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The Vistula-Oder Offensive: The Vistula–Oder Offensive, the Soviet Destruction of German Army Group a, 1945 by Ian Baxter 9781636243597
RRP: €29.69€21.84The Vistula-Oder offensive was a massive Soviet Army operation on the Eastern Front which was launched on 12 January 1945 and paved the way for the Battle of Berlin. Its main objective was a major advance from the River Vistula to the River Oder,... -
Island Base: Ascension in the Falklands War by Bob McQueen
RRP: €20.22€17.53An important piece in the jigsaw of the history of the Falklands War The previously untold story of how Ascension Island was crucial to the success of British operations during the Falklands War. The book spans the length of the Falklands War and tells... -
German Fighter Ace Werner Molders:: An Illustrated Biography by Ernst Obermaier
RRP: €54.73€36.56This book is an illustrated biography of the legendary Luftwaffe fighter pilot Werner Moelders in more than 480 rare photographs, documents and commentaries. Who was this once much-admired and honored man? Why did the German people show such a great... -
The Iron Princess: Amalia Elisabeth and the Thirty Years War by Tryntje Helfferich 9780674073395
RRP: €49.92€40.46Thrust into power in the midst of the bloodiest conflict Europe had ever experienced, Amalia Elisabeth fought to save her country, her Calvinist church, and her children's inheritance. Tryntje Helfferich's vivid portrait reveals how this unique and... -
Spectacular Vernacular: London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings by David Long
RRP: €23.79€18.35Spectacular Vernacular: London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings reveals the stories behind the capital's strangest and most enigmatic buildings. While some are open to the public - if you know who to ask - others are strictly off limits, which only... -
Providence in Early Modern England by Alexandra Walsham 9780198208877
€91.15Providence in Early Modern England is the most extensive study to date of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century belief that God actively intervened in human affairs to punish, reward, warn, try, and chastise. Providentialism has often been seen as a... -
Old Portadown Alex F. Young 9781840331851
RRP: €14.22€12.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840331851Author Alex F. YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 240mm * 5mm -
The Siege of Strasbourg by Rachel Chrastil 9780674728868
RRP: €49.92€41.89When war broke out between France and Prussia in the summer of 1870, one of the first targets of the invading German armies was Strasbourg. From August 15 to September 27, Prussian forces bombarded this border city, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding... -
Italy 1530-1630 by Eric Cochrane 9780582491441
RRP: €65.44€62.93This book covers one of the more obscure periods of Italian history. What we know of it is presented almost always pejoratively: an unrelieved tale of political absolution, rural refeudalisation, economic crisis, religious repression and cultural decline... -
The Heath Government 1970-74: A Reappraisal by Stuart Ball 9780582259911
RRP: €59.49€56.93Only now is it possible to see Edward Heath's controversial administration (1970-1974) in balanced historical perspective - and increasingly it seems a turning-point for postwar Britain. This timely volume explores the agenda of the Heath government in... -
Bilton Banks - The Pit and Its People by Barry Stewart 9781840335910
RRP: €19.04€17.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335910Author Barry StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 272mm * 213mm * 7mm -
A Clash of Thrones: The Power-crazed Medieval Kings, Popes and Emperors of Europe by Andrew Rawson
RRP: €11.89€8.98Medieval Europe is a dark and dangerous place. In 1054 the Church tears itself in two, setting the scene for nearly 500 years of turmoil. Empires will collide and dynasties will rise and fall; marriages will be made and alliances broken. It is a place... -
Europe's Steppe Frontier, 1500-1800 by William H. McNeill
RRP: €28.56€27.41In "Europe's Steppe Frontier", acclaimed historian William H. McNeill analyzes the process whereby the thinly occupied grasslands of southeastern Europe were incorporated into three great empires: the Ottoman, the Austrian, and the Russian. McNeill... -
The Arthurian Place Names of Wales by Scott Lloyd 9781786830258
RRP: €35.69€26.62This new book examines all of the available source materials, dating from the ninth century to the present, that have associated Arthur with sites in Wales. The material ranges from Medieval Latin chronicles, French romances and Welsh poetry through to... -
The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1748 by M. S. Anderson 9780582059504
RRP: €59.49€56.93Set in motion by the disputed succession of Maria Theresa and her husband to the lands and dignities of Emperor Charles VI, this series of major conflicts (1740-48) involved far more than just the fate of the Habsurgs: soon, Austria, Prussia, France,... -
Rulership and Rebellion in the Anglo-Norman World, c.1066-c.1216: Essays in Honour of Professor Edmund King by Paul Dalton 9780367879150
RRP: €47.59€41.72The importance of the themes of rulership and rebellion in the history of the Anglo-Norman world between 1066 and the early thirteenth century is incontrovertible. The power, government, and influence of kings, queens and other lords pervaded and... -
The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe by Pierre Riche 9780812213423
RRP: €36.89€33.03Pierre Riche traces the emergence of Europe from the seventh to the early eleventh century, the period that witnessed the rise, fall, and revival of the Carolinian Empire. It was during this time the first contours of a broad new civilization and the... -
The Spanish Inquisition by Cecil Roth 9780393002553
RRP: €23.80€19.41From its establishment in 1478 until its abolishment in 1834, no one expected its tribunals, which relentlessly sought to destroy everyone who was not a Roman Catholic Christian. The terrible history of the Inquisition is told here by the distinguished... -
Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages by Dirk Meier
RRP: €29.74€26.39A vivid and highly-illustrated history of seafaring in the Middle Ages based on archaeological evidence and contemporary accounts. The first sailors braved the North Sea and the Baltic in open wooden boats: their aims were varied - to fish, to trade,... -
Greece since 1945: Politics, Economy and Society by David H. Close 9780582356672
RRP: €73.77€70.69The book draws extensively on research on modern Greece in recent decades, and on the many perceptive commentaries on recent events in the Greek press. It adopts both an analytical and chronological approach and shows how Greece has both converged with... -
Activism across Borders since 1870: Causes, Campaigns and Conflicts in and beyond Europe by Daniel Laqua 9781350262799
RRP: €29.74€27.68From the Occupy protests to the Black Lives Matter movement and school strikes for climate action, the twenty-first century has been rife with activism. Although very different from one another, each of these movements has created alliances across... -
Home Rule and the Irish Question by Grenfell Morton 9780582352155
€42.53Taking the years 1800-1920, the book considers the four Home Rule Bills and discusses the role of leading figures such as Charles Stewart Parnell and Isaac Butt. This is a careful study of the rise in political consciousness- it addresses the... -
Women'S Rights: Struggles and Feminism in Britain C1770-1970 by Fiona Montgomery 9780719069550
RRP: €23.79€17.28Women in the 1770s had few rights, especially if married: they could not vote, make a contract, sue or be sued in their own names. They were barred from higher education and their earnings or incomes belonged to their husbands who could beat them and... -
History of the Florentine People: v. 1: Books 1-4 by Leonardo Bruni
RRP: €35.64€30.88Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was... -
Land of Women: Tales of Sex and Gender from Early Ireland by Lisa M. Bitel 9780801485442
RRP: €33.31€28.73"This book disperses the shadows in an obscure but important landscape. Lisa Bitel addresses both the history of women in early Ireland and the history of myth, legend, and superstition which surrounded them. It is a powerful and exact book and an... -
The British: Character, Psychology and Destiny by W. J. Stein
RRP: €10.70€8.81'This book is a tribute to [Stein's] appreciation of the land of his adoption and, to those who knew him, it is a monument to his penetrative powers of spiritual perception.' - A.P. Shepherd At a time when British identity is being reassessed and... -
The British End of the British Empire by Sarah Stockwell
RRP: €44.02€32.61How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockwell explores this question principally via the history of the overseas engagements of key institutions that... -
Old Carse of Gowrie - West: with Kinfauns, Glencarse, Errol and Rait by Alan Brotchie 9781840334470
RRP: €9.51€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334470Author Alan BrotchieFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 176mm... -
Squatting in Britain 1945-1955: Housing, Politics and Direct Action by Don Watson 9780850367287
RRP: €20.22€18.22Britain in 1946 witnessed extraordinary episodes of direct action. Tens of thousands of families walked into empty army camps and took them over as places to live. A nationwide squatters' movement was born and it was the first challenge to the 1945... -
Einstein's German World: New Edition by Fritz Stern 9780691171302
RRP: €29.75€23.31The French political philosopher Raymond Aron once observed that the twentieth century "could have been Germany's century." In 1900, the country was Europe's preeminent power, its material strength and strident militaristic ethos apparently balanced by a... -
Formations of Violence: Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland by Allen Feldman 9780226240718
RRP: €35.70€34.81"A sophisticated and persuasive late-modernist political analysis that consistently draws the reader into the narratives of the author and those of the people of violence in Northern Ireland to whom he talked. . . . Simply put, this book is a feast for... -
Bohemond of Taranto: Crusader and Conqueror by Georgios Theotokis 9781526744289
RRP: €23.79€23.21Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Common Treasury by Gerrard Winstanley
€19.91At the end of the English Civil War, Gerrard Winstanley and his comrades, known as Diggers, went to St. George's Hill, to farm the common land and to distribute the food for free amongst themselves. Winstanley's extraordinary writings from this period... -
The Best of Shropshire: Britain in Old Photographs by David Trumper
RRP: €15.46€11.45David Trumper is one of Shropshire's best-known historians. He has written at least one book on the county each year for the last two decades, forming an incredible collection of illustrated local history that celebrates Shropshire life over the last... -
A Companion to the Medieval World by Carol Lansing
RRP: €46.35€41.17Drawing on the expertise of 26 distinguished scholars, this important volume covers the major issues in the study of medieval Europe, highlighting the significant impact the time period had on cultural forms and institutions central to European identity... -
Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency by Bea Koch
RRP: €17.84€13.69Regency England is a world immortalized by Jane Austen and Lord Byron in their beloved novels and poems. The popular image of the Regency continues to be mythologized by the hundreds of romance novels set in the period, which focus almost exclusively on... -
The Book of John Mandeville by C David Benson
RRP: €20.83€17.26The Book of John Mandeville has tended to be neglected by modern teachers and scholars, yet this intriguing and copious work has much to offer the student of medieval literature, history, and culture. [It] was a contemporary bestseller, providing readers... -
The Norwegian Exception?: Norway's Liberal Democracy Since 1814 by Mathilde Fasting
RRP: €23.80€21.23How did Norway become a highly successful liberal democracy? Will its prosperity and stability last, or has modern history been an exception? Is the Norwegian experience based on luck, or has a part been played by clever politicians and sound... -
Ladywood Day by Day by Norman Bartlam 9780752459714
RRP: €17.84€13.74An illustrated diary listing events and happenings in Ladywood for every day of the year Norman Bartlam's long-awaited new book is a day by day collection of events and happenings in Ladywood from the last two centuries. The book is based on many hours... -
The Churches of Cork City: An Illustrated History by Antoin O'Callaghan 9781845888930
RRP: €21.41€16.23The churches, chapels and meeting houses of Cork are the bedrock of the city. They represent the finest of architecture, house some of our most treasured art and their development mirrors and records the growth of the city itself. A comprehensive and...