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The English and their History: Updated with two new chapters by Robert Tombs 9781802064230
RRP: €22.60€16.67The acclaimed account of the English people, now updated with two new chapters'Masterful, an enormously readable narrative of the English people from the Anglo-Saxons to the present' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times, Books of the YearIn The English and... -
The Tudors - Art and Majesty in Renaissance England by Elizabeth Cleland
RRP: €59.50€52.42A fascinating new look at the artistic legacy of the Tudors, revealing the dynasty's influence on the arts in Renaissance England and beyond Ruling successively from 1485 through 1603, the five Tudor monarchs changed England indelibly, using the visual... -
The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748–1789 by Robert Darnton 9780713996562
RRP: €41.65€29.38A Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement, and The Times Book of the YearA brilliant account of the coming of the French Revolution, and the culminating work of this most distinguished historian 'Events do not come naked into the world. They come clothed... -
The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain: Politics and Power Before the First World War by Vernon Bogdanor 9781785907623
RRP: €41.65€30.39The turbulent years of 1895 to 1914 changed Britain's political landscape for ever. They saw a transition from aristocratic rule to mass politics and heralded a new agenda which still dominates today. The issues of the period - economic modernisation,... -
The Seaside: England's Love Affair by Madeleine Bunting
RRP: €23.80€16.49"...a fascinating barometer of the state of the nation right now, in the wake of austerity, Brexit and Covid." - Travis Elborough England's seaside is made up of a striking variety of coastlines including cliffs, coves, pebbled shore, wide sandy... -
The Prince (Collins Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780008296506
RRP: €9.51€6.89HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure... -
Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov 9781800699090
RRP: €11.89€8.09'Uplifting and utterly defiant' Matt Nixson, Daily Express 'Immediate and important ... This is an insider's account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary' Helen Davies, The Times'At first we did not understand what war was. You can't understand... -
X3 to X54: The History of the British Midget Submarine by Keith Hall 9781803991993
RRP: €21.41€16.23The X- and XE-Class submarines were conceived during the Second World War: around 51ft (16m) long, they were designed to be towed by a 'mother' submarine and use their small size to complete stealth missions, such as attacking harbours and performing... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries by Nicholas Fellows
RRP: €12.50€11.45Exam board: OCRLevel: A-HistorySubject: First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
The Renaissance Notion of Woman: A Study in the Fortunes of Scholasticism and Medical Science in European Intellectual Life by Ian Maclean 9780521274364
RRP: €36.88€30.29This study of the world of scholarship and scholarly texts in the Renaissance, the so-called respublica literaria, affords insights into the intellectual infrastructure and modes of thought of the period by its examination of contemporary attitudes... -
Scotland: History of a Nation by David Frost
RRP: €9.51€7.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842043868Author David FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Lomond BooksPublisher Lomond Books -
Old Leith by Guthrie Hutton 9781872074658
RRP: €13.03€11.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074658Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 4mm -
The Berliners by Emma Harding
RRP: €11.89€7.09'Sometimes I get fanciful and think the buildings speak. That all their history is locked into the walls and if you listened closely enough, you could hear all the people who'd once been there.'Sigi lived upstairs from Sara at Friedrichstrasse 19 yet... -
Glastonbury: Isle of Avalon by George Wingfield 9781904263197
RRP: €7.13€5.58Did Jesus really visit the Holy Isle of Avalon as a young man? And did Joseph of Arimathea really found the first church here too? Is King Arthur really buried with Guinevere in the Abbey grounds? In this small guide book, local historian George... -
The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon
RRP: €23.80€16.49'A formidable achievement... a moving enactment of a modern pilgrimage' Rory Stewart'Thoughtful [and] heartfelt' Observer'Profound [and] compelling' Spectator'A noble endeavour' New Statesman***A WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 PICK***Without a permanent... -
Skara Brae by David Clarke
RRP: €7.14€5.11The Neolithic village known as Skara Brae was continuously occupied for about 300 to 400 years, before being abandoned around 2500 BC. Despite severe coastal erosion, eight houses and a workshop have survived largely intact, with their stone furniture... -
A Social History of England, 1200-1500 by Rosemary Horrox 9780521789547
RRP: €44.02€39.33What was life really like in England in the later Middle Ages? This comprehensive introduction explores the full breadth of English life and society in the period 1200-1500. Opening with a survey of historiographical and demographic debates, the book... -
The European Economy since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond by Barry Eichengreen 9780691138480
RRP: €41.65€33.49In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while... -
Harlow by George Taylor
RRP: €15.46€11.45This book is part of the Archive Photographs series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752403304Author... -
Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
RRP: €15.46€10.82Winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize 2013In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war, while the Orient was home to dazzling civilizations. Yet, somehow, the West came to dominate... -
Christine: A Search for Christine Granville by Madeleine Masson
RRP: €13.08€8.81Christine Granville, G.M., O.B.E. and Croix de Guerre, one of the most successful women agents of the Second World War and said to have been Churchill's 'favourite spy', was murdered, aged 37, in a London Hotel in 1952. Her actions as a British secret... -
Bagels & Bacon: The Post War East End by Jeff Rozelaar 9780752458700
RRP: €17.84€13.74Jeff Rozelaar was born into a Jewish family and raised in an East End bombarded by Hitler's V2s. Fortunate enough to be one of the lucky survivors of the Nazi menace, he was able to play in the streets among the resultant debris with his schoolmates... -
The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by Benjamin Woolley
RRP: €17.84€13.24Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.The King's Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover - and murderer - of King James I.The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power... -
Domesday Book: A Complete Translation by Geoffrey Martin
RRP: €47.60€34.97Domesday Book has been described as 'the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation.' (David Hume) But a complete translation has never been available before at an affordable price. Penguin's edition will change that. Compiled in a matter... -
Early Medieval Art by Lawrence Nees
RRP: €27.95€20.24The first millennium saw a rich and distinctive artistic tradition form in Europe. While books had long been central to the Christian religious tradition, education, and culture, they now became an important artistic medium, sometimes decorated with... -
Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 by Paul Kleber Monod 9780521447935
RRP: €53.54€45.86Although historians have devoted much attention to the influence of Jacobitism on Parliamentary politics, none has hitherto attempted to explore its broader implications in English society. Paul Monod's acclaimed study, newly available in paperback,... -
Out of the Hay and into the Hops: Hop Cultivation in Wealden Kent and Hop Marketing in Southwark, 1744-2000 by Celia Cordle 9781907396045
RRP: €22.60€20.21Based on oral histories and farm books, this account offers a fascinating analysis of some 300 years of hop-cultivation history in the Weald of Kent, a rural area in the South of England, and in the London Borough of Southwark. The diverse processes of... -
The Holocaust: A New History by Laurence Rees
RRP: €17.84€13.03THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT FOR 30 YEARS.'By far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development'... -
Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167 by Alison Weir
RRP: €17.84€13.03Full of passion and betrayal, murder and war, the first volume of an epic new series from bestselling historian Alison Weir, bringing five of England's medieval queens to life.A Daily Telegraph Book of the YearLove, murder, war, betrayalThis is the story... -
Alan Clark: A Life in his Own Words by Alan Clark
RRP: €20.22€14.21Some of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's diaries provide a witty and irreverant insider's account of political life in Britain. Now in one volume.'From the moment the first scabrous and brilliant volume was published, people... -
Mull and Iona: A Historical Guide by David Caldwell
RRP: €11.89€7.97Mull and Iona are two of the most visited islands in Scotland, and have played a central role in the history of the country. As the cradle of Christianity in Scotland, Iona has been a place of pilgrimage for almost 1,500 years and was a beacon of... -
SOE Manual: How to be an Agent in Occupied Europe by Special Operations Executive
RRP: €11.89€7.90The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover - from documents, cover stories and how to live off the land to how to get through an interrogation. ... -
Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics by Jeremy Craddock
RRP: €17.84€13.74'Absolutely gripping. Impeccably researched and written with the pace and narrative drive of a thriller, but attentive too to the dignity of the victims.' - Daragh Carville, creator of ITV's The BayThe true story of the shocking 1930s murder case, and... -
Writers in Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light by David Burke 9780984004386
RRP: €23.74€20.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984004386Author David BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Paris Writers PressPublisher Paris Writers PressWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Hidden Hands: The Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers by Mary Wellesley
RRP: €15.46€10.23'This book is an expression of love... Sublimely conceived and beautifully written' Gerard DeGroot, The Times'Immersive, conversational and intensely visual' Helen... -
Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson 9780857524201
RRP: €15.46€10.82Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of humankind, is a land of stunning landscapes,... -
Catherine of Braganza: Charles Ii's Restoration Queen by Sarah-Beth Watkins
RRP: €11.89€10.22Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess, married Charles II in 1662 and became the merry monarch's Restoration queen. Yet life for her was not so merry - she put up with the king's many mistresses and continuous plots to remove her from the throne... -
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery by Eric Ives
RRP: €18.98€17.59Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be... -
Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape by Susan Owens
RRP: €15.46€10.23When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the view over a valley or dappled sunlight on a path in the same way as those who were there before us? We have altered the countryside in innumerable ways over the last thousand years, and... -
The Little Book of Lancashire by Alexander Tulloch
RRP: €15.46€11.45Did You Know?In Stacksteads, a village near Bacup, there is an annual event which has to rank among the wackiest in the country's sporting calendar: the Gravy Wrestling competition.According to legend King Arthur's mighty sword Excalibur is lying at the...