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The Modified Bulleid Pacifics: How Ron Jarvis Reconstructed the Bulleid Pacifics by Tim Hillier-Graves 9781526721662
RRP: £40.00£29.39Oliver Bulleid's Pacifics were perhaps the most controversial steam locomotives ever built in Britain. They seem to been loved and loathed in equal measure and the debate over their strengths and weaknesses took on a new dimension when BR decided to... -
Europe's 100 Greatest Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £30.00£21.95READERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY WILL LOVE THIS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED BOOK!"Simon Jenkins has provided a feast for both eyes and mind in this sumptuously illustrated guide to Europe's greatest cathedrals" John Barton, author of A History of the Bible"As ever,... -
The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis by Richard Whatmore 9780241523421
RRP: £30.00£21.35'A brilliant and revelatory book about the history of ideas' David Runciman 'Fascinating and important' Ruth Scurr The Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history when ideals such as freedom, progress, natural... -
The Moment We Meet: Stories of love, hope and chance encounters by the No. 1 bestselling author by Sheila O'Flanagan
RRP: £8.99£6.20Who you meet can change your life for ever...A wonderful collection of short stories from Sheila O'Flanagan, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE MISSING WIFE and THE HIDEAWAY. The Moment We Meet was previously published as Destinations. Featuring an... -
The German Army 1939–45 (2): North Africa & Balkans by Nigel Thomas
RRP: £12.99£11.01Hitler first considered an invasion of Great Britain in autumn 1940, then scheduled Operation Barbarossa, the conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union, for May 1941. Anxious to emulate Hitler's successes, the Italian dictator Mussolini embarked... -
Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower by Susan Higginbotham
RRP: £12.99£8.48Of the many executions ordered by Henry VIII, surely the most horrifying was that of sixty-seven-year-old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, hacked to pieces on the scaffold by a blundering headsman. From the start, Margaret's life had been marred... -
Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz by Thomas Harding
RRP: £12.99£9.09_____________________________________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE JQ WINGATE PRIZE 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD'A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history.' JOHN LE... -
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 9780141441252
RRP: £9.99£7.11Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked... -
Thames Path in London: From Hampton Court to Crayford Ness: 50 miles of historic riverside walk by Phoebe Clapham
RRP: £14.99£9.80Fully revised and updated. This comprehensive guide to the London section of the Thames Path Trail Guide covers the route from Hampton Court in the east to the Thames Barrier in the west, with an extension into Crayford Ness. From the Mesolithic Period... -
Inside 10 Rillington Place: John Christie and me, the untold truth by Peter Thorley
RRP: £8.99£6.4510 Rillington Place: the house of death.John Reginald Halliday Christie and Timothy John Evans were hanged after a series of brutal murders in the 1940s and 1950s.But should they both have been executed?The sole survivor who grew up with Christie and... -
The Village that Died for England: Tyneham and the Legend of Churchill's Pledge by Patrick Wright
RRP: £18.99£13.75Shortly before Christmas in 1943, the British military announced they were taking over a remote valley on the Dorset coast and turning it into a firing range for tanks in preparation for D-Day. The residents of the village of Tyneham loyally packed up... -
The Voynich Manuscript by Raymond Clemens
RRP: £40.00£35.19The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle"For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book... -
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama 9781471169892
RRP: £30.00£18.85'This splendid and often moving work of history... Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly amusing asides' Daily Telegraph 'Superb' Observer 'Extraordinary... A meticulous retelling of a terrible... -
The Highland Clearances by John Prebble
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed... -
The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battutah
RRP: £10.99£7.51Ibn Battutah - ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist - was just twenty-one when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years, travelling... -
Memoirs From Beyond The Grave by Alex Andriesse
RRP: £14.99£11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681371290Author Alex AndriesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit by Philip Stephens
RRP: £10.99£7.32NEW AND UPDATED EDITIONA magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit. 'The fullest long-run political and diplomatic narrative yet of Britain's fateful, tragi-comic road to Brexit.'... -
Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World by Patrick Joyce 9780241543023
RRP: £25.00£18.02'A dozen pages in I realized that I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book' Annie ProulxA way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the eclipse of the... -
Summer of Blood: The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 by Dan Jones
RRP: £12.99£8.48Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian, 'Summer of Blood' breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and politics of the bloody days of June 1381. The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is one of the... -
Blood, Dust & Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front by Robin Schafer
RRP: £24.99£18.61'The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our infantry came past him! That's an old classic, pretending to be dead and then firing from the rear... -
History of the Adriatic: A Sea and Its Civilization by Egidio Ivetic 9781509552528
RRP: £25.00£16.78The Adriatic is 'the small Mediterranean' - a sea within a sea, part of the Mediterranean and at the same time detached from it, a largely enclosed sea with stunning coastlines and a long history of commercial, political and cultural exchange. Silent... -
A Brief History of Ireland by Richard Killeen
RRP: £12.99£8.60From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries. Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, war, the fight for liberty. A Brief History of Ireland is the perfect... -
Haunted Middlesbrough by Tina Lakin 9780752441931
RRP: £14.99£11.55This creepy collection of true-life tales takes the reader on a tour through the streets, cemeteries, alehouses and attics of Middlesbrough and surrounding towns including Redcar, Guisborough, Yarm and Great Ayton. Drawing on historical and contemporary... -
DK Eyewitness Cyprus by DK
RRP: £13.99£9.75The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this ancient island.Take a tour of UNESCO World Heritage-listed churches of the Troodos mountains, enjoy pristine... -
Britain's Wild Flowers: A Treasury of Traditions, Superstitions, Remedies and Literature by Rosamond Richardson 9781909881921
RRP: £12.99£8.88A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. ... -
Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson 9780300263602
RRP: £25.00£20.92Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world What did Jane Austen wear? Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson... -
Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness by Allyson Shaw 9781529395495
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Beautiful... A moving reminder for us all to connect with what's gone before' STYLIST'Atmospheric, scholarly - and gripping . . . Shocking and important' Laline Paull, author of PodRoaming the ragged coasts and remote villages of Scotland, Ashes &... -
The Blackhouse by Peter May 9781529415018
RRP: £9.99£2.79THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.' Independent'No one can create a more eloquently written... -
WJEC A-level History Student Guide Unit 3: The American century c.1890-1990 by Haydn Davey
£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... -
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie 9780007318995
RRP: £27.00£20.57Justine Picardie spent years puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, peeling away the accretions of romance and lies. Since its publication in 2010, hers has become the definitive Chanel biography. With a new foreword and previously unseen images,... -
Saving the State: Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar by Ciara Meehan
RRP: £26.99£19.34When Fine Gael entered a coalition government with Fianna Fail in 2020 the party did what would have been unthinkable for its forefathers who fought and won a bitter civil war to establish the institutions of an independent Irish state almost a century... -
The London Feltham Tram: London's Last Modern Tram by Peter Waller 9781526702135
RRP: £25.00£18.62By the late 1920s the existing trams operated by both the Metropolitan Electric Tramways and the London United Tramways were increasingly aged. Although the long-term future of the tramways was open to doubt, the two operators co-operated in the... -
Geography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and Empire by Felix Driver 9780631201120
RRP: £37.95£34.20Geography Militant is a compelling account of the relations between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire.About the AuthorFelix Driver is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Power and... -
Before Scotland: A Prehistory by Alistair Moffat 9780500297254
RRP: £14.99£9.26A pioneering look at early Scotland that transforms prehistory into gripping narrative history. The story of the land that became Scotland is one of dramatic geological events and impressive human endeavour. Alistair Moffat's gripping narrative ranges... -
Kneelers: The Unsung Folk Art of England and Wales by Elizabeth Bingham
RRP: £20.00£11.98A charming and witty history of the quirky - but surprisingly widespread - craft of embroidering kneeler cushions. The perfect gift book this Christmas, for those who love kneelers and those who don't!'A lovely look at a not-quite-vanishing craft that... -
Haywire: A Political History of Britain since 2000 by Andrew Hindmoor 9780241651711
RRP: £35.00£24.69‘In this fascinating book, Andrew Hindmoor makes sense of the tangled past we have just lived through ... sprinkling wit, insight and analytical verve over his energetic narrative. In contemporary British political history, his will be the distinctive... -
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
RRP: £18.99£14.30Americans call the Second World War "the Good War." But before it even began, America's ally Stalin had killed millions of his own citizens-and kept killing them during and after the war. Before Hitler was defeated, he had murdered six million Jews and... -
The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople by Sarah Bassett
RRP: £27.99£24.01From its foundation in the fourth century, to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth, 'Constantinople' not only identified a geographical location, but also summoned an idea. On the one hand, there was the fact of Constantinople, the city of... -
The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People by Stuart Maconie
RRP: £20.00£13.74A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 What kind of country is England today? ... -
Undertones of War by Edmund Blunden
RRP: £10.99£7.77In what is one of the finest autobiographies to come out of the First World War, the distinguished poet Edmund Blunden records his experiences as an infantry subaltern in France and Flanders. Blunden took part in the disastrous battles of the Somme,...