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Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary by Eimear O'Callaghan
RRP: £14.99£12.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785371103Author Eimear O'CallaghanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Will Britain Make it?: The Rise, Fall and Future of British Industry by Richard Morris
RRP: £20.00£15.04British industry isn't dead.Yet.ICI was Britain's biggest manufacturer and exporter, while GEC was its biggest employer and Morris Motors made over half of its cars; Courtaulds dominated global cloth production and produced the first man-made fibres; BSA... -
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume I: The Birth of Britain by Sir Winston S. Churchill
RRP: £25.99£24.56"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of... -
Victorian Brackley by John Clarke
RRP: £16.99£13.94Victorian Brackley was sometimes called Sleepy Hollow. Compared to many other places, growth in numbers was modest, but beneath the surface, there were extraordinary scandals and power struggles, some of which reached the national press. Above all, there... -
Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta and Factions in Friuli during the Renaissance by Edward Muir
RRP: £25.50£22.44Nobles were slaughtered and their castles looted or destroyed, bodies were dismembered and corpses fed to animals-the Udine carnival massacre of 1511 was the most extensive and damaging popular revolt in Renaissance Italy (and the basis for the story of ... -
The Red Fighter Pilot: The Autobiography of the Red Baron by Manfred Von Richthofen 9780979181337
£10.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979181337Author Manfred Von RichthofenFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Red and Black PublishersPublisher Red and Black PublishersWeight(grams) 244g -
England and Europe 1485-1603 by Susan Doran 9780582289918
RRP: £32.99£32.65This Seminar Study introduces students to England's foreign policy during the reigns of the Tudor monarchs. In this succinct introduction the author addresses the key questions facing students - for example, to what extent did monarch or minister make... -
A Sword for Peace and Liberty Volume 1: Force de Frappe - The French Nuclear Strike Force and the First Cold War 1945-1990 by Philippe Wodka-Gallien 9781804512135
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512135Author Philippe Wodka-GallienFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Shakespeare Without a Life by Margreta de Grazia
RRP: £25.00£21.19A fascinating account of how Shakespeare's works were understood and valued by readers and writers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, before Shakespeare's biography came to dominate readings of his plays and poetry. For almost two... -
Flying the Buccaneer: Britain's Cold War Warrior by Peter Caygill 9781844156696
RRP: £19.99£14.28Originally conceived as a carrier-born maritime attack aircraft, the Blackburn design included many original features such as Boundary Layer Control, a system which blew hot air over the flying surfaces to increase lift when landing. The rotating bomb... -
Northamptonshire Folk Tales by Kevan Manwaring 9780752467887
RRP: £9.99£7.55Take a walk through this county in the heart of England in the entertaining company of a local storyteller. Kevan Manwaring, born and raised in Northampton, regales you with tales ancient and modern. Learn how the farmer outwitted the bogle; how a Queen... -
Stalag Luft III: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Charles Messenger
RRP: £14.99£10.95In early 1942 the Third Reich opened a maximum security Prisoner Of War camp in Lower Silesia for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known. The escapers were led by... -
The Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas F. Madden 9781442215757
RRP: £40.00£35.22What is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of Muslim jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling... -
Salt & Saltaire by Gary Firth
RRP: £14.99£11.55The model industrial village of Saltaire is now one of Yorkshire's best known and most visited areas of historical interest, confirmed by its successful bid to become a World Heritage Site. Its makeover in more recent times, as a post-industrial... -
Rear Gunner Pathfinder by Ron Smith 9780907579397
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579397Author Ron SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Blood on Satan's Claw by David Evans-Powell 9781800348066
RRP: £22.99£20.72Widely regarded as one of the foundational 'Unholy Trinity' of folk horror film, The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) has been comparatively over-shadowed, if not maligned, when compared to Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973). While those... -
The Awakening in Wales: A First-Hand Account of the Welsh Revival of 1904 by Jessie Penn-Lewis 9780875089379
RRP: £7.99£5.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875089379Author Jessie Penn-LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 111Imprint CLC MinistriesPublisher CLC MinistriesWeight(grams) 91g -
Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians by Michael Bloch
RRP: £12.99£8.60Closet Queens is a fascinating study of gay men in twentieth century British politics, from Lord Rosebery and Lord Beauchamp in Edwardian times to Michael Portillo and Peter Mandelson in our own era. As all homosexual activity was illegal until 1967,... -
Everyday Magicians: Legal Records and Magic Manuscripts from Tudor England by Sharon Hubbs Wright
RRP: £19.95£17.80Most of the women and men who practiced magic in Tudor England were not hanged or burned as witches, despite being active members of their communities. These everyday magicians responded to common human problems such as the vagaries of money, love,... -
Norway's Knitted Heritage: The History, Surprises, and Power of Traditional Nordic Sweater Patterns by Annemor Sundbø 9780764366154
RRP: £54.99£48.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764366154Author Annemor SundboFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Schiffer CraftPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 2177g -
CBAC Safon Uwch Hanes - Canllaw i Fyfyrwyr Uned 4: Yr Almaen Natsiaidd, tua 1933-1945 (WJEC A-level History Student Guide Unit 4: Nazi Germany c.1933-1945: Welsh language edition) by Gareth Holt
£12.69Exam board: WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Build, reinforce and revise the historical knowledge and exam skills required for WJEC AS/A-level History.Matched to the... -
The English Civil Wars: A Beginner's Guide by Patrick Little 9781780743318
RRP: £9.99£6.41A king beheaded. A monarchy abolished. And a commoner leading a republic by military rule set in their place. The wars that tore through the country in the mid-seventeenth century - splitting government, communities and families alike - were a true... -
Why Wales Never Was: The Failure of Welsh Nationalism by Simon Brooks 9781786830128
RRP: £16.99£13.09Written as an act of protest in a Welsh-speaking community in north-west Wales, Why Wales Never Was combines a devastating analysis of the historical failure of Welsh nationalism with an apocalyptic vision of a non-Welsh future. It is the 'progressive'... -
French Battleships, 1922-1956 by John Jordan 9781526793829
RRP: £19.99£14.28Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck (þorsteins Þáttr stangarhöggs): A New English Translation with Old Norse Text, Vocabulary, and Notes by Jesse Byock 9781953947147
RRP: £11.99£8.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953947147Author Jesse ByockFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Jules William PressPublisher Jules William PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
A History of the Modern British Isles, 1529-1603: The Two Kingdoms by Mark Nicholls 9780631193340
RRP: £37.95£34.60This volume examines the development of two sovereign nations over seventy-four momentous years.About the AuthorMark Nicholls is Deputy Keeper of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Libraray. He received an MA and PhD from the University of Cambridge and... -
Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors by Debra Brown 9780996264815
RRP: £20.95£20.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996264815Author Debra BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 598Imprint Madison Street PublishingPublisher Madison Street PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Building for Battle: U-Boat Pens of the Atlantic Battle by Philip Kaplan 9781526705440
RRP: £25.00£24.21The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril - Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Churchill, as a former First Lord of the Admiralty, was well versed in the importance of Britain protecting itself at sea. In the... -
God Save the King: A Guide to the National Anthem by Rosie Brooks
RRP: £9.99£5.96The most iconic sound of the coronation will be the familiar song of our national anthem. First recorded as a prayer more than three thousand years ago and used at every coronation since 973AD, this prayer has become part of who we are as a nation.As... -
James V: Scotland's Renaissance King by Tudor Times 9781911190080
£5.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911190080Author Tudor TimesFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Tudor Times LtdPublisher Tudor Times Ltd -
An Outsider Inside No 10: Protecting the Prime Ministers, 1974-79 by John Warwicker
RRP: £12.99£9.62Former Special Branch officer John Warwicker gives the inside story of the six years he spent in charge of security at 10 Downing Street, tracking one of the most turbulent periods in modern British politics. From 1974-79, when the threat of the Cold War... -
The Racetrack Gangs: Four Decades of Doping, Intimidation and Violent Crime by Dick Kirby 9781526778727
RRP: £15.99£11.61Between the two World Wars, there was a dramatic upsurge of violence as rival criminal gangs vied for rich pickings from bookmakers at racetracks throughout England. With ready access to cash, 'bookies' were a magnet for mobsters' blackmailing demands... -
The Book of Deeds of James I of Aragon: A Translation of the Medieval Catalan Llibre dels Fets by Dr. Damian J. Smith
RRP: £39.99£35.46The 'Book of Deeds' is the first known autobiography by a Christian king. Its author was James I of Aragon (1213-76), known as 'The Conqueror', one of the great political figures of 13th-century Europe and a successful crusader. In his 'Deeds', James... -
I Am Spain by David Boyd Haycock 9781908699312
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908699312Author David Boyd HaycockFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race by Kennetta Hammond Perry 9780190909949
RRP: £30.49£22.77Black people in the British Empire have long challenged the notion that "there ain't no black in the Union Jack." For the post-World War II wave of Afro-Caribbean migrants, many of whom had long been subjects of the Empire, claims to a British identity... -
The Eternal City: A History of Rome in Maps by Jessica Maier
RRP: £36.00£31.37One of the most visited places in the world, Rome attracts millions of tourists each year to walk its storied streets and see famous sites like the Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica, and the Trevi Fountain. Yet this ancient city's allure is due as much to... -
Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty by Barry Gough
RRP: £35.00£25.29A vivid study in the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political head of the Admiralty and the ageing Admiral Jacky Fisher as professional master and creator of Dreadnought, locked... -
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Winston Churchill 9780486447858
£13.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486447858Author Winston ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 381Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Marital Violence: An English Family History, 1660-1857 by Elizabeth Foyster 9780521619127
RRP: £39.99£34.23This book exposes the 'hidden' history of marital violence and explores its place in English family life between the Restoration and the mid-nineteenth century. In a time before divorce was easily available and when husbands were popularly believed to... -
The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II by Ian Buruma 9781838957674
RRP: £10.99£7.32'A multiple biography with overlapping chronology is a tricky feat and Buruma pulls it off magnificently.' Ben Macintyre, The TimesOn the face of it, the three characters here seem to have little in common - aside from the fact that each committed...