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The Little Book of England by Stuart Laycock 9781803991979
RRP: £14.99£11.55Did you know?* The first African community to arrive in England was stationed at Aballava on Hadrian's Wall to keep out the Picts.* Admiral Robert FitzRoy, creator of the Met Office, was so upset by criticism of his weather forecasts that he shot himself... -
Old Forfar by Fiona Scharlau 9781840330984
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840330984Author Fiona ScharlauFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 3mm -
Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain: From the Picts to Alexander III by Dauvit Broun 9780748685196
RRP: £28.99£26.91When did Scots first think of Scotland as an independent kingdom? What did they think was Scotland's place in Britain before Wallace and Bruce? The answers put forward in this book provide a fresh perspective on Scotland's relationship with Britain... -
Voices of Fairford & Lechlade by June Lewis-Jones 9780752422725
RRP: £12.99£8.03These personal memories give a unique and fascinating insight into the lives of the people who lived in and around the Gloucestershire market town neighbours of Fairford and Lechlade. This volume of reminiscences documents the individuality of the people... -
William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England by David C. Douglas
RRP: £27.00£21.06In "William the Conqueror", Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was... -
Grandmama of Europe: The Crowned Descendants of Queen Victoria by Theo Aronson 9781839012587
RRP: £14.99£13.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012587Author Theo AronsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 22mm -
The Landscape of Scotland: A Hidden History by Caroline Wickham-Jones 9780752414843
RRP: £25.00£18.94From the top of the highest mountain to the bottom of the deepest peat bog, the landscape of Scotland bears the mark of the people who have lived and worked on the land for generations. It is the role of archaeology to recognise and interpret these... -
The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture, With a New Preface by Rebecca L. Spang 9780674241770
RRP: £23.95£19.14Winner of the Louis Gottschalk PrizeWinner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize"Witty and full of fascinating details."-Los Angeles TimesWhy are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room... -
Cash for Honours by Andrew Cook
RRP: £19.99£15.42The book uncovers the involvement of the Secret Service and how Maundy Gregory exploited sensitive information that enabled him to gain access and influence to pillars of the establishment. It reveals for the first time the contents of the recently... -
Wild About Wimbledon: Where the Town Meets the Country by Andrew Wilson 9780957044722
RRP: £19.99£18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957044722Author Andrew WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing LtdWeight(grams)... -
Murillo: From Heaven to Earth by Guillaume Kientz
RRP: £45.00£43.21A revealing exploration of Bartolome Esteban Murillo's genre paintings and the cultural significance of his depictions of ordinary people Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) is best known for his religious subject matter, yet some of his most iconic... -
Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Experience and American Prospects by Dmitry Orlov
RRP: £17.99£13.80The United States is in steep decline. Plagued by runaway debt, a shrinking economy, and environmental catastrophes to rival Chernobyl, the United States has been retracing the trajectory of the Soviet Union in the early 1980s toward national bankruptcy... -
Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450 by Elisabeth Crowfoot
RRP: £26.99£22.87A model of clarity... It provides absolutely essential reference material for the dress historian and archaeologist, for the early textile specialist, and those interested in the tools and equipment used. TOOL AND TRADES HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER [Linda... -
Kingston in the Fifties by June Sampson 9780954375928
RRP: £9.95£9.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954375928Author June SampsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Mark DavisonPublisher Mark Davison -
War in the Middle Ages Philippe Contamine (University of Paris at Nanterre) 9780631144694
RRP: £48.95£43.03Covering the ten centuries following the fall of Rome, War in the Middle Ages engages all aspects of its subject, including the military customs and conditions of the various Western European states; armor and weaponry recruitment; and rules of combat... -
Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528 by Steven A. Epstein 9780807849927
RRP: £55.00£49.53In this comprehensive history of Genoa, Steven Epstein traces the city's transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving republic with an extensive overseas empire. His story bridges six centuries of medieval Renaissance... -
A Day at Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte Alexandre de Vogue 9782080201997
RRP: £22.50£15.27An insider's tour of the magnificent seventeenthcentury castle and gardens, conceived by Le Vau, Le Brun, and Le Notre, that inspired the great chateaux of Europe. Vaux-le-Vicomte's rich history began in 1641, when infamous Finance Minister Nicolas... -
The Hull City Miscellany by David Clayton 9780752486277
RRP: £7.99£6.15Did you know: Hull City is the only team in the English Football League which hasn't got a single letter that you can colour in? City's early matches were played at The Boulevard, the old home of rugby league side Hull FC? Up to 2008, the nation's... -
Ely: Britain in Old Photographs by Chris Jakes 9780752449449
RRP: £12.99£9.62Ely in Old Photographs is a wonderful collection of archive images that records the life of Ely through the ages. Chris Jakes takes us on a journey, looking at the city's life, streets and businesses during the Victorian and Edwardian periods, between... -
Burnley and Pendle Archaeology: Part two: Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age by John A. Clayton 9780957004344
£20.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957004344Author John A. ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 209Imprint Barrowford PressPublisher Barrowford Press -
Henry VIII and the English Reformation by Richard Rex
£33.26Abandoning the traditional narrative approach to the subject, Richard Rex presents an analytical account which sets out the logic of Henry VIII's shortlived Reformation. Starting with the fundamental matter of the royal supremacy, Rex goes on to... -
Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire by Tara Nummedal
£30.19What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common men--and occasionally women--who made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Holy Roman Empire. As purveyors of... -
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 9780198838418
RRP: £7.99£5.79'If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency."' Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of the... -
Principles and Agents: The British Slave Trade and Its Abolition by David Richardson
RRP: £25.00£20.92A new history of the abolition of the British slave trade "Easily the most scholarly, clear and persuasive analysis yet published of the rise to dominance of the British in the Atlantic slave trade-as well as the implementation of abolition when that... -
A Short History of the Hundred Years War by Michael Prestwich
RRP: £14.99£13.45The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history. A bitter dynastic fight between Plantagenet and Valois, The Hundred Years War was fought out on the widest of stages while also creating powerful new... -
Churchill and Ireland by Paul Bew
RRP: £11.99£8.43Winston Churchill spent his early childhood in Ireland, had close Irish relatives, and was himself much involved in Irish political issues for a large part of his career. He took Ireland very seriously -- and not only because of its significance in the... -
Loughborough: Britain in Old Photographs by David R. Burton 9780752449784
RRP: £12.99£9.62Loughborough in Old Photographs records the growth of Loughborough from a small market town to a popular destination for students, housing one of the country's leading universities for sports education. David R. Burton has drawn together unique images... -
Dante in Love by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £9.99£6.70With a biographer's eye for detail and a novelist's comprehension of the creative process, A. N. Wilson paints a masterful portrait of Dante Alighieri and unlocks one of the seminal works of literature for a new generation of readers.In Dante in Love, A... -
The Stones of London: A History in Twelve Buildings Leo Hollis 9781474622882
RRP: £14.99£9.80The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings.'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY'Hollis has a... -
Dudley & Netherton Remembered: Britain in Old Photographs by Ned Williams 9780752455624
RRP: £14.99£11.55This new book by Ned Williams takes a fresh look at the town of Dudley, often known as the Capital of the Black Country. Dudley occupies a special position in the Black Country - right in the centre of the ridge that bisects the region. It became... -
Dissonant Waves: Ernst Schoen and Experimental Sound in the 20th century by Sam Dolbear
RRP: £32.00£21.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913380564Author Sam DolbearFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Goldsmith's PressPublisher Goldsmiths, Unversity of London -
Hanged at Lincoln by Stephen Wade
RRP: £12.99£9.62This intriguing book gathers together the stories of 120 criminals hanged at both Lincoln Castle Prison and HMP Lincoln on Greetwell Road between 1203 and 1961. The condemned featured here range from coiners and forgers, to thieves, highwamen and... -
Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution by Lynn Hunt 9780520241565
RRP: £25.00£19.59When this book was published in 1984, it reframed the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution's role in wider, extrinsic processes (such as modernization, capitalist development, and the rise of twentieth-century... -
The Crowd in History: A study of popular disturbances in France and England, 1730-1848 by George Rude 9781897959473
RRP: £15.00£12.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897959473Author George RudeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint SerifPublisher SerifWeight(grams) 370g -
Katherine Parr: Opportunist, Queen, Reformer: A Theological Perspective by Don Matzat 9781445696867
RRP: £20.00£13.34Don Matzat here provides a new perspective on the life of Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of the infamous Henry VIII. While most biographers suggest that Katherine chose to marry the obese, irascible monarch in order to further some reformation... -
The March of the Women: A Revisionist Analysis of the Campaign for Women's Suffrage, 1866-1914 by Martin Pugh 9780199250226
£61.30This book is the first comprehensive study of the campaign for women's suffrage to appear for over thirty years. It challenges the widely-held assumption that the Victorian suffragists underwent a decline during the 1890s, and sets out to prove that, on... -
Scunthorpe by Reg Cooke
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752407647Author Reg... -
R is for Revenge Dress: A Princess Diana–Inspired Alphabet Book for Grown-Ups by Kinsey Schofield
RRP: £12.99£8.18R is for Revenge Dress explores the celebrated life of Princess Diana through the alphabet."A-mazing to 'C' the younger generation B-eing so interested in the legacy of HRH." -Andrew Morton, Author of Diana: Her True Story Though "R" is for Revenge... -
Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold by Kevan Manwaring
RRP: £9.99£7.55A ballad is a poem or a song that tells a popular story and many traditional British ballads contain fascinating stories - tales of love and jealousy, murder and mystery, the supernatural and the historical. This anthology brings together nineteen... -
Another Bloody Chapter in an Endless Civil War Volume 2: Northern Ireland and the Troubles 1988-90 by Ken Wharton 9781911512011
RRP: £25.00£18.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512011Author Ken WhartonFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company