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Britannia: 100 Documents that Shaped a Nation by Graham Stewart 9781843549987
RRP: €29.75€20.93In Britannia Graham Stewart traces two thousand years of an island's story - from Roman province to twenty-first century European nation-state - through one hundred historic documents. From the eighth-century Lindisfarne Gospels to the great testament of... -
With a Royal Engineers Field Company in France and Italy: April 1915 to the Armistice by V.F. Eberle 9781526751324
RRP: €23.79€16.99VF Eberle MC joined up on the outbreak of the war in No 2 Field Company Royal Engineers, 48th (South Midland) Division, the same company as his brother, who was a captain in it. He was commissioned before sailing for France at the end of March 1915 and... -
East Yorkshire Folk Tales by Ingrid Barton 9780752494456
RRP: €11.89€8.98East Yorkshire is ripe with tales of fairy gold and illusive characters. The county's folklore is engrained in every port, cliff and bridge, passed on through whispered accounts of witches long dead, legends of strange creatures or the bawdy tales of... -
The Gypsies by Angus Fraser 9780631196051
RRP: €43.97€38.69Since their unexplained appearance in Europe over nine centuries ago, the Gypsies have refused to fall in with conventional settled life. They remain a people whose culture and customs are beset with misunderstanding, and who cling to their distinct... -
Grand Designs: Labor, Empire, and the Museum in Victorian Culture by Lara Kriegel
RRP: €27.36€24.29With this richly illustrated history of industrial design reform in nineteenth-century Britain, Lara Kriegel demonstrates that preoccupations with trade, labor, and manufacture lay at the heart of debates about cultural institutions during the Victorian... -
An Explorer's Guide to Julian of Norwich by Veronica Mary Rolf 9780830850884
RRP: €21.41€17.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830850884Author Veronica Mary RolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 282gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm... -
The Deadly Sisterhood: A story of Women, Power and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance by Leonie Frieda
RRP: €15.46€10.23The women who wielded the real power behind the throne in Renaissance Italy, from a bestselling historian.This book is one of drama on a grand scale, a Renaissance epic, as Christendom emerged from the shadows of the calamitous 14th century. The sweeping... -
Treasure Hunter: Diving for Gold on North America's Death Coast by Robert MacKinnon
RRP: €22.62€17.30For more than four decades, world-renowned diver and treasure hunter Captain Robert MacKinnon has reclaimed sunken caches from the dangerous shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Known as the Death Coast for its... -
Wise's Irish Whiskey: The History of Cork's North Mall Distillery by Barry Crockett 9781782055754
RRP: €53.55€43.73The book narrates the story of three generations of the Wise family as they became Cork-based merchant princes. It is also the story of their North Mall distillery, the then largest in Cork city, which even rivalled the great distilling houses of Dublin... -
The Rif War Volume 2: From Xauen to the Alhucemas Landing, and Beyond, 1922-1927 by Javier Garcia de Gabiola
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512043Author Javier Garcia de GabiolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Drove Roads of Northumberland by Roberts Ian 9780752442303
RRP: €19.03€14.58Droving has been hugely important in shaping farming practice across Northumberland for 1,000 years or more. The necessity of transporting sheep and cattle has changed the landscape, and developed the roads and buildings and at one time, animals would be... -
Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II by Michael Ashcroft 9781785900976
RRP: €29.75€21.71Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VCTHE VICTORIA CROSS is Britain and the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its... -
The Eucharist in Pre-Norman Ireland by Neil Xavier O'Donoghue 9780268037321
RRP: €41.65€36.58A significant body of scholarship addresses pre-Norman Irish life and history, including the archaeology, art, and architecture from the time of St. Patrick (d. 493) to the arrival of the Normans in the twelfth century. While the place of the church and... -
Early China: A Social and Cultural History by Feng Li 9780521719810
RRP: €32.12€24.26'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chinese society and culture are all to be found in this formative period of Chinese civilization. Li Feng's new... -
A History of the Ostrogoths by Thomas S. Burns
RRP: €22.60€19.90"Thorough and convincing . . . likely to become the standard work on the subject." -Library Journal"Highly readable." -Medieval Literature"A major work of synthesis." -Walter E. Kaegi "Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths."... -
Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery, 1756-1838 by Iain Whyte 9780748624331
RRP: €36.89€34.14Although much has been written about Scottish involvement in slavery, the contribution of Scots to the abolition of black slavery has not yet been sufficiently recognised. This book starts with a Virginian slave seeking his freedomin Scotland in 1756 and... -
Artorius: The Real King Arthur by Linda A. Malcor
RRP: €23.80€15.59The search for the historical figure behind what is arguably the most famous cycle of legends ever has been unrelenting over the centuries. Here, two noted Arthurian experts argue that the man whose story started the Arthurian myth was a soldier named... -
Altrincham: Britain in Old Photographs by John Hudson 9780752451176
RRP: €17.84€13.74An ancient town, a proud Cheshire town, a town of contrasts still capable of taking the unsuspecting visitor by surprise. That's Altrincham, portrayed here in scores of photographs that give us fascinating glimpses of its rich and varied past at work and... -
The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol.II: 1942-1945: MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II by Nigel West 9780415550116
RRP: €45.21€39.72WALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security Service's most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The document was... -
AD 410: The Year That Shook Rome by Sam Moorhead
RRP: €11.89€4.86The Goths' sack of Rome in AD 410 was an event which shook the Roman world to its core. This gripping book uncovers the key factors that contributed to Alaric the Goth's capture of Rome: mass migrations, military incompetence, civil war, court intrigue,... -
Camberley and Yorktown between the Wars by Graham Barson
RRP: €15.46€11.45This book illustrates every aspect of life in Camberley and Yorktown between the wars, drawing on an album of previously unpublished photographs that was compiled by a local photographer and members of his family.About the AuthorGraham Barson worked as a... -
The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Neil Jordan 9781803289328
RRP: €11.89€7.76From multi-award-winning author and film director Neil Jordan comes a thrilling reimagining of a turning point in Irish, American and European history. 'A masterwork from one of the most inventive artists of our day' John Banville 'A writer of... -
Sturmgeschütz-Abt.226 on the Battlefield (Vol.24) by Tom Cockle 9786155583971
RRP: €30.93€21.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786155583971Author Tom CockleFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft. -
Hampshire Murders by Nicola Sly
RRP: €17.84€13.74Life in the historic county of Hampshire has not always been peaceful, for over the years it has experienced numerous murders, some of which are little known outside the county borders, others that have shocked the nation. These include the killing of... -
Puritan Rule Under Cromwell by Jane Hayter-Hames 9781398113534
RRP: €27.36€18.54The execution of Charles I left the Puritans free to rule England and put their beliefs into practice. Once Oliver Cromwell conquered Ireland, they began a process of radical change there, confiscating land, awarding it to British Protestants and... -
Bad Faith: A History of Family and Fatherland by Carmen Callil 9780099498285
RRP: €21.41€15.41Bad Faith tells the story of one of history's most despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government and was responsible for sending thousands... -
Gloster Aircraft Company: Images of England by Derek N. James
RRP: €17.84€13.74Today it is difficult to imagine that the parishes of Hucclecote and Brockworth once were home to one of Britain's major manufacturers. Gloster Aircraft Company, with its forebears H.H.Martyn & Company and Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, produced some... -
The Avenue: A Newcastle Backstreet Boyhood by Samuel W. Herbert 9780752468860
RRP: €11.89€8.98This is a hard-hitting account of growing up in Newcastle's West End during the uncertain years of the First World War and the Depression. Samuel Herbert had to grow up fast when his mother moved the family to a cockroach-infested tenement in Elswick... -
Dryburgh Abbey by Richard Fawcett 9780752434391
RRP: €19.03€14.58Widely regarded as the most beautiful of Scotland's ruined abbeys, Dryburgh has one of the most completely surviving monastic ranges. Surprisingly, however, this is the first full-length study of Scotland's premier Premonstratensian abbey which goes back... -
Salisbury Past by Ruth Newman 9781860776564
RRP: €19.03€14.58Salisbury is always symbolised by its cathedral spire and the physical dominance of that magnificent building over the surrounding city is as impressive today as it was in medieval times. The two elements of Salisbury - the cathedral and the city - owe... -
Bloody British History: Liverpool by Ken Pye 9780752465517
RRP: €17.84€13.74Here is the LOATHSOME, LURID and DOWNRIGHT LAMENTABLE history of Liverpool! Beginning with the mysteries of the Druids and featuring astonishing tales of bloodshed, battles and the Black Death, Viking assaults, Victorian gangland riots, the mud, blood... -
Classic Car Museum Guide: Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Machinery by Lance Cole 9781526735874
RRP: €29.75€21.44A new, comprehensive guide to motoring and transport museums offering a fresh conversation on their role and the portrayal of our motoring history. Written by a long-established motoring writer with wide experience of driving and the fettling of old... -
A New History of Yachting by Mike Bender
RRP: €59.49€47.47An overview of the history of yachting in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation's Mountbatten Award 2018 This book, by a leading expert in the field, is the first major history of yachting... -
State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims, 1830-1945 by Benjamin C. Fortna
RRP: €59.49€51.77Tracing the emergence of minorities and their institutions from the late nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, this book provides a comparative study of government policies and ideologies of two states towards minority populations living... -
The Rose Demon: A terrifying tale of medieval England by P. C. Doherty
RRP: €11.89€8.09Matthias Fitzosbert is the illegitimate son of the parish priest of the village of Sutton Courteny. Despite the recent spate of murders, each day he braves the dark woods to visit his friend, a mysterious hermit who shows him many strange and beautiful... -
Sexuality in Modern German History by Dr Katie Sutton
RRP: €26.17€22.94Sexuality in Modern German History offers both a detailed survey of this key subject and a new intervention in the history of sexuality in modern Germany. It investigates the diverse and often contradictory ways in which individuals, activists, doctors,... -
Escorting the Monarch: We Lead Others Follow by Jagger, Chris 9781399018678
€18.50Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Escort Group' (SEG) as one could hope for. You may have seen the team at work; as the combination of motorcycles and cars pass you by, they glide elegantly... -
The Northern Ireland Conflict: A Beginner's Guide by Aaron Edwards 9781851687299
RRP: €11.89€8.46The Northern Ireland conflict was one of the most bloody, protracted, and bitter campaigns of terrorist violence in modern history. Rooted in the partition of Ireland in 1921, over 50,000 people were killed or seriously injured because of the hostilities... -
Digging for Hitler: The Nazi Archaeologists Search for an Aryan Past by David Barrowclough 9781781555002
RRP: €29.75€22.54* A band of Nazi archaeologists on a secret mission to Tibet* Others searching for Atlantis the 'home of the Nordic race'* Excavations in Czechoslovakia to find 'Germanic culture'* Sacred Sanskrit texts as keys to Nordic roots and Ancient Indian... -
Disney's British Gentleman: The Life and Career of David Tomlinson by Nathan Morley
RRP: €15.46€11.45'A wonderful account of a life filled with far more ups and downs than its subject's languid demeanour ever suggested.' Miles Jupp.Even if the name doesn't ring a bell, you'd recognise David Tomlinson's face - genial and continually perplexed, he was Mr...