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Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain by Richard Hingley
RRP: €32.71€23.42An authoritative new history of the Roman conquest of Britain Why did Julius Caesar come to Britain? His own account suggests that he invaded to quell a resistance of Gallic sympathizers in the region of modern-day Kent -- but there must have been... -
The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade by John D. Hosler
RRP: €14.27€12.08The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages The two-year-long siege of Acre (1189-1191) was the most significant military engagement of the Third... -
Disney's British Gentleman: The Life and Career of David Tomlinson by Nathan Morley 9780750993302
RRP: €23.80€17.90'A wonderful account of a life filled with far more ups and downs than its subject's languid demeanour ever suggested.' Miles Jupp.Even if the name doesn't ring a bell, you'd recognise David Tomlinson's face - genial and continually perplexed, he was Mr... -
Pages From The Goncourt Journals by Edmond de Goncourt
RRP: €21.41€14.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590171905Author EdmondFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm)... -
British Bombers: The 1970s and '80s by Chris Goss
RRP: €19.03€13.82The mainstays of the RAF's bomber force in the 1970s and '80s were the distinctive Avro Vulcan and the slightly less well-known Blackburn Buccaneer. The Buccaneer came into service in 1962 and flew with just five RAF and six RN squadrons before being... -
The Murderer in Ruins by Cay Rademacher
RRP: €11.89€8.09SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER AWARD 2016'Undoubtedly the most powerful work of crime fiction I have read this year' Independent'Vivid and harrowing' Sunday Times'Police procedural, romance, thriller The Murderer in Ruins has a bit of... -
Remembering Tommy: The British Soldier in the First World War by Peter Doyle 9780752479552
RRP: €29.75€23.25The British soldier of the Great War has been depicted in many books. Invariably, a pen picture paints him as stoic, joining the army in a wave of patriotic fervour, and destined to serve four years on the Western Front in some of the most costly battles... -
The Guinness Girls - A Hint of Scandal: A truly captivating and page-turning story of the famous society girls by Emily Hourican
€25.01'Glorious! Glamorous, feisty women living through shifting times. Wonderful escapism' TRACY REESFrom the top ten bestselling author of The Glorious Guinness Girls, a stunning new novel of secrets, scandals and passions which follows the three enigmatic... -
Dumfries & Galloway Curiosities by David Carroll 9780752464060
RRP: €17.84€13.74Along with its rich history and spectacular scenery, Dumfries and Galloway is home to a great many curious and unusual buildings, objects and landscape features that have survived the centuries. This well-illustrated book is a guide to 100 of these... -
John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy by William Caferro 9781421418414
RRP: €36.30€33.05This book is the winner, 2008 Otto Grundler Book Prize, The Medieval Institute Notorious for his cleverness and daring, John Hawkwood was the most feared mercenary in early Renaissance Italy. Born in England, Hawkwood began his career in France during... -
South Shields at War 1939-45 by Craig Armstrong 9781473891210
RRP: €19.03€13.82South Shields and its near neighbours such as Jarrow were key communities in the national war effort, despite their relatively small size. Located on the East Coast, South Shields was situated at the key entry to the strategically important River Tyne... -
HMS London: Warships of the Royal Navy by Ballantyne, Iain 9781399012867
RRP: €20.22€14.61Warships named HMS London have been associated with some of the most controversial episodes in British naval history, from the bungled sea battle that lost King George III his American colonies, to the shambles of Gallipoli in WW1 and the notorious... -
The Secret History by Procopius 9781613824528
RRP: €11.89€10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613824528Author ProcopiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Simon & BrownPublisher Simon & BrownWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Swansea’s Royal Institution and Wales’ First Museum by Helen Hallesy 9781837720903
RRP: €53.55€43.73The Royal Institution of South Wales is a very special organisation, one of the few such institutions to survive into the twenty-first century. Founded in 1835, it opened Wales's first museum in 1841, running it until 1990, and it remains today a... -
The German Infantryman on the Eastern Front by Simon Forty 9781636243610
RRP: €29.69€20.93The German Army was all-conquering until late 1941 when, only a few miles short of Moscow, it ran out of steam. Maniacal defence, the Russian winter and exhaustion all played their part and, although they didn't realise it, the German forces wouldn't... -
Horizontal Collaboration: The Erotic World of Paris, 1920-1946 by Mel Gordon 9781627310178
RRP: €45.21€29.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310178Author Mel GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 878g -
The Berlin Raids: The Bomber Battle, Winter 1943 1944 by Middlebrook, Martin 9781399011426
RRP: €20.22€15.09The Battle of Berlin was the longest and most sustained bombing offensive against one target in the Second World War. Bomber Commands Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur Harris, hoped to wreak Berlin from end to end and produce a state of devastation in which... -
Life and Death in the Battle of Britain by Carl Warner 9781904897316
RRP: €11.89€8.40This book offers a powerfully intimate account of the Battle of Britain, related by young pilots in their most unguarded moments, talking with their chaplain. Guy Mayfield was the Station Chaplain at the Royal Air Force's Duxford base in the summer of... -
On Every Tide: The making and remaking of the Irish world by Sean Connolly
RRP: €15.46€10.23An immensely impressive, authoritative history of the Irish diaspora'A richly detailed, scholarly and challenging history' Sunday Times'Impressive, provocative and perception-tilting... it's indispensable' Irish Independent'Essential reading for... -
Obedient Unto Deat.: A Panzer-Grenadier of the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler Reports by Werner Kindler 9781526765550
RRP: €17.84€13.03Drafted into the SS-Totenkopf in 1939, Werner Kindler served with a motorised unit in Poland before, in May 1941, he was selected for the elite Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler. It was with the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler that he participated in Operation... -
The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England - Its Archaeology and Literature by Hilda Ellis Davidson 9780851157160
RRP: €23.79€17.98This book is an invaluable exploration of the significance of the sword as symbol and weapon in the Anglo-Saxon world, using archaeological and literary evidence. The first part of the book, a careful study of the disposition of swords found in peat... -
Ambedkar in London by William Gould
RRP: €29.75€26.22Dr Bhimrao R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) was one of India's greatest intellectuals and social reformers; his political ideas continue to inspire and mobilise some of the world's poorest and most socially disadvantaged, in India and the global Indian diaspora... -
The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-1945 by Madeleine Bunting
RRP: €20.22€14.61'A masterly work of profound research and reflection, objective and humane' Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday TelegraphWhat would have happened if the Nazis had invaded Britain? How would the British people have responded - with resistance or collaboration? In... -
Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust - OUN and UPA's Participation in the Destruction of Ukrainian Jewry, 1941-1944 by John-paul Himka
€63.47One quarter of all Holocaust victims lived on the territory that now forms Ukraine, yet the Holocaust there has not received due attention. This book delineates the participation of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and its armed force,... -
Oliver Bulleid's Locomotives: Their Design and Development by Colin Boocock
RRP: €35.70€26.12Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Patronage and Power in the Medieval Welsh March: One Family's Story by David Stephenson 9781786838186
RRP: €17.84€13.88This is the first full-length study of a Welsh family of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries who were not drawn from the princely class. Though they were of obscure and modest origins, the patronage of great lords of the March - such as the Mortimers... -
A History of Norwich by Frank Meeres
RRP: €26.18€20.04Norwich has a rich and fascinating history. An important Anglo-Saxon market town at the time of the Norman invasion, it grew to become one of the leading cities of England by the early Middle Ages and second only to London in the 16th and 17th centuries... -
Housman Country: Into the Heart of England by Peter Parker
RRP: €17.84€11.66Why is it that for many people 'England' has always meant an unspoilt rural landscape rather than the ever-changing urban world in which most English people live? What was the 'England' for which people fought in two world wars? What is about the English... -
The Violent Abuse of Women in 17th and 18th Century Britain by Geoffrey Pimm 9781526751621
RRP: €17.84€13.03Although the worlds of science and philosophy took giant strides away from the medieval view of the world, attitudes to women did not change from those that had pertained for centuries. Girls were largely barred from education - only around 14% of women... -
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century, With a New Preface by Ross E. Dunn 9780520272927
RRP: €35.70€27.72Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of... -
Viking Leicestershire by Roderick Dale
RRP: €10.70€8.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910170816Author Roderick DaleFormat PaperbackImprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign by John MacDonald
RRP: €15.46€13.03From May 1915 to October 1917 the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian empire were locked into a series of twelve battles along the River Isonzo, a sixty-mile front from the Alps to the Adriatic. The campaign was fought in the most appalling terrain... -
The RAF Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots' Kitbag: The Ultimate Guide to the Uniforms, Arms and Equipment from the Summer of 1940 by Mark Hillier 9781473849990
RRP: €17.84€14.61The scenes are familiar ones; the young Brylcream Boys sat at dispersal waiting for the haunting call of Scramble , lounging in their shirt sleeves and fur-lined boots, their leather flying helmets lying limp by their side. But what did the RAF... -
The Book in the Renaissance by Dr. Andrew Pettegree
RRP: €22.60€19.73A groundbreaking study of the fascinating, yet largely unknown world of books in the first great age of print, 1450-1600 The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed... -
Ruin and Renewal: Civilising Europe After the Second World War by Paul Betts
RRP: €29.75€19.67'Excellent ... much to ponder' Financial Times In 1945, Europe lay in ruins - its cities and towns destroyed by conflict, its economies crippled, its societies ripped apart by war and violence. In the wake of the physical devastation came profound... -
Blood's Campaign: There can only be one victor . . . by Angus Donald 9781785767456
RRP: €23.80€16.24ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT REIGNS IN HISTORY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION. AFTER THE TUDORS CAME THE STUARTS . . . If you enjoy S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor, then this is the series you need to read next. August 25, 1689The English Army... -
Sicily: Island of Beauty and Conflict by Jeremy Dummett
RRP: €23.80€18.71A guide to the fascinating and diverse history and culture of Sicily. The book includes key events, places and artists highlighted in wide-ranging articles presented in four parts: History, Cities, Ancient Sites and Artists. A rich tapestry emerges of... -
The Vale of Rheidol Railway: The Story of a Narrow Gauge Survivor by Peter Johnson 9781526718051
RRP: €35.70€26.12Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist attraction at Devil's Bridge, 12 miles inland from the Cardigan coast resort of Aberystwyth. Taken over by... -
The Russian View of U.S. Strategy: Its Past, Its Future by Jonathan Samuel Lockwood 9780765806369
RRP: €54.73€47.75Soviet perceptions of U.S. strategy remained remarkably consistent from the post-Stalin period through the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union itself. The consistency of the Soviet tendency to engage in the 'mirror-image' fallacy... -
Old Aston, Erdington, Kingstanding and Great Barr by Eric Armstrong
RRP: €14.22€12.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840330762Author Eric ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 4mm