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Strongbow: The Norman Invasion of Ireland by Conor Kostick 9781788493833
RRP: $27.28$22.74The coming of the Normans to Ireland from 1169 is a pivotal moment in the country's history. It is a period full of bloodthirsty battles, both between armies and individuals. With colourful personalities and sharp political twists and turns, Strongbow's... -
The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean by Brendan O'Carroll 9781526777379
RRP: $48.75$34.36Shortly after the invasion of Sicily and to distract German attention from the Italian campaign, Churchill ordered the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean. The Long Range Desert Group, retraining in Lebanon, were now part of Raiding... -
Abbeys and Priories by Geoffrey N. Wright 9780747805892
RRP: $19.48$12.71What exactly is an abbey and does it differ from a priory? This book clarifies the seeming confusion by answering these questions and much more besides. This new edition, in a larger format, includes descriptions of over 200 individual sites open to the... -
A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby by Joe Moshenska
RRP: $25.33$17.73SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY and THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY'A thrilling account' The Times'As heroic as Digby himself, Moshenska has defied the tyranny of genre and made his own absorbing account'... -
At the Point of the Bayonet: The Peninsular War Battles of Arroyomolinos and Almaraz 1811-1812 by Robert Griffith
RRP: $48.75$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336523Author Robert GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Small Heath & Sparkbrook by Margaret Green 9780752426358
RRP: $25.33$18.76A history of Small Heath & SparkbrookBook InformationISBN 9780752426358Author Margaret D. GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
The Home Front: British Wartime Memorabilia, 1939-1945 by Peter Doyle
RRP: $48.75$41.54For those living in Britain between 1939 and 1945, the war was an ever-present reality; reminders were to be found everywhere. Huge numbers of objects relating to the war effort at home - some functional, like gas masks, ARP uniforms and ration books,... -
The Newcastle Book of Days by Jo Bath 9780752468662
RRP: $19.48$14.72Taking you through the year day by day, The Newcastle Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the city. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you... -
Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland 4th Edition by John Waddell 9781913934781
RRP: $97.50$68.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934781Author John WaddellFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint WordwellPublisher Wordwell -
Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850: A Regional Perspective by Steve King 9780719049408
RRP: $38.98$34.75The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the literature on poverty, communal welfare systems and alternative welfare strategies. Offers a new perspective on how we should conceptualise poverty and how ordinary families and communities responded... -
The Turkic Peoples in World History by Joo-Yup Lee 9781032170015
RRP: $74.08$65.09The Turkic Peoples in World History is a thorough and rare introduction to the Turkic world and its role in world history, providing a concise history of the Turkic peoples as well as a critical discussion of their identities and origins.The "Turks"... -
Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901 by Kristine Hughes 9781582972800
RRP: $29.62$26.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582972800Author Kristine HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Penguin Publishing GroupPublisher Penguin Publishing GroupWeight(grams)... -
Harry of England: The History of Eight Kings, From Henry I to Henry VIII by Teresa Cole
RRP: $39.00$26.01Eight kings of England were the named Henry, but only two of them were born as heirs to the throne and these - the third and sixth - proved to be the weakest. Two seized the crown by force of arms, one by craft and opportunistic speed, and one by skilful... -
Rotherham at War and Peace by Margaret Drinkall 9780752462950
RRP: $31.18$23.89In July 1922 the Rotherham Advertiser requested that the people of Rotherham remember the impact which the First World War had on the town and the changes which had been made. They recommended that: 'it be placed on record how the town was transformed... -
The Story of Calton Jail: Edinburgh's Victorian Prison by Malcolm Fife
RRP: $29.23$22.52Located a short distance from Edinburgh's Princes Street, the castellated design of Calton Prison was often mistaken by nineteenth-century visitors to the city for Edinburgh Castle. Occupying a prominent site on the rocky slope of Calton Hill, the then... -
The Little Book of Newcastle by John Sadler 9780750990035
RRP: $19.48$14.72The Little Book of Newcastle is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric... -
The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family by Michael Moss 9780748617234
$63.61Explore Culzean Castle with this book! Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast is the most visited property of the National Trust for Scotland. This lavishly illustrated book tells the whole history of the castle. Michael Moss has carried out extensive... -
Lovell our Dogge: The Life of Viscount Lovell, Closest Friend of Richard III and Failed Regicide by Michele Schindler 9781445690537
RRP: $39.00$26.79In July 1484 Tudor agent William Collingbourne - executed for treason in 1484 - tacked up a lampoon to the walls of St Paul's Cathedral: 'The Catte, the Ratte and Lovell our dogge rulyth all Englande under a hogge.' That cat was Sir William... -
Haunted Peterborough by Stuart Orme 9780752476544
RRP: $25.33$18.76Peterborough has a rich and fascinating history, stretching back 3,500 years to the Bronze Age. The city is a vibrant place with a new town surrounding an ancient town centre, still dominated by its Norman cathedral. But the city has a sinister and... -
1805 - Tsar Alexander's First War with Napoleon: The Russian Official History by Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky
RRP: $48.75$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113856Author Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-DanilevskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum by James Gardner
RRP: $25.33$16.69Almost nine million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre in Paris every year to see its incomparable art collection. Yet few, if any, are aware of the remarkable history of that location and of the buildings themselves, and how they... -
Hitler's Flemish Lions: The History of the SS-Freiwilligan Grenadier Division Langemarck (Flamische Nr. I) by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: $25.33$18.76Motivated by anti-communist zeal and a burning desire for Flemish self-rule, the men of the SS Langemarck answered Himmler's call to arms and earned a reputation for steadfastness in battle from friend and foe alike, right through to their eventual... -
Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult by Peter Levenda 9780892541904
RRP: $54.60$33.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892541904Author Peter LevendaFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Ibis PressPublisher Ibis PressWeight(grams) 1g -
Edward VII (Penguin Monarchs): The Cosmopolitan King by Richard Davenport-Hines 9780241014806
$28.63Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalities of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed and enjoyable. This book conveys Edward's distinct... -
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution by Peter McPhee
RRP: $33.13$28.92A strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically... -
The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies by Gill Bennett 9780198767305
RRP: $61.41$45.75This is the story of one of the most enduring conspiracy theories in British politics, an intrigue that still has resonance nearly a century after it was written: the Zinoviev Letter of 1924. Almost certainly a forgery, no original has ever been traced,... -
The Global Refuge: Huguenots in an Age of Empire by Owen Stanwood
RRP: $68.23$51.36Huguenot refugees were everywhere in the early modern world. French Protestant exiles fleeing persecution following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, they scattered around Europe, North America, the Caribbean, South Africa, and even remote... -
Victorian Bloomsbury by Rosemary Ashton 9780300154474
RRP: $63.38$62.36While Bloomsbury is now associated with Virginia Woolf and her early-twentieth-century circle of writers and artists, the neighborhood was originally the undisputed intellectual quarter of nineteenth-century London. Drawing on a wealth of untapped... -
Protest: Britain on the March by Mirrorpix
RRP: $25.33$18.76'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.' - Margaret Mead Britain was built on protest. From Magna Carta to the suffragettes, the Peasants' Revolt to the Iraq War;... -
An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad: Scandal in the Raj by Benjamin B. Cohen
RRP: $50.60$40.25The dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial and fall reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals.In April... -
Salacious Sussex by Viv Croot 9781906022143
RRP: $17.53$12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906022143Author Viv CrootFormat HardbackImprint Snake River Press LtdPublisher Snake River Press Ltd -
A Toby in the Lane: A History of London's East End Markets by Paul Morris 9780752462844
RRP: $25.33$18.76A Toby in the Lane reveals the rich fabric of the East End markets, primarily in Petticoat Lane and Brick Lane, and celebrates the street traders and stalls which call these London institutions home. This is the story of immigrant communities and their... -
Bicester and Chesterton by Bicester Local History Society
RRP: $25.33$18.76This fascinating book of over 200 old photographs provides a glimpse of life in the market town of Bicester and the nearby village of Chesterton over the last 100 years. The quieter pace of village life in the last years of the nineteenth century is also... -
Georgian Dublin: The Forces That Shaped the City by Diarmuid O. Grada 9781782051473
RRP: $68.25$59.32It is the Georgian heritage that most strongly defines Ireland's capital city. However, Diarmuid O Grada now shows us a Dublin quite unlike that depicted in the conventional histories of grand red-brick squares and elegant drawing rooms. Phenomenal... -
Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Emily Greble
RRP: $59.46$52.16Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe shows that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself. Muslims are neither newcomers nor outsiders in Europe. In the twentieth century, they have been... -
Monte Cassino: Opening the Road to Rome by Richard Doherty 9781526703293
RRP: $48.75$36.31One of the bloodiest European battles of the Second World War was that from January to June 1944 for the Gustav Line, anchored on Monte Cassino, famous for its Benedictine Abbey. Better known as the Battle of Cassino, the campaign only ended when Rome... -
Focke-Wulf Ta 152: The Story of the Luftwaffes Late-War, High-Altitude Fighter by Dietmar Harmann
RRP: $54.58$36.31From the time of its appearance in 1939 the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was one of the best fighter aircraft of the Second World War - a masterpiece produced by chief designer Kurt Tank. In 1943 he developed a new fighter aircraft based on this successful concept... -
Public Schools and the Second World War by Sir Anthony Seldon, David Walsh 9781526750396
RRP: $48.75$35.14Following on from Public Schools and the Great War, Sir Anthony Seldon and David Walsh now examine those same schools in the Second World War. Privileged conservative traditions of private schools were challenged in the inter-war years by the changing... -
The Surnames of Ireland by Edward MacLysaght 9780716523666
$41.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780716523666Author Edward MacLysaghtFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd -
Women in Welsh Coal Mining: Tip Girls at Work in a Men's World by Norena Shopland 9781399075220
$48.54We tend to think of coal mining as predominantly a male occupation, with women confined to roles as wives and support workers. Women worked at the coal face for many years before they were banned in 1842. However, mere legislation was not going to stop...