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A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990 by P. Jenkins 9780582489257
RRP: $150.13$144.65Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History ofModern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term continuities in Welsh history, and also the significant... -
The Earles of Liverpool: A Georgian Merchant Dynasty by Peter Earle
RRP: $58.99$53.84This book uses the experience of three generations of the Earle family to throw light on the social and economic history of Liverpool during its rise to prominence as a great port, from 1688 to 1840. The focus is on six members of this successful... -
The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England by Ethan H. Shagan
RRP: $52.63$36.06Why was it that whenever the Tudor-Stuart regime most loudly trumpeted its moderation, that regime was at its most vicious? This groundbreaking book argues that the ideal of moderation, so central to English history and identity, functioned as a tool of... -
An Historical View of the English Government: From the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Revolution in 1688 by John Millar 9780865974456
RRP: $21.35$19.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865974456Author John MillarFormat PaperbackPage Count 889Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1213g -
Absolute War: Violence and Mass Warfare in the German Lands, 1792-1820 by Mark Hewitson 9780198787457
$200.62Wars have played a fundamental part in modern German history. Although infrequent, conflicts involving German states have usually been extensive and often catastrophic, constituting turning-points for Europe as a whole. Absolute War is the first in a... -
Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 by Geoff Egan
RRP: $58.48$50.37Description and discussion of over two thousand brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses and other accessories found in archaeological digs in London, and dating from the period 1150-1450. Brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses... -
Queer Budapest, 1873-1961 by Anita Kurimay
RRP: $54.60$53.41By the dawn of the twentieth century, Budapest was a burgeoning cosmopolitan metropolis. Known at the time as the "Pearl of the Danube," it boasted some of Europe's most innovative architectural and cultural achievements, and its growing middle class was... -
Britain and Empire, 1880-1945 by Professor Dane Kennedy 9780582414938
RRP: $72.13$69.69Britain and Empire, 1880-1945 traces the relationship between Britain and its empire during a period when the two spheres intersected with one another to an unprecedented degree. The story starts with the imperial expansion of the late nineteenth century... -
Ordinary Workers, Vichy and the Holocaust: French Railwaymen and the Second World War by Ludivine Broch
RRP: $60.43$44.56Should French railwaymen during the Second World War be viewed as great resisters or collaborators in genocide? Ludivine Broch revisits histories of resistance, collaboration and deportation in Vichy France through the prism of the French railwaymen -... -
A Business of State: Commerce, Politics, and the Birth of the East India Company by Rupali Mishra
RRP: $66.20$53.45At the height of its power around 1800, the English East India Company controlled half of the world's trade and deployed a vast network of political influencers at home and abroad. Yet the story of the Company's beginnings in the early seventeenth... -
Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania by Joan Kavanagh 9781845888855
RRP: $39.00$30.11On 2 September 1845, the convict ship Tasmania left Kingstown Harbour for Van Diemen's Land with 138 female convicts and their 35 children. On 3 December, the ship arrived into Hobart Town. While this book looks at the lives of all the women aboard, it... -
The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation by Nicholas E. Denysenko
RRP: $68.25$59.94The bitter separation of Ukraine's Orthodox churches is a microcosm of its societal strife. From 1917 onward, church leaders failed to agree on the church's mission in the twentieth century. The core issues of dispute were establishing independence from... -
The General in Winter: The Marlborough-Godolphin Friendship and the Reign of Anne by Frances Harris 9780198802440
$62.40'The glories of the Age of Anne' -- the union of England and Scotland to form 'this island of Britain', and its establishment as a European and a global power -- were the achievements of two men above all: Queen Anne's captain-general, John Churchill,... -
The Byzantine Economy by Angeliki E. Laiou
RRP: $56.53$50.35This is a concise survey of the economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Organised chronologically, the book addresses key themes such as demography, agriculture, manufacturing and the urban... -
Women in England, 1275-1525 by P.J.P. Goldberg 9780719040566
RRP: $38.98$34.75This collection of sources demonstrates the variety of evidence that survives of English women in all walks of life from the time of Edward I to the eve of the Reformation. The sources are introduced by a substantial overview of current thinking about... -
Conversations with Einstein: A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts Carlos Calle 9781786783844
RRP: $19.48$13.26By power of thought alone, Albert Einstein gave us a fresh conception of the universe. He showed us that space and time are elastic - shrinking or expanding, speeding up or slowing down, depending on your movement. Beginning with an inspiring foreword by... -
Parks in Medieval England by S. A. Mileson 9780198723141
RRP: $88.71$80.54Parks were prominent and, indeed, controversial features of the medieval countryside, but they have been unevenly studied and remain only partly understood. Stephen Mileson provides the first full-length study of the subject, examining parks across the... -
Belfast Politics: Thoughts on the British Constitution by William Bruce 9781904558217
RRP: $33.15$32.19Belfast Politics, arguably one of the most important texts in modern Irish history, appeared in 1794 as a collection of twenty essays outlining a moderate political position in the increasingly polarised politics of 1790s Ireland. It contains the seeds... -
Uncivil Mirth: Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain by Ross Carroll
RRP: $68.25$54.09How the philosophers and polemicists of eighteenth-century Britain used ridicule in the service of religious toleration, abolition, and political justiceThe relaxing of censorship in Britain at the turn of the eighteenth century led to an explosion of... -
The York Corpus Christi Plays by Clifford Davidson
RRP: $51.68$43.82The feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually on Thursday after Trinity Sunday, was devoted to the Eucharist, and the normal practice was to have solemn processions through the city with the Host, the consecrated wafer that was believed to have been... -
Old Bangor by John Hanna 9781840332414
RRP: $23.30$18.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332414Author John HannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 236mm * 3mm -
Cranleigh Voices by Betty Seymour 9780752420530
RRP: $19.48$14.72This book is part of a series, which combines the reminiscences of local people with old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN... -
Smyllie's Ireland: Protestants, Independence, and the Man Who Ran the Irish Times by Caleb Richardson
RRP: $54.58$47.07As Irish republicans sought to rid the country of British rule and influence in the early 20th century, a clear delineation was made between what was "authentically" Irish and what was considered to be English influence. As a member of the Anglo-Irish... -
Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics, and the French Revolution by Ian Coller
RRP: $82.88$80.50A groundbreaking study of the role of Muslims in eighteenth-century France "This elegant, braided history of Muslims and French citizenship is urgently needed. It will be a 'must read' for students of the French Revolution and anyone interested in... -
A Brief History of the Atlantic Jeremy Black 9781472145918
RRP: $25.33$16.77The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In this broad and readable book, Jeremy Black takes the reader through its evolution to becoming one of the most important... -
Bath in the Great War by Derek Tait 9781473823495
RRP: $25.33$13.86When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the citizens of Bath for the changes that would envelop their city over the next four years. The story of Bath in the Great War is both an interesting and intriguing one. This book covers this... -
The Old European Order 1660-1800 by Professor William Doyle
$98.79This survey of European history covers a period of one and a half centuries which witnessed the beginnings of the contemporary world. In his account of the economic, social, intellectual and governmental structure and development of pre-revolutionary... -
Charles I and the People of England by David Cressy 9780198708292
RRP: $67.26$48.67The story of the reign of Charles I - through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads, sermons, speeches, letters, diaries, petitions, proclamations, and... -
Cottages and Villas: The Birth of the Garden Suburb by Mireille Galinou
RRP: $107.25$94.75The garden suburb has its origins in London, and, contrary to widespread belief, its earliest phase took place not at the beginning of the 20th century, with the much discussed garden-city movement, but one century earlier, with the creation of the Eyre... -
Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West by Anthony Grafton 9780674060258
RRP: $52.55$45.69In this book Anthony Grafton lets us in on one of the great secrets of scholars and intellectuals: although scholars lead solitary lives in order to win independence of mind, they also enjoy the conviviality of sharing a project sustained by common... -
Naval Wives and Mistresses by Margarette Lincoln 9780752460918
RRP: $29.23$22.52Focusing on the second half of the eighteenth century, a period when Britain was almost continuously at war, this book looks at different social groups, from the aristocratic elite to the labouring and criminal poor, prostitutes and petty thieves... -
England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles by David Cressy
RRP: $75.06$64.33England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles examines the jurisdictional disputes and cultural complexities in England's relationship with its island fringe from Tudor times to the eighteenth century, and traces island privileges and anomalies to the present... -
The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the S - An Ethnographic Perspective by Peter Heather 9781843830337
RRP: $48.75$44.44Studies of the advances made by the Visigoths from the decline of the Roman Empire to the seventh century, when their kingdom stretched from the Loire to the Straits of Gibraltar. Studies of the advances made by theVisigoths from the decline of... -
Other Tudors by Philippa Jones
RRP: $19.48$19.29Forget everything you thought you knew about Henry the Eighth. While Henry VIII has frequently been portrayed as a womanizer, author Philippa Jones reveals a new side to his character. Although he was never faithful, Jones sees him as a serial... -
Silver: Transformational Matter by Helen Hills 9780197267547
$176.05Silver transformed and convulsed the early modern world. Silver, even more than gold, occupied a deeply charged intersection of forces and dynamics - philosophical, religious, material, telluric, economic, colonialist, social, cultural, and courtly -... -
France, 1800-1914: A Social History by Roger Magraw 9780582228160
RRP: $155.98$150.15Nineteenth-century France was a society of apparent paradoxes. It is famous for periodic and bloody revolutionary upheavals, for class conflict and for religious disputes, yet it was marked by relative demographic stability, gradual urbanisation and... -
Collected Works of Erasmus: Controversies, Volume 74 by Desiderius Erasmus 9781487546298
RRP: $253.50$218.65Erasmus' thorough engagement with the New Testament, in particular his revision of the Vulgate translation, aroused much controversy, especially in the orthodox Roman Catholic country of Spain. Erasmus had to fight fierce polemics with several people,... -
Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s: Volume 1 by Steven King 9780773556492
RRP: $62.40$48.11From the mid-eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, the English Old Poor Law was waning, soon to be replaced by the New Poor Law and its dreaded workhouses. In Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s Steven King reveals colourful... -
The Essence of Style by Joan DeJean
RRP: $33.13$30.65What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory? Why does a special occasion only become really special when a champagne cork pops? Why are diamonds the status symbol gemstone, instantly signifying wealth,... -
From Palace to Power: An Illustrated History of Whitehall Susan Foreman 9781898595106
$200.09From Palace to Power: an IIlustrated history of Whitehall is the 400-year story -- in contemporary pictures, maps and photographs, as well as letters and diaries -- of the historical transformation of 'The Street' recognised throughout the world as a...