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Frommer's EasyGuide to Paris by Anna E. Brooke
RRP: $31.18$21.53Paris leads the world's other cities in art and cuisine, in architecture and history, in music and sculpture, in philosophy and political ferment, in nearly every other area on interest to the visitor. It has to be seen and experienced, and done so in a... -
The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race and the Dreadnought Hoax by Danell Jones 9781805260066
RRP: $39.00$34.79A new look at a revolutionary writer, a diverse imperial city, and a controversial trick on the Royal Navy. In February 1910, the future Virginia Woolf played the most famous practical joke in British military history. Blackening her face and... -
Robert the Bruce: Scotland's True Braveheart by Carradice, Phil 9781399002608
RRP: $39.00$27.87Robert the Bruce is a detailed account of the life and times of the Scottish hero and monarch. It covers his life from childhood to death, looking at the political, social and military life of Scotland before, during and after the time of Robert the... -
The Ulster Covenant: An Illustrated History of the 1912 Home Rule Crisis by Gordon Lucy 9781780730394
RRP: $15.58$13.86On the 28th September 1912, over 470,000 men and women signed Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant. By signing they proclaimed that they would surrender neither their 'civil and religious freedom' nor 'their cherished position of equal citizenship in the... -
Voices of Chalford, Bisley and Bussage: Tempus Oral History Series by Tamsin Treverton Jones 9780752432045
RRP: $31.18$23.89This fascinating book brings together the personal memories of people who lived and grew up in Chalford, Chalford Hill, France Lynch, Eastcombe, Bussage, Brownshill and Bisley during the last century. Reminiscences range from childhood games, working... -
War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine by Mikhail Zygar 9781668013724
RRP: $58.50$35.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668013724Author Mikhail ZygarFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 162mm * 35mm -
Speer: Hitler's Architect by Martin Kitchen
RRP: $37.03$31.55A new biography of Albert Speer, Hitler's chief architect and trusted confidant, reveals the subject's deeper involvement in Nazi atrocities"Kitchen, the author of a dozen works on twentieth-century Germany, comprehensively disassembles Speer's alibis... -
L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Mysterious Death of the 'Female Byron' by Lucasta Miller
RRP: $23.38$15.05A famous poet, a mysterious death and a story stranger than fiction. - this is the lost life and mytserious death of the 'Female Byron' On 15 October 1838, the body of a thirty-six-year-old woman was found in Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, a bottle of... -
Franci's War by Franci Epstein
RRP: $29.23$21.35What are you willing to do to survive? What are you willing to endure if it means you might live?'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope . . . Deserves the status both as a valuable historical source and as a stand-out memoir' Daily Express'A story that... -
Saving the Children: Humanitarianism, Internationalism, and Empire by Emily Baughan
RRP: $40.95$32.43Saving the Children analyzes the intersection of liberal internationalism and imperialism through the history of the humanitarian organization Save the Children, from its formation during the First World War through the era of decolonization. Whereas... -
The Last Army: The Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold and the End of the Civil War in the Welsh Marches 1646 by John Barratt 9781912390212
RRP: $38.90$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390212Author John BarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Medieval Women and Urban Justice: Commerce, Crime and Community in England, 1300–1500 by Teresa Phipps 9781526171795
RRP: $48.75$42.96This book provides a detailed analysis of women's involvement in litigation and other legal actions within their local communities in late-medieval England. It draws upon the rich records of three English towns - Nottingham, Chester and Winchester - and... -
The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook: Teatime Drinks, Scones, Savories & Sweets by Downton Abbey
RRP: $38.98$29.27Capture the elegance of teatime at Downton Abbey with this official afternoon tea cookbook.Afternoon tea is a revered and treasured English tradition-and no one knows better how to prepare and enjoy a proper tea than the residents of Downton Abbey!... -
After the Berlin Wall: Putting Two Germanys Back Together Again by Christopher Hilton
RRP: $37.03$28.70On 7 May 1945, Grand Admiral Donitz, named in Hitler's will as head of state, authorised the unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies on the following day. World War II in Europe was at an end. But many of the German people would... -
Freud: In His Time and Ours by Elisabeth Roudinesco 9780674659568
RRP: $70.10$66.98Elisabeth Roudinesco offers a bold and modern reinterpretation of the iconic founder of psychoanalysis. Based on new archival sources, this is Freud's biography for the twenty-first century-a critical appraisal, at once sympathetic and impartial, of a... -
Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Teenaged Girls Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins--And WWII Heroes by Tim Brady 9780806540382
RRP: $54.58$33.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806540382Author Tim BradyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. -
All Against All: The long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War by Paul Jankowski
RRP: $21.43$15.15During a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went wrong: Hitler came to power; Japan invaded Jehol and left the league of Nations; Mussolini looked towards Africa; Roosevelt was elected; France changed governments three times;... -
The Reign of Edward II, 1307–27 by Wendy Childs
RRP: $44.83$32.27Edward II's reign presents the dramatic narrative of a wilful king who faced baronial resistance and suffered military failures in both Scotland and France before losing his throne and his life. At the same time, it is a reign of considerable... -
The Brunei Revolt, 1962 1963 by Bijl, Nick van der 9781399013543
RRP: $29.23$21.35In December 1962, nationalists in Brunei, the hugely wealthy small kingdom on the North Coast of Borneo, formed the Army of North Kalimantan (TNKU) and, demanding greater democracy, engineered a rebellion against the Sultan and seized a large number of... -
The SS: A Warning from History by Guido Knopp
RRP: $23.38$17.41The best known but least understood organ of the Nazi state, the SS grew from a minor politician's small, unpaid bodyguard into a force which dominated the racial, cultural and professional spheres of the most powerful empire Europe has ever seen. Often... -
Deterrence, Coercion, and Appeasement: British Grand Strategy, 1919-1940 by David French 9780192863355
RRP: $224.25$193.19Deterrence, Coercion, and Appeasement presents a compelling and original survey of British grand strategy in the inter-war period. Whereas most existing accounts privilege either diplomacy and foreign affairs, intelligence, or military affairs more... -
The Crusades: A History by Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith 9781350028616
RRP: $54.58$52.01This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history. From the First Crusade right up to the present day, Jonathan Riley-Smith and... -
Medieval Mercenaries by William Urban 9781848328549
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. Feudal oaths and local militias were more often than not incapable of... -
Fortress Britain: All the Invasions and Incursions since 1066 by Ian Hernon 9780752497129
RRP: $29.23$22.52As Stuart Laycock's book All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: and the Few We Never got Round to shows, the British have not been backward in coming forward when it comes to aggressive forays abroad. But it hasn't all been one way. In 1193 for example,... -
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
RRP: $34.13$30.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375757464Author Jane Fletcher GeniesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall by William F. Buckley 9780470496688
RRP: $19.48$19.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470496688Author William F. BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Runes: A Grounding in Northern Magic by James Flowerdew 9780993227226
RRP: $25.33$17.43What are the Runes, and are they actually good for magic? Combining a lifetime of learning and experiences with the Runes with a unique, quirky set of illustrations, James Flowerdew brings you this beginner's guide. Full of direct references to... -
A History of Bury St Edmunds by Frank Meeres
RRP: $39.00$30.11Bury St. Edmunds has an extraordinary history. The ancient Saxon settlement of Bedricesworth was transformed when the body of Edmund, the martyred King of the East Saxons, was brought to the town in the early 10th century. Around his tomb grew one of the... -
A History of Germany 1918-2018: The Divided Nation by Mary Fulbrook
RRP: $83.75$73.26The new edition of the acclaimed textbook on modern German history, written by a leading scholar in the field Now in its fifth edition, A History of Germany 1918-2020 provides a clear and well-balanced survey of German history from the creation of the... -
Hitler's Fortresses in the East: The Sieges of Ternopol', Kovel', Poznan and Breslau, 1944-1945 by Alexey Isaev
RRP: $48.75$34.36'Fortresses must carry out the same tasks as the fortresses of old....They must allow themselves to be surrounded and thus tie down as many enemy forces as possible.' So Hitler directed in March 1944 and, in so doing, sealed the fate of Ternopol',... -
A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain by Chris Williams 9781405156790
RRP: $89.60$80.16A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, social, economic and cultural history of Britain during the late Georgian and Victorian eras. Truly British, rather than English,... -
The Absent-Minded Imperialists: Empire, Society, and Culture in Britain by Bernard Porter 9780199299591
$116.43The British empire was a huge enterprise. To foreigners it more or less defined Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its repercussions in the wider world are still with us today. It also had a great impact on Britain herself: for... -
Medieval Sensibilities: A History of Emotions in the Middle Ages by Damien Boquet 9781509514663
RRP: $37.03$33.68What do we know of the emotional life of the Middle Ages? Though a long-neglected subject, a multitude of sources - spiritual and secular literature, iconography, chronicles, as well as theological and medical works - provide clues to the central role... -
The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester
$39.47For the first time in Trade Paperback the massive, compelling book in which William Manchester brings to life Europe's richest, most powerful family, a 400-year dynasty that armed Germany in three major wars. Their cannon won the Franco-Prussian War in... -
Medieval St Andrews: Church, Cult, City: 5 by Michael Brown 9781783275977
RRP: $58.48$49.20First extended treatment of the city of St Andrews during the middle ages. St Andrews was of tremendous significance in medieval Scotland. Its importance remains readily apparent in the buildings which cluster the rocky promontory jutting out into the... -
Rare British Breeds: Endangered Species in the UK by Sophie McCallum
RRP: $48.75$36.31Rare British Breeds is a book inspired by the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watchlist, which is published annually, listing the species of sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, goats and poultry (chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese) that are endangered in the United... -
Faces of the Home Front, 1939-1945 by Neil R Storey
RRP: $48.75$35.14_Faces of the Home Front_ presents a fascinating insight into the people, wartime organisations, events, life and work on the British Home Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times told through an... -
The Arms Crisis of 1970: The Plot that Never Was by Michael Heney
RRP: $19.48$13.86The number one Irish Times bestseller In 1970, Taoiseach Jack Lynch accused two cabinet ministers, Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney, of smuggling arms to the IRA in Northern Ireland. The criminal prosecution that followed was a cause celebre at the time... -
Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler Dawson
RRP: $40.93$24.53In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass... -
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
RRP: $37.03$21.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400080670Author Erik LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...