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My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, revolution and settlement by David Farr
RRP: €12.50€11.45Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
Handle with Care by Rachael Hearson 9781913406035
RRP: €10.70€7.68'[It] manages to be funny, moving, activist, and challenging.' Harriet Minter, TalkRadio'I loved this book - I thought it was really interesting' Jane Garvey, BBC Radio 4 Woman's HourHealth Visiting is one of those professions that most people think is a... -
Robert the Bruce: Champion of a Nation by Stephen Spinks 9781398119543
RRP: €14.27€9.35Robert the Bruce is a man of both history and legend. In his lifetime he secured Scottish independence in the face of English imperial aggression under the successive leadership of Edward I and Edward II. He was the victor of Bannockburn, a self-made... -
The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster by Richard J. Evans
RRP: €22.60€16.67The final book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J. Evans's The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster shows how Germany rushed headlong into destroying itself, shattering an entire... -
Welsh Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson 9780750966047
RRP: €15.46€13.74This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral... -
The Life and Times of Mary Ann McCracken, 1770–1866: A Belfast Panorama by Mary McNeill 9781785374586
RRP: €15.46€13.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374586Author Mary McNeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Scotland: The Autobiography: 2,000 Years of Scottish History by Those Who Saw it Happen by Rosemary Goring
RRP: €15.46€10.82DISCOVER 2,000 YEARS OF SCOTTISH HISTORY TOLD BY THOSE WHO LIVED IT - FROM THE ROMAN INVASION TO THE SNP PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY IN 2007.Featuring writing from Tacitus, Mary Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell, David Livingston and Billy Connolly... -
London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's history by Tom Quinn
RRP: €11.89€7.90A quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train disguised as a ship, and a church that's completely the wrong way round. London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's... -
Wild Atlantic Way: Where to Eat and Stay by John McKenna
RRP: €11.89€7.90The ultimate guide to the wild atlantic way. A guide to the best places to enjoy the local Irish cuisine and where to rest for the night along the famous Wild Atlantic Way. Elemental, enchanting and inspiring, the Wild Atlantic Way is... -
Lochaber and Glencoe: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: €8.32€5.76The Lochaber and Glencoe area is rich in historical associations. It was at Glenfinnan that Bonnie Prince Charlie started his long march southwards to lay claim to the British throne, and Glencoe was the scene of one of the most vicious massacres in... -
Shrewsbury 1403: Struggle for a Fragile Crown by Dickon Whitewood
RRP: €20.22€14.61The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland in a bloody contest on a field outside the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury where two English... -
The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
RRP: €15.46€10.19Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in a striking fashion. Likewise, the thought and... -
The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle
RRP: €14.28€10.04A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A great, thrusting codpiece of a book. It is big, bombastic and richly brocaded... A jewel in its own right' The Times 'Evokes the painter and his world as vividly as a Holbein masterpiece. Beautifully written and... -
Excellent Essex: In Praise of England's Most Misunderstood County by Gillian Darley 9781913083021
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083021Author Gillian DarleyFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Wales's Best One Hundred Churches by T. J. Hughes 9781854114273
RRP: €17.84€12.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854114273Author Timothy HughesFormat PaperbackImprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 610g -
British History For Dummies by Sean Lang 9780470978191
RRP: €24.98€17.09Royally confused about kings and queens? Never sure what happened when? Or where - England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales? Learn the people and events that shaped British history British History For Dummies, 3rd Edition is full of rip-roaring stories of... -
The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to Johnson by Steve Richards
RRP: €15.46€10.19'Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.' John Humphrys'A pure pleasure to read.' Polly Toynbee'Extraordinary.' Kirsty WarkA landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world - and what makes them special - by a... -
Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography by Jonathan Wilson 9780753828717
RRP: €17.84€11.66The final word on Brian CloughIn this first full, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of England's greatest football managers, Brian Clough, and his right-hand man, Peter Taylor. It was in the unforgiving... -
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England by Dr Jonathan Healey
RRP: €35.70€23.29A WATERSTONES, TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST AND NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR A major new history of England's turbulent seventeenth century and how it marked the birth of a new world 'This is a wonderful book, exhaustively researched, vigorously argued and... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 by John Wright
€5.94Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for EdexcelTarget success in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage... -
Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: €22.60€14.85A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR'This is the biography we have been awaiting for 400 years' Hilary Mantel'A masterpiece' Dan Jones, Sunday TimesThomas Cromwell is one of the... -
Harvest by Jim Crace
RRP: €13.08€8.94Winner of the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardWinner of the 2014 James Tait Black PrizeShortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the 2013 Goldsmiths PrizeShortlisted for the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionAs... -
Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident by Peter Stanford
RRP: €15.46€10.82'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private and spiritual life. This is a very fine book, written with a flourish.' Melvyn BraggThe 31st of October 2017... -
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie
RRP: €11.89€6.93INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF THE TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ROYAL BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME When news of the budding romance between a beloved English... -
Scheisse! We're Going Up!: The Unexpected Rise of Berlin's Rebel Football Club by Kit Holden
RRP: €17.84€12.99SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 (FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR) ------------ A club on the rise. A city in flux. This is Union Berlin. No football club in the world has fans like 1. FC Union Berlin. The underdogs from East... -
From Domesday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216 by A. L. Poole 9780192852878
€75.81This illuminating book provides an account of a century and a half of English medieval history, beginning with the compilation of the Domesday Book and culminating in the issue of the Magna Carta and the subsequent civil war. A. L. Poole assesses the... -
The English Civil War: A Military History by Peter Gaunt
RRP: €26.17€22.94Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.' In one of the most famous and moving letters of the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell told his brother-in-law that on 2 July... -
Our Wild Farming Life: Adventures on a Scottish Highland Croft by Lynn Cassells
RRP: €22.60€15.17[F]or anyone who has ever sat in a city office dreaming of owning a smallholding one day and living off the land, this book will inspire them to take the plunge. Rated 5 stars by The Telegraph I raced through this beautiful story with mounting awe and... -
Royal Family Operations Manual: The history, dominions, protocol, residences, households, pomp and circumstance of the British Royals by Robert Jobson
RRP: €29.75€21.44This book, written by royal expert and correspondent Robert Jobson offers a complete examination of the British Royal Family, looking behind the scenes at the current heirs of a kingdom that has been ruled nearly uninterruptedly by a monarch since 774AD... -
Florence: The Biography of a City by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: €29.75€22.16This book is as captivating as the city itself. Hibbert's gift is weaving political, social and art history into an elegantly readable and marvellously lively whole. The author's book on Florence will also be at once a history and a guide book and will... -
Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
RRP: €17.84€11.34A lucid, gripping account of the human side of one of the bloodiest chapters of British history. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton,... -
Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder
RRP: €17.84€11.66The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old as the land itself. In this original, important and inspiring book, Robert Winder tells of the remarkable migrations that have founded and defined a nation... -
DK Eyewitness Hungary by DK Eyewitness
RRP: €17.84€13.03The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Hungary.Experience luxurious spas, wander the historic Castle District in Budapest or explore the immense Hortobagy... -
The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton
RRP: €15.46€13.64Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history"Traces the idea of witches far beyond the Salem witch trials to beliefs and attitudes about witches around the... -
Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
RRP: €11.89€8.46In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's... -
The Case for Kosova: Passage to Independence by Anna di Lellio 9781843312451
RRP: €17.84€17.47This book makes the case for the independence of Kosova - the former province of 'old-Yugoslavia' and now temporarily a United Nations-led International protectorate - at a time in which international diplomacy is deeply involved in solving the contested... -
Kings & Queens of England and Scotland by Plantagenet Somerset Fry
RRP: €11.89€7.76Discover the vivid stories of Britain's iconic rulers, from 600 CE to the present day.From the Saxons to the Windsors, Britain's royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Confused about which Henry had six wives and which was... -
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London by Vic Gatrell 9781108971454
RRP: €17.84€14.20Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre... -
The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione
RRP: €15.46€10.82In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of... -
Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
RRP: €15.46€10.82Jonathan Bate's Soul of the Age brings us closer than ever to understanding what being Shakespeare was actually like.How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's...