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Two Works on Trebizond by Michael Panaretos
RRP: €35.64€28.16In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Empire of Trebizond, a successor state to the Byzantine Empire that emerged after Crusaders sacked Constantinople. Trebizond, which stretched along the coast of the Black... -
Women of Fortune: Money, Marriage, and Murder in Early Modern England by Linda Levy Peck 9781107034020
RRP: €32.12€27.61Women of Fortune tells the compelling story of mercantile wealth, arranged marriages, and merchant heiresses who asserted their rights despite loss, imprisonment, and murder. Following three generations of the Bennet and Morewood families, who made their... -
The Rebecca Riots: A Study in Agrarian Discontent by David Williams 9780708323960
RRP: €23.79€18.12The Rebecca Riots in west Wales began in the summer of 1839. They ceased as suddenly as they had started, and for three and a half years the countryside was undisturbed. Then, in the winter of 1842, they broke out again with greater violence. By day the... -
The Conquest of Constantinople by Robert
RRP: €33.32€25.94The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) set out to capture the Holy Land; it ended up sacking Constantinople, an Orthodox Christian city and the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Robert of Clari, an obscure knight from Picardy, provides an extraordinary recounting... -
Peaceful Path: Building Garden Cities and New Towns by Stephen V. Ward 9781909291690
RRP: €20.22€18.69The title of this book is taken from Ebenezer Howard's visionary tract To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. Published in 1898 as a manifesto for social reform via the creation of Garden Cities, it proposed a new way of providing cheap and healthy... -
London: The Executioner's City by P. Brandon
RRP: €15.46€11.45Tyburn Fields is the best known site of execution in London, but London may be aptly named the executioner's city, so many were the places where executions could and did occur. This book reveals the capital as a place where the bodies of criminals... -
Rotten Prod: The Unlikely Career of Dongaree Baird by Emmet O'Connor
RRP: €29.75€28.30James 'Dongaree' Baird, a boilermaker in Harland and Wolff's shipyard, was one of hundreds of 'rotten Prods', and thousands of Catholics, driven from their place of work by loyalists in 1920. The expulsions marked the end of Belfast's 'two red years',... -
Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Asian Origins of Science in the Medieval World by Christopher I. Beckwith 9780691155319
RRP: €41.65€33.01Warriors of the Cloisters tells how key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. Medieval scholars rarely performed scientific experiments, but instead contested issues in... -
The Winter of Discontent: Myth, Memory, and History Tara Martin Lopez (College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Northern New Mexico College (United States)) 9781786941732
RRP: €32.71€29.19In the midst of the freezing winter of 1978-79, more than 2,000 strikes, infamously coined the "Winter of Discontent," erupted across Britain as workers rejected the then Labour Government's attempts to curtail wage increases with an incomes... -
The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy: Chronicling Continuity and Change by Victor Strazzeri 9781642599893
RRP: €35.70€23.66The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy examines the formative years of the classic social thinker once called the 'bourgeois Marx,' specifically focusing on his relationship to the foremost working-class organization of his time. Offering... -
Halstead & Colne Valley by David Osborne 9780752415062
RRP: €15.46€11.45Although often seen as a rural backwater, Halstead and the villages of the Colne Valley are thriving communities with a colourful history and lively present. This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs covers nearly 100 years of that history,... -
Becoming a French Aristocrat: The Education of the Court Nobility, 1580-1715 by Mark Edward Motley 9780691602905
RRP: €41.65€33.01Focusing on the highest-ranking segment of the nobility, Mark Motley examines why a social group whose very essence was based on hereditary status would need or seek instruction and training for its young. As the "warrior nobility" adopted the courtly... -
London Calling North Pole: The True Revelations of a German Spy by Hermann J Giskes 9781626541641
€17.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626541641Format PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & Media -
Aal Aboot Gateshead by David Simpson 9781901888782
RRP: €5.89€4.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901888782Author David SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint My WorldPublisher New Writing North -
East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1943–1991 by Sabrina P. Ramet 9781032318202
RRP: €42.83€37.71The communists of East Central Europe came to power promising to bring about genuine equality, paying special attention to achieving gender equality, to build up industry and create prosperous societies, and to use music, art, and literature to promote... -
Jews in Medieval Britain: Historical, Literary and Archaeological Perspectives Patricia Skinner (Contributor) 9781843837336
RRP: €23.79€20.19Accounts of specific communities and themes build to a comprehensive picture of Jews in England C11 - C13. Britain's medieval Jewish community arrived with the Normans in 1066 and was expelled from the country in 1290. This is the first time in many... -
Theatres of Memory: v. 2: Island Stories - Unravelling Britain by Raphael Samuel
€19.74A luminous sequel to the highly acclaimed first volume of Theatres of Memory, Island Stories is an engrossing journey of discovery into the multiple meanings of national myths, their anchorage in daily life and their common sense of a people's destiny... -
Gorton Monastery by Gorton Trust 9780752432083
RRP: €17.84€13.74A history of Gorton Monastery.Book InformationISBN 9780752432083Author The Monastery of St Francis & Gorton TrustFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm *... -
The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918 by Steven Beller 9781107464742
RRP: €29.74€25.20This clear and compelling account of the Habsburg Monarchy in its last century explains why, a century after its disappearance, it has never been more relevant. With extensive discussion of recent historiographic controversies about the Monarchy's... -
Defenders of the Faith: Christianity and Islam Battle for the Soul of Europe, 1520-1536 by James Reston Jr.
RRP: €22.43€17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143117599Author James RestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 385gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Abelard: A Medieval Life Michael T. Clanchy (University of London) 9780631214441
RRP: €43.97€39.16Michael Clanchy introduces the reader to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools.About the AuthorM. T. Clanchy is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of... -
The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational Nick Robins 9780745331966
RRP: €101.15€77.78This is the history of the East India Company and its enduring legacy as a corporation, dealing in exploitation and violence. The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing... -
Pleasure Bound: Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism by Deborah Lutz 9780393068320
RRP: €46.40€39.00At the height of the Victorian era, a daring group of artists and thinkers defied the reigning obsession with propriety, testing the boundaries of sexual decorum in their lives and in their work. Dante Gabriel Rossetti exhumed his dead wife to pry his... -
The Victorian Eye: A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910 by Chris Otter 9780226640778
RRP: €33.32€32.59During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes... -
Greenwich by Barbara Ludlow 9780752400457
RRP: €15.46€11.45Greenwich and Woolwich have long been associated with the great national monuments. Since the seventeenth century Greenwich has been associated with 'time'. The time-ball at the Old Royal Observatory still falls daily at one o'clock, just as it has done... -
Witness to the German Revolution by Victor Serge
RRP: €20.22€13.89"Serge searingly evokes the epochal hopes and shattering setbacks of a generation of leftists." Bookforum Following in the wake of the carnage reaped across Europe by world war, German workers undertook a struggle that would prove decisive in... -
Explore the Milky Way Galaxy by Martha London 9781644945414
RRP: €13.08€9.48Earth lies in the Milky Way galaxy. This galaxy is home to billions of stars and their planets. Explore the Milky Way galaxy reveals the amazing details of our galaxy. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at... -
The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 3, Experience, Culture and Memory by Alan Forrest
€131.57Volume III of the Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars moves away from the battlefield to explore broader questions of society and culture. Leading scholars from around the globe show how the conflict left its mark on virtually every aspect of... -
Domestic Dangers: Women, Words, and Sex in Early Modern London by Laura Gowing 9780198207634
€93.08`What else is woman but a foe to friendship ... a domestic danger?' Sexual morality was central to the patriarchal society of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, as demonstrated by this quotation taken from a biblical commentary by St John... -
A History of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380-1620 by Peter Mack 9780199679997
RRP: €60.69€60.05This is the first comprehensive History of Renaissance Rhetoric. Rhetoric, a training in writing and delivering speeches, was a fundamental part of renaissance culture and education. It is concerned with a wide range of issues, connected with style,... -
Cannabis Nation: Control and Consumption in Britain, 1928-2008 by James H. Mills 9780199283422
€89.94Cannabis has never been a more controversial substance in Britain. Over the last decade it has been reclassified twice, has been the subject of a range of official investigations and scientific studies, and has provoked media campaigns and all manner of... -
From Partition to Brexit: The Irish Government and Northern Ireland by Donnacha O Beachain
RRP: €35.70€32.07From Partition to Brexit is the first book to chart the political and ideological evolution of Irish government policy towards Northern Ireland from the partition of the country in 1921 to the present day. Based on extensive original research, this... -
From Luddism to the First Reform Bill: Reform in England 1810-1832 J. R. Dinwiddy (Formerly, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College) 9780631139522
RRP: €32.07€27.88This book examines the nature and ideas, as well as the underlying social interests and motives, of the reform movements of the early nineteenth century. Focusing primarily upon movements calling for parliamentary reform, Dinwiddy also pays attention to... -
Katherine Parr: Opportunist, Queen, Reformer: A Theological Perspective by Don Matzat
RRP: €13.08€8.63Don 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 Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire by Susan Jaques
RRP: €29.75€19.33Napoleon is one of history's most fascinating figures. But his complex relationship with Rome-both with antiquity and his contemporary conflicts with the Pope and Holy See-have undergone little examination. In The Caesar of Paris, Susan Jaques reveals... -
The Routledge Atlas of British History by Martin Gilbert
RRP: €30.93€26.93The evolving story of the British Isles forms the central theme of this fascinating and compelling atlas, which covers England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales - and the expansion and gradual disintegration of Britain's overseas empire. This new edition... -
1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England by Ed West 9781510775565
RRP: €13.08€8.33A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides.1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on... -
Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia by Olga Tian-Shanskaia
RRP: €15.46€14.58" . . . a marvelous source for the social history of Russian peasant society in the years before the revolution. . . . The translation is superb." -Steven Hoch" . . . one of the best ethnographic portraits that we have of the Russian village. . . . a... -
Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe by Brad S. Gregory
RRP: €38.02€30.43Thousands of men and women were executed for incompatible religious views in sixteenth-century Europe. The meaning and significance of those deaths are studied here comparatively for the first time, providing a compelling argument for the importance of... -
Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles: Level 1:: London by John Escott
€12.71"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.Big, beautiful, noisy, exciting - that's LondonBook...