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Lost Buildings of Birmingham by Roy Thornton
RRP: €17.84€13.74The lost buildings of Birmingham.Book InformationISBN 9780750950992Author Roy ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 170mm * 10mm -
A Conflict of Interests: An intriguing wartime mystery from the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition by Claire Gradidge
RRP: €10.70€7.40The brand-new novel from the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition.'A CRACKING READ' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY'THIS ATMOSPHERIC WARTIME MYSTERY IS PERFECT FOR FANS OF FOYLE'S WAR' CANDISJune 1944, Romsey, England.Josephine... -
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw
RRP: €23.79€17.47Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History, Ian Kershaw's Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis is the concluding second volume of one of the greatest biographies of modern times. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical... -
Rosa Luxemburg by Paul Frolich 9781608460748
RRP: €23.79€18.12Rosa Luxemburg is revered as one of the leading socialists of the early 20th century, whose vision for justice and equality continues to resonate throughout workers movements today. Paul Frelich was one of the founding members of the German Communist... -
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 by Barbara Mervyn
€27.39Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the... -
Blood's Campaign: There can only be one victor . . . by Angus Donald
RRP: €10.70€7.40ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT REIGNS IN HISTORY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION. AFTER THE TUDORS CAME THE STUARTS . . . If you enjoy S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor, then this is the series you need to read next. August 25, 1689The English Army... -
Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life by Gillian Adler
RRP: €20.17€14.59Alle Thyng Hath Tyme recreates medieval people's experience of time: as continuous and discontinuous, linear and cyclical, embracing Creation and Judgement, shrinking to 'atoms' or 'droplets' and extending to the silent spaces of eternity. They might... -
Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain by Rachel Bromwich 9781783163052
RRP: €29.74€23.56Rachel Bromwich's magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydein has long won its place as a classic of Celtic studies. This revised edition shows the author's continued mastery of the subject, including a new preface by Morfydd Owen, and will be essential... -
In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow
RRP: €20.22€13.78Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeAs the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? Award-winning social historian Jenny Uglow reveals the colourful and turbulent everyday life of Georgian Britain through the diaries,... -
Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Howe
RRP: €10.70€7.68A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems, the land-based... -
The Great British Tree Biography by Mark Hooper
RRP: €20.22€14.13Inspired by the history of Britain, from the tree under which the first trade union was formed to the branches from which outlaws were hanged, The Great British Tree Biography details the fascinating stories associated with trees throughout... -
Norfolk Shipping by Mike Stammers 9780752427577
RRP: €23.79€17.87The county of Norfolk is surrounded by water, with the North Sea to the east and north, the Great Ouse, Little Ouse and River Waveney to the west and south, and for hundreds of years ships have played a vital role in the economy of the country. No doubt... -
Haunted Cotswolds by Diz White 9780752454269
RRP: €15.46€11.45Spine-chilling tales of ghosts, ghouls and the undead have been gathered here from every corner of the Cotswolds, revealing in heart-stopping detail this region's unexplained events and the creepy elements that lurk just beneath its rolling hills and... -
The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry: Unravelling the Norman Conquest by David Musgrove
RRP: €29.75€19.97Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat - all this is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, an epic account of one of the pivotal episodes in English history embroidered on a strip of linen. Famously, it shows the... -
The Life and Death of St. Kilda: The moving story of a vanished island community by Tom Steel
RRP: €15.46€10.09The extraordinary story of the UK's most gruelling and spectacularly beautiful islands. Tom Steel's acclaimed portrait of the St Kildan's lives is now updated in this reissued edition. Situated at the westernmost point of the United Kingdom,... -
Welsh Castle Builders: The Savoyard Style by John Marshall
RRP: €29.75€20.97The Edwardian castles of north Wales were built by a Savoyard master mason, but also by many other artisans from Savoy. What is more extraordinary, is that the constables of Flint, Rhuddlan, Conwy and Harlech were also Savoyards, the Justiciar and Deputy... -
The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
RRP: €14.27€10.03Fascism was the major political invention of the twentieth century and the source of much of its pain. How can we try to comprehend its allure and its horror? Is it a philosophy, a movement, an aesthetic experience? What makes states and nations become... -
The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance - A New York Times Bestseller by Judy Batalion
RRP: €13.08€7.70One of the most important untold stories of World War II, The Light of Days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who inspired Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis... -
Edgar, King of the English, 959-975 - New Interpretations by Donald Scragg 9781843839286
RRP: €32.12€31.29Fresh assessments of Edgar's reign, reappraising key elements using documentary, coin, and pictorial evidence. King Edgar ruled England for a short but significant period in the middle of the tenth century. Two of his four children succeeded him as... -
1989 the Berlin Wall: My Part in Its Downfall by Peter Millar
RRP: €15.46€10.23Follow Peter Millar on a journey in the heart of Cold War Europe, from the carousing bars of 1970s Fleet Street to the East Berlin corner pub with its eclectic cast of characters who embodied the reality of living on the wrong side of the wall.About the... -
Henry VIII: King and Court by Alison Weir
RRP: €17.84€13.03Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over one of the most magnificent-and dangerous-courts in Renaissance Europe. Never before has a detailed, personal biography of this charismatic monarch been set... -
Castles of Wales by Rhodri Owen 9781802584356
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802584356Author Rhodri OwenFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 150mm * 10mm -
The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records by Stuart Maconie
RRP: €20.22€14.61These are the songs that we have listened to, laughed to, loved to and laboured to, as well as downed tools and danced to. Covering the last seven decades, Stuart Maconie looks at the songs that have sound tracked our changing times, and - just sometimes... -
The Disinherited: A Story of Family, Love and Betrayal by Robert Sackville-West
RRP: €15.46€10.82In the small hours of the morning of 3 June 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. It was only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later that the full story... -
A Brief History of Florence Nightingale: and Her Real Legacy, a Revolution in Public Health by Hugh Small
RRP: €13.08€3.46Praise for Small's earlier work on Nightingale: 'Hugh Small, in a masterly piece of historical detective work, convincingly demonstrates what all previous historians and biographers have missed . . . This is a compelling psychological portrait of a very... -
The 1930s House Explained by Trevor Yorke 9781846740022
RRP: €10.70€8.81This is a guide to the style of houses built in the 1930s. Tradition continued to dominate the outside while inside art deco was all the rage. It contains many photographs and detailed drawings.About the AuthorTrevor Yorke is an experienced author and... -
A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Covid by Peter Hennessy
RRP: €15.46€10.82One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in BritainThe 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain... -
La Serenissima: The Story of Venice by Jonathan Keates 9781789545067
RRP: €17.84€13.03'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story... -
Atlas of the Great Irish Famine by John Crowley 9781859184790
€68.59The Great Famine is possibly the most pivotal event/experience in modern Irish history. Its global reach and implications cannot be underestimated. In terms of mortality, it is now widely accepted that over a million people perished between the years... -
East End Neighbourhoods by Brian Girling 9780752435190
RRP: €20.22€15.40The River Thames, with its docks, wharves and associated industries, has been a source of livelihood for generations of East Enders living in the historic riverside neighbourhoods of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Stepney, Poplar and adjacent areas... -
Danube by Claudio Magris
RRP: €15.46€10.82'Neither a travel book, nor a vast prose poem, nor a history, nor philosophy, nor voyage of discovery, but often all at once' Independent on SundayWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGAN In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is... -
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex by Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl 9781398518216
RRP: €23.80€18.75The extraordinary, never-before-told story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank’s closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret Annex. Bep was just twenty-three when the Franks went into hiding and she risked her life to protect them, plunging into... -
Merthyr, The Crucible of Modern Wales by Joe England
RRP: €22.60€16.20Merthyr Tydfil was the town where the future of a country was forged: a thriving, struggling surge of people, industry, democracy and ideas. It was the iron making capital of the world, and would become the crucible of modern Wales. The major figures... -
Welsh at Mametz Wood, The Somme 1916, The by Jonathan Hicks
RRP: €15.46€11.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784612382Author Jonathan HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
The Princes in the Tower: Did Richard III Murder His Nephews, Edward V & Richard of York? by Josephine Wilkinson
RRP: €11.89€7.90In the summer of 1483 two boys were taken into the Tower of London and were never seen again. They were no ordinary boys. One was the new King of England; the other was his brother, the Duke of York, and heir presumptive to the throne. Shortly... -
The Lion House by Christopher de Bellaigue
RRP: €23.80€17.01**A SUNDAY TIMES, SPECTATOR and iNEWS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph'The most daring history book of the year. Unforgettable' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times___Venice, 1522... -
You Don't Want to Know: the grisly, macabre and most forgotten moments from history, science and beyond by James Felton
RRP: €15.46€10.23With his trademark brand of bulldozer-banter, Twitter legend James Felton guides you through the most morbidly fascinating facts you'll then wish you could forget.Ever wondered why the chainsaw was invented?* How authorities dealt with a beached whale... -
A Little History of British Gardening by Jenny Uglow
RRP: €29.75€21.44Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges.Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores?Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively... -
Mary Queen of Scots: Film Tie-In by John Guy
RRP: €15.46€10.09A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today. She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years; at eighteen she... -
No Middle Path: The Civil War in Kerry by Owen O’Shea
RRP: €17.84€15.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374531Author Owen O'SheaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press