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The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England by Paul Slack 9780198202134
€38.82This is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact on the history of Tudor and Stuart England. Plague was both a personal affliction and a social calamity, regularly decimating urban populations. Paul Slack vividly describes the stresses... -
The Chanson des Chetifs and Chanson de Jerusalem: Completing the Central Trilogy of the Old French Crusade Cycle by Dr. Carol Sweetenham 9781138307247
RRP: €47.59€41.72The First Crusade was arguably one of the most significant events of the Middle Ages. It was the only event to generate its own epic cycle, the Old French Crusade Cycle. The central trilogy at the heart of the Cycle describes the Crusade from its... -
Waterford Folk Tales by Anne Farrell 9781845887575
RRP: €15.46€11.45The mountains and spectacular coastline of County Waterford are rich in traditional stories. Even today, in the modern world of internet and supermarkets, old legends dating as far back as the days of the ancient Gaelic tribes and the carvers of the... -
A 1950s Holiday in Bognor Regis by Sylvia Endacott 9780752499123
RRP: €15.46€11.45Bognor Regis is situated on the south coast of Britain, overlooking the English Channel. On 18 January 1787 the resort's founder, Sir Richard Hotham, laid the first stone marking the town as a 'public bathing place', a description that Bognor Regis has... -
Brigadistes: Lives for Liberty Jordi Marti-Rueda 9780745347127
RRP: €15.46€10.23'A real treasure that we can't stop exploring' - La Republica Felicia Browne decided it was time to put down her paintbrushes and pick up a rifle. Jimmy Yates left Chicago with three books in his bindle, sacrificing them all on the gruelling trek... -
Life and Death in the Third Reich by Peter Fritzsche
RRP: €27.31€21.87On January 30, 1933, hearing about the celebrations for Hitler's assumption of power, Erich Ebermayer remarked bitterly in his diary, "We are the losers, definitely the losers." Learning of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, which made Jews non-citizens, he... -
Myths and Legends of Britain and Ireland by Richard Jones 9781847739865
€18.24The landscape of Britain and Ireland has been the inspiration for myths and legends for centuries. From ancient kings to infamous murderers, this book will open your eyes to the magic and history to be found on your doorstep. In "Myths and Legends of... -
Heirs to Heresy: Faith & Fear by Alan Bahr
RRP: €21.41€17.42A supplement for Heirs to Heresy, introducing new knightly orders, mighty relics, mysteries, and foes both mortal and supernatural. The shadow that hangs over Europe, already dark, is growing ever darker. Branded a heretic and turned fugitive, you are... -
Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593): The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) by Dr. Timothy Ashby
RRP: €29.74€21.07Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) is the biography of William Ashby, Elizabethan intelligence agent and diplomat who served as ambassador to Scotland during the Spanish Armada crisis. It provides a fresh social,... -
An Environmental History of Britain by B.W. Clapp 9780582226265
RRP: €57.11€54.72The present and future state of the environment gives rise to ever increasing concern, but much less is known as yet about the past: the damage that has been done since, and by, the Industrial Revolution; how far our predecessors were aware of it; the... -
A History of Poland by Anita J. Prazmowska
€34.59Anita Prazmowska provides a wide-ranging survey of Poland's history; from early settlements, through the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland, to the present day modern state. This expanded second edition has been revised throughout in the light of the... -
The Image of Restoration Science: The Frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society (1667) Michael Hunter 9781032402277
RRP: €47.59€41.72This book is about a single image - the frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal-Society of London (1667). Designed by John Evelyn, and etched by Wenceslaus Hollar, it is arguably the best-known representation of seventeenth-century English... -
The Paradoxical Republic: Austria 1945–2020 by Oliver Rathkolb 9781789207460
RRP: €33.26€26.87From its emergence out of the ashes of World War II through to the economic and political challenges of today, Austria has embodied many of the contradictions of recent European history. Written by one of the nation’s leading historians, this account of... -
A Short History of the Middle Ages, Sixth Edition by Barbara Rosenwein
RRP: €55.93€48.65In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world from Iceland to China and from Sweden to West Africa. Yet the book never loses sight of the main contours of the period (c.300... -
The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567-822 by Walter Pohl 9780801442100
RRP: €73.78€64.93"Though the book was first published in German in 1988, this English version includes many revisions and updates and will be the definitive English-language study of the Avar empire for years to come. It will be invaluable for those interested in... -
The Viking Blitzkrieg: AD 789-1098 by Hannah Whittock 9780752467993
RRP: €20.22€15.40If the Viking Wars had not taken place, would there have been a united England in the tenth century? Martyn Whittock believes not, arguing that without them there would have been no rise of the Godwin family and their conflict with Edward the Confessor,... -
Wales and the Bomb: The Role of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the UK Nuclear Programme by John Baylis 9781786833594
RRP: €20.22€15.58The main focus of this book is on the contribution of Welsh scientists, engineers and facilities in Wales to the British nuclear programme - especially the military programme - from the Second World War through to the present day. After the war, a number... -
Only a Woman: Henrietta Barnet by Alison Creedon 9781860774300
RRP: €23.80€18.37Henrietta Barnett is known for her role as the founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb, an innovative and imaginative housing development planned to provide attractive and affordable accommodation for all, regardless of income or social class. This book... -
George Grosz: An Autobiography by George Grosz
RRP: €34.51€26.82This acclaimed autobiography by one of the twentieth century's greatest satirical artists is as much a graphic portrait of Germany in chaos after the Treaty of Versailles as it is a memoir of a remarkable artist's development. Grosz's account of a world... -
The Tribe by Jean-Michel Mension 9780872863927
RRP: €13.08€11.14Between 1952 and 1954, Jean-Michel Mension haunted Saint-Germain-des-Pres as a member of the legendary Letterist International, direct progenitor of the Situationist International. In a series of conversations, Mension recounts this very particular vie... -
The Industrial Revolution in Scotland by Christopher A. Whatley
RRP: €30.93€26.17The Industrial Revolution in Scotland is the first new student text on this subject for more than two decades. While the focus is on Scotland, Dr Whatley's approach is largely comparative and he places the Scottish experience of industrialisation within... -
Dudley by David Clare 9780752435343
RRP: €17.84€13.74This fascinating collection highlights some of the changes and developments that have taken place in Dudley over the last 150 years. Originally a medieval market town, Dudley was shaped by the Industrial Revolution and occupied an integral place at the... -
North Telford, Wellington, Oakengates and Surrounding Areas by Anne Powell 9780752401249
RRP: €17.84€13.74This fascinating selection of photographs reflects some of the different and varied aspects of life in North Telford from the 1970s to the 1950s, providing a glimpse of the familiar and the unusual, the survivals and the changes.In this companion volume... -
The History of Britain: From Neolithic times to the 21st Century Richard Dargie 9781788885058
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788885058Author Richard DargieFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions Sharon Adams 9781843839392
RRP: €95.20€91.64The seventeenth century was one of the most dramatic periods in Scotland's history, with two political revolutions, intense religious strife culminating in the beginnings of toleration, and the modernisation of the state and its infrastructure. This book... -
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown 9780593138090
RRP: €41.65€26.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593138090Author Tina BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Forgery and Memory at the End of the First Millennium by Levi Roach
RRP: €49.98€39.79An in-depth exploration of documentary forgery at the turn of the first millennium Forgery and Memory at the End of the First Millennium takes a fresh look at documentary forgery and historical memory in the Middle Ages. In the tenth and eleventh... -
Bersaglieri: The Devil's Griffins-A Visual History of Italy's Elite Plumed Warriors by Paul Garson 9781781557556
RRP: €35.70€30.68Military historians have often regarded the roll of the Italian military as somewhat "bi-polar." During the First World War, Italy sided with the Allies including Britain, France, Russia and the U.S. against Germany and the Central Powers. During the... -
The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy by Abigail Brundin 9780198816553
RRP: €58.30€58.20The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy explores the rich devotional life of the Italian household between 1450 and 1600. Rejecting the enduring stereotype of the Renaissance as a secular age, this interdisciplinary study reveals the home to have been an... -
Elland Revisited by Brian Hargreaves 9780752441450
RRP: €15.46€11.45A changing history of Elland over the last 100 years.About the AuthorBrian Hargreaves is president of the Elland History Society, a well-established organisation with its own exhibition and meeting rooms in the centre of the town.Book InformationISBN... -
The Secret State: British Internal Security in the Twentieth Century Richard C. Thurlow (University of Sheffield) 9780631160663
RRP: €58.25€51.21This is a history of the secret activities of the British government in response to threats to the nation's well-being and stability during the twentieth century. It is based on intensive and widespread research in private and public archives and on... -
Bloody British History: Bury St Edmunds by Robert Leader 9780752462875
RRP: €17.84€13.74This is the history of the ancient town of Bury St Edmunds as you've never read it before. Starting with the Saxons and moving swiftly on to the vicious murder of King Edmund by a Viking horde (though he quickly got his revenge on his killer when he... -
Elizabeth & Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens by Susan Doran
€41.47This book seeks to refresh and retell the story of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots through their own words. Accompanying a major British Library exhibition, Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens brings new insights to the familiar... -
Chantry Chapels and Medieval Strategies for the Afterlife by Simon Roffey
RRP: €23.79€17.87Beliefs in the afterlife dominated the images, literature and liturgy of medieval church and society. In particular, the concept of purgatory - a penitential state where the soul was purged of sin and therefore able to attain eventual salvation - was a... -
The Heritage Obsession by Ben Cowell 9780752440965
RRP: €20.22€15.40Ben Cowell traces the rise of heritage consciousness over the last 300 years, from its origins in the writings of the seventeenth - and eighteenth - century antiquarians to the founding of the first heritage organizations in the nineteenth century and on... -
Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution by Richard Whatmore
€53.68A bloody episode that epitomised the political dilemmas of the eighteenth centuryIn 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near Waterford in Ireland. Many of the Irish were... -
Afterlife of King James IV, The: Otherworld legends of the Scottish king Keith John Coleman 9781789041170
RRP: €20.22€17.39The Afterlife of King James IV explores the survival stories following the Scottish king's defeat at the battle of Flodden in 1513, and how his image and legacy were used in the years that followed when he remained a shadow player in the politics of a... -
The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century by G.W.S. Barrow
RRP: €36.89€31.00This book explores the formative period when Scotland acquired the characteristics that enabled it to enter fully into the comity of medieval Christendom. These included a monarchy of a recognisably continental type, a feudal organisation of aristocratic... -
ed n of the Gaels: King of the Scots by Coleman, Keith 9781526794901
€24.44This is the first full-length work devoted to aedan mac Gabrain, 6th century king of Dal Riata in Scotland. An associate of the famous St. Columba, he was the first recorded king to be ordained in the British Isles and was the most powerful ruler in his... -
A History of Fascism in France: From the First World War to the National Front by Chris Millington
€30.29CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2021 A History of Fascism in France explores the origins, development, and action of fascism and extreme right and fascist organisations in France since the First World War. Synthesizing decades of scholarship, it is...