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The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern by Robert Morrison
RRP: $27.28$22.39The Victorians are often credited with ushering in our current era, yet the seeds of change were planted during the earlier Regency period (1811-1820) when the profligate Prince of Wales-the future king George IV-succeeded his father. Around the Prince... -
Slaveries of the First Millennium by Youval Rotman
RRP: $33.05$32.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641891714Author Youval RotmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 151Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Queen's Frog Prince, The: The courtship of Elizabeth I and the Duke of Anjou David Lee 9781803411644
RRP: $35.08$30.01Between the years 1579 and 1581, a courtship between Elizabeth I of England and Francois, Duke of Anjou took place. Though this courtship is often dismissed as a political tactic on Elizabeth's part to create an Anglo-French alliance during the Wars of... -
Edinburgh: The Making of a Capital City by Brian Edwards 9780748618682
RRP: $60.45$56.73This book provides a unique and comprehensive review of the making and re-making of Edinburgh over most of the last millennium. A series of themes of wide relevance are explored and discussed in the context of their impact upon the form of the city and... -
Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980 by Kenneth O. Morgan 9780198217367
$88.47A wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis of modern Welsh history by the acclaimed historian Kenneth O. Morgan. Taking as its starting-point 1880, the book covers all aspects of the nation's history from political, social, economic and religious... -
Appeal to the Turk: The Broken Boundaries of the Renaissance by Giovanni Ricci 9788867289912
$74.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788867289912Author Giovanni RicciFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint ViellaPublisher ViellaWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 20mm -
Empire and Globalisation: Networks of People, Goods and Capital in the British World, c.1850-1914 by Gary Bryan Magee
RRP: $52.63$44.46Focusing on the great population movement of British emigrants before 1914, this book provides a perspective on the relationship between empire and globalisation. It shows how distinct structures of economic opportunity developed around the people who... -
Late Medieval Ipswich - Trade and Industry by Nicholas R. Amor
RRP: $77.98$75.93A detailed study of Ipswich at a time of great growth and prosperity, highlighting the activities of its industries, merchants and craftsmen. Ipswich in the late Middle Ages was a flourishing town. A wide range of commodities passed through its port,... -
The Northern Rebellion of 1569: Faith, Politics and Protest in Elizabethan England by K. J. Kesselring 9780230248892
RRP: $194.98$175.25This work offers the first full-length study of the only armed rebellion in Elizabethan England. Addressing recent scholarship on the Reformation and popular politics, it highlights the religious motivations of the rebel rank and file, the rebellion's... -
The Conquest of Ruins: The Third Reich and the Fall of Rome by Julia Hell
RRP: $60.45$59.65The Roman Empire has been a source of inspiration and a model for imitation for Western empires practically since the moment Rome fell. Yet, as Julia Hell shows in The Conquest of Ruins, what has had the strongest grip on aspiring imperial imaginations... -
Sources and Debates in English History, 1485 - 1714 Newton Key (Eastern Illinois University, USA) 9781405162760
RRP: $56.45$48.89Designed to accompany the survey text Early Modern England: 1485-1714, this updated and expanded Sourcebook brings together an impressive array of Tudor-Stuart documents and illustrations, as well as extensive bibliographies and research and discussion... -
The Envy of Angels: Cathedral Schools and Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 950-1200 by C. Stephen Jaeger
RRP: $60.45$54.13Before the rise of universities, cathedral schools educated students in a course of studies aimed at perfecting their physical presence, their manners, and their eloquence. The formula of cathedral schools was "letters and manners" (litterae et mores),... -
Lollards and their Influence in Late Medieval England Fiona Somerset (Customer) 9781843835080
RRP: $56.53$55.19Required reading for everyone wishing to learn about or research in the field of Wycliffite and Lollard studies. RICHARD REX, QUEENS' COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE Who were the Lollards? What did Lollards believe? What can the manuscript record of Lollard works... -
AD 43: The Roman Invasion of Britain: A Reassessment by John Manley 9780752419596
RRP: $35.08$26.60This book assesses the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. The author challenges the accepted wisdom that the Romans landed at Richborough in Kent. He argues for Fishbourne in Sussex--and for a landing to support an already highly Romanized way of life... -
Around Old Colwyn by Patrick Slattery
RRP: $25.33$18.76A collection of images and captions.About the AuthorThe author has been collecting images of the area around Old Colwyn (Nth Wales) for many years, and is also the local vicar.Book InformationISBN 9780752439693Author Patrick SlatteryFormat PaperbackPage... -
Revolutionary Marxism In Spain 1930-1937: Historical Materialism, Volume 70 by Alan Sennett
RRP: $58.50$38.77Revolutionary Marxism in Spain 1930-1937 examines the impact of Trotsky's political thought upon those Spanish communists who dissented from the 'general line' laid down by Moscow. It explores the political ideas of leading Partido Obrero de Unificacion... -
Whitby: The Second Selection by Des Sythes 9780752416106
RRP: $29.23$22.52A history of WhitbyBook InformationISBN 9780752416106Author Des SythesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Operation Nordwind by Darren Neely
RRP: $31.18$29.87Operation Nordwind was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front. It began on 31 December 1944 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Alsace and Lorraine in southwestern Germany and northeastern France, and ended on 25 January 1945. Normally... -
A History of the Royal College of Nursing 1916-90: A Voice for Nurses by Susan McGann
RRP: $48.75$43.74This is the history of one of the largest nursing organizations in the world and one of the largest professional associations of women. The Royal College of Nursing began as a small professional association in 1916. Its work included nurses' education,... -
Aldermaston by Kate Hoyland 9781788641210
RRP: $21.43$14.902121: Wading through a drowned fenland, Jean is searching for a lost village and a hillside church that appears only in dim memories of the world before it was engulfed by rising sea levels, deserts and floods. She is looking for a time capsule buried... -
The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy Since 1700 by Tom M. Devine
RRP: $60.45$55.95This is the first comprehensive history of the Scottish economy over the last three centuries to appear in a generation. Written by leading scholars in the field, it presents 'state of the art' research in an accessible style to all those interested in... -
Curiosities of Cheshire by Robert Nicholls 9780752452944
RRP: $25.33$18.76Curiosities of Cheshire is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to over 100 remarkable and curious sites, buildings and structures from around the county. Included in these pages are mysterious rock carvings, a garden designed around John Bunyan's The... -
England in the Age of Austen by Jeremy Black
RRP: $46.78$40.64Dedicated fans of Jane Austen's novels will delight in accompanying historian Jeremy Black through the drawing rooms, chapels, and battlefields of the time in which Austen lived and wrote. In this exceedingly readable and sweeping scan of late 18th- and... -
Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe: New Perspectives by Lisa M. Bitel
RRP: $38.98$34.20In Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe, six historians explore how medieval people professed Christianity, how they performed gender, and how the two coincided. Many of the daily religious decisions people made were influenced by gender roles, the... -
Imperial Germany 1890 - 1918 by Ian Porter
RRP: $77.98$68.66The Wilhelmine period is a crucial period of German history and the focus of great historical controversy; greater understanding of this period is also vital to explain the rise of the Third Reich. The authors focus on Germany's role as a major military... -
Portsmouth Ships, Dockyard and Town by Ray Riley 9780752427768
RRP: $25.33$18.76For a long time Portsmouth has been known as a Dockyard town, and indeed until the 1980s, when the last great contraction of the yard took place, this was certainly the case. Portsmouth's original function was not so much that of a dockyard, since these... -
Introducing the Medieval Swan by Natalie Jayne Goodison
RRP: $23.38$17.55What comes to mind when we think of swans? Likely their beauty in domestic settings, their preserved status, their association with royalty, and possibly even the phrase 'swan song'. This book explores the emergence of each of these ideas, starting with... -
Medieval Warfare: History of the Art of War, Volume III by Hans Delbruck
RRP: $68.25$60.72From the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare begins in the time of Charlemagne, who maintained a military system of freemen and of vassals bound to him in service for lands granted... -
The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811 by David Ceri Jones 9781783169832
RRP: $48.73$36.66The Elect Methodists is the first full-length academic study of Calvinistic Methodism, a movement that emerged in the eighteenth century as an alternative to the better known Wesleyan grouping. While the branch of Methodism led by John Wesley has... -
Fawley's Front Line: A Century of Firefighting and Rescue by Roger Hansford 9780752498577
RRP: $29.23$22.52Home to the UK's largest refinery, Fawley is among the most at-risk parts of the country for petrochemical fires. Its fire service is vital to the area's infrastructure and its firefighters must always be prepared. For the first time, the story of this... -
British Intelligence: Secrets, Spies and Sources by G. Macklin
RRP: $87.75$87.57While other books have speculated on the history and nature of Britain's intelligence services, this is the first to tell the story through the documents themselves. Only ten years ago access to these original sources would have been impossible, but now... -
Central Sheffield by Martin Olive 9780752400112
RRP: $29.23$22.52Central SheffieldBook InformationISBN 9780752400112Author Martin OliveFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Letters to Father: Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633 by Suor Maria Celeste
RRP: $31.20$21.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142437155Author Suor Maria CelesteFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 142gDimensions(mm)... -
Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250: Medicine, Power and Religion Claire Weeda 9781914049187
RRP: $56.53$55.19An investigation into how racial stereotypes were created and used in the European Middle Ages. Students in twelfth-century Paris held slanging matches, branding the English drunkards, the Germans madmen and the French as arrogant. On crusade, army... -
Homelands: War, Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918-1924 by Nick Baron 9781843311218
RRP: $33.05$32.10This new volume, by a team of international scholars, explores aspects of population displacement and statehood at a crucial juncture in modern European history, when the entire continent took on the aspect of a 'laboratory atop a mass graveyard' (Tomas... -
Spain, 1833-2002: People and State by Mary Vincent 9780198731597
$64.02This book provides a cultural history of Spanish politics from the civil war of 1833 to the Spanish adoption of the Euro in 2002, a period dominated for the most part by violent military interventions in the political process, a succession of weak,... -
Gender in Scottish History Since 1700 by Lynn Abrams 9780748617616
RRP: $60.45$55.95Scottish history is undergoing a renaissance. Everyone agrees that an understanding of our nation's history is integral to our experience of its present and the shaping of the future. But the story of Scotland's past is being told with little reference... -
The Celts: Bronze Age to New Age by John Haywood 9780582505780
$83.19This dramatic history traces the mysterious Celts from their dark origins, including Druids and King Arthur, right across Britain and Europe and looking at their beliefs, cultures and arts as well as their warring and expansion.The resurgence of Celtic... -
The Discovery of Islands by J. G. A. Pocock
RRP: $64.33$55.44The Discovery of Islands consists of a series of linked essays in British history, written by one of the world's leading historians of political thought and published over the past three decades. Its purpose is to present British history as that of... -
Welsh Soldiers in the Later Middle Ages, 1282-1422 Adam Chapman 9781783270316
RRP: $156.00$150.17Examines the role of Welsh soldiers in English armies, from the conquests under Edward I through to the Battle of Agincourt. Not only the leaders but the entire nation are trained in war. Sound the trumpet for battle and the peasant will rush from his...