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Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance () by Ian Goldin
RRP: €14.27€11.28'A landmark new book.' - The Guardian Age of Discovery looks at the world on the brink of a new Renaissance and asks the question, how do we avoid chaos and disruption, and share more widely the benefits of progress? Now is humanity's best moment... -
Women of Power: Formidable Females of the Medieval World by Teresa Cole 9781445698748
RRP: €27.36€18.54The stereotypical medieval woman is a pious, helpless creature of little intelligence, and still less drive and ambition. Completely at the mercy of the men in her life, she was married young, had copious offspring and died, often in childbirth, to make... -
Liverpool's Shipping Groups by Ian Collard
RRP: €17.84€13.74The history of the great shipping groups of the nineteenth century is about family dynasties, business acumen, investment, risk taking and entrepreneurial skills. It is about everything that epitomises the Victorian age. Men of vision identified market... -
Soldiers of the Queen: Victorian Colonial Conflict in the Words of those who Fought by Stephen Manning 9780752449845
RRP: €23.80€17.90It may come as some surprise that in such a popular area of military history there is no book that focuses on the experience of the Victorian soldier - from recruitment to embarkation, fighting and perhaps returning, perhaps dying - in his own words. Dr... -
Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World by Richard Middleton
RRP: €29.75€24.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300196801Author Richard MiddletonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Aberdeenshire Folk Tales by Grace Banks 9780752497587
RRP: €15.46€11.45The folklore of the north-east has provided a rich tapestry for the tales within; from Celtic and Pictish origins meet witches, selkies, smugglers, fairies, monsters, despicable rogues, riddles and heroes. Tragic events, spellbinding characters, humour,... -
The Italian Army 1940–45 (1): Europe 1940–43 by Philip Jowett
RRP: €15.46€11.65At its peak the Italian Army contributed 2.5 million troops to the Axis war effort. English-speaking readers tend to think of this army in terms of the North African campaign; but far more Italian troops served in other theatres. They invaded, and later... -
From Memory to Written Record: England 1066 - 1307 by Michael T. Clanchy
RRP: €34.45€30.31This seminal work of scholarship, which traces the development of literacy in medieval England, is now fully updated in a third edition. This book serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students throughout the... -
Irish Manchester Revisited: Britain in Old Photographs by Alan Keegan 9780752488165
RRP: €17.84€13.74The Irish have always been proud of their contribution to Manchester. Alan Keegan and Danny Claffey's Irish Manchester: A Third Selection combines many previously unpublished photographs with well-researched captions to create a fascinating picture of... -
The Sutton Hoo Helmet by Sonja Marzinzik
RRP: €7.14€5.24Discover the real story behind The Dig, streaming now on Netflix, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes A warrior's face - the strong brows inlaid with red garnets, the nose and mouth gilded and its surface tinned a silvery colour - this is how the... -
Reactionary Modernism: Technology, culture, and politics in Weimar and the Third Reich by Jeffrey Herf
RRP: €27.36€22.16In a unique application of critical theory to the study of the role of ideology in politics, Jeffrey Herf explores the paradox inherent in the German fascists' rejection of the rationalism of the Enlightenment while fully embracing modern technology. He... -
The Cruthin: A History of the Ulster Land and People by Ian Adamson
RRP: €11.89€10.42The Cruthin were the earliest inhabitants of both Britain and Ireland to whom a definite name can be given. This book examines their contentious history, from distant origins to their influence on the present day. Their story is a timely reminder of an... -
Devil (Leopards of Normandy 1): A vivid historical blockbuster of power, intrigue and action by David Churchill
RRP: €11.89€8.09**From the co-author of the No.1 bestselling Wilbur Smith novel, WAR CRY**The fate of England hangs in the balance of a fight between brothers...In DEVIL, David Churchill writes with the immediacy of Conn Iggulden, the epic ambition of Bernard Cornwell... -
Rome: The Biography of a City by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: €26.18€19.78This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins,... -
Armoured Farmer: A Tankie's Tales - My Adventures with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment 1976-90 by Malcolm Cleverley 9781846830297
RRP: €19.04€18.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846830297Author Malcolm CleverleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Scottish Traditional Tales by Alan Bruford
RRP: €17.84€11.66All over the world traditional tales used to be told at the fireseide until their place came to be taken by books, newspapers, radio and television. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by researchers from the School... -
The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition by Andy Orchard
RRP: €35.64€28.63What offers over seven hundred witty enigmas in several languages? Answer: The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition. Riddles, wordplay, and inscrutable utterances have been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries. Often brief and... -
The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c.500-1492 by Jonathan Shepard 9781107685871
RRP: €55.92€50.50Byzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled 'emperors of the Romans'. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and structural changes, yet recovered repeatedly from disaster: even after the near-impregnable Constantinople fell in... -
An Ancient Evil (Canterbury Tales Mysteries, Book 1): Disturbing and macabre events in medieval England by Paul Doherty
RRP: €11.89€8.09As the travellers gather in the Tabard Inn at the start of a pilgrimage to pray before the blessed bones of St Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, they agree eagerly to mine host Harry's suggestion of amusing themselves on each day of their journey with one... -
The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: A New Morte D'Arthur by John Matthews
RRP: €35.70€25.73The most famous and influential work of English fantasy ever published, reimagined for a new generation of readers by John Matthews, one of the world's leading Arthurian experts, and illustrated by internationally acclaimed Tolkien artist,... -
The Teutonic Knights: A Captivating Guide to a Catholic Military Order and Their Role in the Crusades and Impact in Europe during the Middle Ages by Captivating History 9781637165065
RRP: €27.36€18.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165065Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)... -
A Dark and Bloody Ground: The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945 by Edward G. Miller 9781585442584
RRP: €27.31€19.79This work examines the ominous prelude to the Battle of the Bulge and reveals one of the US Army's bloodiest nightmares of World War II. In late 1944, the American army had pushed through Belgium almost unopposed. As small units advanced into the hilly... -
The Rising (New Edition): Ireland: Easter 1916 by Fearghal McGarry
RRP: €20.22€14.61The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin -- it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen? What was the role of ordinary people in this extraordinary event? What motivated them and what were their aims?... -
Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints by Mary Clayton
RRP: €35.64€28.16Religious piety has rarely been animated as vigorously as in Old English Poems of Christ and His Saints. Ranging from lyrical to dramatic to narrative, the individual poems show great inventiveness in reimagining perennial Christian topics. In different... -
A Man's Place: Masculinity and the Middle-Class Home in Victorian England by John Tosh 9780300123623
RRP: €20.22€19.83Domesticity is generally treated as an aspect of women's history. In this fascinating study of the nineteenth-century middle class, John Tosh shows how profoundly men's lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal and how they negotiated its many... -
A Royal Affair: George III and his Troublesome Siblings by Stella Tillyard
RRP: €15.46€10.82The young George III was a poignant figure, humdrum on the surface yet turbulent beneath: hiding his own passions, he tried hard to be a father to his siblings and his nation. This intimate, fast-moving book tells their intertwined stories. His sisters... -
From Gaillimh to Galway: The Anglicisation of Irish Place Names by Tom Burnell
RRP: €23.80€17.90Have you ever wondered where your town or townland name came from? Do you want to know more about an Irish locality? Well if so this is the book for you.Featuring a comprehensive breakdown of the all available place names in their anglicised form and... -
World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy by Pier Paolo Battistelli
RRP: €17.84€14.93When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters. Beginning with low-level sabotage... -
Italian Hours by Henry James
RRP: €13.08€9.25'The charm of certain vacant grassy spaces, in Italy, overfrowned by masses of brickwork that are honeycombed by the suns of centuries, is something that I hereby renounce once for all the attempt to express; but you may be sure that whenever I mention... -
The United States of Belgium: The Story of the First Belgian Revolution by Jane C. Judge 9789462701571
RRP: €58.31€55.66In 1790, between the birth of America (1776) and the creation of the French National Assembly (1789), nine provinces nestled between the French and Dutch borders declared themselves a new free and independent country: the United States of Belgium... -
From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe by John Connelly 9780691167121
RRP: €35.70€29.62A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to todayIn the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his... -
The Small Isles by John Hunter
RRP: €29.75€21.90Some ten thousand years ago, hunter-gatherers moving through a landscape newly emerged from the grip of the last Ice Age reached four islands on the western seaboard. The shores they landed on were deserted. After making camp, they struck out to hunt and... -
The Bones of a King: Richard III Rediscovered by The Grey Friars Research Team 9781118783146
RRP: €24.93€16.58The dramatic story of Richard III, England's last medieval king, captured the world's attention when an archaeological team led by the University of Leicester identified his remains in February 2013. The Bones of a King presents the official... -
Gilligan: The Mob Boss Who Changed the Face of Organized Crime by Paul Williams 9781838954918
RRP: €11.89€7.97John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise the execution of the fearless, high-profile... -
The Waffen SS Ardennes Offensive: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Baxter, Ian
RRP: €17.84€16.76In late 1944 under extreme pressure on both the Eastern and Western fronts, Hitler realized he needed to force the Allies into negotiating a truce thereby saving Germany from total defeat. Using the Christmas period to enhance the vital element of... -
Charles X's Wars: Volume 3 - The Danish Wars, 1657-1660 by Michael Fredholm Von Essen
RRP: €47.54€33.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113603Author Michael Fredholm Von EssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age by Ben Wilson
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Excellent . . . This is narrative history of the highest quality' Andrew Lycett, Sunday Telegraph'Wonderfully engrossing and intelligent . . . clever and entertaining' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesHEYDAY brings to life one of the most extraordinary... -
Rood Screens by Richard Hayman
RRP: €9.51€6.89The rood screen was the visual focus of the medieval parish church, dividing the nave from the chancel. Most were built of wood and were adorned with intricate carved decoration painted in bright colours, often with images of saints. Defaced and often... -
Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction by Nicholas Vincent
RRP: €10.70€7.68The Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its... -
Impossible Country by Brian Hall
RRP: €20.22€14.61'Here is art which conceals art, and intellect which conceals intellect, so that by the end of the book one feels that one understands something one had not understood before. Mr Hall is witty and amusing, but not snide; he has a lightness of touch which...