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Cilfynydd by Anne Powell
RRP: $25.33$18.76This absorbing collection of archive images provides a comprehensive glimpse into the history of Cilfynydd during the last 120 years. Compiled with over 200 images, this selection highlights the history of this industrial Welsh village, one that would... -
The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles by Ian Armit 9780748606405
RRP: $60.45$55.95From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and... -
Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing by Carole Collier Frick
RRP: $54.60$47.85As portraits, private diaries, and estate inventories make clear, elite families of the Italian Renaissance were obsessed with fashion, investing as much as forty percent of their fortunes on clothing. In fact, the most elaborate outfits of the period... -
Restless Empire by Ian Barnes 9780674504677
RRP: $101.30$82.56From the first Slavic migrations to the Romanovs' rise to the Putin era, Russia has endured for centuries as a nation whose sheer size and diversity have challenged its rulers and shaped its identity. Restless Empire illuminates the epic sweep of Russian... -
Haunted Bromley by Neil Arnold 9780752497785
RRP: $25.33$18.76Situated on the border of Kent and London, the borough of Bromley has long been considered extremely haunted and now, for the first time ever, a majority of its ghost stories can be revealed. Folklorist Neil Arnold peeks into the darkest corners of the... -
Heinemann History Study Units: Student Book. Medieval Realms by Nigel Kelly
$46.49Contents: Part One: Introduction Part Two: The Norman Conquest Why was there an Invasion? The Norman Victory The Victory Completed Keeping Control: The Feudal System Keeping Control: Motte and Bailey Castles Keeping Control: Square Keep Castles The Land... -
The Terrible Year: The Paris Commune 1871 Sir Alistair Horne, CBE 9781842127599
RRP: $17.53$12.09A bestselling historian on a crucial episode in French history.Beneath the glittering facade of Louis-Napoleon's Second Empire there were forces of seething social and political unrest. When France succumbed to the Prussian invaders these forces came to... -
Running a Big Ship: The Classic Guide to Managing a Second World War Battleship by Rory O'Conor 9781910860199
RRP: $25.33$16.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910860199Author Rory O'ConorFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint The Pool of London PressPublisher The Pool of London Press -
A History of Greek-Owned Shipping: The Making of an International Tramp Fleet, 1830 to the Present Day by Almas Heshmati
RRP: $93.58$82.31Greek-owned shipping has been at the top of the world fleet for the last twenty years. Winner of the 1997 Runciman Award, this richly sourced study traces the development of the Greek tramp fleet from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Gelina... -
London Enviro 400 by Matthew Wharmby 9781473862319
RRP: $48.75$27.26Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
People of Colour and the Royals by Lady Colin Campbell 9781916131705
RRP: $38.98$27.85With her royal insider's knowledge and historical insight, Lady Colin Campbell turns her attention to People of Colour and the Royals. She herself is strongly vested in the subject of colour, being the proud product of one of the most prominent families... -
Haunted Canterbury by John Hippisley 9780752449982
RRP: $29.23$22.52Journey through the dark side of Canterbury, a medieval city steeped in history and ghostly goings-on. A designated Ancient World Heritage site with numerous old landmarks, Canterbury is riddled with countless tales of ghosts and hauntings. From stories... -
Celtic Saints by Laurence Wareing 9781780275703
RRP: $15.58$10.65They may be coated in layers of myth and pious anecdote but dig deep enough and the pioneering leaders of Celtic Christianity are revealed as reassuringly human individuals, responding to their faith by deliberately living on the edges of society. ... -
Suicide in the Middle Ages: Volume 1: The Violent Against Themselves by Alexander Murray 9780199553112
RRP: $120.90$119.91`Suicide' and `the Middle Ages' sounds like a contradiction. Was life not too short anyway, and the Church too disapproving, to admit suicide? And how is the historian supposed to find out? In this first volume of his trilogy, Alexander Murray takes... -
Flame of Miletus: The Birth of Science in Ancient Greece (and How It Changed the World) by John Freely 9781788312455
RRP: $25.33$19.09Miletus: one of the wealthiest and most important towns in ancient Greece. It was here, on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, in the 6th century BC, that the great traditions of Greek science and philosophy sparked into life, setting in motion a chain of... -
The Venetian Money Market: Banks, Panics, and the Public Debt, 1200-1500 by Reinhold C. Mueller 9781421431437
RRP: $100.43$90.50The long awaited conclusion to the magisterial Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice.Originally published in 1997. In 1985 Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller published the magisterial Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance... -
Pomp and Piety: Everyday Life of the Aristocracy in Stuart England by Ben Norman 9781398110175
RRP: $44.83$30.38Standing directly below the royal family in the social hierarchy of Stuart England, the aristocracy naturally dominated national and local life between 1603 and 1714. Nowadays, members of this prestigious group are best recalled through their hereditary... -
The Swiss Reformation: The Swiss Reformation by Professor Bruce Gordon 9780719051180
RRP: $38.98$34.75The Swiss Reformation was a seminal event of the sixteenth century which created a Protestant culture whose influence spread across Europe from Transylvania to Scotland. Offers the first comprehensive study of the Swiss Reformation and argues that the... -
The Story of Coventry by Peter Walters 9781860776922
RRP: $39.00$29.33The Story of Coventry traces the evolution of the city, from the myths of Godiva, through to the issues, challenges and opportunities facing it in the twenty-first century. Exploring Coventry's heritage through records, architectural developments and... -
Survivors of Stalingrad: Eyewitness Accounts from the 6th Army, 1942-1943 by Reinhold Busch
RRP: $29.23$27.26In November 1942, as the Battle of Stalingrad continued to rage, the Red Army launched a devastating counter-attack from outside the city. The Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad, trapping some 290,000 soldiers of the German... -
Scotland's Future History by McHardy Stuart
RRP: $15.58$11.58McHardy presents a new approach to history, changing our mindset to look at Scotland as the centre of our story. Rather than starting from the Mediterranean, from the classical/Christian bias we have been taught for centuries. Rather than being a remote... -
Quarry Bank Past & Present: Britain In Old Photographs by Ned Williams
RRP: $29.23$22.52Quarry Bank Past & Present is the second book produced by The History Press devoted to the recent history of this Black Country township. Two hundred and fifty pictures bring you a glimpse of the many diverse facets of life in Quarry Bank. It may be a... -
The Templemore Miracles: Jimmy Walsh, Ceasefires and Moving Statues by John Reynolds 9780750990592
RRP: $25.33$18.76In the aftermath of the 1916 Rising, the ensuing guerrilla war reached its peak in August 1920, in the garrison town of Templemore, when a series of extraordinary events occurred. 16-year-old farm labourer Jimmy Walsh claimed that he was experiencing... -
Loos - Hill 70: French Flanders by Andrew Rawson 9780850529043
RRP: $21.43$15.15The Battle of Loos formed part of a wider offensive conducted by both French and British Forces in September 1915. The British First Army, under the leadership of General Haig, were to break through the German line at Loos thanks in part to their... -
The Curious History of Irish Dogs by David Blake Knox 9781848407015
RRP: $25.33$22.31There are nine breeds of dog that are native to Ireland: four terriers, three gun dogs, and two hounds. In The Curious History of Irish Dogs, David Blake Knox tells the remarkable stories of each of the nine breeds, and reveals how they have become... -
Cholera: The Victorian Plague by Amanda J Thomas 9781526781819
RRP: $29.23$21.35Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda Thomas uses first-hand accounts, blending... -
Luton In Old Photographs by Luton Borough Council 9780752410869
RRP: $29.23$22.52A history of LutonBook InformationISBN 9780752410869Author Active Luton for Mark StubbsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany: The Franco-Prussian War of 1813 by Michael V. Leggiere
RRP: $58.50$49.08The first comprehensive history of the decisive Fall Campaign of 1813, which determined control of Central Europe following Napoleon's catastrophic defeat in Russia the previous year. Using German, French, British, Russian, Austrian and Swedish sources,... -
Welsh at Passchendaele 1917, The by Jonathan Hicks
RRP: $29.23$17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784613747Author Jonathan HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age by David a Price
RRP: $44.85$29.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525521549Author David A. PriceFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf -
The Earl of Dudley's Railway by Ned Williams 9780752493084
RRP: $29.23$22.52The Earl of Dudley's Railway, also known as The Pensnett Railway, was nearly 40 miles of track stretching in all directions from The Earl's Iron Works (later a steel works) at Round Oak, just outside Brierley Hill. It began life in a spectacular way back... -
Birmingham Past & Present In My Father's Footsteps by Mark Norton
RRP: $29.23$22.52In the 1950s and '60s, aware of what was about to happen to Birmingham, Dennis Norton took his camera and went to work. Photographing buildings along the route of the forthcoming inner ring road, around New Street station and in other areas of the city... -
Old Maryhill by Guthrie Hutton 9781872074542
RRP: $21.35$18.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074542Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 3mm -
Annandale: Britain in Old Photographs by David Carroll 9780752450148
RRP: $25.33$18.76Coursing down from the Devil's Beef Tub, the River Annan meanders through undulating agricultural land for 30 miles or so, before issuing into the Solway Firth. Stretching from the once-famous spa resort of Moffat in the north to Annan in the south,... -
Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos by Peter E. Gordon
RRP: $46.70$37.32In the spring of 1929, Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer met for a public conversation in Davos, Switzerland. They were arguably the most important thinkers in Europe, and their exchange touched upon the most urgent questions in the history of... -
A Century of Brighton & Hove: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by David Arscott
RRP: $29.23$22.52This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Brighton & Hove during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the... -
Birkenhead: A History by Elizabeth Davey
RRP: $35.08$26.60Birkenhead is essentially a 19th-century 'new town', its planned grid of streets still stretching westwards from the Georgian elegance of Hamilton Square. Two hundred years ago it did not exist. The settlement, such as it was, consisted of a mere scatter... -
A Sensory History of Ancient Warfare: Reconstructing the Physical Experience of War in the Classical World by Conor Whately
RRP: $38.98$27.85How can we attempt to understand the experience of those involved in ancient battles, sieges and campaigns? What was the visual impact of seeing the massed ranks of the enemy approaching or the sky darkened with their arrows? How did it feel to be... -
When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe by Maureen Quilligan 9781324092377
RRP: $29.23$22.27Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilisation of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers who sat on Europe's thrones,... -
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror in Shakespeare's England by James Travers 9781445684673
RRP: $39.00$27.87The Gunpowder Plot is perhaps the most famous and well-documented event in British Early Modern history. This means the story can be told through original dialogue recorded at the time to a greater extent than any other of the period. James Travers' new...