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The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords and Princes by Kari Maund 9780752429731
RRP: £12.99£9.62When Edward I's troops forced the destruction of Dafydd ap Gruffudd in 1283 they brought to an end the line of truly independent native rulers in Wales that had endured throughout recorded history. In the early middle ages Wales was composed of a variety... -
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective: Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime by Susannah Stapleton
RRP: £9.99£7.27'If you are susceptible to Miss Marple and Harriet Vane you must read The Adventures of Maud West. You will never know the difference between fact and fiction again.' - Jill Paton Walsh, author of the Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mysteries.Maud West ran her... -
Searching For Schindler: The true story behind the Booker Prize winning novel 'Schindler's Ark' by Thomas Keneally
RRP: £10.99£7.40The extraordinary tale of Oskar Schindler, the Aryan who saved hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, is now legendary, but as Tom Keneally reveals in this absorbing memoir, luck and the dogged persistence of one of 'Schindler's Jews' were vital in... -
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
RRP: £16.99£13.33The BBC History 2022 Book of the Year and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick from Sunday Times bestselling author Dan Jones. July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs... -
A Century of Aylesbury: Britain in Old Photographs by Karl Vaughan 9780752458106
RRP: £12.99£9.62This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Aylesbury over the past century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader a... -
The World of the Troubadours: Medieval Occitan Society, c.1100-c.1300 by Linda M. Paterson 9780521558327
RRP: £30.99£25.82Occitania, known today as the 'south of France', had its own language and culture in the Middle Ages. Its troubadours created 'courtly love' and a new poetic language in the vernacular, which were to influence European literature for centuries; and its... -
The Third Plantagenet: George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother by John Ashdown-Hill
RRP: £9.99£7.55Less well-known than his brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, little has been written about George, Duke of Clarence, leaving us with a series of unanswered questions: What was he really like? What set him and his brother Edward IV against one another?... -
Sex and Sexuality in Tudor England by McGrath, Carol 9781526769183
RRP: £20.00£14.29Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
St Kilda: The Last and Outmost Isle by Angela Gannon
RRP: £18.99£13.99In 1527 Hector Boece, the first Principal of King's College Aberdeen, wrote in his extensive History of the Scottish People of an island of rocky crags and prehistoric sheep, which could only be reached through extreme danger to life. It was, he... -
Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault 9780679721109
£12.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679721109Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Reid: The Origins of the Clan Reid and Their Place in History by Murray Ogilvie 9781852172893
RRP: £3.99£3.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852172893Author Murray OgilvieFormat PaperbackImprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
Understanding Disability Throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936 by Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir 9781032017822
RRP: £38.99£34.22Understanding Disability Throughout History explores seldom-heard voices from the past by studying the hidden lives of disabled people before the concept of disability existed culturally, socially and administratively. The book focuses on Iceland from... -
The Black Death: A New History of the Great Mortality in Europe, 1347-1500 by John Aberth
£33.99In The Black Death: A New History of the Great Mortality in Europe, 1347-1500, leading scholar John Aberth provides the most authoritative, up-to-date treatment of the Black Death, giving not just a narrative account but also a thorough examination of... -
Nazism 1919-1945 Volume 1: The Rise to Power 1919-1934: A Documentary Reader by Jeremy Noakes 9780859895989
RRP: £17.59£16.15Volume 1 of this series of documents with commentary covers the period from the founding of the Nazi Party in 1919 to Hitler's assumption of the office of Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor of 1 August 1934. The documents in the four volumes of this series are... -
London Underground Serial Killer: The Life of Kieran Kelly by Geoff Platt 9781473872257
RRP: £12.99£9.80The full story of the life and times of Kieran Patrick Kelly, the London Underground Serial Killer, who wandered up and down the Northern Line of the London Underground between 1960 and 1983, pushing innocent people that he had never met under trains,... -
My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall by John Major 9780007450145
RRP: £14.99£9.70Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the story of the British music hall. John Major shares memories of his performer father Tom and... -
Lotharingia: A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries In-Between by Simon Winder
RRP: £12.99£9.26A Sunday Times History Book of the YearShortlisted for The Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award'No Briton has written better than Winder about Europe' - Sunday TimesIn AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great Emperor Charlemagne met at... -
The Mythology of the 'Princes in the Tower' by John Ashdown-Hill 9781445699134
RRP: £11.99£7.86When did the term 'Princes in the Tower' come into usage, who invented it, and to whom did it refer? To the general public the term is synonymous with the supposedly murdered boy King Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, sons of Edward... -
Brixham Revisited by Ted Gosling 9780752436203
RRP: £12.99£9.62A glimpse into the history of BrixhamBook InformationISBN 9780752436203Author Ted GoslingFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Edward I and the Governance of England, 1272-1307 by Caroline Burt 9780521889995
RRP: £91.99£74.53This important exploration of the reign of Edward I - one of England's most lionised, feared and successful monarchs - presents his kingship in a radical new light. Through detailed case studies of Shropshire, Warwickshire and Kent, Caroline Burt... -
For the Safety of All: A Story of Scotland's Lighthouses by Donald S Murray
RRP: £14.99£10.33'There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our relationship, as if they have kept pace and in close contact with me.' Lighthouses punctuate Scotland's coastline - a stoic presence on the edge of the... -
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society by Bill Bryson
RRP: £14.99£9.70Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated... -
Hadrian's Wall: Archaeology and history at the limit of Rome's empire by Nick Hodgson
RRP: £25.00£20.70Built around AD122, Hadrian's Wall was guarded by the Roman army for over three centuries and has left an indelible mark on the landscape of northern Britain. It was a wonder of the ancient world and is a World Heritage Site. Written by a leading... -
Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s by Anne Sebba
RRP: £10.99£7.40WINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2016June, 1940. German troops enter Paris and hoist the swastika over the Arc de Triomphe. The dark days of Occupation begin. How would you have survived? By collaborating with the Nazis, or risking the... -
Writing Black Beauty: Anna Sewell and the Story of Animal Rights by Celia Brayfield
RRP: £20.00£15.04Black Beauty is a novel that changed our world. Intended to 'induce kindness' in a Victorian audience who relied on horses for transport, travel and power, it remains a dearly loved children's classic. Writing Black Beauty is the story of the remarkable... -
Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography by Alicia Spencer-Hall 9789048559190
£35.71Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography. Scholarship has productively combined analysis of medieval literary texts with modern queer theory... -
AQA GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603 by Alex Stonehouse
£7.27Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018 Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the AQA GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of consolidation... -
In Search of the Irish Dreamtime: Archaeology & Early Irish Literature by J. P. Mallory 9780500051849
RRP: £18.95£13.12Following his account of Irish origins as evidenced by archaeology, genetics and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to interrogate what he calls the 'Irish Dreamtime': the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval... -
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century by John Boswell
RRP: £25.00£24.34John Boswell's National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay members-among them... -
The Story of Wales by Jon Gower 9781849903738
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Story of Wales is a vibrant portrait of 30,000 years of power, identity and politics. Revisiting major turning points in Welsh history, from its earliest settlements to the present day, Jon Gower re-examines the myths and misconceptions about this... -
English Garden Eccentrics - Three Hundred Years of Extraordinary Groves, Burrowings, Mountains and Menageries by Todd Longstaffe-gowa
RRP: £30.00£25.85A highly original study of eccentric English garden-makers and their extraordinary gardens In English Garden Eccentrics, renowned landscape architect and historian Todd Longstaffe-Gowan reveals a series of obscure and eccentric English garden-makers... -
Real Dorset by Jon Woolcott 9781781727171
RRP: £9.99£6.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781727171Author Jon WoolcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 12mm -
Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism, and the Early Modern World by Prof Jane Ohlmeyer 9780192867681
RRP: £30.00£26.35Ireland was England's oldest colony. Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland-in a time of Brexit, 'the culture wars', and the campaigns around 'Black Lives Matter' and 'Statues must fall'-to better understand how it has formed the... -
The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade by Cecil Woodham-Smith 9780140012781
£14.42This history is a war story of astonishing courage and honor, of stupidity, of blood, death, agony -- and waste. Nothing in British campaign history has ever equaled the tragic farce that was the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War's... -
Koba The Dread by Martin Amis
RRP: £12.99£9.09Koba the Dread is the successor to Amis's celebrated memoir, Experience. It addresses itself to the central lacuna of twentieth-century thought: the indulgence of communism by Western intellectuals. In between the personal beginning and the personal... -
Operation Market-garden Then and Now: v. 2 by Karel Margry 9781870067454
RRP: £44.95£37.73Volume 2 of this two-volume history of Operation "Market-Garden" continues the story as XXX Corps links up with the 82nd Airborne at Nijmegen which leads to the dramatic and spectacular capture of the vital bridges there over the Waal river. But at... -
Enlightened Eclecticism - The Grand Design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland by Adriano Aymonino
RRP: £50.00£41.65A beautifully illustrated exploration of opulent tastes and the power of patronage in 18th-century Britain The central decades of the eighteenth century in Britain were crucial to the history of European taste and design. One of the period's most... -
The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando by Paul Kix 9780062322531
RRP: £20.99£13.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062322531Author Paul KixFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 227g -
Baldwin by Anne Perkins 9781904950608
£8.99Stanley Baldwin's cultivated image of the plain man, Mr Suburbia', helped him cope with two of the greatest domestic political crises of the first half of twentieth century Britain, the General Strike and the Abdication.Book InformationISBN... -
Nelson's Pathfinders: A Forgotten Story in the Triumph of British Sea Power Michael Barritt 9780300273762
RRP: £25.00£20.92The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon During the Napoleonic Wars, more than twice as many British warships were lost to shipwreck than in battle. The...