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In the Land of Giants by Max Adams
RRP: $27.28$19.09The bestselling historian tells the story of the landscapes, peoples and culture of early medieval Britain in eight walks, an epic sea voyage and a north-south ride by motorbike. The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain (410) and the death... -
Roman Roads in Britain by Hugh Marlais Davies 9780747806905
$14.62The vast networks of roads throughout the Roman Empire were vital to the expansion of Roman culture, power and influence across the world and one of their principal uses was the transportation of the Legions to strategic bases in the most direct way... -
The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain by Andrew Ziminski
RRP: $23.08$11.49A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on many of our greatest monuments. From Neolithic... -
Tor!: The Story of German Football by Uli Hesse
RRP: $31.48$21.42Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world. Tor! (Goal!) traces the extraordinary story of Germany's club and international football, from the... -
Remaking English Society - Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England by Steve Hindle
RRP: $52.50$51.11Written by leading authorities, the volume can be considered a standard work on seventeenth-century English social history. A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Remaking English Society re-examines the relationship between enduring structures and... -
From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070 by Alex Woolf
RRP: $54.58$45.07In the 780s northern Britain was dominated by two great kingdoms; Pictavia, centred in north-eastern Scotland and Northumbria which straddled the modern Anglo-Scottish border. Within a hundred years both of these kingdoms had been thrown into chaos by... -
WJEC GCSE History Germany in Transition, 1919-1939 and the USA: A Nation of Contrasts, 1910-1929 by R. Paul Evans
$52.94Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed by WJECHelp every student to develop the in-depth knowledge and historical skills they need to achieve their best with the market-leading series for... -
Lord Chesterfield's Letters by Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
RRP: $23.08$16.32`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost... -
The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King by Ian Mortimer
RRP: $35.68$25.79From the saviour of the realm to the subject of multiple attempted assassinations in the space of six years. King Henry IV's reign was characterised by his fear and paranoia, but above all a continued quest for survival. The son of John the Gaunt, Henry... -
The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians by Janice Hadlow
RRP: $41.98$29.99An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer. George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was... -
Hitler's Tyranny: A History in Ten Chapters by Ralf Georg Reuth
RRP: $42.00$29.53Hitler's tyranny is still difficult to understand today. In this book, Ralf Georg Reuth examines ten aspects of this catastrophe. Among other things, he asks: Was anti-Semitism more pronounced in Germany than elsewhere? Was Versailles responsible for... -
1923: The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Coup by Mark Jones
RRP: $52.50$30.79A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Excellent' Richard Evans'A vivid, crisp, impressively sustained narrative' Financial Times'Riveting' Irish Independent'Refreshing and readable' Irish Times 'Gripping . . . thoroughly researched and beautifully... -
The Holy Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Joachim Whaley
RRP: $18.88$13.55Voltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had allegedly impeded German unification. Since 1945... -
Essex Witches by Peter C. Brown
RRP: $33.58$25.73Medieval folk had long suspected that the Devil was carrying out his work on earth with the help of his minions. In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII declared this to be true, which resulted in witch-hunts across Europe that lasted for nearly 200 years. In 1645,... -
Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England by Eleanor Parker 9781350383401
RRP: $27.28$20.56"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England - so what... -
The Gorgeous Georgians by Terry Deary
RRP: $12.58$10.00Learn all about the Gorgeous Georgians with all the nasty bits left in. You probably thought that Georgians just spent their time prancing about in powdered wigs and pantaloons. Find out the horrible truth, like their sneaky schemes for hiding personal... -
German Liberalism and the Dissolution of the Weimar Party System, 1918-1933 by Larry Eugene Jones 9780807865507
RRP: $178.50$170.10Jones offers a detailed and comprehensive overview of the development and decline of the German Democratic party and the German People's party from 1918 to 1933. In tracing the impact of World War I, the runaway inflation to the 1920s, and the Great... -
A Gift of Poison: Betrayal. Mystery. Murder. The Brontë sisters are on the case . . . by Bella Ellis 9781529363470
RRP: $20.98$14.28BETRAYAL. MYSTERY. MURDER. THE BRONTE SISTERS ARE ON THE CASE.'The Brontes are so skilfully and cleverly depicted that it's no stretch at all to imagine the sisters as amateur sleuths' SARRA MANNING, REDHaworth 1847 - Anne and Emily Bronte have had their... -
Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland by Peter Taylor
RRP: $46.20$41.35On the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Peter Taylor tells for the first time the gripping story of Operation Chiffon, the top-secret intelligence operation that helped bring peace to Ireland. 'A gripping exploration of how MI5 and MI6... -
Liverpool, 1660-1750: People, Prosperity and Power by Diana E. Ascott 9781846315039
RRP: $52.48$47.06Liverpool was unique among English towns in the rate of its commercial development from the late seventeenth century. Liverpool, 1660-1750 provides the first significant detailed published study of the social and political structure of the town during... -
In the Reign of King John: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England by Dan Jones
RRP: $52.50$37.84A new, beautifully illustrated edition of Realm Divided, Dan Jones's portrait of Plantagenet England in the reign of King John. 1215 was not just the year of Magna Carta and King John's war with his barons, but a year of crusading and church reform,... -
The German Trauma: Experiences and Reflections 1938-2001 by Gitta Sereny
RRP: $31.48$23.00Gitta Sereny is one of the world's most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together the best of her writing on Germany from over sixty years. It amounts to an extraordinary portrait of the country and its people, how they have come... -
Folklore of Sussex by Jacqueline Simpson 9780752451008
RRP: $35.68$27.17Sussex, though near London and nowadays extensively urbanised, has a rich heritage of traditional local stories, customs and beliefs. Among many topics explored here are tales linked to landscape features and ancient churches which involve such colourful... -
The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806 by Jonathan Israel
RRP: $121.80$117.03The Dutch Golden Age, the age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and a host of other renowned artists and writers was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. It was in fact one of the... -
Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics by Francis Parker Yockey
RRP: $40.22$36.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615505978Author Francis Parker YockeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint Invictus BooksPublisher Invictus BooksWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry
RRP: $35.68$24.51A SCOTSMAN BOOK OF THE YEAREDINBURGH, 1853.In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . .In a time of unprecedented scientific discovery, the public's appetite for wonder has seen a resurgence of interest in mesmerism, spiritualism and other... -
The Crooked Branch by Jeanine Cummins
RRP: $20.98$14.28'Rich and intricately drawn... luminous prose' Carolyn ParkhurstAfter the birth of her daughter Emma, the usually resilient Majella finds herself feeling isolated and exhausted. Then, at her childhood home, Majella discovers the diary of her maternal... -
Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife, 49' by Richard Broad
RRP: $18.88$13.55In September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son... -
Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland by Perttu Hakkinen
RRP: $52.50$34.10* Examines the significant figures and groups of Finland's occult world, including their esoteric practices and the secret societies to which they were connected * Investigates the relationship of nationalism and esotericism in Finland as well as the... -
Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258 by David Carpenter
RRP: $35.68$32.57The first in a groundbreaking two-volume history of Henry III's rule "Professor Carpenter is one of Britain's foremost medievalists. . . . No one knows more about Henry, and a lifetime of scholarship is here poured out, elegantly and often humorously... -
German Men Sit Down to Pee and Other Insights in German Culture by James Cave 9780995481305
$18.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995481305Author James CaveFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint HJ PublishingPublisher Marchmont Publishing -
The Dali Legacy: How an Eccentric Genius Changed the Art World and Created a Lasting Legacy by Jean-Pierre Isbouts
RRP: $41.98$30.32This immersive dive into the life and work of Salvador Dali unlocks the secret of this creative genius and reveals for the first time how his erotically charged paintings changed the world of modern art. In turns beloved and reviled, twentieth century... -
Making Sense of a United Ireland by Brendan O'Leary
RRP: $42.00$30.85'Should be required reading for everyone - including unionists - who are interested in and concerned about the fate of this island' Dublin Review of Books'Compelling' Financial TimesWill Ireland really reunite?A century ago the resolution to Ireland's... -
Athelstan (Penguin Monarchs): The Making of England by Tom Holland
RRP: $18.88$13.55The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackThe formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious... -
Hurrah For The Blackshirts!: Fascists and Fascism in Britain Between the Wars by Martin Pugh
RRP: $27.28$19.09Britain is celebrated for having avoided the extremism, political violence and instability that blighted many European countries between the two world wars. But her success was a closer thing than has been realized. Disillusionment with parliamentary... -
Brighton Folk: People Watching, for Sport by Oleg Pulemjotov
RRP: $37.80$29.51Brighton's residents have a reputation for their vivid eccentricity. This book does not set out to prove whether this is true or not, but is a documentation of what stands out to the photographer, however exciting or mundane it may seem. A lot of the... -
William II (Penguin Monarchs): The Red King by John Gillingham
RRP: $14.68$10.77'To provide splendid settings for their displays of majesty, kings had great halls built, and none more so than Rufus' William II, or William Rufus, son and successor to William the Conqueror, is most famous for his death: killed by an arrow while out... -
Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass by Frank Close 9780141997582
RRP: $27.28$19.09The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of itIn the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edinburgh wrote two scientific papers which have come to change our understanding of the... -
The Penguin History of Britain: A Monarchy Transformed, Britain 1630-1714 by Mark Kishlansky
RRP: $23.08$16.32The sixth of nine volumes in the major Penguin History of Britain series, A Monarchy Transformed narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. It charts the reigns of six monarchs, and the course of two revolutions as well as... -
The Preacher and the Prelate: The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland by Patricia Byrne 9781785371721
RRP: $27.28$23.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785371721Author Patricia ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press