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Generations: Age, Ancestry, and Memory in the English Reformations by Alexandra Walsham 9780198854036
RRP: $72.13$61.91This book examines England's plural and protracted Reformations through the novel prism of the generations. Approaching generation as a biological unit and a social cohort, it demonstrates that the tumultuous religious developments that stretched across... -
Classics and Imperialism in the British Empire by Mark Bradley 9780199584727
$191.92While the study of Classics in postcolonial worlds has received a great deal of recent attention, this is the first comprehensive study of the relationship between classical ideas and British colonialism. In this collection of essays, classical scholars... -
Lion and the Eagle by Kathleen Burk
RRP: $25.33$17.73An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance Throughout modern history, British and American rivalry has gone hand in... -
Scotland's Beginnings: Scotland Through Time by Michael Taylor
RRP: $9.73$8.46What would we have seen if we looked out over the landscape of Scotland at its very beginning, before the impact of mankind? What would it be like to swim in the Jurassic sea? Or stand early one morning in the dragon-fly haunted coal forests of the... -
Muddling Through: Muddling Through: the Organisation of British Army Chaplaincy in World War I by Peter Howson 9781909384200
RRP: $68.25$35.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384200Author Peter HowsonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Black London: The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century by Marc Matera 9780520284302
RRP: $48.75$38.98This vibrant history of London in the twentieth century reveals the city as a key site in the development of black internationalism and anticolonialism. Marc Matera shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London's rich social... -
Interpreting the Death of Edward VI: The Life and Mysterious Demise of the Last Tudor King by Krammer, Kyra 9781399092081
RRP: $39.00$27.87King Edward VI tends to be glossed over in the historical narrative of the Tudor dynasty. His achievements during his brief time on the throne are eclipsed by the tumultuous and fascinating reigns of his grandfather, father and two half-sisters. This... -
W. B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats
RRP: $13.63$9.75'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams' is one of the most well-known and repeated lines of poetry ever written. Less haunting, but still so relevant: 'Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.'W B Yeats was one of the foremost... -
I Fought at Bannockburn by David Ross 9781902407197
RRP: $7.78$6.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902407197Author David RossFormat HardbackImprint Waverley BooksPublisher The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd -
Land for the People?: The British Government and the Scottish Highlands 1880-1925 by Ewen Cameron
RRP: $48.75$33.77Land for the People? covers a previously neglected period which saw the formative legislation and policies which continue to shape Highland life. Drawing on a wider range of sources, both public and private, than hitherto, Ewen Cameron delivers an... -
Making the Imperial Nation: Colonization, Politics, and English Identity, 1660-1700 by Gabriel Glickman
RRP: $58.50$57.04How 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 Friaries of Medieval London - From Foundation to Dissolution by Nick Holder 9781783274314
RRP: $50.68$43.08A lavishly illustrated account of the buildings of the friars in the Middle Ages, bringing them vividly to life. with contributions from Ian M. Betts, Jens Roehrkasten, Mark Samuel, and Christian Steer. Nominated for the Current Archaeology Book... -
The Little Book of Monarchs: English History with a Smile on Its Face by Tony Boullemier 9781783060856
$22.27This is probably the most concise English history book ever published. Tony Boullemier has vividly summed up all 42 rulers of England since 1066. Each reign is condensed into five key bullet points and illustrated by a clever cartoon that sticks in the... -
Diana by Sarah Bradford
RRP: $25.33$17.73*20th anniversary edition featuring a new afterword*Glamour. Duty. Tragedy: The Woman Behind the Princess. Sarah Bradford delivers an authoritative and explosive study of the greatest icon of the twentieth century: Diana.After more than a decade... -
Ingenious Trade: Women and Work in Seventeenth-Century London by Laura Gowing
RRP: $68.23$58.68Ingenious Trade recovers the intricate stories of the young women who came to London in the late seventeenth century to earn their own living, most often with the needle, and the mistresses who set up shops and supervised their apprenticeships. Tracking... -
Malkin: Poems About the Pendle Witch Trials by Camille Ralphs 9781910139301
RRP: $9.75$7.96Malkin is a vivid evocation of the trials of the Pendle Witches in 1612. The sequence of poems is delivered in the form of epitaphic monologues, with the accused men and women eerily addressing the reader with their confessions and pleas. Strikingly,... -
Cromwell and Ireland: New Perspectives by Martyn Bennett 9781837644377
RRP: $68.23$61.85In this collection of essays, a range of established and early-career scholars explore a variety of different perspectives on Oliver Cromwell's involvement with Ireland, in particular his military campaign of 1649-1650. In England and Wales Cromwell... -
Rome: An Urban History from Antiquity to the Present by Rabun Taylor 9781107601499
RRP: $68.23$56.12Spanning the entire history of the city of Rome from Iron Age village to modern metropolis, this is the first book to take the long view of the Eternal City as an urban organism. Three thousand years old and counting, Rome has thrived almost from the... -
Altbier: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes by Horst D. Dornbusch 9780937381625
RRP: $23.38$15.60Brewed centuries ago by monks and nuns, this copper-colored, full-bodied ale has a proud and unbroken brewing tradition dating back to the beginning of civilization. Horst Dornbusch sheds light on the practices of commercial altbier makers, how the... -
Gainsborough in London by Susan Sloman
RRP: $68.25$57.66A fuller, richer picture of an artist at the height of his powers Thomas Gainsborough's (1727-88) London years, from 1774 to 1788, were the pinnacle and conclusion of his career. They coincided with the establishment of the Royal Academy, of which... -
Nieuwpoort 1600 by Bouko de Groot
RRP: $29.23$21.35The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that... -
Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290-1350 by Paul Binski
RRP: $78.00$70.18In this wide-ranging, eloquent book, Paul Binski sheds new light on one of the greatest periods of English art and architecture, offering ground-breaking arguments about the role of invention and the powers of Gothic art. His richly documented study... -
Neville Chamberlain: The Passionate Radical by Walter Reid 9781780276748
RRP: $48.75$44.87Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as Hitler's credulous dupe, the man who proclaimed in September 1938 that the Munich agreement guaranteed 'peace in our time'. This is a magisterial reappraisal of Chamberlain and his legacy. It reveals the... -
Ingenious Ireland: A county by county exploration of Irish mysteries and marvels by Mary Mulvihill
$37.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846828218Author Mary MulvihillFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd -
The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century by Maarten Prak 9781009240567
RRP: $44.83$38.14Rembrandt, Hals and Vermeer are still household names, even though they died over three hundred years ago. In their lifetimes they witnessed the extraordinary consolidation of the newly independent Dutch Republic and its emergence as one of the richest... -
The Last Queen: Elizabeth II's Seventy Year Battle to Save the House of Windsor by Clive Irving 9781643136141
RRP: $54.50$33.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643136141Author Clive IrvingFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 38mm -
Bringing the House Down by David Profumo
RRP: $21.43$12.62David Profumo was just seven when his father, who had been Secretary of State for War, resigned from the Macmillan government. Despite the furore and humiliation that followed, his parents famously stayed together - and now, forty years on, their son has... -
Death Was Their Co-Pilot by Michael Dorflinger 9781473859289
RRP: $48.75$47.21It was in World War I that the skies first became a battlefield, with nations seeking to decide military outcomes off the ground. This volume introduces the fighter pilots of World War I, including the infamous "Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen. In... -
Luton Past & Present by Andrew Cook 9780752488646
RRP: $29.23$22.52Luton Past & Present gives a fascinating insight into the dramatic changes that have taken place in the city during the 20th century. The book recalls houses and public buildings, shops, factories and pubs that have vanished or been changed almost beyond... -
Coal, Steel, and the Rebirth of Europe, 1945-1955: The Germans and French from Ruhr Conflict to Economic Community by John Gillingham 9780521524308
RRP: $72.13$58.01This is the first large-scale historical investigation of the critical first stage of European integration, the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). John Gillingham discusses the thirty year Franco-German struggle for heavy industry... -
Daughters of Edward I by Kathryn Warner
RRP: $48.75$34.36In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne married a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos, and their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England and Leonor... -
Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds by Jocelin of Brakelond 9780199554935
RRP: $17.53$12.58This is the first English translation for forty years of a medieval classic, offering vivid and unique insight into the life of a great monastery in late twelfth-century England. The translation brilliantly communicates the interest and immediacy of... -
Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era by Kimberly S. Alexander 9781421425849
RRP: $68.25$61.70Shoes reveal the hopes, dreams, and disappointments of the early Americans who wore them.Honorable Mention of the Historic New England Book Prize by Historic New EnglandIn Treasures Afoot, Kimberly S. Alexander introduces readers to the history of the... -
Free French Spitfire Hero: The Diaries of and Search For Ren Mouchotte by Dilip Sarkar 9781399040273
RRP: $48.75$34.36Ren Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris. He joined the Arm e de l'Air for his period of military service in 1934, obtaining his flying brevet. Though Mouchotte returned to civilian life, he was called up at the outbreak of war... -
The Streets of Europe: The Sights, Sounds, and Smells That Shaped Its Great Cities by Brian Ladd
RRP: $50.70$49.24Merchants' shouts, jostling strangers, aromas of fresh fish and flowers, plodding horses, and friendly chatter long filled the narrow, crowded streets of the European city. As they developed over many centuries, these spaces of commerce, communion, and... -
The Infamous Sophie Dawes: New Light on the Queen of Chantilly by Adrian Searle 9781526717498
RRP: $38.98$27.85She was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of Wight smuggler. Much of her childhood was spent in the island's workhouse. Yet Sophie Dawes threw off the shackles of her downbeat formative years to become one of the most talked-about personalities in... -
Herculaneum - Italy's Buried Treasure by Joseph Jay Deiss 9780892361649
RRP: $42.88$36.17A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papiri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled.Book InformationISBN 9780892361649Author . DeissFormat PaperbackPage... -
The Sixteenth Century: 1485-1603 by Patrick Collinson 9780198207665
$74.12This book surveys the transformation of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. At the start of the period, England was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensual. Yet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the... -
How to Create the Perfect Wife: The True Story of One Gentleman, Two Orphans and an Experiment to Create the Ideal Woman by Wendy Moore
RRP: $21.43$14.43From the No.1 bestselling author of WEDLOCK. The Georgian scandal of one gentleman, two orphans and an experiment to create the ideal wife.This is the story of how Thomas Day, a young man of means, decided he could never marry a woman with brains, spirit... -
The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of General De Gaulle by Charles Williams
RRP: $40.93$28.00Critical acclaim for The Last Great Frenchman "This is a splendid popular biography . . . recounted with verveand anecdotal warmth, along with fresh appraisals of de Gaulle'scareer as soldier, politician, and head of state." --PublishersWeekly. "Highly...