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DK Eyewitness Belgium and Luxembourg by DK
RRP: $19.34$14.64The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring these historic countries.Appreciate the architectural splendour of Brussels, wander through picture-postcard Bruges,... -
Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments by Adam Morgan Ibbotson
RRP: $23.22$17.61Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District - for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments,... -
Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It and Long for It by Craig Taylor 9781847083296
RRP: $14.18$9.44The ground-breaking and bestselling group portrait of London today: a book as rich, dynamic, lively, and diverse as the city itself 'Epic' David Nicholls 'Electrifying' The Times 'This is a book to deepen your relationship with London and make... -
The Western Front by Richard Holmes 9781846075827
RRP: $20.63$14.98For most British people, the First World War was the Western Front, the trench line stretching from the Swiss Frontier to the North Sea. It was there that the majority of nearly nine million British and Dominion soldiers who enlisted during the war... -
The Little Book of the Tudors by Annie Bullen 9780750993388
RRP: $16.76$10.73The five Tudor monarchs - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I - were some of the most influential rulers in British history. This volume explores all aspects of life in the Tudor age, from life at court (and at the grand country... -
Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation by Ronald Hutton 9780300273342
RRP: $14.18$12.09A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian... -
Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family by Melvyn Jones
RRP: $19.34$14.13It was the home of a knight, a baron, a viscount, two marquises and nine earls. The family had estates not only in South Yorkshire, but also in North Yorkshire, the Midlands and Ireland, at their greatest extent covering nearly 120,000 acres. One head of... -
The A-Z of Curious Suffolk: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Sarah E. Doig
RRP: $19.34$14.90This book romps through the rolling countryside and along the shingled coastline of Suffolk, unearthing the curious along the way. Sandwiched between ecclesiastical penances handed down to adulterers and fornicators, and the odd porcelain incendiary... -
Queen Emma and the Vikings: The Woman Who Shaped the Events of 1066 by Harriet O'Brien
RRP: $19.34$14.13Emma was one of England's most remarkable queens: a formidable woman who made her mark on a Europe beset by Vikings. By birth a Norman, she married and outlived two kings of England and witnessed the coronations of two of her sons: Harthcnut the Viking... -
Who's Sorry Now by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: $12.89$8.27There were never such devoted sisters...Things are far from simple in the noisy, warm-hearted Bertalone family. Carmina is the quintessential extrovert with beaus flocking to her side like bees round a honeypot - all except Luc Fabriani. For some... -
Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War by Tim Bouverie
RRP: $12.89$9.17** SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'Astonishing' ANTONY BEEVOR 'One of the most promising young historians to enter our field for years' MAX HASTINGSA thrilling new history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting... -
Who Was: Samuel Pepys? by Paul Harrison
RRP: $11.60$8.00Samuel Pepys is famous for the diary he wrote 400 years ago. The diary tells us about lots of important events such as the Great Fire of London and the Great Plague. Find out why people thought his diary was written in code, why Pepys was known as the... -
Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1258-1272 by David Carpenter
RRP: $38.70$32.47The second volume in the definitive history of Henry III’s rule, covering the revolutionary events between 1258 and the king’s death in 1272 After coming to the throne aged just nine, Henry III spent much of his reign peaceably. Conciliatory and deeply... -
Black Country Dictionary & Phrase Book by Steve Edwards 9780993530166
RRP: $6.44$4.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993530166Author Steve EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Lydeard PressPublisher Lydeard PressWeight(grams) 64g -
Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition by Captain Robert Falcon Scott
RRP: $11.60$8.32'For God's sake look after our people' Captain Scott's harrowing account of his expedition to the South Pole in 1910-12 was first published in 1913. In his journals Scott records his party's optimistic departure from New Zealand, the hazardous voyage... -
Jacobites by Jacqueline Riding
RRP: $19.34$14.13The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. When Charles Edward Stuart, commonly known as the Young Pretender, sailed from France to Scotland in July 1745, and with only a handful of supporters to claim the throne for his exiled... -
The Penguin History of Modern Spain: 1898 to the Present by Nigel Townson
RRP: $38.70$28.32A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first'Spain is different,' proclaimed the Franco regime in the 1940s, keen to attract foreign tourists. For the most part, the world has agreed. From the end of its... -
52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At School by James Felton 9780751582895
RRP: $14.18$9.55'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I absolutely loved it' James O'BrienTwitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully illustrated and chronicling 52 of the most... -
This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe by Robert Tombs
RRP: $14.18$9.18THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERGeography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of... -
Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918–40 by Richard Dannatt 9781472860866
RRP: $32.25$22.73A compelling history of the decline of an army from the triumph of victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A salutary warning for modern Britain. 'Both [authors] are former soldiers, Dannatt having ended his career as chief of the... -
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin 9780691153438
$49.46A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman EmpireAt the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on... -
UVF: Behind the Mask by Aaron Edwards 9781785370878
RRP: $23.21$19.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785370878Author Aaron EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The First Crusade: The Call from the East by Peter Frankopan
RRP: $16.76$11.73FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SILK ROADS 'Filled with Byzantine intrigue, in every sense this book is important, compellingly revisionist and impressive in its scholarly use of totally fresh sources' Simon Sebag Montefiore In 1096,... -
On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons by Laura Cumming
RRP: $12.89$9.17**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.'A modern... -
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by Deborah Cadbury
RRP: $19.34$14.13A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and influence: her role as matchmaking grandmother. In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria had over thirty surviving grandchildren. To maintain... -
Abigail by Magda Szabo
RRP: $12.89$8.77A teenage girl's difficult journey towards adulthood in a time of war."A school story for grownups that is also about our inability or refusal to protect children from history" SARAH MOSS"Of all Szabo's novels, Abigail deserves the widest readership... -
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf 9781529392760
RRP: $16.76$11.09'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of... -
Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 by T. M. Charles-Edwards 9780198704911
RRP: $72.24$57.88This, the first volume in the History of Wales, provides a detailed history of Wales in the period in which it was created out of the remnants of Roman Britain. It thus begins in the fourth century, with accelerating attacks from external forces, and... -
Growth in a Traditional Society: The French Countryside, 1450-1815 by Philip T. Hoffman 9780691070087
RRP: $70.95$55.35Philip Hoffman shatters the widespread myth that traditional agricultural societies in early modern Europe were socially and economically stagnant and ultimately dependent on wide-scale political revolution for their growth. Through a richly detailed... -
Historic Tales of Mayo by Eamonn Henry 9780750986922
RRP: $16.76$12.41These true stories drawn from historical sources and local reminiscences, have been brought together and retold by Eamonn Henry. This collection is a heady mix of tragic, funny, passionate and moving stories. Included here are tales of well-known events... -
The Lighthouse: The Mystery of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse Keepers by Keith McCloskey
RRP: $16.76$12.41On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with a relief lighthouseman and fresh provisions. The lighthouse had been in operation for a year, but it had been noted that no light had been seen from Eilean... -
Henry III: The Great King England Never Knew It Had by Darren Baker
RRP: $28.38$21.72'Henry III is generally classed among the weakest and most incompetent of England's medieval kings. Darren Baker tells a different story.'- Michael Clanchy, author of England and Its Rulers, 1066-1307'A personal and detailed narrative...bring[s] alive... -
To Prove I'm Not Forgot by Sylvia M. Barnard
RRP: $19.34$14.90With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was... -
NRSVCE, Illustrated Catholic Bible, Leathersoft, Black, Comfort Print: Holy Bible by Catholic Bible Press
RRP: $83.85$55.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780785239635Author Catholic Bible PressPage Count 2016Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 1622gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 50mm -
The Politics of English Nationhood by Michael Kenny 9780199608614
$60.00The Politics of English Nationhood supplies the first comprehensive overview of the evidence, research and major arguments relating to the revival of Englishness, exploring its varied, and often overlooked, political ramifications and dimensions. It... -
A History of Britain in 100 Maps by Jeremy Black 9780712354714
RRP: $51.60$33.02In A History of Britain in 100 Maps Jeremy Black takes readers deep into the unparalleled collections of the British Library Map Room to tell a new story of the British Isles through acknowledged treasures and previously undiscovered and unpublished... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Challenge and Transformation: Britain c1851-1964 by Sally Waller 9780198354666
$47.32Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Challenge and Transformation... -
Fashion in the 1940s by Jayne Shrimpton
RRP: $11.60$9.55This book reveals the impact of wartime and austerity on British fashion and tells the story of how a spirit of patriotism and make-do-and-mend unleashed a wave of new creativity among women who were starved of high fashion by shortages and rationing... -
Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live by Lily Ebert 9781529073447
RRP: $14.18$9.69The Sunday Times top 10 bestsellerThe incredibly moving and powerful memoir of an Auschwitz survivor who made headlines around the world. With a foreword by King Charles III.'Unforgettable' - Daily MailWhen Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in... -
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People by Jerry White 9781847924537
RRP: $32.25$23.25Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city's most tumultuous century by its leading expert.In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where...