mark Mazower
RRP: £45.00£35.32This volume makes available some of the most exciting research currently underway into Greek society after Liberation. Together, its essays map a new social history of Greece in the 1940s and 1950s, a period in which the country grappled--bloodily--with...