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The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture by Orlando Figes
RRP: €17.84€13.03'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter Frankopan From... -
The English Year by Steve Roud
RRP: €20.22€14.61This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year's Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in... -
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
RRP: €17.84€13.03WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE AND THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION'Endlessly fascinating and enjoyable' Neil MacGregor'A marvellous book' David Attenborough'Full of delights' Tom StoppardAn extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - the... -
Napoleon: A Concise Biography by Mr David Bell
RRP: €17.84€13.03This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human... -
City of the Beast: The London of Aleister Crowley by Phil Baker
RRP: €24.99€16.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689322Author Phil BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
A History of Ireland in 100 Objects by Fintan O'Toole
€34.26This book takes 100 objects and explores their significance in shaping Ireland. Photographs are accompanied by a concise and insightful story that shows the social, political and artistic vitality of each object. Beginning with Mesolithic Ireland and... -
Prague Stories by Richard Bassett
RRP: €15.46€10.82The Golden City of Prague has long been an intellectual centre of the western world. The writers collected here range from the early nineteenth century to the present and include both Prague natives and visitors from elsewhere. Here are stories, legends,... -
Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII by Jane Marguerite Tippett 9781399723930
RRP: €29.75€19.97''An astonishing account...' --- The Daily Mail '... an extraordinary new portrait of the former King, his recollections and feelings'. --- The Telegraph'Tippett has made a remarkable archival discovery...the most consequential book to appear on Edward... -
The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedy
RRP: €15.46€10.82This is a revised edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History".About the AuthorColin McEvedy is the author of The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History; The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History; The Penguin Atlas of Recent History (Europe Since 1815)... -
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
RRP: €10.70€7.41The Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick, from the acclaimed author of Room. The Pull of the Stars is set during three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. 'Moving, gripping and dazzlingly written' -... -
Welsh History: Strange but True by Geoff Brookes
RRP: €11.89€8.98Sir John Pryce of Newtown Hall died in 1761. He kept the embalmed bodies of his first two wives on either side of his bed - until his third wife insisted that they were removed. In 1856 Ronald Rhys from the Vale of Neath disappeared for a week after... -
English Churches Explained by Trevor Yorke
RRP: €11.89€9.72The local church is a familiar landmark in every town, city and village. The story of its past is the story of the people for whom, down the centuries, it was the center of the community. But how many people actually understand the reason for it being... -
A Short History of London: The Creation of a World Capital by Simon Jenkins
RRP: €15.46€10.82LONDON: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This changeful place became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour. It... -
Scotland's Merlin: A Medieval Legend and its Dark Age Origins by Tim Clarkson
RRP: €17.84€12.82Who was Merlin? Is the famous wizard of Arthurian legend based on a real person? In this book, Merlin's origins are traced back to the story of Lailoken, a mysterious 'wild man' who is said to have lived in the Scottish Lowlands in the sixth century AD... -
Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World by Jan Karski
RRP: €11.89€8.46'Stands in the absolute first rank of books about the resistance in World War II. If you wish to read about a man more courageous and honourable than Jan Karski, I would have no idea who to recommend' Alan Furst It is 1939. Jan Karski, a... -
Writing Underground: Reflections on Illegal Texts in Communist Czechoslovakia by Martin Machovec
RRP: €17.85€17.70In this collection of writings produced between 2000 and 2018, the pioneering literary historian of the Czech underground, Martin Machovec, examines the multifarious nature of the underground phenomenon. After devoting considerable attention to the... -
DK Eyewitness Czech and Slovak Republics by DK Eyewitness
RRP: €20.22€15.09The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring the Czech and Slovak Republics.Indulge in the country's famous beer at the historic brewing history of Plzen, wander... -
Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 1): A thrilling medieval mystery by Paul Doherty
RRP: €11.89€7.091284 and Edward I is battling a traitorous movement founded by the late Simon de Montfort, the rebel who lost his life at the Battle of Evesham in 1258. The Pentangle, the movement's underground society whose members are known to practice the black arts,... -
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer
RRP: €15.46€10.82'Excellent... Mortimer's erudition is formidable' The TimesA time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad behaviour...Ian Mortimer turns to what is arguably the most-loved period in British history - the Regency, or Georgian England.This is the... -
The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn
RRP: €11.89€8.09'I loved this exquisitely written novel and drank in every word. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant is a reminder of the redemptive nature of love, and that it can be found in the most unexpected places.' Fiona Valpy, bestselling author of The... -
Rooms of their Own by Nino Strachey
RRP: €23.80€16.35Evocative, engaging and filled with vivid details, Rooms of their Own explores the homes of these three writers linked to the Bloomsbury Group. Bringing together stories of love, desire and intimacy, of evolving relationships and erotic encounters, with... -
A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History by C.R. Cheney
RRP: €38.07€34.70A Handbook of Dates is an unrivalled reference book for historians. It provides in clear, user-friendly form, tables which allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100. It... -
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War by Martin Sixsmith 9781399409865
RRP: €29.75€20.97An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet... -
Magic in the Middle Ages by Richard Kieckhefer
RRP: €22.60€19.97How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? This much revised and expanded new edition of Magic in the Middle Ages surveys the growth and development of... -
Old Soldiers Never Die by Frank Richards
RRP: €11.89€8.46Arguably the greatest of all published memoirs of the Great War, Old Soldiers Never Die is Private Frank Richards' classic account of the war from the standpoint of the regular soldier, and a moving tribute to the army that died on the Western Front in... -
Family Britain, 1951-1957 by David Kynaston
RRP: €22.60€16.67As in Austerity Britain, an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices drive this narrative. The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as austerity and rationing gradually give way to relative abundance; housewife... -
The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Ashley Jackson
RRP: €10.70€7.68From the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the world. The territories forming this empire ranged from tiny islands to vast segments of the world's major continental land masses. The British Empire... -
Britain and Ireland, 900-1300: Insular Responses to Medieval European Change by Brendan Smith 9780521573191
RRP: €107.10€86.36There is a growing interest in the history of relations between the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish as the United Kingdom and Ireland begin to construct new political arrangements and to become more fully integrated into Europe. This book brings... -
Bread And Ashes: A Walk Through the Mountains of Georgia by Tony Anderson
RRP: €15.46€10.82Tony Anderson set out in the summer of 1998 to walk through Georgia. He wanted particularly to visit the Georgian mountain tribes - Tush, Khevsurs, Ratchuelians and Svans - to discover if they shared a common mountain culture, and to test the old idea of... -
The Perfect Heresy: The Life and Death of the Cathars by Stephen O'Shea
RRP: €14.27€10.03Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and... -
A Brief History of the Hundred Years War: The English in France, 1337-1453 by Desmond Seward
RRP: €13.08€8.81For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. France was a large, unwieldy kingdom, England was small and poor, but for the most part she dominated the war, sacking towns and... -
Black Britain: A Photographic History by Paul Gilroy 9780863565403
RRP: €23.79€17.08Black people have inhabited the British Isles for centuries. Eminent professor Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural dimensions of British blackness and black Britishness, has assembled a living visual history of their... -
Tales From When I Were A Lad: More snapshots from a time that Health & Safety forgot by Andrew Davies
RRP: €11.89€7.90Take a nostalgic trip back to a time when children played on the street, the local bobby could clip your ear and anywhere beyond Bridlington was an exotic holiday. Awwww, the old days. A time when grime were fashionable, school sports a menace... -
Fermat's Last Theorem (Collins Modern Classics) by Simon Singh
RRP: €11.89€7.90Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. ... -
England's Gardens: A Modern History by Stephen Parker
RRP: €29.75€19.60We may all feel we know what an "English" garden is, but do we really? England's Gardens offers a holistic, modern-day tour and an update on the history of some of the most iconic, enduring, and influential gardens across the country.A fresh take on a... -
The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: €19.03€13.82Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas,... -
A Life by Simone Veil
RRP: €15.46€10.70Veil, the former French politician who became first President of the European Union, was born Simone Jacob in 1927. In her long-awaited memoir, she describes in vivid detail a time of happiness and innocence spent in Nice where she grew up. This happy... -
Lorca, Bunuel, Dali: Forbidden Pleasures and Connected Lives by Gwynne Edwards 9781848850071
€65.30Lorca, Bunuel and Dali were, in their respective fields of poetry and theatre, cinema, and painting, three of the most imaginative creative artists of the twentieth century; their impact was felt far beyond the boundaries of their native Spain. But if... -
A History of Norfolk in 100 Places by David Robertson
RRP: €21.41€16.23Norfolk has a wealth of important archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes. This guide is the first to use them to tell the county's rich history.Starting with real footprints of people who lived here nearly 1 million years ago, A History... -
The Reading Quiz Book by Adam Sowan 9781901677768
RRP: €10.70€7.54Local historian Adam Sowan has explored the town of Reading has to offer, and presents here a challenging set of questions to stimulate the reader's curiosity and develop a deeper acquaintance with this much-maligned town.Book InformationISBN...