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Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll 9780008476663
RRP: £14.99£11.93A Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller 'As taut as a... -
Innovation: The History of England Volume VI by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £16.99£11.87'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, Independent Innovation 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... -
The Highland Clearances Trail by Rob Gibson
RRP: £7.99£5.94The Highland Clearances Trail answers the where, why, what and whens of the Highland Clearances. Taking you around the significant sites of the Highland Clearances this vivid guide gives a scholarly introduction to a tragic moment in Scotland's history... -
Quartz and Feldspar: Dartmoor - A British Landscape in Modern Times by Matthew Kelly
RRP: £14.99£10.95Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain's southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty,... -
Henry I (Penguin Monarchs): The Father of His People by Edmund King
RRP: £7.99£5.79'To be a medieval king was a job of work ... This was a man who knew how to run a complex organization. He was England's CEO'The youngest of William the Conqueror's sons, Henry I came to unchallenged power only after two of his brothers died in strange... -
Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
RRP: £10.99£7.77Cardinal Manning * Florence Nightingale * Thomas Arnold * General Gordon Lytton Strachey's biographical essays on four 'eminent Victorians' dropped a depth-charge on Victorian England when the book was published in 1918. It ushered in the modern... -
The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
RRP: £12.99£8.56In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle... -
The Catholics: The Church and its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day by Roy Hattersley
RRP: £16.99£12.28The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history - 'A first-class storyteller' The TimesThroughout the three hundred years that followed the Act of Supremacy - which, by making Henry VIII head... -
The Pinecone by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £16.99£11.58The Pinecone is set in the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, where a masterpiece in Victorian architecture stands - the strangest and most magical church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and... -
My Life in Loyalism by Billy Hutchinson
RRP: £17.99£15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373459Author Billy HutchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth by Keiron Pim
RRP: £25.00£18.02The first English language biography of the great European writer Joseph Roth, exploring his genius and his tragic life story, lived in the shadow of war. The brilliant, mercurial, self-mythologising novelist and journalist Joseph Roth, author of the... -
Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion by Charles Townshend 9780141982472
RRP: £14.99£10.95Now with a new preface for the centenary of the Easter Rising, a compelling interpretation of the rebellion that launched Ireland into a new world.Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or... -
Abolition Revolution by Aviah Sarah Day
RRP: £14.99£9.80**Winner of the Bread and Roses Prize 2024** **Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2023** George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis triggered abolitionist shockwaves. Calls to defund the police found receptive ears around the world. Shortly... -
The Queue: The hotly-anticipated and delightfully heartwarming novel inspired by the queue for the Queen by Alexandra Heminsley 9781398718401
RRP: £8.99£6.20'Joyful, heartwarming and utterly charming' JUDY MURRAY'Charming, poignant and as comforting as a tin of royal shortbread. Delightful' VERONICA HENRYThree strangers. Ten miles. One life-changing day...Suzie is 69 and has been keeping a secret for most of... -
Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944 by Anne De Courcy 9781250177087
RRP: £17.99£12.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250177087Author Anne De CourcyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 137g -
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon
RRP: £18.99£14.01'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon's masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives... -
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross
RRP: £16.99£12.47'An absolutely masterly work' Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics-an aesthetic war zone where... -
Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce
RRP: £10.99£7.32**WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020****SHORTLISTED FOR THE TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARD 2022****LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021** 'A real page-turner ... a warning about what happens when the rich and... -
Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Jessie Childs
RRP: £12.99£9.09Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign. A pioneering poet, whose verse had a profound impact on Shakespeare, Surrey was nevertheless branded by one contemporary as 'the most foolish... -
Queen Elizabeth I Book of Days by Tudor Times 9781913134860
RRP: £15.00£10.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913134860Author Tudor TimesFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
AQA GCSE History: Medieval England - the Reign of Edward I 1272-1307 by Alf Wilkinson
£20.84Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018AQA approvedCreate a stimulating, well-paced teaching route through the 2016 GCSE History specification using this tailor-made series that draws on a legacy of... -
Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead
RRP: £20.00£14.69'Vividly told, engrossing history' CLARE MULLEY, author of The Women Who Flew for Hitler'Precise, empathic . . . a profoundly satisfying, albeit wistful, read and . . . a worryingly relevant one' GUARDIANA thrilling biography of Benito Mussolini's... -
Irish Crochet: Technique and Projects by Priscilla Publishing Company 9780486247052
RRP: £10.99£7.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486247052Author Priscilla Publishing CompanyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Reigns of Edmund, Eadred and Eadwig, 939-959: New Interpretations by Dr Mary Elizabeth Blanchard 9781783277643
RRP: £80.00£76.61Essays highlighting the importance of three kings - Edmund, Eadred and Eadwig - in understanding England in the tenth century. Much scholarly attention has been devoted to both the expanding kingdom of Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, and... -
A Desperate Business: The Murder of Muriel McKay by Simon Farquhar
RRP: £20.00£15.44'Simon Farquhar succeeds brilliantly (and with real empathy for all concerned) in setting the story in its historical, social and emotional context, with the victim and her family always at the heart of his writing ... A Desperate Business is an absolute... -
The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet
RRP: £19.99£16.97The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present "An eclectic scholarly account, tracing the evolution of the country house from the hunting lodges of the Middle Ages to the modern villas... -
The Making Of The British Army by Allan Mallinson
RRP: £14.99£11.35Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realizes that war can no longer be made in the old, feudal way: there has to be system and discipline, and therefore -... -
Greece: A Short History of a Long Story, 7,000 BCE to the Present by Carol G. Thomas
RRP: £25.95£16.96Greece: A Short History of a Long Story presents a comprehensive overview of the history of Greece by exploring the continuity of Greek culture from its Neolithic origins to the modern era. Tells the story of Greece through individual personalities that... -
Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire: Terrors and Torments, Diseases and Deaths by Terry Deary
RRP: £9.99£6.80DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of the hugely bestselling Horrible Histories, popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and sharp wit, and among adults for... -
Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party by Frank McDonough 9781408269213
RRP: £36.99£35.74Now fully revised and reformatted, Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party is an indispensible guide to the history of the Nazi party between its initial electoral breakthrough in 1930 and its victory in 1933. Arguing that the Nazis owed their success as... -
Northern Renaissance Art by Susie Nash 9780192842695
RRP: £23.49£17.01This book offers a wide-ranging introduction to the way that art was made, valued, and viewed in northern Europe in the age of the Renaissance, from the late fourteenth to the early years of the sixteenth century. Drawing on a rich range of sources, from... -
Dear Green Sounds - Glasgow's Music Through Time and Buildings: The Apollo, Glasgow Pavilion, Mono, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and More by Kate Molleson
RRP: £15.00£11.96Glasgow has always been known for its live music, and at the heart of any music community it is the live venues and buildings that are important, and play host to local and touring acts. One of the main reasons for Glasgow's continued blossoming as a... -
Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: Scenes from the Paris Life of Nancy Cunard by Anne de Courcy
RRP: £22.00£19.29Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, said to have inspired half the poets and novelists of the twenties. Born into a life of wealth and privilege, yet one in which she... -
The Girl with the Red Hair: The powerful novel based on the astonishing true story of one woman’s fight in WWII by Buzzy Jackson
RRP: £18.99£13.61The greatest hero of the Second World War . . . is a girl you've never heard ofThe blazing debut novel based on the unsung true story of Hannie Schaft, a young-woman-turned-Dutch-Resistance-fighter in Nazi-occupied Netherlands'Inspiring, empowering, and... -
John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside by Henry Bell
RRP: £16.99£11.54'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky; the head of... -
Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives 1923 - 1959 by David Maidment
RRP: £40.00£28.39The Great Western Castles were one of the most successful locomotive designs of the twentieth century in terms of both performance and efficiency. Designed by Charles Collett in 1923, based on the 1907 Churchward Star' class, 155 were constructed almost... -
The History of Europe in Bite-Sized Chunks by Jacob F Field
RRP: £7.99£3.51An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas and disasters that have shaped our continent.The book... -
After The Prophet by Lesley Hazleton
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385523943Author Lesley HazletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein
RRP: £10.99£7.77Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with personal testimony and urban myths, and interspersing these with maps and photography, On Brick Lane is a one-of-a-kind chronicle... -
The Roman Shore Forts: Coastal Defences of Southern Britain by Andrew Pearson
RRP: £25.00£18.54The eleven forts constructed by the Romans along the British coast between Branchester in Norfolk and Portchester in Hampshire have traditionally been referred to as the 'Forts of the Saxon Shore'. However, recent research suggests that these sites may...