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The Wartime Irish Marine Service: The first-hand experiences of broadcaster Norris Davidson by Daire Brunicardi
RRP: €21.41€16.23'It was a farewell to all my pleasant life, a farewell to the enjoyment of summer. My theme was that we were all about to undergo a change. The hills and the streams would remain, the sun would set as redly on the western sea, but they would not ever be... -
The Darkening Glass (Mathilde of Westminster Trilogy, Book 3): Murder, mystery and mayhem in the court of Edward II by Paul Doherty
RRP: €11.89€8.09Mathilde of Westminster must face a dangerous foe in the third novel in Paul Doherty's acclaimed series. March 1312 and England is divided. Edward II is in conflict with his barons over royal favourite Gaveston, and Queen Isabella is momentously pregnant... -
Afterlives: The Return of the Dead in the Middle Ages by Nancy Mandeville Caciola
RRP: €17.84€15.96Simultaneously real and unreal, the dead are people, yet they are not. The society of medieval Europe developed a rich set of imaginative traditions about death and the afterlife, using the dead as a point of entry for thinking about the self,... -
The Moral Economy of the Countryside: Anglo-Saxon to Anglo-Norman England by Rosamond Faith 9781108720069
RRP: €28.55€24.24How were manorial lords in the twelfth and thirteenth century able to appropriate peasant labour? And what does this reveal about the changing attitudes and values of medieval England? Considering these questions from the perspective of the 'moral... -
Walking London Wall by Ed Harris 9780752448466
RRP: €17.84€13.74London's City Wall was the second biggest building project undertaken by the Romans in Britain after Hadrian's Wall. Originally built using 90,000 tons of quarried Kentish stones, its many layers enshrine the victories and catastrophes of the eventful... -
Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 by Ivan P. Day 9780313346248
€57.93From the Baroque Era to the Victorian Era, 1650-1850, unprecedented changes took place in the food ways and dining habits of European society. This daily life aspect of history comes alive for students and food enthusiasts as they read and try out these... -
The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany by Wolfe Frank 9781526738738
RRP: €29.75€21.44Wolfe Frank was Chief Interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed 'The Voice of Doom'. A playboy turned resistance worker he had fled Germany for England in 1937 having been branded an 'enemy of the state - to be shot on sight'. Initially... -
Frozen Hell by William Trotter 9781565122499
RRP: €20.22€13.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565122499Author William R TrotterFormat PaperbackPage Count 285Imprint Workman PublishingPublisher Workman Publishing -
Charlemagne: Father of a Continent by Alessandro Barbero 9780520297210
RRP: €24.99€20.27The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great-Charlemagne-reigned from a.d. 768 to a.d. 814. At the time... -
James McNeill Whistler and France: A Dialogue in Paint, Poetry, and Music by Suzanne Singletary
RRP: €47.59€41.72James McNeill Whistler and France: A Dialogue in Paint, Poetry, and Music is the first full-length and in-depth study to position this painter within the overall trajectory of French modernism during the second half of the nineteenth century and to view... -
Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City by Thomas Eccardt
RRP: €16.65€13.03This unique book examines the history, culture, and inner workings of the seven smallest independent countries in Europe. These are among the oldest states on the continent and, despite their diversity, they have much in common. Most have relatively high... -
Vive la Revolution: A Stand-up History of the French Revolution by Mark Steel 9781931859370
RRP: €20.22€14.05"Thank goodness . . . for Mark Steel. Engagingly lighthearted while clearly thorough, the author has taken the events of the French Revolution and given them a human face, as well as neatly poking fun at the over-pomposity with which our recent... -
The Great Tapestry of Scotland: The Making of a Masterpiece by Alistair Moffat
RRP: €11.89€8.71The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, the Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the... -
Old Sands End, Fulham by Francis Czucha 9781840335262
RRP: €21.42€18.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335262Author Francis CzuchaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 272mm * 211mm * 6mm -
The Legacy of Pluralism: The Continental Jurisprudence of Santi Romano, Carl Schmitt, and Costantino Mortati by Mariano Croce
RRP: €69.02€59.70How should the state face the challenge of radical pluralism? How can constitutional orders be changed when they prove unable to regulate society? Santi Romano, Carl Schmitt, and Costantino Mortati, the leading figures of Continental legal... -
Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great by Robert Garland 9780691173801
RRP: €35.70€27.72Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end. But Robert Garland argues that the Greeks were highly mobile, that their movement... -
Coastal Defences of the British Empire, 1775 - 1815 by Daniel S MacCannell
RRP: €29.75€21.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526753458Author Daniel S MacCannellFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword MilitaryWeight(grams) 165g -
Medical Muses by Asti Hustvedt
RRP: €17.84€13.03A groundbreaking new book about the misogynistic nineteenth century obsession with hysteria, focusing on the renowned Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. 'Fascinating and beautifully written' Guardian 'Fascinating ... gives us a disturbing insight into... -
Images of Aberdeen by Raymond Anderson 9781780911311
€19.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911311Author Raymond AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion by Brian P. Levack
RRP: €45.21€39.72Shortlisted for the 2008 Katharine Briggs AwardWitch-Hunting in Scotland presents a fresh perspective on the trial and execution of the hundreds of women and men prosecuted for the crime of witchcraft, an offence that involved the alleged practice of... -
La Boiselle: Somme by Michael Stedman 9780850525403
RRP: €13.08€9.25This addition to the growing series of battlefield guides has been written by Michael Stedman, author of Thiepval. Drawing upon the wealth of material available in both national and local archives, documentary evidence, personal reminiscence and British... -
Bellissima: Feminine Beauty and the Idea of Italy by Stephen Gundle 9780300176803
€50.92Feminine beauty has been more discussed, appreciated, represented in art and associated with national, cultural identity in Italy than in any other country. From the time of Dante and Petrarch, ideals of beauty have informed the works of artists,... -
England's Other Countrymen: Black Tudor Society by Onyeka Nubia 9781350354302
€28.69The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination, with endless novels, TV programmes and films depicting the period in myriad ways. And yet our image of the Tudor era remains overwhelmingly white. This ground-breaking and provocative new book... -
A Grim Almanac of Lancashire by Jack Nadin 9780752456843
RRP: €17.84€13.74A Grim Almanac of Lancashire is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, strange occurrences and heinous homicides, this almanac... -
The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union by Mr. Anthony Pagden
RRP: €36.88€31.45The creation of the European Union and the progressive integration of the European states has raised serious questions about the existence of a distinctive European identity. Do the British share much in common with the French, or the French with the... -
Altrincham: Britain in Old Photographs by John Hudson 9780752451176
RRP: €17.84€13.74An ancient town, a proud Cheshire town, a town of contrasts still capable of taking the unsuspecting visitor by surprise. That's Altrincham, portrayed here in scores of photographs that give us fascinating glimpses of its rich and varied past at work and... -
The Stuarts by John Miller 9781852855451
€34.21When James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth as James I on the throne of England in 1603, the Stuarts became the first dynasty to rule Britain as a whole. The problems that James and his successors encountered in reconciling their kingdoms led to... -
Lucy Hutchinson and the English Revolution: Gender, Genre, and History Writing by Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille 9780192857538
RRP: €113.05€96.69In Lucy Hutchinson and the English Revolution, Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille explores Lucy Hutchinson's historical writings and the Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, which, although composed between 1664 and 1667, were first published in 1806... -
Battle in the Baltic: The Royal Navy and the Fight to Save Estonia and Latvia, 1918 1920 by Dunn, Steve 9781399096553
RRP: €15.46€10.82Though, for most participants, the First World War ended on 11 November 1918, the Royal Navy found itself, despite four years of slaughter and war weariness, fighting a fierce and brutal battle in the Baltic Sea against Bolshevik Russia in an attempt to... -
St Peter-on-the-Wall: Landscape and Heritage on the Essex Coast by Johanna Dale 9781800084360
RRP: €41.65€36.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800084360Author Johanna DaleFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 770g -
RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: v. 6: 1945 by W.R. Chorley 9780904597929
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780904597929Author W. R ChorleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy PublishingDimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 17mm -
Haunted Bishop's Stortford by Jenni Kemp 9780750964128
RRP: €15.46€11.45From a spectral horse and carriage heard galloping along Church Street to unexplained sightings of the market town's mysterious Grey Lady, this collection of hauntings from Bishop's Stortford is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Featured here are... -
The Greek Revolution: A Critical Dictionary by Paschalis M Kitromilides
RRP: €40.40€33.09Winner of the 2022 London Hellenic PrizeOn the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, an essential guide to the momentous war for independence of the Greeks from the Ottoman Empire.The Greek war for independence (1821-1830) often goes missing from... -
Charlemagne by Johannes Fried
RRP: €40.40€33.81When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary... -
Douglas Home by David Dutton
RRP: €15.46€10.70Douglas-Home had a complex career between the two Houses of Parliament, disclaiming his peerage to become Prime Minister. His term in office was short elected in 1963 he lost the election of 1964.Book InformationISBN 9781904950677Author David... -
Eyewitness RAF: The Experience of War, 1939-1945 by James Goulty 9781526752376
RRP: €29.75€20.97Much has been written about the Royal Air Force during the Second World War-memoirs, biographies, histories of Fighter and Bomber commands, technical studies of the aircraft, accounts of individual operations and exploits - but few books have attempted... -
The Russian Revolution 1917: A Personal Record by N.N. Sukhanov by Nikolai Nikolaevich Sukhanov
RRP: €124.95€112.44Author of the only full-length eyewitness account of the 1917 Revolution, Sukhanov was a key figure in the first revolutionary Government. His seven-volume book, first published in 1922, was suppressed under Stalin. This reissue of the abridged version... -
Churches in the Irish Landscape: Ad 400-1100 by Tomas O Carragain
RRP: €53.55€53.53Between the fifth century and the ninth, several thousand churches were founded in Ireland, a greater density than most other regions of Europe. This period saw fundamental changes in settlement patterns, agriculture, social organisation, rituals and... -
Death in Breslau by Marek Krajewski
RRP: €11.89€8.09Breslau was a German city on the border of Czechoslovakia. It is now, since World War II, Wroclaw, in Poland. Marek Krajewski has written a quartet of novels which unfold the history of this exceptional city, standing on the faultline and crossroads of... -
Diverse London: 20 Walks Exploring London's Wonderfully Varied Communities by David Fathers
RRP: €13.08€9.97Discover the communities that have made London the amazing place it is to live in and visit, with this fascinating walking guide to the history, culture, religion and cuisine of immigrant London. Brimming with beautiful maps and illustrations, this...