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France, 1800-1914: A Social History by Roger Magraw 9780582228160
RRP: €95.19€91.63Nineteenth-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: €154.70€133.43Erasmus' 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: €38.08€29.36From 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: €20.22€18.71What 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
€122.11From 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... -
Boudica Britannia Miranda Aldhouse-Green 9781032180083
RRP: €42.83€37.71When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing clash is one of the most important - and dramatic -... -
The Deeds of Philip Augustus: An English Translation of Rigord's "Gesta Philippi Augusti" by Rigord
RRP: €23.79€20.87The first full English translation of Rigord's Gesta Philippi Augusti, The Deeds of Philip Augustus makes available to Anglophone readers the most important narrative account of the reign of King Philip II of France (r. 1180-1223), a critical source... -
German History 1770-1866 by James J. Sheehan
€85.86Now available in paperback, this is a uniquely authoritative study of Germany from the mid-eighteenth century to the formation of the Bismarckian Reich. James J. Sheehan gives an extensive account of social and cultural, as well as political... -
The French Revolution and Napoleon: Crucible of the Modern World by Lynn Hunt
€35.89Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer's The French Revolution and Napoleon provides a globally-oriented narrative history of events from 1789 until the fall of Napoleon. It emphasizes the global origins and consequences of the French Revolution and explains why... -
The Byzantine Hellene: The Life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century by Dimiter Angelov
RRP: €29.74€25.68This book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea established in Asia Minor after the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204. Theodore Laskaris was a man of literary talent... -
The BBC German Service during the Second World War: Broadcasting to the Enemy by Vike Martina Plock
RRP: €142.79€130.36This book, part media history and part group biography, tells the story of the BBC's attempts to reach out to listeners in Nazi Germany at a time when Anglo-German relations were particularly strained. Who were the individuals behind the microphone,... -
The State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State since 1800 by Patrick Joyce
RRP: €52.35€45.86What is the state? The State of Freedom offers an important new take on this classic question by exploring what exactly the state did and how it worked. Patrick Joyce asks us to re-examine the ordinary things of the British state from dusty government... -
The Search for the Perfect Language Umberto Eco (University of Bologna) 9780631205104
RRP: €36.83€33.14The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia. This is an... -
Renaissance Florence: A Social History by Roger J. Crum
RRP: €57.11€49.83This book examines the social history of Florence during the critical period of its growth and development in the early modern period, from the fourteenth through to sixteenth centuries. Treating the city, its art, and its rituals, the contributors to... -
Jarrow Then & Now by Paul Perry 9780752463162
RRP: €15.46€10.60Renowned as a centre of ship-building and steel-working in the early twentieth century, the town of Jarrow, on the river Tyne, has seen a huge amount of change over the course of the last 100 years. Today, the famous shipyards of Jarrow are silent, yet... -
The Franks Edward James 9780631179368
RRP: €46.35€40.70The Franks first come to light in the third century A.D. as a group of barbarians living in the marshy lowlands of the Rhine frontier of the Roman Empire. By 800 they had become the political heirs of the Romans in the West.About the AuthorEdward James... -
Didcot Revisited by Kenneth Caulkett 9780752439709
RRP: €15.46€11.45Presents a collection of more than 200 photographs, exploring the history of Didcot during the twentieth century. Every aspect of life in Didcot is captured in this tribute to the town: weddings and parties, schools and sports teams, churches, local... -
Britain in the 1930s: A Deceptive Decade Andrew Thorpe 9780631174110
RRP: €46.35€40.70Were the 1930s in Britain a decade of growing prosperity, unprecedented levels of ownership and sane, competent government? Or was it a time of grinding poverty, long-term unemployment and political timidity? In this new book Andrew Thorpe cuts through... -
Greater Solihull by Sue Bates 9780752418001
RRP: €15.46€11.45A history of Greater SolihullBook InformationISBN 9780752418001Author Sue BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Winning French Minds: Radio Propaganda in Occupied France, 1940–42 by Denis Courtois
RRP: €47.54€32.87World War II was very much a war of the radios. A relatively new technology, radio as a tool was exploited by all of the participants of the war to win the hearts and minds of the people and to steer public opinion.The period 1940 to 1942 was the most... -
A Twentieth-Century Crusade: The Vatican's Battle to Remake Christian Europe by Giuliana Chamedes
RRP: €43.97€35.85The first comprehensive history of the Vatican's agenda to defeat the forces of secular liberalism and communism through international law, cultural diplomacy, and a marriage of convenience with authoritarian and right-wing rulers.After the United States... -
The Medicine of the Friars in Medieval England Peter Murray Jones (Author) 9781914049231
RRP: €71.40€68.01Drawing upon a surprising wealth of evidence found in surviving manuscripts, this book restores friars to their rightful place in the history of English health care. Friars are often overlooked in the picture of health care in late medieval England... -
The Serbs Sima M. Cirkovic (University of Belgrade) 9780631204718
RRP: €39.21€35.15This sweeping history of the Serbian people starts with the settlement of the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula in the seventh century and ends with the dissolution of Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century. A comprehensive survey of the development... -
Flintshire Pubs and Breweries by David Rowe
RRP: €17.84€13.74Flintshire has over seventy separate towns and villages, the largest being Mold, Buckley, Flint and Holywell. These mining communities were once home to numerous public houses and inns, many of which disappeared with the closure of the mines. Illustrated... -
Conspiracy Culture in Stuart England: The Mysterious and Strange Death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey by Andrea McKenzie
RRP: €95.20€91.17The death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey has baffled scholars and armchair detectives for centuries; this book offers compelling new evidence and, at last, a solution to the mystery. On a cold October afternoon in 1678, the Westminster justice of the... -
The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found by Violet Moller
RRP: €24.99€14.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101974063Author Violet MollerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Hero of Italy: Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, his Soldiers, and his Subjects in the Thirty Years' War by Gregory Hanlon 9780198847038
€43.11The Hero of Italy examines a salient episode in Italy's Thirty Years' War with Spain and France, whereby the young duke Odoardo Farnese of Parma embraced the French alliance, only to experience defeat and occupation after two tumultuous years (1635-1637)... -
The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies by Professor Gary Kates 9781350277656
RRP: €30.93€26.91In contrast to traditional Enlightenment studies that focus solely on authors and ideas, Gary Kates' employs a literary lens to offer a wholly original history of the period in Europe from 1699 to 1780. Each chapter is a biography of a book which tells... -
A History of Eastern Europe 1918 to the Present: Modernisation, Ideology and Nationality by Ian D. Armour
€41.97Why is Eastern Europe still different from Western Europe, more than a quarter-century after the collapse of Communism? A History of Eastern Europe 1918 to the Present shows how the roots of this difference are based in Eastern Europe's tortured 20th... -
Women in Russia, 1700-2000 by Barbara Alpern Engel
RRP: €27.36€23.28Original in its range and analysis, Women in Russia, 1700-2000 filled an enormous gap in the field. When published in 2003, it was the first book to provide a lively and compelling chronological narrative of women's experiences from the seventeenth... -
Kirkliston by Kirkliston Local History Group 9780752411316
RRP: €11.89€8.98This book is part of the Images of Scotland series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Scotland, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752411316Author Kirkliston... -
Where Three Worlds Met: Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean by Sarah Davis-Secord
RRP: €28.55€24.80In Where Three Worlds Met, Sarah Davis-Secord investigates Sicily's place within the religious, diplomatic, military, commercial, and intellectual networks of the Mediterranean by tracing the patterns of travel, trade, and communication among Christians... -
The Early Germans Malcolm Todd (Formerly University of Durham) 9781405117142
RRP: €42.78€37.69For many centuries Germanic peoples occupied much of northern and central Europe. From the fourth century onward migrant groups extended their power and influence over much of western Europe and beyond to North Africa. In so doing, they established... -
Public Corruption: The Dark Side of Social Evolution by Robert Neild 9781843310655
RRP: €20.17€19.59'Public Corruption' is a stimulating and entertaining book about a daunting problem: the influence on public corruption of the changing nature of warfare. It will be of as much interest to the general reader and those around the seats of power as it is... -
From Beveridge to Blair: The First Fifty Years of Britain's Welfare State 1948-98 by Margaret Jones 9780719041037
RRP: €23.79€21.21The creation of Britain's welfare state in 1948 was an event of major international importance. Designed to provide a concise introduction to the evolution of both the structure of the welfare state and attitudes towards it. Concentrates on five core... -
Flashback, Eclipse: The Political Imaginary of Italian Art in the 1960s by Romy Golan
RRP: €38.08€28.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130505Author Romy GolanFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 668gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 159mm * 27mm -
King's Norton: A History by Stephen Price
RRP: €23.80€18.37Standing in front of the former Saracen's Head Inn, with the tower and spire of St Nicolas church ahead, the visitor to King's Norton is presented with a classic image of the English village - a fine medieval church and a spectacular timber-framed house... -
Hazelgrove & Bramhall by Heather Coutie 9780752406770
RRP: €17.84€13.74The area covered by this book is that of the villages of Hazel Grove and Bramhall, which once formed the Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District Council, and are now part of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. While Bramhall retains its original... -
A History of Islamic Spain by Pierre Cachia 9780202309361
RRP: €54.73€47.75The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the only significant contact Islam and Europe was ever to have on European soil. In this important as well as fascinating study, Watt traces Islam's influence upon Spain and European civilization - from... -
The Persecution of the Templars: Scandal, Torture, Trial by Alain Demurger
RRP: €13.08€9.25The trial of the Knights Templar is one of the most infamous in history. Accused of heresy by the king of France, the Templars were arrested and imprisoned, had their goods seized and their monasteries ransacked. Under brutal interrogation and torture,...