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Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by James Mallory 9781526705204
RRP: €15.46€10.82Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to live in the nineteenth century? How would you have got a partner in a ballroom? What would you have done with a letter of introduction? And where would you have sat in a carriage? Covering all... -
Murder at the Inn: A History of Crime in Britain's Pubs and Hotels by James Moore
RRP: €11.89€8.98In which pub was the notorious murder that led to the Kray twins becoming Britain's most feared gangsters? Where is the hostelry in which Jack the Ripper's victims drank? How did Burke and Hare befriend their victims in a Scottish watering hole before... -
Jews of Lithuania: A History of a Remarkable Community 1316-1945 by Masha Greenbaum 9789652291325
RRP: €36.88€22.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652291325Author Masha GreenbaumFormat HardbackPage Count 405Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 808g -
Memoirs Of Catherine The Great by Hilde Hoogenboom
RRP: €16.65€11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812969870Author Catherine the GreatFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
Missing Believed Killed: Casualty Policy and the Missing Research and Enquiry Service 1939-1952 by Stuart Hadaway 9781848846593
RRP: €17.84€13.03During the early years of World War Two it soon became apparent that the system for tracing the whereabouts of the remains of RAF aircrew deemed 'Missing Believed Killed' was totally inadequate. The Missing Research Section (MRS) of the Air Ministry was... -
The Borgias by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: €13.08€8.81The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven... -
When Dreams Collide: Travels in Yugoslavia with Rebecca West by Nicholas Allan 9781910533635
RRP: €29.75€21.09When Dreams Collide is Nicholas Allan's intimate pilgrimage across the former states of Yugoslavia. Shedding the received knowledge of headlines, he explores the splintered co-evolution of these lands over the last ten centuries, guided by the inimitable... -
The Birth and Impact of Britpop: Mis-Shapes, Scenesters and Insatiable Ones by Laird, Paul 9781399017473
RRP: €23.80€17.01Remember the ninteties? Of course you do. Cool Britannia, New Labour, Blur vs Oasis, Geri Halliwell's Union Flag dress, TFI Friday, wasssssuuuuuuppppppp , Opal Fruits turning into Starburst without anyone asking your permission crazy times. This book... -
Ehud's Dagger: Class Struggle in the English Revolution by James Holstun 9781859844076
RRP: €34.50€29.58In this meticulously researched, award-winning book, James Holstun details seventeenth-century England's first capitalist revolution, and its first anti-capitalist revolutions, in a stirring project of Marxist history from below."A work brimming with... -
Gender in Mystical and Occult Thought: Behmenism and its Development in England by Brian J. Gibbons 9780521480789
RRP: €135.66€110.47Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family: The Despensers by Kathryn Warner 9781526744937
RRP: €29.75€20.97The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger became the king's chamberlain, favourite and perhaps lover. He and his father Hugh the Elder wielded great... -
The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton 9780393354454
RRP: €16.65€13.21In this informal history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts the Roman life and spirit as they are revealed in the greatest writers of the time. Among these literary guides are Cicero, who left an incomparable collection of letters;... -
Old Dundee by Eric Eunson 9781840332162
RRP: €26.12€22.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332162Author Eric EunsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 270mm * 209mm * 9mm -
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History by David Hey
RRP: €20.22€16.59The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History is the most authoritative guide available to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. It provides practical and contextual information for anyone enquiring into their... -
The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry by John Crowley 9781859184301
RRP: €59.50€51.30The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the 'Ring of Kerry', is one of Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas, comprising over fifty individual chapters and case studies, provides the reader with a broad range of... -
The Holy Wells of Ireland by Patrick Logan 9780861400461
€10.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861400461Author Patrick LoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Colin Smythe LtdPublisher Colin Smythe Ltd -
The Last Irish Question: Will Six into Twenty-Six Ever Go? by Glenn Patterson
RRP: €20.22€17.98A view of the south of Ireland - political, social, geographical - through the eyes of a liberal northern protestant being asked to rejoin it. 'A pleasure to read... Incisively mixing memoir, reportage and analysis' Daily Mail 'Discursive, humane... -
Nazi Empire: German Colonialism and Imperialism from Bismarck to Hitler by Shelley Baranowski 9780521674089
RRP: €36.88€29.08Drawing on recent studies of the links between empire, colonialism and genocide, Nazi Empire examines German history from 1871 to 1945 as an expression of the aspiration to imperialist expansion and the simultaneous fear of destruction by rivals... -
Type 5 Heavy Freight Locomotives by David Cable 9781473899728
RRP: €35.70€16.16This photographic album portrays the four classes of locomotives introduced to operate on the British Railways system, prior to Privatisation in 1994. Increasing loads and deteriorating reliability of older classes necessitated the design of new, higher... -
Memoirs of the Second World War by Winston Churchill
€24.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395599686Author Winston ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 1088Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 1164g -
Marlborough: His Life and Times: Bk. 2 by Sir Winston S. Churchill 9780226106359
RRP: €53.55€53.32John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England. Victorious in the Battles of Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and countless other campaigns, Marlborough, whose... -
Gallipoli: The End of the Myth by Robin Prior
RRP: €17.84€15.51A decisive account of the dramatic Gallipoli campaign of World War I, with a devastating assessment of its pointless losses The Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 was an ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten the war by eliminating Turkey, creating a Balkan... -
Growing Up: Sex in the 1960s by Peter Doggett
RRP: €13.08€9.25Were the 1960s really a great time of liberation and joyful experimentation? Growing Up takes an unflinching look at the dark underbelly of the sexual revolution.No era in recent history has been both more celebrated and vilified than the 1960s. And at... -
Aberdeen in 100 Dates by Elma McMenemy
RRP: €11.89€8.9815th August 1903 - On this day Aberdeen Football Club played its first match, holding Stenhousemuir to a 1-1 draw. 21st April 1943 - Luftwaffe bombers dropped 130 bombs on Aberdeen, killing ninety-seven civilians and twenty-seven soldiers. 15th August... -
Hesse: The Wanderer and His Shadow by Gunnar Decker
RRP: €40.40€33.81A deftly crafted biography of the author of Siddhartha, whose critique of consumer culture continues to inspire millions of readers.Against the horrors of Nazi dictatorship and widespread disillusionment with the forces of mass culture and consumerism,... -
The New Forest by Conway Mathew 9780752449326
RRP: €26.78€19.98Featuring a mixture of history, folklore and stories of interest, this book explores the culture and wildlife of the New Forest. From it deer, which for centuries were hunted exclusively by the Kings of England, to the thousands of trees that were the... -
Louis XIV: The Real King of Versailles by Josephine Wilkinson
RRP: €23.80€16.35Intelligent, authoritative, and often surprising, a biography of the most famous of French monarchs, by an acclaimed biographer and historian. Louis XIV's story has all the ingredients of a Dumas classic: legendary beginnings, beguiling women, court... -
Martha Lloyd's Household Book: The Original Manuscript from Jane Austen's Kitchen by Julienne Gehrer
RRP: €35.70€28.16This is the first facsimile publication of 'Martha Lloyd's Household Book', the manuscript cookbook of Jane Austen's closest friend. Martha's notebook is reproduced in a colour facsimile section with complete transcription and detailed annotation... -
The King's Irish: The Royalist Anglo-Irish Foot of the English Civil War, 1643-1646 by John Barratt 9781912866533
RRP: €29.75€24.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866533Author John BarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Mistel: German Composite Aircraft and Operations 1942-1945 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: €53.55€39.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809815Author Robert ForsythFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
In the Ranks of Death: The Irish in the Second World War by Richard Doherty
RRP: €19.03€13.82When war broke out in 1939 over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force with the greatest proportion in the Army. During the war this rose to over 120,000, suggesting that about 100,000 enlisted during the war. Nine... -
The Concise History of Ludlow by David Lloyd
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910723982Author David LloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 476g -
How the Just So Stories Were Made: The Brilliance and Tragedy Behind Kipling's Celebrated Tales for Little Children by John Batchelor
RRP: €23.79€12.35A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling's world-famous children's classic"In this concise and remarkable book . . . Batchelor guides us expertly . . . drawing on multiple sources and making intriguing... -
The Complete King Arthur: Many Faces, One Hero by John Matthews
RRP: €22.60€15.08Presenting the culmination of more than 40 years' research, John and Caitlin Matthews examine the historical and mythological evidence for every major theory about the existence of King Arthur. Drawing on modern techniques in archaeology and scholarship,... -
Per Ardua: Training an RAF Phantom Crew by Philip Keeble 9781781557129
RRP: €29.75€21.44Flying the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was a young man's dream but the path from "Civvy Street" to operational on a fighter squadron was long, arduous and beset with obstacles. To succeed meant the chance to fly one of the most iconic combat aircraft... -
With Their Backs To The World: Portraits from Serbia by Asne Seierstad
RRP: €13.08€8.81From the bestselling author of THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic-during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that have... -
Free Statism: The Good Old IRA by Danny Morrison 9783949573002
RRP: €17.85€16.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783949573002Author Danny MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Greenisland PressPublisher Elsinor Verlag e.K. -
The Impostor by Javier Cercas 9780857056528
RRP: €11.89€7.09LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCOBut who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner... -
Women in the Viking Age by Judith Jesch 9780851153605
RRP: €29.74€20.96Well-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating. GUARDIAN This is the first book-length study in English to investigate what women did in the Viking age, both at home in Scandinavia and in the Viking colonies from Greenland to Russia. Evidence for their... -
The North Wales Quarrymen, 1874-1922 by R. Merfyn Jones 9781783161751
RRP: €17.84€13.88On a Saturday morning in November 1865, between 1,200 and 1,500 men gathered above the small town of Bethesda, to launch a society which they called the United Society of Welsh Quarrymen. Although there had been earlier revolts of quarrymen, this was the...