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The First European Revolution: 970-1215 by Robert I. Moore
RRP: $60.35$53.53This book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late tenth to the early thirteenth centuries.About the AuthorR. I. Moore has been Professor of Medieval History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne since 1993. He previously taught at... -
Health, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-1800: A Source Book by Peter Elmer 9780719067372
RRP: $38.98$35.53Health, disease and society in Europe 1500-1800 considers how the body was viewed by the medical profession from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, and challenges established ideas in the field of medical history. It examines the provision of medical... -
Peak District: A Cultural History by Dr. John Bull
RRP: $29.25$26.62The Peak District was Britain's first National Park and the 'breathing space' for people in the great cities of the industrial north. Prehistoric man built stone circles at Stanton-in-the-Moor and Arbor Low and the Romans had garrisons here, but for many... -
Old Dennistoun by Andrew Stuart 9781872074672
RRP: $23.30$21.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074672Author Andrew StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 4mm -
The Sorcerer's Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England by Professor Alec Ryrie
RRP: $33.13$25.23An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and the self-trained surgeon who claims he can treat it. ... -
The Royal Bastards of Twelfth Century England: Power and Blood by James Turner 9781399067348
RRP: $42.90$30.46The many storied monarchs of twelfth century England lived, fought, loved, and died surrounded by their illegitimate relatives. While their many contributions have too often been overlooked, these illegitimate sons, daughters and siblings occupied... -
The Making of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985: A Memoir by David Goodall by Frank Sheridan 9780901510877
$35.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901510877Author Frank SheridanFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint National University of IrelandPublisher National University of IrelandWeight(grams)... -
The London Restaurant, 1840-1914 by Brenda Assael
RRP: $56.53$52.08This is the first scholarly treatment of the history of public eating in London in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The quotidian nature of eating out during the working day or evening should not be allowed to obscure the significance of the... -
The Almoravid and Almohad Empires by Amira K. Bennison
RRP: $58.48$47.89A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa whose rule fostered the emergence of the Islamic society which endured, in Morocco especially, until the early 20th century. Amira K. Bennison focuses on these... -
The Third Reich in 100 Objects: A Material History of Nazi Germany by Roger Moorhouse 9781784381806
$50.52Hitler's Third Reich is still the focus of numerous articles, books and films: no conflict of the twentieth century has prompted such interest or such a body of literature. Approaching the canon of World War II literature is a challenge for a general... -
Secret War Heroes by Marcus Binney
RRP: $21.43$14.43Founded by Churchill, Special Operations Executive (SOE) was the forerunner of the SAS, and during WWII they sent many hundreds of specially-trained agents deep undercover in Nazi-occupied Europe. Here Marcus Binney explores the extraordinary stories and... -
Europe: The Enlightening History of a Continent by Jean Baptiste Duroselle 9780241534083
RRP: $68.25$47.37Whether as an epic battleground or a cradle of civilizations, Europe has left an enduring imprint on the history of the world for over two millennia. From megalithic civilizations through ancient times, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, the... -
Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution by Susan L. Woodward 9780815795131
RRP: $48.75$43.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815795131Author Susan L. WoodwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 556Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Ionian Vision: Greece in Asia Minor, 1919-22 by Michael Llewellyn Smith
RRP: $25.33$23.30Michael Llewellyn-Smith sets the Greek occupation of Smyrna and the war in Anatolia against the background of Greece's 'Great Idea' and of great power rivalries in the Near East. He traces the origins of the Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos's... -
A Year in the Life of Medieval England by Toni Mount
RRP: $21.43$14.14The medieval era is often associated with dynastic struggles, gruesome wars and the formidable influence of the Church. But what about the everyday experience of the royal subjects and common people? Here, alongside the coronations, diplomatic dealings... -
Dante by Alessandro Barbero
RRP: $21.43$15.15"A vital guide ... It is difficult to imagine anyone seriously interested in Dante who will not want to own this book" AN Wilson, The Times Since Dante Alighieri wrote the Divine Comedy it has defined how people imagine and depict not only heaven and... -
Trinity Tales: Trinity College Dublin in the 2000s by Katie Dickson 9781843518105
RRP: $35.10$29.02This, the fifth and final volume in the Trinity Tales series, completes a cycle that began with tales from the 1960s. It invites readers to step into the world of Trinity College as it was in the first decade of this century through the reflections of... -
A History of the County of Oxford - Volume XIII - Bampton Hundred (Part One) by Alan Crossley 9780197227909
RRP: $146.25$142.21This volume contains the histories of five ancient parishes in the west of Oxfordshire near the river Thames, comprising the small town of Bampton and some 13 villages and hamlets. Though chiefly looking to markets at Witney and Oxford the area was long... -
Day of Reckoning: Power and Accountability in Medieval France by Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr 9780812237962
$123.73Day of Reckoning: Power and Accountability in Medieval France applies recent approaches to literacy, legal studies, memory, ritual, and the manorial economy to reexamine the transformation of medieval power. Highlighting the relationship of archives and... -
Electing Our Masters: The Hustings in British Politics from Hogarth to Blair by Jon Lawrence 9780199550128
$167.12In this engagingly written history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, Jon Lawrence explores the changing relationship between politicians and public. Throughout this period, he argues, British politics has been... -
Bren Gun Carrier: Britain's Universal War Machine by Robert Jackson
RRP: $33.13$23.95One of the most versatile fighting vehicles in the British army and many other forces for a quarter of a century, the Universal Carrier - more popularly known by its original title of Bren Gun Carrier - was developed as a fast and agile infantry-support... -
Die in Battle, Do Not Despair: The Indians on Gallipoli 1915 by Peter Stanley
RRP: $58.40$48.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059148Author Peter StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan by Christopher Andersen
RRP: $37.03$23.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982159733Author Christopher AndersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England by Michael Alexander
RRP: $33.13$28.49Now reissued in an updated paperback edition, this groundbreaking account of the Medieval Revival movement examines the ways in which the style of the medieval period was re-established in post-Enlightenment England-from Walpole and Scott, Pugin, Ruskin,... -
Dreams of a Great Small Nation: The Mutinous Army that Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europe by Kevin J. McNamara
RRP: $44.83$34.65The pages of history recall scarcely any parallel episode at once so romantic in character and so extensive in scale." ,Winston S. ChurchillIn 1917, two empires that had dominated much of Europe and Asia teetered on the edge of the abyss, exhausted by... -
The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century by John K. Walton 9780719051708
RRP: $38.98$34.75The annual seaside holiday became a common experience in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s and it has a central place in popular memory. Its recent decline has prompted nostalgia and gloom across the media, with a spate of newspaper features every summer... -
The French Royal Wardrobe: The Hotel de la Marine Restored by Jerome Hanover
RRP: $126.75$81.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080261328Author Jerome HanoverFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2640g -
Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges by Brian Spencer
RRP: $78.00$67.45An exceptional reference work to pilgrim and secular badges of the middle ages. This is the first major catalogue in English devoted to medieval badges. These fascinating objects provide us with a guide to the popularity of different cults and pilgrim... -
De Gaulle by Julian Jackson 9780674241459
RRP: $44.75$32.45Winner of the Duff Cooper PrizeWinner of the Elizabeth Longford PrizeA New Yorker, Financial Times, Spectator, Times, and Telegraph Book of the YearIn this definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France,... -
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy by Karl Shaw
RRP: $19.48$13.26The alarming history of the British, and European, aristocracy - from Argyll to Wellington and from Byron to Tolstoy, stories of madness, murder, misery, greed and profligacy.From Regency playhouses, to which young noblemen would go simply in order to... -
Modern Gods by Nick Laird 9780008257354
RRP: $21.43$18.70A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A powerful, thought-provoking novel about two sisters who must reclaim themselves after their lives are dramatically upended from one of our finest authors Alison Donnelly... -
An English Farmbouse by Geoffrey Grigson
RRP: $29.25$21.37Originally published in 1948, and edited by the artist John Piper, An English Farmhouse is Geoffrey Grigson's careful survey of the old English farmhouse, and its associated buildings, whether made from sarsen, thatch, timber, tile or brick. Grigson... -
Down the River by H. E. Bates
RRP: $27.30$19.03Rivers are great workings of nature, time and geology. They have long been at the very centre of human culture, sustaining us with water, food, power and stories. Our thoughts flow like a river. A river's journey, from source to sea, is a metaphor for... -
Love in the Blitz: A Woman in a World Turned Upside Down by Eileen Alexander 9780008311247
RRP: $19.48$12.95'Her voice is absolutely, beguilingly conversational ... Intelligent, allusive, iconoclastic, captivatingly intense ... This is the news from the domestic frontline: personal, unique, unexpurgated, without propaganda, as it unfolded and was experienced .... -
Secret Projects of the Kriegsmarine: Unseen Designs of Nazi Germany's Navy by Sgarlato, Nico
RRP: $39.00$28.65_The Secret Projects of the German Kriegsmarine in World War II_ gives a comprehensive overview of advanced German naval building, and excitingly includes previously unseen, secret projects. This book is relatively short, yet densely packed with... -
Attacking a Norman Castle by Robin Twiddy
RRP: $17.53$11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801559157Author Robin TwiddyFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint BookLife PublishingPublisher BookLife Publishing -
The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History by Peregrine Horden
RRP: $77.90$70.28The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It offers a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to... -
Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815: Volume II: From Waterloo to the Restoration of Peace in Europe by John Hussey 9781784385385
$45.71A masterful study of command, control, communications, and even intelligence of all the major combatants during the Waterloo Campaign. Destined to become the gold standard for those studying how armies were controlled and decisions made during the... -
The Art of Longsword Fighting: Teaching the Foundations of Sigmund Ringeck's Style by Benjamin J Smith
RRP: $48.75$35.14The teaching of Historical European Martial Arts has widespread appeal with numerous clubs in many countries. However, comparatively few people who run their own club have qualifications that would make them an instructor in traditional martial arts... -
Metternich: Strategist and Visionary by Wolfram Siemann
RRP: $40.85$34.87"A superb biographical portrait and work of historical analysis...Let us hope that it will serve if not as a manual then at least as an inspiration-good statesmanship is needed more than ever."-Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal"Brilliantly refreshes our...