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London Local Trains in the 1950s and 1960s by Kevin McCormack 9781473827219
RRP: €29.75€18.35The picture below of a Castle class locomotive, since preserved, illustrates Kevin McCormack's first love: the Great Western Railway and the Western Region of British Railways. Living almost all his childhood on the Western in Ealing, it was perhaps... -
Far-Right Politics in Europe by Jean-Yves Camus
RRP: €29.69€23.67In Europe today, staunchly nationalist parties such as France's National Front and the Austrian Freedom Party are identified as far-right movements, though supporters seldom embrace that label. More often, "far right" is pejorative, used by liberals to... -
The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century by Uta-Renate Blumenthal
RRP: €28.55€25.28"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that led to the confrontation between church and monarchy known as the investiture struggle or Gregorian reform. Ideas cannot be... -
G. F. Watts: The Last Great Victorian by Veronica Franklin Gould 9780300105773
RRP: €47.60€42.83George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) was a titanic figure in nineteenth-century British art. The father of British Symbolism and portrait painter of his age, he forged a controversial career that spanned the reign of Queen Victoria. This book, the first... -
Journey To The Abyss by Harry Kessler
RRP: €22.60€15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307278432Author Harry KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 960Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 232mm *... -
Building the Irish Courthouse and Prison: A Political History, 1750-1850 by Richard Butler 9781782053699
RRP: €41.65€34.30This book is the first national history of the building of some of Ireland's most important historic public buildings. Focusing on the former assize courthouses and county gaols, it tells a political history of how they were built, who paid for them, and... -
The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe by Patrick J. Geary
RRP: €33.32€25.94Modern-day Europeans by the millions proudly trace back their national identities to the Celts, Franks, Gauls, Goths, Huns, or Serbs--or some combination of the various peoples who inhabited, traversed, or pillaged their continent more than a thousand... -
The Best Days of Our Lives: School Life in Post-War Britain by Simon Webb 9780752486376
RRP: €17.84€13.74Following the disruption, hardship and challenges of the Second World War, the post-war years brought a sense of optimism and excitement, with families at last enjoying peacetime. This new book follows the lives of the nation's schoolchildren through the... -
The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum by James Gardner 9781611856347
RRP: €23.80€16.49Almost 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... -
Daphne du Maurier and her Sisters by Jane Dunn
RRP: €16.65€8.47Celebrated novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, eclipsed by her fame, are revealed in all their surprising complexity in this riveting new biography. The middle sister in a famous artistic dynasty, Daphne du Maurier is one of the master... -
'The Hotties': Excavation and Building Survey at Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House, St Helens, Merseyside by M. Krupa 9780904220322
€32.86The remains of Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House represent a unique survival from the 19th century, an period of rapid development within the glass industry characterised by innovative but short-lived design. These remains are now recognised as the most ... -
Moltke and His Generals: A Study in Leadership by Quintin Barry 9781910294413
RRP: €41.65€29.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294413Author Quintin BarryFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Approaching Late Antiquity: The Transformation from Early to Late Empire by Simon Swain 9780199297375
€123.11What factors already present in the society of the High Roman Empire developed and expanded into the world of Late Antiquity? What was distinct in this period from what went before? The answers to these complex and fascinating questions embrace the... -
Hitler's True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis by Robert Gellately
€22.00Parsing Adolf Hitler's ideology provides insights into the world of an extremist politics that, over the course of the Third Reich, developed explosive energies culminating in the Second World War and the Holocaust. Too often the theories underlying... -
Aspects of Housing Law by Jill Morgan 9781845680145
RRP: €59.49€52.24Aspects of Housing Law provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of what is often regarded as a complex and technical area of the law. It is essential reading for students of housing law and those taking courses in housing studies.With... -
Dorking & the Mole Valley Past & Present: Britain in Old Photographs by Ian Williams
RRP: €17.84€13.74The Surrey District of the Mole Valley takes its name from the river which runs through its heart. The River Mole rises near Gatwick and flows northwards through the Surrey countryside before entering the Thames near Hampton Court. The river was thought... -
Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment by Larry Wolff 9780804727020
RRP: €33.31€29.20This is a wide-ranging intellectual history of how, in the 18th century, Europe came to be conceived as divided into "Western Europe" and "Eastern Europe". The author argues that this conceptual reorientation from the previously accepted "Northern" and... -
Blood Roses: The Houses of Lancaster and York before the Wars of the Roses by Kathryn Warner
RRP: €15.46€11.45Traditionally, the Wars of the Roses - one of the bloodiest conflicts on English soil - began in 1455, when the Duke of York attacked King Henry VI's army in the narrow streets of St Albans. But this conflict did not spring up overnight. Blood Roses... -
Whitley Bay by Eric Hollerton 9780752411798
RRP: €15.46€11.45Whitley Bay (Archive Photographs).Book InformationISBN 9780752411798Author Eric HollertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd -
Replacing the Dead: The Politics of Reproduction in the Postwar Soviet Union by Mie Nakachi
RRP: €42.83€35.70Drawing on never before used archival materials, Replacing the Dead exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion policy. It is not unusual for nations recovering from wars to incentivize their populations to raise their birthrates. The... -
Mrs Pankhurst's Bodyguard: On the Trail of ‘Kitty’ Marshall and the Met Police ‘Cats’ by Emelyne Godfrey
RRP: €27.36€20.37'Beautifully told, this book brings a fascinating and compelling story to a wider public. A "must read" for those interested in women's lives in the past.' - June Purvis, Professor (Emerita) of Women's and Gender History, University of Portsmouth,... -
Teutonic Knights: A Military History by Urban William 9781848326200
€22.81The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. Their history is suffused with crusading, campaigning and struggle. Feared by their enemies but respected by medieval Christendom, the knights and their Order maintained a firm... -
Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome: The Rise of the Resident Ambassador by Catherine Fletcher
RRP: €36.88€27.19Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome is an investigation of Renaissance diplomacy in practice. Presenting the first book-length study of this subject for sixty years, Catherine Fletcher substantially enhances our understanding of the envoy's role during this... -
Castlebar: Ireland in Old Photographs by Joe Curtis 9781845887902
RRP: €20.22€15.40Castlebar derived its name from Barry's Castle (Castle Barry), which was located in the open square of the present Army Barracks, up until the time of "The Races of Castlebar" in 1798. Later on, the Bingham family, also known as Lord Lucan, became the... -
The National Gallery in Wartime by Suzanne Bosman 9781857094244
RRP: €15.46€14.11On August 23, 1939, with World War II looming, the National Gallery, London, was forced temporarily to close its doors to the public to evacuate the bulk of its collection to secret locations in Wales for safe-keeping. By May 1940, the collection had... -
The Dams Raid Through the Lens by Helmuth Euler 9781870067270
RRP: €35.64€26.08The story of the attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr has been recounted many times before but not until now has it been told from the German side. The author has spent over a third of a century studying the raid and its consequences, collecting... -
Around the Cornish Coast: Britain in Old Photographs by Peter Q. Treloar 9780752457840
RRP: €15.46€9.90Using a wealth of previously unpublished postcards and photographs, Peter Treloar takes the reader on a fascinating journey around the Cornish coast of yesteryear. Whilst the scenery, which is well covered, has remained the same, the people, forms of... -
Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance 9781250280053
RRP: €29.74€19.49In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was... -
Norwich Streets by Barry Pardue 9780752435053
RRP: €15.46€11.92Enclosed by medieval walls, the streets of Norwich are steeped in history.Book InformationISBN 9780752435053Author Barry PardueFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm)... -
The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain by Nicholas Popper 9780226825977
RRP: €30.94€29.57An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society. We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more information is more available than ever before. In The Specter... -
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn H Nicholas
RRP: €24.99€15.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Legion of Honor 1999 and National Book Critics Circle Awards 1994.Book InformationISBN 9780679756866Author Lynn H. NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint... -
3rd Waffen-SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf", 1939-1943: An Illustrated History Vol. 1 by Massimiliano Afiero 9780764354625
RRP: €54.73€36.56One of the most infamous of all Waffen-SS formations, the 3rd SS-Panzer Division "Totenkopf" has always been identified as the very essence of the notorious "Black Order." Associated with war crimes in official historiography, formed initially with... -
If Only it Hadn't Rained: A Memoir of Forced Labour in the Second World War by Paula Read 9781803136653
RRP: €16.65€11.60Imagine how it would feel to be plucked from your daily life and transported far from home and forced to work in some unknown and terrible place. Imagine being treated with violence, never having enough to eat, living in bestial conditions, and never... -
A Long Week in March: The 36th (Ulster) Division in the German Spring Offensive, March 1918 by Michael James Nugent
RRP: €23.74€21.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390571Author Michael James NugentFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
AP European History Premium, 2024: 5 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice by Seth A. Roberts 9781506287775
RRP: €29.74€24.54Be prepared for exam day with Barron's. Trusted content from AP experts!Barron's AP European History Premium, 2024 includes in-depth content review and practice. It's the only book you'll need to be prepared for exam day.Written by Experienced... -
Avro Vulcan: The Early Years 1 by David W Fildes
RRP: €19.03€13.82Advances in aerodynamics and jet engine technology after World War Two led to the RAF Air Staff producing an Operating Requirement (OR229) for a bomber that could use these new technologies. To meet this requirement, the Avro Initial Projects team... -
France Since 1945 by Robert Gildea 9780192801319
RRP: €15.46€11.44The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern economy, searching for a stable political system. It has also been a time of anxiety and doubt. The French have had... -
Headstart In History: Power & People 1066-1485 by Rosemary Rees
€38.21Aiming to provide challenge and stimulus for more able pupils, the "Headstart in History" books have high narrative content; extended writing opportunities and suggestions videos and historical fiction.Book InformationISBN 9780435323028Author Rosemary... -
Little Dancer by Melanie Leschallas
RRP: €13.08€8.89Paris, 1878. Ballet dancer Marie van Goethem is chosen by the unknown artist Edgar Degas to model for his new sculpture: Little Dancer, aged fourteen years.But Marie is much more than she seems. By day she's a 'little rat' of the opera, contorting her... -
Newcastle Ragged School by Wendy Prahms 9780752440880
RRP: €15.46€11.45Describing daily triumphs and disasters at the Ragged School in 1847.Book InformationISBN 9780752440880Author Wendy PrahmsFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...