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Old Buckie by Iain Sinclair 9781840330960
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840330960Author Iain SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 3mm -
The Germans and Europe: A Personal Frontline History Peter Millar 9781911350583
RRP: £12.99£8.60"An engrossing portrait" IndependentBased on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent... -
Everyday Life in Tudor London: Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn by Stephen Porter 9781445682846
RRP: £14.99£10.95Tudor London was a vibrant capital city, the very hub of English cultural and political life. The thriving metropolis had a strong royal presence, at the long established Tower of London and Westminster, and later at the palaces of Whitehall, Bridewell... -
Emotional Communities in the Early Middle Ages by Barbara H. Rosenwein
RRP: £24.99£21.67"With this book Barbara Rosenwein has made the emotions an essential component of our approach to the changing social history." Jacques Le Goff Proposing that people lived (and live) in "emotional communities"-each having its own particular norms of... -
The Nature of the English Revolution by John Morrill 9780582089426
£53.48John Morrill has been at the forefront of modern attempts to explain the origins, nature and consequences of the English Revolution. These twenty essays -- seven either specially written or reproduced from generally inaccessible sources -- illustrate the... -
Medieval Russia, 980-1584 by Janet Martin
RRP: £32.99£28.78This revised edition is a concise, yet comprehensive narrative of the history of Russia from the reign of Vladimir I the Saint, through to the reign of Ivan IV the Terrible. Supplementing the original edition with results of recently published... -
Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story by Peter Marshall
RRP: £10.99£8.22Halloween 1636: sightings of the ghost of an old woman begin to be reported in the small English coastal town of Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. December 1640: a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in the Irish capital, Dublin,... -
Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages by Guy Halsall 9780199658176
RRP: £22.99£17.09King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied... -
Blood Roses: The Houses of Lancaster and York before the Wars of the Roses by Kathryn Warner 9780750985543
RRP: £20.00£15.04Traditionally, 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... -
Defenders of the Norman Crown: Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surrey by Sharon Bennett Connolly 9781399016360
RRP: £14.99£10.95In the reign of Edward I, when asked Quo Warranto - by what warrant he held his lands - John de Warenne, the 6th earl of Surrey, is said to have drawn a rusty sword, claiming 'My ancestors came with William the Bastard, and conquered their lands with the... -
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince by Jane Ridley
RRP: £25.00£14.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812972634Author Jane RidleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Struggle Or Starve: Working-Class Unity in Belfast's 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots by Sean Mitchell 9781608466788
RRP: £14.99£9.88In October 1932, the streets of Belfast were gripped by vicious and widespread rioting that lasted the best part of a week. Thousands of unarmed demonstrators fought extended pitched battles against heavily-armed police. Unemployed workers and, indeed,... -
Gruffudd ap Cynan - A Collaborative Biography by Karen L. Maund
RRP: £80.00£76.61The life, career and medieval biography of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd 1095-1137. The reign of the North Welsh king Gruffudd ap Cynan [1075-1135] marked the culmination of a century of rapid social and political change. A product of three... -
The British Isles 1901-1951 by Keith Robbins 9780198731962
RRP: £33.49£33.44The 'British Isles' entered the twentieth century as a single state 'Great Britain and Ireland' with a 'British Empire' greater in extent and larger in population than the world had ever seen. The first fifty years of the new century saw vast change both... -
Inventing Falsehood, Making Truth: Vico and Neapolitan Painting by Malcolm Bull 9780691138848
RRP: £30.00£23.29Can painting transform philosophy? In Inventing Falsehood, Making Truth, Malcolm Bull looks at Neapolitan art around 1700 through the eyes of the philosopher Giambattista Vico. Surrounded by extravagant examples of late Baroque painting by artists like... -
Women in Nazi Germany by Jill Stephenson
£42.26From images of jubilant mothers offering the Nazi salute, to Eva Braun and Magda Goebbels, women in Hitler's Germany and their role as supporters and guarantors of the Third Reich continue to exert a particular fascination. This account moves away from... -
Remembering Cable Street: Fascism and Anti-fascism in British Society by Tony Kushner
RRP: £19.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853033622Author Tony KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Around Hambrook by Sydney Marks 9780752422053
RRP: £10.99£8.25Around HambrookBook InformationISBN 9780752422053Author Sydney MarksFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
German Song Onstage: Lieder Performance in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries by Natasha Loges
RRP: £24.99£21.67A singer in an evening dress, a grand piano. A modest-sized audience, mostly well-dressed and silver-haired, equipped with translation booklets. A program consisting entirely of songs by one or two composers. This is the way of the Lieder recital these... -
The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship after Fascism by Jennifer V. Evans
RRP: £21.99£19.19In The Queer Art of History Jennifer V. Evans examines postwar and contemporary German history to broadly argue for a practice of queer history that moves beyond bounded concepts and narratives of identity. Drawing on Black feminism, queer of color... -
An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries by Emma Rothschild
RRP: £30.00£23.69An innovative history of deep social and economic changes in France, told through the story of a single extended family across five generationsMarie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angouleme in southwestern France, a... -
Old Falkirk by Guthrie Hutton 9781872074641
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074641Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 3mm -
Suffolk Murders by Mark Mower 9780752449050
RRP: £14.99£11.55Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Suffolk. Mark Mower unveils a catalogue of true crime stories from the county's history. Comprehensively researched using original records... -
Yorkshire: A Story of Invasion, Uprising and Conflict by Paul C Levitt 9781526752550
£15.16This is a story about Yorkshire and its people, from the earliest period up to recent times. Foremost it is a story about invasion. Archaeological finds have shown that Yorkshire was occupied at a time when early hunters from continental Europe were not... -
The Creation of National Spaces in a Pluricultural Region: The Case of Prussian Lithuania by Vasilijus Safronovas 9781618115249
RRP: £84.99£71.06This book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space - a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, the author explores how,... -
The Political Orchestra: The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics During the Third Reich by Fritz Trumpi
RRP: £44.00£42.27This is a groundbreaking study of the prestigious Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics during the Third Reich. Making extensive use of archival material, including some discussed here for the very first time, Fritz Tr mpi offers new insight into the... -
Incomparable Realms: Spain during the Golden Age, 1500-1700 by Jeremy Robbins
RRP: £25.00£17.62Incomparable Realms offers a vision of Spanish culture and society during the Golden Age, the period from 1500 to 1700 when Spain unexpectedly rose to become the dominant European power. But in what ways was this a 'Golden Age', and for whom? The... -
Huguenot Heritage: The History and Contribution of the Huguenots in Britain by Robin D. Gwynn
RRP: £30.00£27.39A full length study of the Huguenots in Britain.About the AuthorRobin Gwynn is a historian of Early Modern England, formerly Reader in History at Massey University, New Zealand. His speciality has long been the study of Huguenot refugees and the French... -
Harold: The King Who Fell at Hastings by Peter Rex
RRP: £9.99£6.64Harold Godwinson, King of England, was unable to defend his realm from William the Conqueror's invading Norman army in 1066. The Normans wreaked havoc across the country and changed the history of England forever. This full-scale biography of... -
Margate: Britain in Old Photographs by Richard Clements 9780752451961
RRP: £14.99£11.55The origins of Margate can be traced back to about 1050. The town developed its identity as a holiday resort during the first quarter of the nineteenth century when the journey time from London by steam boat was six hours. By 1860 the railway had made... -
Going to the Palais: A Social And Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960 by James Nott
RRP: £39.99£36.43From the mid-1920s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and lower-middle-class communities in Britain - a place rivalled only by the cinema and eventually to eclipse even that institution in popularity. Going to the Palais... -
Dorchester: Images of England by Jo Draper
RRP: £12.99£9.62This book of over 200 old photographs shows the town of Dorchester over the last 150 years, as it changed from Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge into the modern town. Early photographs show the town Hardy knew as a young man, and the latest ones take the story... -
British History for AS Level: 1783-1850 Steve Eddy 9781902796192
£32.82Comprehensive coverage of AS Modules. Writing level is carefully matched to AS level standard Activity-based approach to engage students. Main point boxes provide clear summaries to aid revision. Answer book available for all three titles offering... -
Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization by Stephen Kotkin
RRP: £35.00£28.74This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to... -
Holy Men of Mount Athos by Richard P. H. Greenfield
RRP: £29.95£24.06Often simply called the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos was the most famous center of Byzantine monasticism and remains the spiritual heart of the Orthodox Church today. This volume presents the Lives of Euthymios the Younger, Athanasios of Athos, Maximos the... -
Nazi Germany by Alan F. Wilt 9780882959108
RRP: £18.95£16.85Begins with a brief sketch of Hitler before turning to the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Third Reich. A conclusion gives an historiographical assessment of Hitlerian Germany and its place in the 20th century.About the... -
Somerset Folk Tales for Children by Sharon Jacksties
RRP: £9.99£7.55When you are in Somerset you are never far from mysterious caverns, whispering woods, hidden valleys and places which can't decide whether they are seascapes or landscapes. The ancient Kings Arthur and Alfred hid amongst Somerset's secret waterways,... -
Church Building and Society in the Later Middle Ages by Gabriel Byng
RRP: £30.99£25.45The construction of a church was undoubtedly one of the most demanding events to take place in the life of a medieval parish. It required a huge outlay of time, money and labour, and often a new organisational structure to oversee design and management... -
A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People's Institution by Travis Elborough 9780224099820
RRP: £18.99£12.88Parks are such a familiar part of everyday life. You might be forgiven for thinking they have always been there - and that they always will. In fact, the roots of even the most humble neighbourhood park lie in age-old battles over land and liberty... -
Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993 by Kevin Shannon 9781781558201
RRP: £40.00£39.80During its seventy-one years of existence, the 17th/21st Lancers became one of the best known British cavalry regiments of all time. Beloved by the Press as the 'Death or Glory Boys', their renowned skull and crossbones 'Motto', was one of the most...