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Swansea: History You Can See by Richard Porch 9780752430768
RRP: €15.46€11.45The history of landmarks such as the Lockgate sculpture in Ferrara Quay, the copperworkers' township Hafod and the Whitford Point lighthouse - the only wave-washed cast-iron lighthouse in Britain - is recorded in this A-Z of the people, buildings,... -
Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 Eugene Costello 9781783275311
RRP: €95.20€91.17First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. WINNER: American Conference for Irish Studies Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book 2021 Special Commendation,... -
History of the Mafia by Salvatore Lupo
RRP: €33.32€25.54When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones--iconic actors and characters who give shady dealings a mythical pop presence. Yet these sensational depictions take us only so far. The true story of the... -
A Modern History of European Cities: 1815 to the Present by Rosemary Wakeman
€32.58Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey to cities and towns across the continent, in search of the patterns of development that have shaped the... -
Dreams, Nightmares, and Reality: A Family Memoir by Helga Hatvany
RRP: €30.94€21.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645439820Author Helga HatvanyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Mascot BooksPublisher Mascot BooksWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm * 30mm -
British Battles 493-937: Mount Badon to Brunanburh by Andrew Breeze 9781785272233
RRP: €95.20€91.01British Battles 493-937 deals with thirteen conflicts, either locating them correctly or explaining some of their aspects which have puzzled historians. They include the following: Mount Badon (493) at Braydon, Wiltshire; battles of the British hero... -
Culture and Belief in Europe 1450 - 1600: An Anthology of Sources David Englander (Open University) 9780631169918
RRP: €59.44€52.21This is a wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection of material from primary sources, illustrating the relationship between cultural change and religious belief in sixteenth-century Europe. It contains more than eighty extracts drawn from a variety of... -
The Way We Were: Victorian and Edwardian Scotland in Colour by John Hannavy 9781849950787
RRP: €22.60€18.62This is John Hannavy's reflective look at how Scotland was depicted in photographs and postcards 100 - 170 years ago. In many ways, it redefines our view of Scotland's past as we are familiar with seeing Victorian and Edwardian people and views in sepia,... -
Edmund by Francis Young 9781788311793
RRP: €47.60€39.06What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines? The ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edmunds are a memorial to the largest Romanesque church ever built. This Suffolk market town is now a quiet... -
A Companion to Chivalry Dr Robert W Jones 9781837650071
RRP: €35.69€29.55Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary tastes, art and manners, as well as socialhierarchies, political... -
The Women and Men of 1926: A Gender and Social History of the General Strike and Miners' Lockout in South Wales by Sue Bruley 9780708324509
RRP: €17.84€13.88Work on the miners' Lock-Out of 1926 tends to focus on the perspective of the National Union of Mineworkers, while nothing has been written which attempts to examine, for example, how miner's wives coped for six months without pay. "The Women and Men of... -
Treachery and Retribution by Andrew Rawson 9781473876248
RRP: €15.46€9.90This is the history of England's turbulent times, told through the stories of the country's nobility. The book begins with the Norman Conquest in 1066 and ends with the union of England and Scotland in 1707. The nobility fought wars against Scotland in... -
The Crusades: Classic Histories Series: The War Against Islam 1096-1798 by Malcolm Billings 9780750978545
RRP: €13.08€9.82In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. With God at their backs, the first Christian crusaders embarked on an unprecedented religious war. While addressing the contribution of flamboyant characters... -
The Divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga: Hincmar of Rheims's <i>De Divortio</I> by Rachel Stone
RRP: €29.75€20.96In the mid-ninth century, Francia was rocked by the first royal divorce scandal of the Middle Ages: the attempt by King Lothar II of Lotharingia to rid himself of his queen, Theutberga and remarry. Even 'women in their weaving sheds' were allegedly... -
Peace and War: Britain in 1914 by Nigel Jones 9781781853351
RRP: €11.89€3.461914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war; suffragette agitation was assuming an ever more violent hue; and suspicions of Germany's ambitions bred a paranoia ... -
Historical Writing in England I by A Gransden
RRP: €47.59€42.20First published in 1974. This book is a survey of chronicles and biographies written in England to the end of Edward I's reign. It also includes works which though not written in England are of primary importance for English history. I intend to con... -
Enemy in the East: Hitler's Secret Plans to Invade the Soviet Union by Rolf-Dieter Muller
€59.38Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, led to one of the most brutal campaigns of World War II: of the estimated 70 million people who died in World War II, over 30 million died on the Eastern Front. Although it has... -
Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy by Caroline Goodson
RRP: €95.19€86.35Food-growing gardens first appeared in early medieval cities during a period of major social, economic, and political change in the Italian peninsula, and they quickly took on a critical role in city life. The popularity of urban gardens in the medieval... -
Beating Napoleon: How Britain Faced Down Her Greatest Challenge by David Andress
RRP: €15.46€4.18'If it had not been for you English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find you in our way.' Emperor NapoleonBut just thirty-five years earlier, Britain lacked any major continental... -
Voices of the Georgian Age: 100 Remarkable Years, In Their Own Words by James Hobson
RRP: €26.18€18.59Voices of the Georgian Age is the story of seventeen witnesses to the remarkably diverse Georgian century after 1720. While being very different in many ways, the voices have two things in common: they have an outstanding story to tell, and that story is... -
Tracing the Cultural Legacy of Irish Catholicism: From Galway to Cloyne and Beyond by Eamon Maher 9781526129635
RRP: €29.75€21.32This book traces the steady decline in Irish Catholicism from the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979 up to the Cloyne report into clerical sex abuse in that diocese in 2011. The young people awaiting the Pope's address in Galway were entertained by two... -
Government and Political Life in England and France, c.1300–c.1500 by Christopher Fletcher
RRP: €44.02€27.67How did the kings of England and France govern their kingdoms? This volume, the product of a ten-year international project, brings together specialists in late medieval England and France to explore the multiple mechanisms by which monarchs exercised... -
The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 by Charles W. Ingrao
RRP: €34.50€30.73Geographically and linguistically diverse, by 1789 the Habsburg monarchy had laid the groundwork for a single European polity capable of transcending its unique cultural and historic heritage. Challenging the conventional notion of the Habsburg state and... -
The Pagan Middle Ages by Ludo Milis
RRP: €95.20€93.78Many aspects of the pagan past continued to survive into the middle ages despite the introduction of Christianity, influencing forms of behaviour and the whole mentaliteof the period. The essays collected in this stimulating volume seek to explore... -
Exe to Axe: The Story of East Devon by Gerald Gosling 9780752467320
RRP: €20.22€15.40East Devon is truly 'England's green and pleasant land'. Between the River Exe in the west and the River Axe in the east lies a patchwork quilt of wood and pasture, dotted with villages, hamlets and scattered farms that have existed since before Domesday... -
Tillingbourne Valley: Images of England by Michael Miller 9780752403700
RRP: €17.84€13.74This beautiful valley lying between Dorking and Guildford has attracted visitors and settlers for centuries. The reliable supply of flowing water through the valley attracted early industry in the form of mills and other activities that depended on water... -
The History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 2: From Mohammed to the Marranos 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... -
To Die for Germany: Heroes in the Nazi Pantheon by Jay W. Baird
RRP: €22.60€20.37"In this chilling study of Nazi heroic mythology, Baird sheds a bright light on the dark, death-enthralled underpinnings of the German political and cultural psyche during the years 1918-45." -Booklist"Baird blends first-rate historical reconstruction... -
Who Are You?: Identification, Deception, and Surveillance in Early Modern Europe by Valentin Groebner
RRP: €35.70€28.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951726Author Valentin GroebnerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 32mm -
The Game Is Afoot: The Enduring World of Sherlock Holmes by Jeremy Black
RRP: €22.60€16.20Fans of Sherlock Holmes will delight to investigate Victorian England, a world where crimes large and small abound and where dark corners and well-lit drawing rooms alike hide villainy.Through the enduring eye of Sherlock Holmes, noted historian Jeremy... -
Curious Devon by Derrick Warren
RRP: €17.84€13.74Devon is a varied county, rich in history and heritage and justly popular with tens of thousands of visitors every year. A great many curious and unusual buildings, objects and landscape features have survived the centuries here. This book is a guide to... -
Puck Fair: A History by Sean Moraghan 9781845888008
RRP: €17.84€13.74Puck Fair, Ireland's oldest festival, was established by a royal patent in October 1613, granted to the Welsh planter, Jenkyn Conway, of Killorglin. It first became a famous, however, as a result of the parading and display of a male goat, which is... -
Vilnius between Nations, 1795-2000 by Theodore R. Weeks
RRP: €35.69€31.54The inhabitants of Vilnius, the present-day capital of Lithuania, have spoken various languages and professed different religions while living together in relative harmony over the years. The city has played a significant role in the history and... -
Wars of German Unification 1864 - 1871, The by W. Carr 9780582491489
RRP: €65.44€62.93In his last book, the late William Carr provides a masterly account of the origins and impact of the three major wars fought by Prussia in creating the Bismarckian Reich of 1871. He begins with a study of the development of nationalism and liberalism... -
Female Friends and the Making of Transatlantic Quakerism, 1650-1750 by Naomi Pullin
RRP: €36.88€30.29Quaker women were unusually active participants in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century cultural and religious exchange, as ministers, missionaries, authors and spiritual leaders. Drawing upon documentary evidence, with a focus on women's personal... -
Crusading Spirituality in the Holy Land and Iberia, c.1095-c.1187 Prof William J. Purkis 9781843839262
RRP: €29.75€28.49Argues for a new context for the origins and development of crusading, as an imitation of Christ. For much of the twelfth century the ideals and activities of crusaders were often described in language more normally associated with a monastic rather... -
Hampshire Past & Present: Britain in Old Photographs by Ruper Matthews 9780752458168
RRP: €15.46€11.45From the historic county town of Winchester to the coastal ports of Southampton and Portsmouth, and from the rural villages of the New Forest to the market towns in the heart of the county, Hampshire is a unique and varied county with a rich cultural... -
Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500-1840 by William W. Hagen
RRP: €53.54€49.48This book gives voice, in unusual depth and immediacy, to ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The trials and fortunes of everyday life come into view - in the... -
Transformation of Medieval England 1370-1529, The J.A.F. Thomson 9781138156166
RRP: €107.09€93.40A detailed survey which examines the major developments in English society during this period of social crises, population decline, agarian unrest, the introduction to enclosures - and political tensions particularly over succession.About the Author J.A... -
London Presbyterians and the British Revolutions, 1638–64 by Elliot Vernon 9781526174611
RRP: €29.75€26.22This is the first book-length exploration of presbyterians and presbyterianism in London during the crisis period of the mid-seventeenth century. It charts the emergence of a movement of clergy and laity that aimed at 'reforming the Reformation' by...