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Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf: A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective by Carlo Ginzburg
RRP: £24.00£23.03In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he insisted, he was one of the "hounds of God," fierce guardians who battled sorcerers, witches, and... -
Congleton History & Guide by Joan P. Alcock 9780752429465
RRP: £22.00£16.44A history of CongletonAbout the AuthorJOAN ALCOCK has a PhD in archaeology, if a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the author of 'Life in Roman Britain'. Until recently she was a Principal Lecturer at South Bank University, where she lectured on... -
The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine by Cian T. McMahon
RRP: £19.99£17.54Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2022 Honorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award, given by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society A vivid, new portrait of Irish migration through the letters and diaries of those who fled their homeland during... -
Bushey: Images of England by Bryen Wood 9780752410425
RRP: £12.99£9.62Bushey, in the 'Archive Photographs' series, is a remarkable collection of over 200 old photographs of the ancient community of Bushey, covering the period from the 1860s to the 1960s: the time of the most radical changes in the town's long history. The... -
The Black Watch by Charles Grant 9780850450538
RRP: £20.00£12.32In the wake of the Jacobite rebellions, companies of trustworthy Highlanders were raised from royal clans to protect the populace, deter cattle stealing and guard against any possible Jacobite incursion. Soon after its formation, the companies organized... -
The Stalin Years: The Soviet Union, 1929-53 by Helen Skelton 9780719063770
RRP: £14.99£13.64This is a penetrating and up-to-date account of one of the dramatic aspects of 20th-century history. Published fifty years after Stalin's death, and fully revised and expanded, this second edition looks at the entire period of his rule and includes... -
Everything You Know About England is Wrong by Matt Brown
RRP: £9.99£7.00A highly entertaining read for anyone interested in English history and culture, this great myth-busting book takes you on a great ride through history and the national character. Think we're the land of Punch and Judy and Morris Dancing? Think again as... -
Introducing Romanticism: A Graphic Guide by Duncan Heath
RRP: £8.99£6.70Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848.This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution', when modern attitudes to political and... -
The Wartime Journals by Hugh Trevor-Roper 9781848859906
£49.90As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and confidential nature of his work. However, he confided a record of his thoughts in a series of slender notebooks... -
Thistle Soup by Peter Kerr 9780957306226
RRP: £9.99£8.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957306226Author Peter KerrFormat PaperbackPage Count 301Imprint Oasis-WERPPublisher Oasis-WERPWeight(grams) 324gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 21mm -
Owain Glyndwr: A Casebook by Michael Livingston 9780859898836
RRP: £27.50£25.55This book presents the original text and English translations of the medieval and post-medieval records, documents, poems and chronicles relating to Owain Glyndwr (1357?-1415, revolutionary and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales),... -
Diodorus Siculus, The Persian Wars to the Fall of Athens: Books 11-14.34 (480-401 BCE) by Siculus Diodorus
RRP: £19.99£17.54Only one surviving source provides a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great-the Bibliotheke, or "Library," produced by Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca... -
Shipcraft 28: British Escort Destroyers: of the Second World War by Brown, Les 9781399081757
£18.19The ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and... -
The Assassination of Michael Collins by S.M. Sigerson 9781493784714
£15.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493784714Author S.M. SigersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace -
Ledbury: A Market Town and its Tudor Heritage: England's Past for Everyone by Sylvia Pinches 9781860775987
RRP: £14.99£11.55Ledbury lies in a quiet corner of Herefordshire, just about equidistant from the cities of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester. Remote, but not isolated, the town is surrounded by ancient wooded hills, while the River Leadon, from which the town is... -
Growth in a Traditional Society: The French Countryside, 1450-1815 by Philip T. Hoffman 9780691070087
RRP: £55.00£42.91Philip Hoffman shatters the widespread myth that traditional agricultural societies in early modern Europe were socially and economically stagnant and ultimately dependent on wide-scale political revolution for their growth. Through a richly detailed... -
Easton & Eastville by Veronica Smith 9780752437125
RRP: £12.99£9.62A collection of over 200 images that aims to bring to life the people and places of this area of Bristol. From the corner shops that grew in abundance in the area in the early part of the twentieth century to the many community groups who gathered... -
Mapping the Medieval City: Space, Place and Identity in Chester c.1200-1600 by Catherine A. M. Clarke 9780708326527
RRP: £12.99£9.70This ground breaking volume brings together contributions from scholars across a range of disciplines (including literary studies, history, geography and archaeology) to investigate questions of space, place and identity in the medieval city. Using... -
Live, Work and Play: A Centenary History of Welwyn Garden City by Mark Clapson 9780750994019
RRP: £20.00£15.44Books about history using real life memories recorded specifically for the purpose are rare, Live, Work & Play is just such a book. Created from the hundreds of reminiscences of the residents of the town gathered by the WGC Heritage Trust and put into... -
Black Apples of Gower by Iain Sinclair 9781908213457
RRP: £10.00£7.12Iain Sinclair, the celebrated author and psycho-geographer, walks back along the blue-grey roads and cliff-top paths of his childhood in south Wales, rediscovering the Gower peninsula. Provoked by the strange and enigmatic series of paintings Afal du... -
Blackburn: in Their Own Words: Volume 1 by Heritage Publications 9780957260467
RRP: £12.99£12.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957260467Author Heritage PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 239Imprint Heritage PublicationsPublisher Heritage Publications -
White-collar Ethos: Disorientation and Distraction in Weimar Germany by Siegfried Kracauer
£13.79First published in 1930, Siegfried Kracauer's work was greeted with great acclaim and soon attained the status of a classic. The object of his inquiry was the new class of salaried employees who populated the cities of Weimar Germany.Spiritually... -
Gone but Not Forgotten: Defunct British Airlines Since 1945 by A. Phillips 9781781556276
RRP: £16.99£12.94The British airliners we see today in our airports are the result of numerous takeovers and mergers, involving large and small companies. This book covers some of these airlines that have ceased operating since 1946: some collapsed because of financial... -
Unfolding Irish Landscapes: Tim Robinson, Culture and Environment by Derek Gladwin 9780719099472
RRP: £25.00£17.61An unprecedented compilation of critical and creative essays and visual texts from leading international scholars, Unfolding Irish landscapes presents cross-disciplinary studies of the prose, cartography, visual art and cultural legacy of the... -
The Bastard's Sons: Robert, William and Henry of Normandy by Jeffrey James 9781445683140
RRP: £20.00£13.34William the Conqueror's intellect is said to have remained clear right up to his death. He would have questioned whether any of his three sons individually had the ability to rule the troublesome amalgam of England, Normandy and Maine once he was gone... -
Home of the Fleet: A Century of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in Photographs by Stephen Courtney 9780752449425
RRP: £14.99£11.55During the past century, the Royal Navy and its support services at Portsmouth dockyard have experienced a pace of change not seen since the fifteenth century. This book examines the impact of that change on the ships, buildings and personnel of the... -
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt by Jacob Burckhardt 9780865971233
RRP: £10.95£9.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971233Author Jacob BurkhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 547g -
Dartmoor's Alluring Uplands: Transhumance and Pastoral Management in the Middle Ages by Harold Fox 9780859898652
RRP: £35.00£31.35A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery. This book provides a new perspective on an important aspect of Dartmoor's past. Its focus is transhumance: the seasonal transfer... -
The Canterbury Ales: Great Beers and Pubs Along the Route to Canterbury by Roger Protz
RRP: £12.99£9.62The pilgrims in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales begin their journey in a London inn and they stay at many more as they wend their way to Becket's tomb. Leading beer writer Roger Protz remains faithful to the route, visiting pubs of historic interest and... -
Love and War in London: The Mass Observation Wartime Diary of Olivia Cockett by Olivia Cockett 9780752452678
RRP: £9.99£7.55Love & War in London is rooted in the extraordinary milieu of wartime London. Vibrant and engaging, Olivia Cockett's diary reveals her frustrations, fears, pleasures and self-doubts. She recorded her mood swings and tried to understand them, and wrote of... -
Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present by Philippe Aries
RRP: £21.50£19.09Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times.About the AuthorPhilippe Aries (1914-1984) was a French historian best known for his book Centuries of Childhood, the... -
The Wild Black Region: Badenoch 1750 - 1800 by David Taylor 9781906566982
RRP: £25.00£17.72This book tells the fascinating story of Badenoch, a forgotten region in accounts of Scottish history. Situated in the heart of the Highlands and with its own distinct historic and geographic identity, Badenoch was in the throes of dramatic change in the... -
My Family and Other Scousers: A Liverpool Boy's Summer of Adventure in '69 by Dave Joy
RRP: £10.99£8.25This evocative memoir recalls the long, heady days of Liverpool in the summer of 1969, as seen through the eyes of eleven-year-old Deejay. Infused with a distinctive Scouse sense of humour, this book tells the story of how Deejay filled his summer... -
The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars by Nadezhda Durova
RRP: £23.99£20.84" . . . sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." -Women's Review of Books" . . . a ripping yarn . . . admirable translation . . . sensitive introductory essay." -Times Literary Supplement" . . . a remarkable journal worthy of the... -
Poverty in Ireland 1837: Szegenyseg Irlandban - A Hungarian's View by Baron Jozsef Eotvos 9781908420213
RRP: £14.95£11.10In 1837, the power of Daniel O'Connell's oratory focused the attention of Europeans on Ireland. They were horrified at what they saw there. The Irish poor - a third of the population - had no food except the potatoes they grew, and not enough clothing to... -
The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914 by Roy Bridge 9780582784581
RRP: £47.99£45.98This book illuminates, in the form of a clear, well-paced and student-friendly analytical narrative, the functioning of the European states system in its heyday, the crucial century between the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 and the outbreak of the First... -
Franco by Enrique Moradiellos
RRP: £45.00£34.43On 20th November 1975, General Francisco Franco died in Madrid, just before his 83rd birthday. At the time of his death he had been the head of a dictatorial regime with the title of 'Caudillo' for almost 40 years. In this book, Enrique Moradiellos... -
Liverpool FC Match of My Life: Twelve Stars Relive Their Favourite Games by Leo Moynihan
RRP: £9.99£7.11Twelve of Liverpool Football Club's biggest names reflect on their most memorable games during their careers with the club. Laurie Hughes, Ian St John, Ian Callaghan, Tommy Smith, Phil Neal, Alan Kennedy, Mark Lawrenson, Jan Molby, John Barnes, Mark... -
Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017 Simon Reid-Henry 9781473670570
RRP: £14.99£8.54'A dense narrative and a wealth of examples' Literary Review'Reid-Henry narrates this story with elegance and gusto' Washington Post'[Reid-Henry] conveys an important message: Individual political action must become accountable to society's interests'... -
How We'd Talk if the English Had Won in 1066: New Edition 2020 by David Cowley 9781800316294
£16.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800316294Author David CowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 625g