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Dambuster-in-Chief: The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane by Richard Mead 9781526765079
RRP: $48.75$34.36Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Neville Chamberlain by David Dutton 9780340706275
$78.18Neville Chamberlain remains one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century British politics. For many years he was admired, even revered, throughout Britain. After serving as Prime Minister, however, Chamberlain left office a reviled and... -
Let's Stay Together: Why Yes to Europe by Denis MacShane
RRP: $25.33$24.47From the bestselling author of BREXIT comes a personal and passionate plea for voting 'Remain' on 23rd June. Denis MacShane, former Minister for Europe, is alarmed that the referendum debate so far has been too polite, too restrained. Now is the time for... -
Aryans by Charles Allen 9789357312684
RRP: $48.75$32.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357312684Author Charles AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hachette IndiaPublisher Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt LtdWeight(grams)... -
Coastal Convoys 1939-1945: The Indestructible Highway by Nick Hewitt 9781526752543
RRP: $25.33$17.73Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 - 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britain's dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the... -
Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848 by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: $35.08$25.25A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow... -
Panzerwrecks X: German Armour 1944-45 by Lee Archer 9780955594076
RRP: $33.13$23.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955594076Format PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Lee ArcherPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedDimensions(mm) 210mm * 280mm * 8mm -
Geology of Snowdonia by Matthew Bennett
RRP: $33.13$32.16Snowdonia has a great story to tell, of ancient oceans, mountains, volcanoes and climate change. The mountain landscape of Snowdonia is the result of everything that has happenend to it over geological time - the product of the ancient landscapes that... -
Prehistory in the Peak by Mark Edmonds
RRP: $35.08$27.38Anyone who lives in Derbyshire or has walked in the Peak District will have marvelled at the rich variety of prehistoric remains: how and why did our remote ancestors choose to live in this seemingly wild and inhospitable. Arranging the text around a... -
Doggy People: The Victorians Who Made the Modern Dog by Michael Worboys
RRP: $39.00$28.33We know that there were dogs in Victorian Britain, but who were the 'Doggy People' who kept them, bred them, showed them, worked with them and cared for them?Chapter by chapter, this book reveals the varied and often eccentric lives of the Victorians who... -
First Polish Armoured Division 1938-47: A History by McGilvray, Evan 9781526724151
RRP: $48.75$34.36The First Polish Armoured Division was formed in Scotland in February 1942 from Polish exiles who had escaped first Poland and then France. Its commander, Stanislaw Maczek, and many of its men had previously served in Polish 10th Motorized Cavalry... -
The Lockhart Plot: Love, Betrayal, Assassination and Counter-Revolution in Lenin's Russia by Jonathan Schneer
RRP: $61.41$42.78During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan. Led by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, a dashing, cynical, urbane 30-year-old Scot, they... -
Bootle by Peter W. Woolley
RRP: $25.33$18.76A history of BootleBook InformationISBN 9780752406244Author Peter W. WoolleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Grand Designs: Labor, Empire, and the Museum in Victorian Culture by Lara Kriegel
RRP: $44.83$39.80With this richly illustrated history of industrial design reform in nineteenth-century Britain, Lara Kriegel demonstrates that preoccupations with trade, labor, and manufacture lay at the heart of debates about cultural institutions during the Victorian... -
Writings on Body and Soul by Aelred of Rievaulx
RRP: $58.40$46.14Aelred (1110-1167), abbot of Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, has always been a controversial figure. He was beloved by his monks and widely admired, but also sharply criticized for his frankness about his own sinfulness and what some considered his... -
Artisans Abroad: British Migrant Workers in Industrialising Europe, 1815-1870 by Fabrice Bensimon 9780198835844
RRP: $191.10$172.98Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead, thousands of British workers emigrated to the continent. They played a key role in several sectors, like textiles, iron, mechanics, and... -
Old Cowcaddens, Possilpark and Lambhill by Andrew Stuart 9781872074870
RRP: $23.30$21.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074870Author Andrew StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 5mm -
Elite German Divisions in World War II by Werner Haupt 9780764314322
RRP: $54.58$35.14This new book is a detailed look at Germany's elite units of World War II. It covers the formation and combat use of the Waffen-SS, Fallschirmjager and mountain troops throughout the war and on a variety of war fronts. Details include pre-war formation... -
Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England by Warner, Kathryn 9781399098328
RRP: $39.00$27.87Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England allows the reader a peek beneath the bedsheets of our medieval ancestors, in an informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality in England from 1250 to 1450. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male... -
Passengers: Life in Britain During the Stagecoach Era by James Hobson 9781781558225
RRP: $46.80$33.85'Passengers' is a social history of Britain between 1790 and 1840. This is the period of the Napoleonic War and of rapid technological change and social tension. It was a contradictory age, simultaneously the elegant era of Jane Austen and the... -
Winchester by Martin Biddle 9781785706660
RRP: $136.50$129.83The volume is co-published by the Winchester Excavations Committee and forms Volume 11 of the Winchester Studies series.Following the success of volumes IV (Windsor and Eton) and V (York) in the series of Historic Towns Atlases, the new volume maps and... -
Tudor and Stuart Seafarers: The Emergence of a Maritime Nation, 1485-1707 by James Davey
RRP: $48.75$38.77Tudor and Stuart Seafarers tells the compelling story of how a small island positioned on the edge of Europe transformed itself into the world's leading maritime power. In 1485, England was an inward-looking country, its priorities largely domestic and... -
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by Francois-Xavier Fauvelle
RRP: $33.13$24.28An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval AfricaFrom the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an... -
Imperial Armies of the Thirty Years' War: v. 1: Infantry and Artillery by Vladimir Brnardic 9781846034473
$19.09This history of the Catholic armies of the Hapsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years War explores the role of infantry and artillery during the last major religious war in mainland Europe. As the states of the Holy Roman Empire fractured along... -
The Hixon Railway Disaster: The Inside Story by Richard Westwood
RRP: $29.23$21.35This is the shocking true story behind the botched introduction of Automatic Half-Barrier level-crossings into Britain. January 1968 saw the convening of the first Parliamentary Court of Inquiry into a railway accident in Britain since the Tay Bridge... -
The Third Horseman: A Story of Weather, War and the Famine History Forgot by William Rosen
RRP: $35.08$25.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127147Author William RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 284g -
Gerald of Wales by Robert Bartlett 9780752440316
RRP: $25.33$18.76This study of Gerald discusses the political path he had to tread and portrays him as an example of the medieval world.About the AuthorRobert Bartlett is professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of four other books... -
Bonnie Geordie: The Life of Tycoon Sir George Elliot by Sophie McCallum 9781398102316
RRP: $44.83$30.38George Elliot was a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who rose from humble beginnings as a pit boy in England's north-east to become one of the biggest coal owners in the world. His aptitude in engineering would later lead to him being deeply involved in... -
Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality In World War II by Stephen P. Halbrook 9780306813252
RRP: $35.08$25.25A fascinating and enlightening explanation of the dilemma Switzerland found itself in during the 1930's and 1940's. - Publishers WeeklyAbout the AuthorStephen P. Halbrook has a Ph.D. from Florida State University and a J.D. from Georgetown University. He... -
Across the Rhine: January-May 1945 by Simon Forty
RRP: $48.75$37.50The last rites were administered to the Third Reich from the west by a massive concentration of Allied forces and firepower. With France secured, Hitler's vain counterattack in the Ardennes held and the Channel and North Sea ports cleared, little stood... -
So Clean: Lord Leverhulme, Soap and Civilisation by Brian Lewis
RRP: $38.98$34.34This book is an unorthodox biography of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Lord Leverhulme (1851-1925), the founder of the Lever Brothers' Sunlight Soap empire. So clean places Lever squarely in his social and cultural context and is fully informed by recent... -
Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change, 1970-2000 by R. F. Foster
RRP: $21.43$15.15R.F. Foster's Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change, 1970-2000 examines how the country has weathered thirty years of rapid transformation, and what these changes may mean in the long run. From 1970, things were changing in Ireland - the Celtic... -
Tank Destroyer: Achilles and M10, British Army Anti-Tank Units, Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526741905
RRP: $29.23$21.35In this heavily illustrated volume in the TankCraft series Dennis Oliver focuses on the Achilles - the British variant of the American M10 - which was one of the most important Allied tank destroyers of the Second World War. It played a key role in the... -
Exploring the Sociology of Europe: An Analysis of the European Social Complex by Maurice Roche 9780761940722
RRP: $101.40$82.49The sociology of Europe is a growing and diverse field. This book addresses it in a direct, wide ranging and up-to-date way. Exploring the Sociology of Europe: * clearly maps this new and emerging field * challenges and renews the sociological... -
Re-discovering the Making of the UK: Britain 1500-1750 by Tim Lomas
$49.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719585449Author Tim LomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 212mm *... -
The Later Middle Ages by Isabella Lazzarini 9780198731634
RRP: $51.66$47.99Of all the sub-periods in which European medieval history has been divided over time, the later middle ages is possibly the one on which the burden of past and current grand narratives weighs the most. Its chronological and geopolitical boundaries are... -
The Treasure of the <I>San Jose</I>: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession by Carla Rahn Phillips
RRP: $48.75$42.96Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose was rumored to have one of the richest cargos ever lost at sea. Though treasure hunters have searched for the wreck's legendary bounty, no one knows exactly how much went down with the ship... -
Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War by Tony Wood
RRP: $21.43$17.43It is impossible to think of Russia today without thinking of Vladimir Putin. More than any other major national leader, he personifies his country in the eyes of the outside world, and dominates Western media coverage. In Russia itself, he is likewise... -
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintings in Detail by Alessandro Vezzosi
RRP: $126.75$93.35Shedding new light on the renowned Renaissance artist, this book examines all of da Vinci's known paintings using recent advances in technology and the latest art historical research. While Leonardo da Vinci is one of history's most studied and renowned... -
Argentine Fight for the Falklands by Martin Middlebrook 9781844158881
RRP: $33.13$23.95Martin Middlebrook is the only British historian to have been granted open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War. It ranks with Liddell Hart's The Other Side of the Hill in analysing and understanding the military thinking and...