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The Death Census of Black '47: Eyewitness Accounts of Ireland's Great Famine by Lewis Darwen 9781839984310
RRP: €95.20€91.01The Great Irish Famine claimed the lives of one million people, mainly from the lower classes. More than a million others fled the stricken land between 1845 and 1851. In recent decades, its history has become the focus of considerable scholarly and... -
Civil War in Central Europe, 1918-1921: The Reconstruction of Poland by Jochen Boehler 9780198794486
RRP: €58.30€58.20The First World War did not end in Central Europe in November 1918. The armistices marked the creation of the Second Polish Republic and the first shot of the Central European Civil War which raged from 1918 to 1921. The fallen German, Russian, and... -
Engineering the Eternal City: Infrastructure, Topography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome by Pamela O Long
RRP: €46.41€45.26Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the "engineering pope" Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds. Using hundreds... -
Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany by Tara Nummedal 9781512825572
RRP: €23.79€20.87In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones,... -
Monasticism in Suffolk: A history of religious communities in Suffolk from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day by Francis Young 9781999775292
RRP: €19.03€15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999775292Author Francis YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Lasse PressPublisher Lasse Press -
UNITE History Volume 3 (1945-1960): The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU): Post War Britain, the Welfare State and the Cold War by Marjorie Mayo
RRP: €8.32€7.94Sold as a multi-volume set - the individual volumes are also available for purchase. This is the third volume on the history of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), covering the period 1945 to 1960, and starting with an extraordinary moment... -
The Radical Right in Britain: Social Imperialism to the BNP by Alan Sykes
€43.54In its many and varied forms, the Radical Right has been a hyper-nationalist thorn in the side of Britain's liberal political system for over 100 years. Standing outside the liberal political system, it rejected liberal principles in their entirety in... -
Gender and Empire by Professor Philippa Levine 9780199249503
RRP: €49.97€49.67Focusing the perspectives of gender scholarship on the study of empire, this is an original volume full of fascinating insights about the conduct of men as well as women. Bringing together disparate fields - politics, medicine, sexuality, childhood,... -
After Hitler: Recivilizing Germans, 1945-1995 by Konrad H. Jarausch
RRP: €37.47€25.39In the spring of 1945, as the German army fell in defeat and the world first learned of the unspeakable crimes of the Holocaust, few would have expected that, only half a century later, the Germans would emerge as a prosperous people at the forefront of... -
Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence by F. W. Kent
€33.20In the past half century, numerous scholars have downplayed the Renaissance contribution of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent. They say that compared to his grandfather Cosimo, Lorenzo was not so magnificent. Historian F. W. Kent seeks to correct... -
Basel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable Ideas by Lionel Gossman
RRP: €42.84€41.92In the 19th century, nationalism and democracy were on the rise in Europe, transforming old nation-states and leading to the creation of powerful new ones. Basel, with its legendary wealth, its 400-year-old university, and its tradition of humanist... -
Cooking & Dining in the Victorian Country House by Peter Brears 9781909248793
RRP: €47.60€36.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909248793Author Peter BrearsFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
Gifted Greek: The Enigma of Andreas Papandreou by Moneteagle Stearns 9781640123298
RRP: €28.55€22.21Gifted Greek is a reflection on twentieth-century Greek history and politics, as well as a character study of its first socialist prime minister, Andreas Papandreou. Monteagle Stearns witnessed the transformation of Papandreou from an affable American... -
Wesley and Aldersgate: Interpreting Conversion Narratives by Mark K. Olson
RRP: €47.59€41.72Despite being widely recognized as John Wesley's key moment of Christian conversion, Aldersgate has continued to mystify regarding its exact meaning and significance to Wesley personally. This book brings clarity to the impact this event had on Wesley... -
Adages Ii1 to Iv100 by Desiderius Erasmus
RRP: €73.78€60.18Erasmus' Adagia has been called 'one of the world's biggest bedside books,' and certainly the more than 4000 proverbs and maxims gathered and commented on by Erasmus, sometimes in a few lines and sometimes in full-scale essays, have great appeal for both... -
Capitol Days: Cardiff's Best Loved Cinema by Gary Wharton
RRP: €11.89€9.82Capitol Days is the story of the Capitol Cinema in Cardiff from its opening in 1921 through its heyday, its painful decline and eventual closure in 1978. Featuring many first-hand accounts and contemporary press cuttings, Capitol Days illustrates how... -
The Decline of Bismarck's European Order: Franco-Russian Relations 1875-1890 by George Frost Kennan
RRP: €53.55€42.51In an attempt to discover some of the underlying origins of World War I, the eminent diplomat and writer George Kennan focuses on a small sector of offstage events to show how they affected the drama at large long before the war even began. In the... -
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris by Jonathan Kirsch 9780871407405
RRP: €15.46€13.64On the morning of November 7, 1938, Herschel Grynszpan, a desperate seventeen-year-old Jewish refugee, walked into the German embassy in Paris and shot Ernst vom Rath, a Nazi diplomat. Two days later vom Rath lay dead, and the Third Reich exploited the... -
The Kirk and the Kingdom: A century of tension in Scottish Social Theology 1830-1929 by Johnston McKay
RRP: €21.41€19.81This book unearths the practical social theology of the 19th Century Church in Scotland. It has been widely believed that the church was largely mute on the widespread poverty and deprivation which accompanied the rapid expanse of urban life. This study... -
Bohernabreena: Ireland in Old Photographs by Peter Quinn 9781845888879
RRP: €20.22€15.40Bohernabreena is one of the most fascinating and historic areas in all of Ireland. Including the settlements of the Glenasmole Valley, the legend of Tir na nOg, and the megalithic burial chamber on Seefin Mountain, this book takes the reader on a journey... -
The Terror of Natural Right: Republicanism, the Cult of Nature, and the French Revolution by Dan Edelstein 9780226184395
RRP: €33.32€32.59Natural right - the idea that there is a collection of laws and rights based not on custom or belief but that are 'natural' in origin - is typically associated with liberal politics and freedom. "In The Terror of Natural Right", Dan Edelstein argues that... -
"Strong of Body, Brave and Noble": Chivalry and Society in Medieval France by Constance Brittain Bouchard
RRP: €29.74€25.79Medieval society was dominated by its knights and nobles. The literature created in medieval Europe was primarily a literature of knightly deeds, and the modern imagination has also been captured by these leaders and warriors. This book explores the... -
A Labour History of Ireland 1824-2000 by Emmet O Connor 9781906359560
RRP: €28.56€27.22This is a new edition of Emmet O'Connor's classic and pioneering work on Irish labour history, providing an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. The first edition, which covered 1824 to 1960, has been updated to 2000... -
The Uffculme Wills and Inventories, 16th to 18th Centuries Peter Wyatt 9780901853400
RRP: €29.75€28.49This volume for 1997 contains transcriptions of all the 266 probate inventories that could be traced for the parish of Uffculme, Devon, together with abstracts of the accompanying wills and administrations which have survived. Added to these are 322... -
The History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 4: Suicidal Europe, 1870-1933 by Leon Poliakov
RRP: €36.89€33.03Covering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism presents in elegant and thoughtful language a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly... -
Architecture and Urbanism in the British Empire by G. A. Bremner 9780198713326
RRP: €136.85€124.09Throughout today's postcolonial world, buildings, monuments, parks, streets, avenues, entire cities even, remain as witness to Britain's once impressive if troubled imperial past. These structures are a conspicuous and near inescapable reminder of that... -
Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry by Richard W. Kaeuper
RRP: €33.31€29.20The medieval code of chivalry demanded that warrior elites demonstrate fierce courage in battle, display prowess with weaponry, and avenge any strike against their honor. They were also required to be devout Christians. How, then, could knights pledge... -
Stories of Women in the Middle Ages by Maria Teresa Brolis 9780773554795
RRP: €27.36€23.79Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in Europe, not all women fit the stereotype of passive housewife and mother. Many led bold and dynamic lives. In this collection of historical portraits, Maria Teresa Brolis tells the fascinating tales of... -
Britain and Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries by Rory Miller 9780582497214
RRP: €59.49€57.41The first full-length survey of Britain's role in Latin America as a whole from the early 1800s to the 1950s, when influence in the region passed to the United States. Rory Miller examines the reasons for the rise and decline of British influence, and... -
Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard by Davies Owen
€46.34In 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and... -
Imperial Boredom: Monotony and the British Empire by Jeffrey A. Auerbach 9780198827375
RRP: €58.30€58.20Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that the empire was about adventure and excitement, with heroic men and intrepid women eagerly... -
Europe and the Islamic World: A History by John Tolan
RRP: €33.32€28.58Europe and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "clash of civilizations" between... -
Pickering by Gordon Clitheroe
RRP: €15.46€11.45This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752416977Author Gordon... -
Clerical Poll-Taxes in the Diocese of Lincoln 1377-81 Alison K. McHardy 9780901503541
RRP: €29.75€28.96Poll-tax records indicate the surprisingly large number of clergy in late-medieval England and suggest the need for a reassessment of the church at that time. The clergy of England, like the laity, were subjected to a series of poll-taxes within a... -
Changing Land: Diaspora Activism and the Irish Land War by Niall Whelehan
RRP: €28.55€24.80How diaspora activism in the Irish land movement intersected with wider radical and reform causes The Irish Land War represented a turning point in modern Irish history, a social revolution that was part of a broader ideological moment when established... -
Reading Book of Days by John Dearing 9780752468013
RRP: €11.89€8.98Taking you through the year day by day, The Reading Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of England as a... -
Bobby Sands: Freedom Fighter by Gerry Hunt
RRP: €16.65€13.73Bobby Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special... -
The European Union Since 1945 Alasdair Blair 9781408234525
RRP: €42.83€41.44The European Union faces a crossroads in the twenty-first century. While there is evidence of declining enthusiasm for European integration, the EU plays an increasingly vital role in tackling problems that can no longer be dealt with at member state... -
The Lyon Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins by Stewart Lyon
€108.15This book records, illustrates, and discusses the context of more than 1,000 coins from the Anglo-Saxon period, assembled by the author during 60 years of scholarly research and deposited by him in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, on lifetime loan. The... -
Owain Glyndwr by J. E. Lloyd 9781912368167
€13.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912368167Author J. E. LloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Cockatrice BooksPublisher Cockatrice Books