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Images of Rockingham Forest by Barton Hill History Group 9780752436401
RRP: £12.99£9.62A collection of images looking at the remarkable past of Rockingham Forest.Book InformationISBN 9780752436401Author Barton Hill History GroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams)... -
The Puritan Revolution: A Documentary History by Stuart E Prall
£33.24Originally published in 1968, the documents collected in this volume (all re-set for ease of reading), trace the history of the Puritan Revolution from its roots in the early seventeenth century to the Restoration. They show how the causes and the course... -
Orphan Eagles: Polish Armies of the Napoleonic Wars by Vincent W. Rospond
RRP: £30.00£17.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990364900Author Vincent W. RospondFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Winged Hussar PublishingPublisher Winged Hussar PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Dissimilar Similitudes – Devotional Objects in Late Medieval Europe by Caroline Bynum
RRP: £32.00£24.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130376Author Caroline BynumFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 164mm * 33mm -
Crossing Places of the Upper Thames by Amy Woolacott 9780752446936
RRP: £14.99£11.55The Thames has a long history. This illustrated guide traces the history of its crossing places, and relates their origins to local use and that of long-distance traders. Author Amy Woolacott has found more than 150 crossings of past and present and many... -
Here's to the Men of Alton: Stories of Courage and Sacrifice in the Great War by Tony Cross
RRP: £14.99£11.55During the Great War almost 650 men enlisted from the small market town of Alton, Hampshire. These soldiers served all over the globe, including the Western Front, India, Mesopotamia, Salonika, Turkey and Russia, and were never the same again; some... -
Aberdeen in the Seventies: A Decade of Change by Raymond Anderson 9781859839614
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859839614Author Raymond AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB PublishingDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 13mm -
Bolshevism and the British Left: v. 1: Labour Leends and Russian Gold by Kevin Morgan 9781905007257
RRP: £20.00£19.24Morgan goes far beyond the question of Russian gold, to dig beneath a host of myths and misconceptions. He shows that Labour's parliamentary advance was itself inconceivable solely on the basis of the workers' and trade union 'pennies' with which it is... -
Valentia Lifeboats: A History by Dick Robinson
RRP: £19.99£15.42The lifeboats of Valentia have been in service since 1946, when the volunteer crew were summoned to action by the firing of maroon flares. Dick Robinson has been associated with the lifeboat station for almost sixty of those years, firstly as a child... -
From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance John Pomfret 9781250848802
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250848802Author John PomfretFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)... -
Anglican Enlightenment: Orientalism, Religion and Politics in England and its Empire, 1648-1715 by William J. Bulman
RRP: £36.99£22.85This is an original interpretation of the early European Enlightenment and the religious conflicts that rocked England and its empire under the later Stuarts. In a series of vignettes that move between Europe and North Africa, William J. Bulman shows... -
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance by Christopher MacEvitt 9780812220834
RRP: £23.99£22.59In the wake of Jerusalem's fall in 1099, the crusading armies of western Christians known as the Franks found themselves governing not only Muslims and Jews but also local Christians, whose culture and traditions were a world apart from their own. The... -
The Parish Registers of Thomas Crockford 1561-1633 by John Chandler 9780901333506
RRP: £20.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Century of Nottingham: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by Douglas Whitworth
RRP: £14.99£11.55This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Nottingham during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader... -
The Jewish Immigrant in England 1870-1914: 1870-1914 by Lloyd P. Gartner
RRP: £19.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853034018Author Lloyd P. GartnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Covenanting Citizens: The Protestation Oath and Popular Political Culture in the English Revolution by John Walter 9780199605590
£110.05Covenanting Citizens throws new light on the origins of the English civil war and on the radical nature of the English Revolution. An exercise in writing the 'new political history', the volume challenges the discrete categories of high and popular... -
Royal Childhood and Child Kingship: Boy Kings in England, Scotland, France and Germany, c. 1050-1262 by Emily Joan Ward
RRP: £90.00£81.43Refining adult-focused perspectives on medieval rulership, Emily Joan Ward exposes the problematic nature of working from the assumption that kingship equated to adult power. Children's participation and political assent could be important facets of the... -
Balfour and Foreign Policy: The International Thought of a Conservative Statesman by Jason Tomes 9780521581189
RRP: £90.00£72.57This is a study of the foreign policy views of Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), British Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, which examines his understanding of foreign relations, his perception of contemporary foreign and Imperial affairs, and his... -
The Commonist Horizon: Urban Futures Beyond Capitalist Gentrification by Mary N. Taylor
RRP: £14.99£12.31How do we move from defensive tactics that respond to the latest stages of capitalist urbanization, to transformative, strategic revolts, attacking the root causes and putting into practice alternative forms of urban life? One proposal for such a... -
Stereotypes and Stereotyping in Early Modern England: Puritans, Papists and Projectors by Koji Yamamoto
RRP: £25.00£21.79Early modern stereotypes used to be studied as evidence of popular belief, something mired with prejudices and commonly held assumptions. Stereotypes and stereotyping in early modern England goes beyond this view by exploring practices of stereotyping as... -
100 Belgian Icons by Derek Blyth
RRP: £18.95£12.72This affectionate cultural guide celebrates 100 icons that make Belgium different from any other country. In 100 short, informative texts, the author talks about food, people, places, traditions, inventions, buildings, and even expressions, that have... -
Borders and the Politics of Space in Late Medieval Italy: Milan, Venice, and their Territories by Dr Luca Zenobi 9780198876861
RRP: £83.00£75.34Space matters. It situates our history, structures our daily lives, and often determines what we can and cannot do. Borders are central to this reality. Tools and symbols of separation, power, and identity, they bring people together as much as they set... -
Wills and Will-Making in Anglo-Saxon England by Linda Tollerton
RRP: £95.00£84.75A study of the implications and practices of wills and will-making in Anglo-Saxon society, and of the varieties of inheritance strategies and commemorative arrangements adopted. A remarkable series of Anglo-Saxon wills have survived, spanning the... -
The Renaissance in Rome by Charles L. Stinger
RRP: £26.99£23.72" . . . comprehensive, readable, beautifully documented . . . I cannot imagine a library or a person seriously interested in Renaissance Rome without it." -Manuscripta"Brilliant synthesis. A must." -Bibliotheque L'Humanisme et Renaissance" . . . no book... -
Scandalous Liaisons: Charles II and his Court by R. E. Pritchard
RRP: £9.99£6.64Scandalous Liaisons tells the story of the most hedonistic, loose-living court in English history, from Charles II's youthful years and mistresses in France, to his tempestuous relationship with the hot-tempered, sexually and financially voracious... -
Medieval Rome: Stability and Crisis of a City, 900-1150 by Chris Wickham 9780199684960
£59.19Medieval Rome analyses the history of the city of Rome between 900 and 1150, a period of major change in the city. This volume doesn't merely seek to tell the story of the city from the traditional Church standpoint; instead, it engages in studies of the... -
The Lincolnshire Domesday and the Lindsey Survey C W Foster 9780901503756
RRP: £30.00£29.65Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc.Book InformationISBN 9780901503756Author C W FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Lincoln Record SocietyPublisher Boydell & Brewer LtdWeight(grams) 1g -
Doctoring the Black Death: Medieval Europe's Medical Response to Plague by John Aberth 9780742557239
RRP: £35.00£31.35Doctoring the Black Death provides the first full history of the medical response to the plague that devastated Europe throughout the later Middle Ages. The Black Death has been called humankind's greatest natural disaster, and the plague has been called... -
Women and the Land, 1500-1900 Amanda L. Capern (Author) 9781783273980
RRP: £25.00£20.92Women and the Land examines English women's legal rights to land and the reality and consequences of their land ownership over four centuries. Women and the Land examines the pre-history of gendered property relations in England, focusing on the... -
Monsieur. Second Sons in the Monarchy of France, 1550-1800 by Jonathan Spangler
RRP: £36.99£32.53For the first time, this volume brings together the history of the royal spare in the monarchy of early modern France, those younger brothers of kings known simply as 'Monsieur'.Ranging from the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, this comparative... -
Buildings of Empire by Ashley Jackson
RRP: £32.49£24.17Buildings of Empire takes the reader on an exciting journey through thirteen territories of the British Empire. From Dublin Castle to the glass and steel of Sir Norman Foster's Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank skyscraper, these buildings capture the essence... -
Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks, 1941-1943 by Marko Attila Hoare 9780197263808
£105.76This volume is a study of revolution, genocide and national identity in Bosnia-Hercegovina during World War II. It explains the civil war between two rival guerrilla movements - the Partisans and the Chetniks - both in terms of long-term socio-economic... -
Begging, Charity and Religion in Pre-Famine Ireland by Ciaran McCabe 9781786941572
£39.00An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. Beggars and begging were ubiquitous features of pre-Famine Irish society, yet have gone largely unexamined by historians. This book... -
One Man in His Time by John Robson 9781862270367
RRP: £24.95£18.89One Man in His Time is the biography of the Laird of Torosay Castle, traveller, wartime hero and escaper and distinguished politician.Book InformationISBN 9781862270367Author John RobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Spellmount Publishers... -
Fascism and Constitutional Conflict: The British Extreme Right and Ulster in the Twentieth Century by James Loughlin
RRP: £32.99£29.98This work makes an original and important contribution both to the field of British fascist/extreme Right studies and to the Ulster question. Given that British fascism was a phenomenon of the inter-war period, first making its appearance shortly after... -
Stories of a Manchester Street by Phil Barton 9780750990479
RRP: £16.99£12.94A century on from its original Edwardian construction, this contemporary portrait of a street in inner Manchester tells the stories of today's residents. Born in eighteen countries from four continents, the accounts told by the residents themselves... -
The Gwent County History, Volume 5: The Twentieth Century by Ralph A. Griffiths 9780708326480
RRP: £45.00£37.75Two distinguished historians of twentieth-century Britain, especially Wales, marshal seventeen fellow historians to describe the momentous twentieth century in the history of south-east Wales. The book is the fifth and last volume in a magisterial survey... -
Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe: A Thousand Year History by Jonathan R. Lyon
RRP: £29.99£26.34What was an "advocate" (Latin: advocatus; German: Vogt) in the Middle Ages? What responsibilities came with the position and how did they change over time? With this groundbreaking study, Jonathan R. Lyon challenges the standard narrative of a "medieval"... -
Temptation in the Archives: Essays in Golden Age Dutch Culture by Lisa Jardine 9781910634035
RRP: £10.00£9.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910634035Author Professor Lisa JardineFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 245g -
Around Leeds by Matthew Young 9780752401683
RRP: £12.99£9.62Leeds is a city with a vibrant heart and a civic pride. Whilst other city centres wither under the onslaught of out of town shopping centres, Leeds retains its core. It has bustle and activity: it has life. The city has much of which to be proud: the...