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Queen Elizabeth I: Life and Legacy of the Virgin Queen by Kendall, Paul 9781399018357
RRP: £25.00£17.62The forty-four-year reign of Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and the last Tudor monarch, was considered a golden age. It saw the emergence of the great playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, while the exploits of Sir Francis... -
Making the Imperial Nation: Colonization, Politics, and English Identity, 1660-1700 by Gabriel Glickman
RRP: £30.00£29.25How did the creation of an overseas empire change politics in England itself? After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs encouraged schemes for expansion in... -
The Terror Raids of 1942: The Baedeker Blitz by Jan Gore 9781526745132
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The First Crusade: "The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres" and Other Source Materials by Edward Peters
RRP: £27.99£24.14The First Crusade received its name and shape late. To its contemporaries, the event was a journey and the men who took part in it pilgrims. Only later were those participants dubbed Crusaders-"those signed with the Cross." In fact, many developments... -
For King and Country: The British Monarchy and the First World War by Heather Jones
RRP: £34.99£27.67This is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions of monarchism in the British war effort. Heather Jones examines how the conflict changed British cultural attitudes to the monarchy,... -
Pain and Retribution: A Short History of British Prisons 1066 to the Present by David Wilson 9781780232836
RRP: £30.00£20.95Pain and Retribution charts the rise and rise of a form of punishment that takes place behind the walls of the institution we have come to call 'prison'. It is the first single volume history of British prisons, charting their history from the time of... -
A History of the Czech Lands by Jaroslav Panek
RRP: £40.00£39.55Born January 1, 1993, after the split with Slovakia, the Czech Republic is one of the youngest members of the European Union. Despite its youth, this new state and the areas just outside its modern borders boast an ancient and intricate past. With A... -
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt by Jacob Burckhardt 9780865971233
RRP: £10.95£9.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971233Author Jacob BurkhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 547g -
Salamanca Campaign 1812 by Saunders, Tim 9781399001366
RRP: £25.00£18.02After a gap of two years, the 1812 Salamanca Campaign saw Wellington taking the offensive in Spain against Marshal Marmont's Army of Portugal. Marching from the border fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo which fell to the Allies in January, neither commander was... -
Bookham & Fetcham by Linda Heath 9780752418254
RRP: £14.99£11.55A history of Bookham & FetchamBook InformationISBN 9780752418254Author Linda HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714 by Barry Coward 9781138944176
RRP: £47.99£46.38The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England's century of civil war and revolution, including the causes of the English Civil War; the nature of the English Revolution; the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell; the continuation of... -
1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume II by John H. Gill
RRP: £16.99£12.68In the second volume of this epic work, John H. Gill traces Napoleon's progress as he sought to complete his victory over the Habsburgs. The war had erupted on April 10th with Austria's invasion of Germany and Italy. After just two weeks, Napoleon had... -
Something Has Gone Wrong: Dealing with the Brighton Bomb by Steven G. Ramsey 9781785903366
RRP: £12.99£9.26On 12 October 1984, an IRA bomb exploded inside Brighton's Grand Hotel, killing five people and injuring thirty. It was an assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, who were staying there for the Conservative party conference. While... -
Ley Lines Across the Midlands by Anthony Poulton-Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.62Some maintain that ley lines are the result of some 'earth force', others that they are the earliest routes marked out across the land. In his new book Anthony Poulton-Smith examines the origins and meanings of these ancient trackways, tracing them on... -
The Arthur of the North: The Arthurian Legend in the Norse and Rus' Realms by Marianne E. Kalinke 9781783167876
RRP: £34.99£28.81The Arthur of the North is the first book-length study of the Arthurian literature that was translated from French and Latin into Old Norse-Icelandic in the thirteenth century, which has been preserved mostly in Icelandic manuscripts, and which in early... -
Love Spells and Lost Treasure: Service Magic in England from The Later Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era by Tabitha Stanmore
RRP: £75.00£68.14Magic is ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. Yet if witchcraft is acknowledged as a persistent presence in the medieval and early modern eras, practical magic by contrast - performed to a useful end for payment, and actually more common... -
Eyots and Aits: Islands of the River Thames by Miranda Vickers
RRP: £25.00£18.94For 10,000 years the River Thames meandered from source to sea, periodically throwing up mudbanks or carving parallel channels on the bends and creating islands along much of its length. There are around 180 islands altogether, some accessible by... -
Hawker's Secret Cold War Airfield: Dunsfold: Home of the Hunter and Harrier by Christopher Budgen 9781526771759
RRP: £25.00£18.02In 1948, Hawker Aircraft, faced with new jet projects that could not use their existing airfield at Langley, began the process of searching for alternative accommodation for their flight-testing requirements. It would, however, take three hard years... -
The Story of the Fens by Frank Meeres 9781860776977
RRP: £18.99£14.32Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as Peterborough City Council, all lay claim to a part of the Fens. Since Roman times, man has increased the land mass in this area by one third of the size. It is the largest plain in the British... -
Parallel Lives: Agesilaus and Pompey, Pelopidas and Marcellus by Plutarch
RRP: £24.95£23.39Comparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular... -
SCOOTER MANIA!: Recollections of the Isle of Man International Scooter Rally by Steve Jackson
RRP: £15.99£11.42At last! A year-on-year account of the Isle of Man International Scooter Rally, the brainchild of WWI veteran-turned-politician, James Mylchreest Cain. Following a fact-finding mission to Dusseldorf, accompanied by Peter Agg from Lambretta, the second... -
Before the Military Revolution: Europea Warfare and the Rise of the Early Modern State 1300-1490 by Alexander Querengasser 9781789256697
£59.05The model of a military revolution, the idea that military developments influenced the statebuilding process in Europe, is adapted to a couple of periods in early modern Europe. This book examines European Warfare in the late Middle Ages from 1300 to... -
Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe by Charles G. Nauert 9780521547819
RRP: £30.99£27.40In this updated edition of his classic account, Charles Nauert charts the rise of humanism as the distinctive culture of the social, political and intellectual elites in Renaissance Europe. He traces humanism's emergence in the unique social and cultural... -
Disalienation: Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in Postwar France by Camille Robcis 9780226777740
RRP: £31.00£30.19From 1940 to 1945, forty thousand patients died in French psychiatric hospitals. The Vichy regime's "soft extermination" let patients die of cold, starvation, or lack of care. But in Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole, a small village in central France, one... -
Christianity and Paganism, 350-750: The Conversion of Western Europe by J. N. Hillgarth
RRP: £23.99£20.84Using sermons, exorcisms, letters, biographies of the saints, inscriptions, autobiographical and legal documents-some of which are translated nowhere else-J. N. Hillgarth shows how the Christian church went about the formidable task of converting western... -
Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys among the defiant people of the Caucasus by Oliver Bullough
RRP: £16.99£12.28Oliver Bullough's Let Our Fame be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant Peoples of the Caucasus is the extraordinary untold story of the inhabitants of the Caucasus and their unbreakable spirit. The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks and rugged... -
North Northumberland at War 1939 - 1945 by Craig Armstrong 9781473867420
RRP: £12.99£9.09In 1939, North Northumberland shared a proud tradition of military service with it s wider region and this was reflected in the huge numbers of men and women from the area who came forward for service in the military or in roles such as the Home Guard,... -
Global Lives: Britain and the World, 1550-1800 by Miles Ogborn
RRP: £26.99£23.20This is a fascinating and unique account of Britain's rise as a global imperial power told through the lives of over forty individuals from a huge range of backgrounds. Miles Ogborn relates and connects the stories of monarchs and merchants, planters and... -
Samurai! by Saburo Sakai
RRP: £18.95£16.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743412834Author Saburo SakaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint ibooks IncPublisher ibooks IncWeight(grams) 564g -
Tracing Your Manchester and Salford Ancestors by Sue Wilkes 9781473856356
RRP: £14.99£10.95For readers with family ties to Manchester and Salford, and researchers delving into the rich history of these cities, this informative, accessible guide will be essential reading and a fascinating source of reference. Sue Wilkes outlines the social and... -
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism by S. A. Smith 9780198779414
£35.00The impact of Communism on the twentieth century was massive, equal to that of the two world wars. Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, historians knew relatively little about the secretive world of communist states and parties. Since then, the... -
Enlightenment Edinburgh: A Guide by Sheila Szatkowski
RRP: £12.99£8.56During the 18th century, Edinburgh was the intellectual hub of the Western world. Adam Smith, David Hume, Dugald Stewart and Adam Ferguson delivered their diverse tomes on philosophy and political economy. Others such as James Hutton, Joseph Black, Lord... -
Haunted St Andrews by Geoff Holder 9780752458489
RRP: £9.99£7.55With the country's oldest university and the ruins of both a magnificent castle and one of the grandest cathedrals of medieval Europe, St Andrews is one of the most beautiful and historic places in Scotland. But it's also one of the most haunted. Here... -
Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison by Jerry White
RRP: £20.00£14.69For Londoners of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital's most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison.In Mansions of... -
The Swedish Army of the Great Northern War, 1700-1721 by Lars Ericson Wolke 9781912390182
RRP: £19.95£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390182Author Lars Ericson WolkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A Dark History of Chocolate by Emma Kay
RRP: £19.99£14.28_A Dark History of Chocolate_ looks at our long relationship with this ancient 'food of the Gods'. The book examines the impact of the cocoa bean trade on the economies of Britain and the rest of Europe, as well as its influence on health, cultural and... -
The Age of the Vikings by Anders Winroth 9780691169293
RRP: £14.99£12.15The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to... -
A Killer's Confession: How I Brought My Daughter's Murderer to Justice by Deborah Lucy
RRP: £20.00£14.29A mother's fight to bring her daughter's killer, Christopher Halliwell, to justice'I have lived every parent's worst nightmare. On what would have been my daughter's 29th birthday, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher knocked on the door and told me... -
Possession by Alison Taylor
RRP: £21.99£19.87Premiering at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Andrzej Zulawski's Possession remains a distinct phenomenon. Though in competition for the illustrious Palme d'Or, its art cinema context did not rescue it from being banned as part of the United Kingdom's... -
Europe Since Napoleon by David Thomson
RRP: £18.99£14.01A history of Europe since Napoleon, covering all of the main topics of that period.About the AuthorDavid Thomson was born in India in 1914 to Scottish parents, but grew up in Scotland and Derbyshire. After the period described in Woodbrook he developed a...