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John Stonehouse, My Father: The True Story of the Runaway MP by Julia Stonehouse
RRP: $23.08$15.37'Clear, dispassionate and selfless' Spectator'Exhaustive in her research, tenacious in spotting errors, indignant in denouncing lies.' Guardian'A compelling account of an extraordinary political scandal, written from inside the Stonehouse family'. Martin... -
Houses of the National Trust: New Edition by Lydia Greeves
RRP: $63.00$46.05Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the country houses in the care of the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design. The National Trust cares for a wealth of houses and... -
De Gaulle by Julian Jackson 9781913368784
RRP: $25.18$17.54Charles de Gaulle, saviour of France's honour in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic, was a man and leader of deep contradictions. A conservative and a Catholic from a monarchist family, he restored democracy on his return to France in 1944, bringing... -
Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: $39.88$34.82Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent... -
Victorian Stained Glass by Trevor Yorke
RRP: $18.88$14.62A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers. Victorian stained glass - magnificent, colourful and artistic - adorns countless British churches, municipal buildings and homes. Across the... -
The Vanished Bride: An absolutely perfect winter mystery to curl up with in 2020 by Bella Ellis
RRP: $20.98$14.28'Brilliantly entertaining and original' C.L. Taylor'A standout book' Rosie WalshFrom the Sunday Times-bestselling author Rowan Coleman, comes a special new series featuring the Bronte sisters, written under the name Bella EllisYorkshire, 1845, and dark... -
The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe by Graham Robb
RRP: $23.08$15.77Graham Robb's The Ancient Paths will change the way you see European civilization.Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, and, most of all, their sophisticated knowledge of science. His... -
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
RRP: $27.28$19.09Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empireOnce vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and... -
Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig
RRP: $27.28$17.98Bringing to life one of the most complex characters in European history Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love... -
The Saracen's Mark by S. W. Perry
RRP: $18.88$12.77From the CWA Historical Dagger Award-nominated author of The Angel's Mark in 2019 and The Serpent's Mark in 2020England, 1593: Five years on from the Armada and Elizabeth's kingdom seems secure. But there is always a plot afoot...Robert Cecil, the... -
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England by Keith Thomas
RRP: $39.88$29.42Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover... -
Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle: Vol 1: Trial by Battle by Jonathan Sumption 9780571200955
RRP: $63.00$44.84'Compulsively readable' (History), this is the first volume in a series that details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history... -
The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659: The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries' Wars by Geoffrey Parker
RRP: $56.68$45.95The publication of The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road in 1972 marked the birth of the 'new military history', which emphasized military organization - mobilization, pay, supply, morale and, above all, logistics - rather than military 'events' such... -
Peig by Peig Sayers 9780815602583
RRP: $27.20$25.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815602583Author Sayers.Format PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Syracuse University PressPublisher Syracuse University Press -
Heritage Railways by Julian Holland
RRP: $31.48$20.37Explore Britain's remaining historic lines with railway expert Julian Holland. The essential guide to exploring Britain's last remaining historic lines, Britain's Heritage Railways is ideal for anyone planning or looking for a nostalgic... -
Histories of the Unexpected: The Vikings by Dr Sam Willis
RRP: $18.88$12.77Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before.Traditionally, the Vikings have been understood in a straightforward way - but the period really comes alive if you... -
Visitors' Historic Britain: The Isle of Man: Stone Age to Swinging Sixties by Matthew Richardson 9781526720771
RRP: $31.48$23.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Ireland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and Disremembered by Turtle Bunbury 9780500296363
RRP: $20.98$13.52Why did the Romans never try to conquer Ireland? Why did the King of Spain give his name to an Irish county? And how did brandy change the course of Irish history? Turtle Bunbury explores unexpected corners of the past to offer an informative and... -
Root to Stem: A seasonal guide to natural recipes and remedies for everyday life by Alex Laird
RRP: $23.08$16.32'Root to Stem is a seasonal and holistic approach to health that puts plants, herbs and nature at the heart of how we live and eat. It is a new kind of guide that links individual health to our communities and the planet's health to sustain us all.'This... -
The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie Black
RRP: $31.48$24.02Drawing on the cuisine of the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire to Henry VIII's break with Rome, this new treatment of a classic book explores the relationship between food, religion and the ever-widening gap between the tables of the rich... -
From Deliverance To Destruction: Rebellion and Civil War in an English City by Mark Stoyle 9780859894784
RRP: $36.75$32.63This is a study of the city of Exeter during the Great Civil War of 1642-46; it offers a lively, immediate account of how one English city slid, inexorably, into the chaos of civil war. The book shows how Exeter's inhabitants first began to dissent from... -
Yorkshire: A lyrical history of England's greatest county by Richard Morris
RRP: $23.08$15.54'Restless, poetic, strange ... and the territory it describes deserves nothing less' Observer'Glittering and energetic' Country LifeYorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving... -
The rise and fall of KING COAL: British mining from beginning to end by Nick Piggott
RRP: $62.98$47.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658634Author Nick PiggottFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 1506gDimensions(mm) 300mm... -
Candy Kisses by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: $23.08$14.70Chocolate can also be bitter...It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone dotes on Aunty Dot, as much as they do on her homemade sweets. The plump, smiling woman has provided a loving home for many a troubled child over the years, and Lizzie... -
The Last Women of the Durham Coalfield: Hannah's Granddaughter by Margaret Hedley 9781803994192
RRP: $33.58$25.73'As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today are building their own futures in communities around the world.' - Hillary Rodham ClintonThe... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Medicine in Britain, c1250-present and The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18 by Sam Slater
$10.48Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for EdexcelTarget success in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage... -
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain: Life in the Age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London by Ian Mortimer
RRP: $27.28$19.09The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook.If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy and... -
Access to History: The Crusades 1071-1204 by Mary Dicken
$52.94Exam board: AQA; Pearson Edexcel; OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper... -
Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth by Keiron Pim 9781783785117
RRP: $27.28$17.98The acclaimed first English-language biography of the great European novelist and journalist, Joseph Roth, author of The Radetzky March, a writer who captured life in Europe between the wars like no other. The mercurial, self-mythologising novelist... -
Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg 9780199642427
RRP: $60.88$43.43This is the life story of one of the most interesting human beings who ever lived. A political genius who remade Europe and united Germany between 1862 and 1890 by the sheer power of his great personality. It takes the reader into close proximity with a... -
The Balkans by Mark Mazower
RRP: $20.98$14.28A dazzling short history of the Balkans from the Romans to the present, which provides vital historical and cultural background to contemporary Balkan politics.At the end of the twentieth century people spoke as if the Balkans had plagued Europe for ever... -
Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border by Colm Toibin
RRP: $20.98$15.27In the summer after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, when tension was high in Northern Ireland, Colm Toibin walked along the border from Derry to Newry. Bad Blood is a stark and evocative account of this journey through fear and hatred, and a report on... -
A Wider World by Karen Heenan 9781957081038
RRP: $29.38$26.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957081038Author Karen HeenanFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Karen HeenanPublisher Karen HeenanWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 22mm -
Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914 by Robert Gildea
$91.18This is a comprehensive survey of European history from the coup d'etat of Napoleon Bonaparte in France to the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo, which led to the First World War. It concentrates on the twin themes of revolution and... -
Hunting Evil by Guy Walters
RRP: $31.48$23.00At the end of the Second World War some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. Some of them are names that have resonated deeply in twentieth-century history - Eichmann, Mengele, Martin Bormann and Klaus Barbie - not just... -
A Guide to Seville: Five Walking Tours by P S Quick 9781785386480
RRP: $20.98$18.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785386480Author P S QuickFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Acorn Books LtdPublisher Andrews UK LimitedWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard: 3: Volume 3 R-W by Max Williams 9781781556382
RRP: $94.50$72.22Volume 3, officers with surnames R to W. In the turbulent times of the post-World War One era, new political parties emerged frequently in Germany, many with opposing extremist policies. The Communist movement grew out of the Socialist working classes... -
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS by Tom Petch
RRP: $42.00$30.01'Awesome!' - Andy McNab'You must read this book' - Colonel Tim Collins OBE'Page-turning and revelatory' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes_________________The official origin story of the SAS is a myth.This is the real story of how the world's preeminent Special... -
Basilikon Doron: The King's Gift by Kevin a Straight 9781944327057
RRP: $25.18$20.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944327057Author Kevin a StraightFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Creative Minority ProductionsPublisher Creative Minority ProductionsWeight(grams)... -
Writings From Prison: Bobby Sands by Bobby Sands
$33.98In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and...