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Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230 by Dr. Richard Oram
RRP: £25.99£21.46This volume centres upon the era conventionally labelled the 'Making of the kingdom', or the 'Anglo-Norman' era in Scottish history. It seeks a balance between traditional historiographical concentration on the 'feudalisation' of Scottish society as part... -
A-Z Secret Edinburgh Walks by A-Z maps
RRP: £6.99£4.80Discover hidden gems around Edinburgh with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert,... -
Blitz Then and Now: v. 3 by Winston G. Ramsey 9780900913587
RRP: £44.95£38.23The period in question began quietly with the Luftwaffe busy elsewhere, yet the increasing attacks on Germany by the Royal Air Foce provoked a response in the form of the so-called Baedeker offensive of 1942. And it is against this background of the... -
Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction by John Gillingham 9780192854025
RRP: £8.99£6.45First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages,... -
The King of Nazi Paris: Henri Lafont and the Gangsters of the French Gestapo by Christopher Othen
RRP: £9.99£7.11By 1943, Henri Lafont was the most powerful Frenchman in occupied Paris. Once a petty criminal running from the French police, when he found himself recruited by the Nazis his life changed for ever. Lafont established a motley band of sadistic... -
Greatcoats and Glamour Boots: Canadian Women at War, 1939-1945, Revised Edition by Carolyn Gossage 9781550023688
£14.33Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out "doing their bit" for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right. Young Canadian women wanted to serve their country, "to free a man to fight," as the... -
An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals by Polly Toynbee
RRP: £22.00£14.71'Fascinating' Spectator'Entertaining' Sunday Times'Enthralling' Guardian'Beautiful, funny and moving' Daily Mail'Compelling and moving' Observer'Replete with vivid - often hilarious, often shocking - anecdotes' Financial TimesWhile for generations Polly... -
Napoleon by Alan Forrest
RRP: £12.99£7.51On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. In this book Alan Forrest tells the remarkable story of how the son... -
Hunter: The Origins of the Clan Hunter and Their Place in History by Iain Gray 9781852171124
RRP: £3.99£3.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852171124Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
Baroque Naples and the Industry of Painting: The World in the Workbench by Christopher R. Marshall
RRP: £57.50£49.30The second largest city in 17th-century Europe, Naples constituted a vital Mediterranean center in which the Spanish Habsburgs, the clergy, and Neapolitan aristocracy, together with the resident merchants, and other members of the growing professional... -
British Buses Since 1950: Trendsetting Designs by Gavin Booth
RRP: £15.99£11.61Bus design has certainly evolved in the seven decades since 1950, but it has not been a steady process. Advances in bus design have caused manufacturers to rush back to the drawing board for fear of being left behind. In 1950, the first of the new breed... -
The French in London by Isabelle Janvrin 9781908524652
RRP: £12.99£8.60Ever since 1066 there has been a substantial French presence in London. It is now said to be the sixth most populous French city and this book illustrates, explains, and exposes how this came about over more than a 1000 years. Full of individual stories... -
Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain s Young by Peter Higginbotham
RRP: £14.99£12.68What image does the word orphanage conjure up in your mind? A sunny scene of carefree children at play in the grounds of a large ivy-clad house? Or a forbidding grey edifice whose cowering inmates were ruled over with a rod of iron by a stern, starched... -
Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland by Ed Moloney
RRP: £14.99£9.80Ed Moloney's Voices from the Grave follows his highly acclaimed A Secret History of the IRA, the best-informed account yet written of the IRA's evolution from ruthless guerilla army into governmental party. But reconciliation between political figures... -
The Little Book of Donegal by Cathal Coyle 9780750987868
RRP: £14.99£11.55The Little Book of Donegal is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Donegal. Here you will find out about Donegal's folklore and customs, its proud sporting heritage, its castles, forts and stone circles, its... -
Government and Expertise: Specialists, Administrators and Professionals, 1860-1919 by Roy MacLeod 9780521534505
RRP: £44.99£38.14A generation has passed since the appearance of Oliver MacDonagh's article 'The Nineteenth-century Revolution in Government: A Reappraisal' (Historical Journal, 1958), which gave enormous impetus to the study of the 'silent revolution' that had overtaken... -
A Monarch in the Making: From Accession to Coronation by Pamela Hartshorne 9781909741881
RRP: £24.95£15.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741881Author Pamela HartshorneFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 740g -
LNER: The London and North Eastern Railway by Paul Atterbury
RRP: £7.99£5.79The London and North Eastern Railway, or LNER as it was familiarly known, was one of the Big Four companies that took control of Britain's railway network following the 'Grouping' in 1923. This network represented a challenging mixture of mainline and... -
The Prime Minister: The Office And Its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: £19.99£14.28In The Prime Minister: the Office and its Holders since 1945, Peter Hennessy explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well... -
The Book of Viking Myths: From the Voyages of Leif Erikson to the Deeds of Odin, the Storied History and Folklore of the Vikings by Peter Archer
RRP: £12.99£8.86This fascinating new book reveals the origins of the Vikings-from Thor and Leif Erikson to Loki and the Valkyries-and the tales that have influenced our own lives.For thousands of years, Vikings have held a storied place in our culture-their distinct... -
In Fingal's Wake: A Tender Tribute by Trevor Boult 9781445648064
RRP: £20.00£13.34Fingal represented the last and final 'classic' style of tender once found throughout the three General Lighthouse Authorities of the British Isles. Performing a wide range of duties at Oban and at Stromness, Fingal served all the area needs of the... -
Callaghan by Harry Conroy 9781904950707
RRP: £9.99£7.06Callaghan term in office was dominated by industrial unrest, culminating in the Winter of Discontent', laying the foundations for Margaret Thatcher's election victory in 1979Book InformationISBN 9781904950707Author Harry ConroyFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe
RRP: £14.99£11.35Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist... -
Women in the Middle Ages by Joseph Gies
£11.08Correcting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."--ChoiceAbout the AuthorFrances (1915-2013) and Joseph (1916-2006) Gies were the... -
When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett
RRP: £14.99£9.80The seventies encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Edward Heath, the IMF crisis, the Winter of Discontent and the three-day week. When the Lights Went Out goes in... -
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats by Ian Knight
RRP: £30.00£20.64Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change.An acclaimed military historian, Knight draws on... -
On Plato's <i>Timaeus</i> by Calcidius
RRP: £29.95£24.06Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offered the medieval West almost the only direct access to Plato's corpus not dispersed in fragments. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato's Timaeus,... -
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy
RRP: £9.99£6.23'A dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection' Guardian 'Kennedy's voice, and her unforgiving gaze, are electric' Sunday Times 'These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I've read in years' Sinead Gleeson A... -
A new focus on...British Social History, c.1920–2000 for KS3 History: Experiences of disability, sexuality, gender and ethnicity by Helen Snelson
£18.66Take a fresh look at life in 20th century Britain, through the eyes of those whose history has too often been neglected.This is the first time that a school textbook has woven together experiences of disability, the LGBTQ+ community, women and Gypsy,... -
Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Outstanding...Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century' Niall Ferguson, Sunday TimesThe Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost... -
Anne Boleyn: Adultery, Heresy, Desire by Amy Licence
RRP: £25.00£16.83Anne Boleyn's unconventional beauty inspired poets - and she so entranced Henry VIII with her wit, allure and style that he was prepared to set aside his wife of over twenty years and risk his immortal soul. Her sister had already been the king's... -
Two Brothers by Jonathan Wilson
RRP: £20.00£13.75Shortlisted for Football Book of the Year (Sports Book Awards)'Gripping' Daily Mail'Moving... chronicles two remarkable lives' Guardian'Razor-sharp tactical analysis' Irish Independent'Wilson is a fine, nuanced writer' Times Literary SupplementThe story... -
Edge of England: Landfall in Lincolnshire by Derek Turner
RRP: £20.00£18.24Lincolnshire is England's second-largest county-and one of the least well-known. Yet its understated chronicles, unfashionable towns and undervalued countryside conceal fascinating stories, and unique landscapes: its Wolds are lonely and beautiful, its... -
Guerilla Days in Ireland - New Edition by Tom Barry
£19.60First published in 1949, 'Guerilla Days in Ireland' is an extraordinary story of the Irish War of Independence and the fight between two unequal forces, which ended in the withdrawal of the British from twenty-six counties. Seven weeks before the Truce... -
Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England by Sharon Marcus
RRP: £22.00£17.36Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. A few had sexual relationships with each... -
Murder in Notting Hill by Mark Olden
RRP: £11.99£10.15The truth about one of Britain's most infamous race murders has never been revealed. At around midnight on May 17 1959, a white gang ambushed 32-year-old Antiguan carpenter Kelso Cochrane on a Notting Hill slum street. After a brief scuffle one of them... -
The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the Present by Nicholas Crane
RRP: £9.99£6.80How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain.Over the course of 12,000 years of continuous human occupation, the British landscape has been transformed form a European... -
A Curious Guide to London by Simon Leyland
RRP: £12.99£9.09From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A Curious Guide to London takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city you think you... -
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon 9780571064106
RRP: £9.99£6.70'It is my own story I am trying to tell, and as such it must be received; those who expect a universalization of the Great War must look for it elsewhere.'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first published in 1930, is Siegfried Sassoon's fictionalized... -
Innovation: A History of England Volume VI by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £30.00£21.35'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, IndependentInnovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of...