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Richard III and Henry Tudor's legendary battle: one that changed the course of English history.On the morning of 22 August 1485, in fields several miles from Bosworth, two armies faced each other, ready for battle. The might of Richard III's army was...

"Without doubt the finest work of literature ever published. About puppy training" David Walliams "packed full of handy training tips, easy-to-learn tricks and expert dog care advice" THE MIRROR Learn...

Apologies 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

British 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...

"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 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...

Nobles 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 ...

Apologies 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

This 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...

Apologies 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

A 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...

Originally 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...

Take 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...

In 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...

What 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...

The 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...

Apologies 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

Widely 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...

Apologies 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 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,...

Most 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,...

Apologies 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

Exam 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...

A 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...

Written 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'...

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Apologies 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 *...

This 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...

Apologies 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)...

The 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...

The 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...

Apologies 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

Former 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...

Between 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' 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...

Apologies 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

Black 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...

One 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...

A 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...

Apologies 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)...