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Memory and Amnesia: The Role of the Spanish Civil War in the Transition to Democracy by Paloma Aguilar 9781571814968
RRP: £27.95£22.58"...this excellent history of the Spanish desire for reconciliation is a major contribution to the study of both the Transition and memory." * Journal of Modern History "This book ...is one of the most important research studies written... -
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment by Brian Copenhaver
RRP: £12.99£9.09'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun . . .'This rich, fascinating anthology... -
British Town Class Cruisers: Southampton & Belfast Classes: Design, Development & Performance by Conrad Waters 9781526718853
RRP: £40.00£29.99Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British Town' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when the Second World War began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the US and Japanese Navies... -
Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558 by Alison Weir
RRP: £10.99£7.77When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn, to be followed, if their lines failed, by the descendants of his sister, Mary Tudor.Picking up from the point that The Six Wives of Henry VIII left off,... -
The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian Society by Caroline Dakers 9780300081640
RRP: £47.50£46.53A major study of the Holland Park Circle, this is both a narrative of the lives, works and influence of the artists, architects and their patrons and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values... -
A History of Britain - Volume 1: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603 by Simon Schama
RRP: £30.00£21.35Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history of Britain, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our... -
Lancaster & District: Britain in Old Photographs by S. Ashworth 9780752449647
RRP: £14.99£11.55This portrait of a period at once familiar and remote includes views of the historic city of Lancaster, illustrates the development of Morecambe from a small fishing community to a thriving seaside resort, recaptures the wealth of Morecambe Bay's... -
Worktown: The Astonishing Story of the Project that launched Mass Observation by David Hall
RRP: £10.99£7.40The astonishing story of the project that launched Mass Observation In the late 1930s the Lancashire town of Bolton witnessed a ground-breaking social experiment. Over three years, a team of ninety observers recorded, in painstaking detail, the everyday... -
The A-Z of Curious Shropshire: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by John Shipley 9780750970341
RRP: £14.99£11.55John Shipley takes the reader on a grand tour of the curious and bizarre, the strange and the unusual from Shropshire's past. Here you will find out where an African Prince is interred; which pub is reputedly haunted by the ghost of John (Mad Jack)... -
Henley-on-Thames: A History by David C. Whitehead 9781860774522
RRP: £15.99£13.33For many people, especially occasional visitors or those who have never visited, the name Henley-on-Thames conjures up images of Henley Royal Regatta, of relaxed afternoons by the Thames, of large houses with spacious lawns. For its residents, and... -
A Guide to the Medieval Castles of England by Malcolm Hislop 9781399001106
RRP: £28.00£19.62Spread across the medieval kingdom of England in a network of often formidable strongholds, castles, like cathedrals, are defining landmarks of their age, dominating their settings, in many cases even to this day. By representing an essential aspect of... -
Panic as Man Burns Crumpets: The Vanishing World of the Local Journalist by Roger Lytollis
RRP: £16.99£11.54WINNER OF THE LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022You dreamed of being a journalist and the dream has come true. You love working for your local paper . . . although not everything is as you imagined.You embarrass yourself with a range of celebrities,... -
Normandiefront: D-Day to St Lô Through German Eyes by Vince Milano 9780752471457
RRP: £20.00£15.44You probably already know the basic story of what happened on D-Day - but it is almost certain that your knowledge is based upon books written from the Allied perspective. "Normandiefront" provides a fresh and unique exploration of the greatest seaborne... -
Last Years of the London Metrobus by Matthew Wharmby 9781526749673
RRP: £30.00£14.58Mainstay of London Buses Ltd's fleet into the 1990s, London's MCW Metrobus fleet of M class remained almost completely intact by the time of privatisation in the autumn of 1994. In the hands of seven new companies thereafter, there followed multiple new... -
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
RRP: £37.99£32.57Originally published in two volumes in 1980, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change is now issued in a paperback edition containing both volumes. The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of... -
The Class of '37: Telling Tales of Girlhood from Before the War by Claire Langhamer 9781789464054
RRP: £16.99£11.76'A moving microhistory of working-class girlhood' BBC History MagazineIt is 1937 in a northern mill-town and a class of twelve- and thirteen-year-old girls are writing about their lives, their world, and the things that matter to them. They tell of... -
The Morbid Age: Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation, 1919 - 1939 by Richard Overy
RRP: £16.99£12.28Richard Overy's The Morbid Age opens a window onto the creative but anxious period between the First and Second World Wars. British intellectual life between the wars stood at the heart of modernity; it was the golden age of the public intellectual and... -
Culloden by John Prebble
RRP: £14.99£10.95This is the story of ordinary men and women involved in the Rebellion, who were described on the gaol registers and regimental rosters of the time as 'Common Men'. There is little in this book about Bonnie Prince Charlie and other principals of the last... -
Napoleon's Women Camp Followers by Terry Crowdy
RRP: £11.99£8.43Researched from genuine primary sources, this is the first book to explain and illustrate the organization, activities and personal stories of the female 'support staff' who played a major role in the day-to-day life of Napoleon's armies. The... -
Henry IV by Chris Given-Wilson
RRP: £22.00£18.96This definitive biography of England's Henry IV reassesses the adversities of his reign, his ruthlessness and extravagance, and his previously unrecognized successes"This wonderful biography of the first of the Lancastrian kings is no less accomplished... -
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton
RRP: £16.99£12.28'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The Independent Modern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents. This second... -
Making Sense of History: 1066-1509 by Ian Dawson
£25.21Deliver engaging, enquiry-driven lessons and help pupils gain a coherent chronological understanding of and across periods studied with this complete offering for Key Stage 3 History. Designed for the 2014 National Curriculum this supportive learning... -
Empire of Destruction: A History of Nazi Mass Killing by Alex J. Kay
RRP: £25.00£21.32The first comparative, comprehensive history of Nazi mass killing-showing how genocidal policies were crucial to the regime's strategy to win the war Nazi Germany killed approximately 13 million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies... -
Roman Medicine by Audrey Cruse 9780752414614
RRP: £25.00£18.94Until the mid-nineteenth century the Western medical tradition rested firmly on the foundations established in Classical Greece and later transmitted throughout the Roman Empire. Against this long and complex background, including both religious and... -
x Football Legends #5: Lionel Messi by E. L. (Emma) Norry 9780702301896
RRP: £5.99£4.05Be inspired by Football Legend, Lionel Messi! Football Legends: Young readers will love finding out all about the lives of their favourite players in this incredible biography series. Discover the... -
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy by Philippe Sands
RRP: £16.99£11.27THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERAfter the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these unprecedented changes sought to end the scourge of colonialism. But how... -
Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c. 1100-1707: Volume 3: Readings, c. 1100 - c. 1500 by Bob Harris
RRP: £18.99£17.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845860059Author Bob HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Discovery PressPublisher Dundee University Press Ltd -
Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery by Alex Renton
RRP: £10.99£7.32LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE'An incredible work of scholarship' Sathnam SangheraThrough the story of his own family's history as slave and plantation owners, Alex Renton looks at how we owe it to the present to understand the legacy of the... -
Belfast: The Story of a City and its People by Feargal Cochrane 9780300264449
£20.00A lively and inviting history of Belfast-exploring the highs and lows of a resilient city Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and cultural achievement. But the city's many... -
A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture by Sarah B. Pomeroy 9780190925369
RRP: £68.99£63.25Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by six leading ancient... -
Nazism 1919-1945 Volume 2: State, Economy and Society 1933-39: A Documentary Reader by Jeremy Noakes 9780859895996
RRP: £21.99£20.27Volume 2 of this series of documents with commentary covers the domestic aspects of the regime between 1933 and 1939: the political stystem, the economy and society, propaganda and indoctrination, policies towards youth and women, the SS system of... -
Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms, 1660-1685 by Tim Harris
RRP: £15.99£11.61The late seventeenth century was a period of extraordinary turbulence and political violence in Britain, the like of which has never been seen since. Beginning with the Restoration of the monarchy after the Civil War, this book traces the fate of the... -
Castles of the World: From Ancient Citadels to Modern Palaces by Dr Phyllis G Jestice
RRP: £19.99£14.65Robust, romantic and imposing, castles capture our imagination when we were children and continue to hold interest throughout our lives. From Europe to Haiti, from India to Japan, Castles of the World explores forts, strongholds, towers and citadels from... -
All Things Made New: Writings on the Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: £12.99£8.32The Reformation which engulfed England and Europe in the sixteenth century was one of the most highly-charged, bloody and transformative periods in their history, and has remained one of the most contested. In this dazzling book, Diarmaid MacCulloch... -
Porth: Gateway to the Rhondda by Aldo Bacchetta 9780752421612
RRP: £12.99£9.62This fascinating collection of more than 200 photographs illustrates scenes and events in Porth and the surrounding villages. Following the authors' previous two volumes on the area, this one places particular emphasis on industry, work and community... -
Life in the Third Reich by Richard Bessel
RRP: £18.99£18.09The Third Reich, a regime which instigated the most destructive war in modern history, still evokes fascination and horror today. Yet how were the lives of ordinary German people of the 1930s and 1940s affected by the politics of Hitler and his... -
Even the Darkest Night: A Terra Alta Investigation by Javier Cercas
RRP: £10.99£7.40WINNER OF THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION "A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year. A contemporary police procedural with a literary edge. I was rooting for the flawed, but deeply compassionate Melchor Marin from the first... -
Black Death: A New History of the Bubonic Plagues of London by Stephen Porter
RRP: £14.99£9.70Evidence of the foulness and cruelty of the greatest catastrophe ever to hit London is still being unearthed under the streets of the capital today. The fresh plague pits containing thousands of skeletons uncovered during the construction of Crossrail... -
Waverley by Sir Walter Scott 9780198716594
RRP: £9.99£7.29'the most romantic parts of this narrative are precisely those which have a foundation in fact' Edward Waverley, a young English soldier in the Hanoverian army, is sent to Scotland where he finds himself caught up in events that quickly transform from... -
A People Betrayed: A History of 20th Century Spain by Paul Preston
RRP: £12.99£8.48From the foremost historian of 20th century Spain, A People Betrayed is the story of the devastating betrayal of Spain by its political class, its military and its Church. This comprehensive history of modern Spain...