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Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity by Simon Goldhill 9780691149844
RRP: $107.25$84.45How did the Victorians engage with the ancient world? Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity is a brilliant exploration of how the ancient worlds of Greece and Rome influenced Victorian culture. Through Victorian art, opera, and novels, Simon Goldhill... -
Berlin Diaries: 1940-1945 by Marie Vassiltchkov 9780394757773
RRP: $44.85$31.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394757773Author Marie VassiltchikovFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House USA PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
King John by W. L. Warren 9780300073744
RRP: $48.75$41.57King John is a study of a king and his political misfortunes. It is also an examination of a fascinating era-the early thirteenth century, a period of profound social and political change and unprecedented insecurity. W.L. Warren paints a picture of the... -
False Flags over Europe: A Modern History of State-Fabricated Terror by Nicholas Kollerstrom 9780957279971
RRP: $29.25$27.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957279971Author Nicholas KollerstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint New Alchemy PressPublisher New Alchemy PressWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm)... -
Struggle Or Starve: Women's Lives in the South Wales Valleys between the Two World Wars by Sian Rhiannon Williams 9781906784096
RRP: $21.43$14.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906784096Author Sian Rhiannon WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 323Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 295g -
Paris Souls: Unexpected Stories from the City of Light by Dirk Velghe 9789464666403
RRP: $63.38$42.74"The wealth of facts and erudition bring magic to Dirk Velghe's Paris. A place where even tragedy seems less sombre. Anyone who does not already love Paris will fall for it after reading this book. 'Ich bin ein Pariser', as Kennedy might have said." -... -
A History of Insanity and the Asylum: Not of Sound Mind by Juliana Cummings 9781399012140
RRP: $48.75$34.36The iconic image of the lunatic asylum is one that often leaves us wondering what went on inside these imposing buildings. In this new book, Juliana Cummings first questions what behaviours and characteristics define insanity and leads us through a... -
The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: $48.73$39.51This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the... -
The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present by Roy Strong 9781474607063
RRP: $25.33$16.77'A triumph' INDEPENDENT'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARDRoy Strong has written an exemplary introduction to the history of... -
Dole Queues and Demons: British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive by Stuart Ball 9781851243532
RRP: $38.98$33.87A unique blend of graphic design, bold art or photography and cunning psychology, election posters are an unsung art form, stretching back to the dawn of the twentieth century. Exploiting the Conservative Party Archive held at the Bodleian Library which... -
Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation by Stuart Kelly
RRP: $25.33$16.69No writer has ever been as famous as Sir Walter Scott once was; and no writer has ever enjoyed such huge acclaim followed by such absolute neglect and outright hostility. But Scotland would not be Scotland except for Scott. All the icons of Scottishness... -
Me, Me, Me: The Search for Community in Post-war England by Jon Lawrence
RRP: $61.41$43.56Many commentators tell us that, in today's world, everyday life has become selfish and atomised--that individuals live only to consume. But are they wrong? In Me, Me, Me, Jon Lawrence re-tells the story of England since the Second World War through... -
Old Pollokshields by Sandra Malcolm 9781840335248
RRP: $15.58$13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335248Author Sandra MalcolmFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Beaconsfield by Beaconsfield and District Local History Society 9780750909303
RRP: $25.33$18.76BeaconsfieldBook InformationISBN 9780750909303Author Beaconsfield and District Local History SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Sutton Publishing LtdPublisher The History Press Ltd -
A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape by Victoria Perry
RRP: $48.75$42.96The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain's role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond... -
History of Civilization in Europe by Francois Guizot 9780865978379
$24.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865978379Author Francois GuizotFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 540g -
The Templars by Malcolm Barber
RRP: $38.98$28.31The Templars were members of a monastic order established in 1099 after the success of the First Crusade. Enjoying the support of both the Church and the laity and vowed to poverty, chastity and obedience, these 'fighting monks' were the vital defenders... -
The Challenge of Defending Britain by Michael Clarke
RRP: $25.33$23.30An analysis that takes the complexity of British defence policy apart to view its anatomy and show how policy is made in this area. British defence policy is in a phase of great transition as the country confronts its Brexit future and also as world... -
Liverpool Ghost signs: A Sideways Look at the City's Advertising History by Caroline Bunford 9780752465708
RRP: $25.33$18.76Take a photographic journey into Liverpool's often overlooked local, craft and advertising history. This intriguing book profiles hand-painted advertising from across the city and investigates the companies that commissioned the signs that now appear... -
Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America: From the Late Medieval Period to the Present Richard Huzzey 9780197267721
RRP: $175.50$175.27Throughout history, across very different types of state and society, petitions and petitioning have been ubiquitous practices and the interaction between petitioners and authority has been a crucial dynamic in exercising and contesting power... -
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern by Charles Dellheim
RRP: $62.40$54.89The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has become a cause celebre. In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim turns this story on its head by... -
The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868 by V. A. C. Gatrell 9780192853325
RRP: $181.35$147.99Hanging people for small crimes as well as grave, the Bloody Penal Code was at its most active between 1770 and 1830. In those years some 7,000 men and women were executed on public scaffolds, watched by thousands. Hanging was confined to murderers... -
Luftwaffe Blitz: The Inside Story November 1940-May 1941 by Chris Goss
RRP: $36.95$15.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791519Author Chris GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 209Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Looking Back at Hulme, Moss Side, Chorlton on Medlock and Ardwick by Chris Makepeace 9780946361342
RRP: $23.30$15.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361342Author Chris MakepeaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,Timperley -
The Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and Her People by Andrew Marr
$11.97With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to expect, in The Diamond Queen Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch - and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of the state, which... -
Galloper Jack: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Rode a Real War Horse by Brough Scott 9781908216465
RRP: $25.33$17.73This is Brough Scott's moving biography of his grandfather - the author of the best-selling Warrior. 'Galloper' Jack Seely was at the heart of some of the most important events of the first part of the 20th century. His early life was one of adventure,... -
Rock's Diamond Year: Celebrating London's Music Heritage by Ralph Brookfield
RRP: $25.33$23.30Celebrating Rock's 60th Birthday, from the formation of the Rolling Stones and the heyday of the British Invasion to the spawning of the Reading Festival, this book explores the music history of the London clubs that were the engine rooms for British... -
Chadwell Heath & the Road to Romford Market: Britain in Old Photographs by Don Hewson 9780752454689
RRP: $29.23$22.52This superb collection of historic photographs takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the recent history of Chadwell Heath, Goodmayes, Seven Kings and West Romford. The book gives an impression of familiar streets as they developed and offers... -
Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England by Malcolm Gaskill 9780521531184
RRP: $60.43$55.93Crime and law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England attempts to reach further than most conventional treatments of the subject, to explore the cultural... -
The Fall of the British Monarchies 1637-1642 by Conrad Russell 9780198205883
$113.22This is a history of the dramatic events which led to the collapse of Charles I's authority in England, Scotland, and Ireland in the 1640s. Conrad Russell links incidents in the king's three domains to construct a narrative account which makes sense of... -
Visions of Science: Books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age by James A. Secord 9780199675265
RRP: $43.86$32.66The early 1830s witnessed an extraordinary transformation in British political, literary, and intellectual life. New scientific disciplines begin to take shape, while new concepts of the natural world were hotly debated. James Secord, Director of the... -
Malverns by Brian Iles 9780752436678
RRP: $31.18$23.89With over 200 archive photographs, this collection documents life in the Malverns from the 1860s until the 1950s. All aspects of everyday life are featured, including shops and businesses, work and leisure and the war years. Local events such as the... -
The Great Highland Famine: Hunger, Emigration and the Scottish Highlands in the Nineteenth Century by Tom M. Devine
RRP: $58.50$40.17The Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was a major human tragedy of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrated in the wake of potato blight and economic collapse. Acute famine also gripped the Scottish Highlands... -
These Houses are Ours: Co-operative and community-led housing alternatives 1870-1919 by Andrew Bibby
RRP: $36.95$33.05The years before the First World War saw the development of a widespread housing movement in Britain which delivered homes at affordable rents through co-operative and community endeavour. From Cornwall to central Scotland, Suffolk to South Wales,... -
The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951 by Lord John Julius Norwich
RRP: $33.13$18.68The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper)'This is a fabulous, jaw-dropping read' SUNDAY TIMES'Duff Cooper was as close to the action as anyone during the dramatic events of the... -
Landmark Thucydides by Robert B Strassler 9781416590873
RRP: $68.25$63.49Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition.Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen,... -
Bradford: Images of England by Gary Firth 9780752430195
RRP: $29.23$22.52This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752430195Author Dr Gary... -
Charitable Hatred: Tolerance and Intolerance in England, 1500-1700 by Alexandra Walsham 9780719052408
RRP: $48.75$43.27Charitable hatred offers a challenging new perspective on religious tolerance and intolerance in early modern England. Setting aside traditional models charting a linear progress from persecution to toleration, it emphasises instead the complex interplay... -
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... -
Visitor's Guide to Victorian England by Michelle Higgs 9781781592830
RRP: $29.23$21.35A colourful introduction to the realities of life in the 19th century. Readers will learn hidden details of history, from how to fend off pickpockets to the correct way to fasten a corset. This title will appeal to both seasoned social history fans,...