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Hawkhurst: Murder, Corruption, and Britain's Most Notorious Smuggling Gang by Joseph Dragovich
RRP: £16.99£12.94South-east England, 1740s: war and heated politics bring the old practice of smuggling to new and dangerous heights. Violent gangs of smugglers terrorise communities and confound government attempts to stop them. The most famous of these, the Hawkhurst... -
The Tudor Arte of Warre 1485-1558: The Conduct of War from Henry VII to Mary I by Jonathan Davies 9781913336417
RRP: £35.00£25.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336417Author Jonathan DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Folklore of Lincolnshire by Susanna O'Neill 9780752459646
RRP: £14.99£11.55The county of Lincolnshire is a beautiful mixture of low-lying marshy fen land, modest hills and the steep valleys of the rolling Wolds; it is also home to a wealth of folklore, legend and intrigue.With one of the most interesting dialects in the... -
The Puritan Princess: The stunning and unforgettable historical novel of family, politics and the price of love in the Civil War by Miranda Malins
RRP: £10.99£7.40Power, passion and a devastating fight for the crown - discover the gripping story of Oliver Cromwell's youngest daughter. Perfect for fans of Anne O'Brien, Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory 'A powerful and superbly researched historical novel' Andrew... -
Bring Up the Bodies (The Wolf Hall Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel 9780008366766
RRP: £20.00£14.18Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction 'Simply exceptional...I envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' Daily Mail... -
Peaky Blinders: The Aftermath: Britain's most notorious gangsters 1930-50 by Carl Chinn
RRP: £8.99£6.22From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Carl ChinnAs Britain emerges into the mid-twentieth century, change is afoot. Cities are beginning to shift from smog-filled industrial hubs to more efficient metropolitan centres of commerce and, despite the... -
David Stirling: The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: £25.00£14.66Aristocrat, gambler, innovator and special forces legend, the life of David Stirling should need no retelling. His formation of the Special Air Service in the summer of 1941 led to a new form of warfare and Stirling is remembered as the father of special... -
King Charles III by Gill Knappett
RRP: £12.99£9.03A sumptuous celebration of the life of His Majesty King Charles III, published to coincide with the festivities, traditions and pageantry of his Coronation in May 2023. On 8th September 2022, His Majesty King Charles III, formerly The Prince of Wales,... -
The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Robert C. Allen
RRP: £8.99£6.45The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology... -
Imagining Ireland's Independence: The Debates over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 by Jason K. Knirck 9780742541481
RRP: £40.00£35.22The key turning point in modern Ireland's history, the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 has shadowed Ireland's political life for decades. In this first book-length assessment of the treaty in over seventy years, Jason Knirck recounts the compelling story of... -
The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World: The Sinking of the "Titanic" and the End of the Edwardian Era by Gareth Russell
RRP: £12.99£8.32When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change. With new research and... -
A Love Letter to Europe: An outpouring of sadness and hope - Mary Beard, Shami Chakrabati, Sebastian Faulks, Neil Gaiman, Ruth Jones, J.K. Rowling, Sandi Toksvig and others by Frank Cottrell Boyce
RRP: £10.99£7.78How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic... -
History of My Life by Giacomo Casanova 9781857152906
RRP: £20.00£15.29The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-1798), in now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in him memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was diplomat, business... -
The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss by Paul Williams 9781911630791
RRP: £14.99£13.45On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law - and won. To the rest of the world he was an elusive criminal... -
The Skripal Files: The only book you need to read on the Salisbury Poisonings by Mark Urban
RRP: £9.99£7.27The Skripal Files tells the full story behind the Salisbury Poisonings, one of the most shocking incidents to occur in Britain in recent memory. Broadcaster and historian Mark Urban interviewed Sergei Skripal in the months before the poisoning and... -
Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia and the end of the Golden Age by Robin Waterfield
RRP: £12.99£8.56It is 401 BC. After an epic battle in Persia, Xenophon is elected general of the defeated Greek army and must lead the men on a fraught journey back home - a journey of hundreds of miles, north from modern-day Iraq into the mountains of Kurdistan and... -
Denmark - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Mark H. Salmon 9781857338843
RRP: £7.99£6.14Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
Bosworth: The Archaeology of the Battlefield by Mackinder, Richard 9781399010528
RRP: £25.00£17.62The Wars of the Roses came to a bloody climax at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485/. In a few hours, on a stretch of otherwise unremarkable fields in Leicestershire, Richard III, Henry Tudor and their Yorkist and Lancastrian supporters clashed... -
Leviathan: The Rise of Britain as a World Power by David Scott
RRP: £14.99£9.53In this paperback of his acclaimed and wide-ranging study, David Scott challenges traditional assumptions about how Britain achieved her global might. Shortlisted for the Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature 2013 ... -
Hans Holbein: The Artist in a Changing World by Jeanne Nuechterlein
RRP: £17.95£13.32Immensely skillful and inventive, Hans Holbein molded his approach to art-making during a period of dramatic transformation in European society and culture: the emergence of humanism, the impact of the Reformation on religious life and the effects of new... -
Irish History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Ireland by Captivating History 9781637162453
RRP: £17.97£12.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637162453Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)... -
An Advertisement for Toothpaste by Ryszard Kapuscinski
RRP: £3.00£2.49'Like rotting stakes in a forest clearing' The great journalist of conflict in the Third World finds an even stranger and more exotic society in his own home of post-War PolandPenguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the... -
London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings by David Long
RRP: £12.99£9.62Delve into London's architectural curiositites and discover the unexpected gems waiting around every corner.London is full of extraordinary, enigmatic and, above all, unexpected buildings: a pirate castle in Camden, an art gallery made of shipping... -
Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth by Guy Standing
RRP: £10.99£7.77'One of the most important books I've read in years' Brian EnoWe are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost... -
Pocket Book of W.B. Yeats by Tony Potter 9780717173259
RRP: £6.99£5.13William Butler Yeats ranks among the greatest literary talents of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though best-known as the author of poems as timeless and delicately crafted as The Lake Isle of Innisfree and for his unrequited love of Maud Gonne,... -
Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That by Dylan Jones
RRP: £25.00£16.78Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry,... -
Rudiments of Runelore by Stephen Pollington
£8.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898281498Author Stephen PollingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Anglo-Saxon BooksPublisher Anglo-Saxon BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London by Vic Gatrell
RRP: £25.00£18.32Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre... -
Sophia - Mother of Kings: The Finest Queen Britain Never Had by Catherine Curzon 9781526762986
RRP: £12.99£9.09When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privilege, she hated the groom she called pig snout and wept at news of her engagement. In the austere court... -
A Book of Migrations by Rebecca Solnit
£12.30In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization,... -
The War On Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe by R. I. Moore
RRP: £11.99£8.43The war on heresy obsessed medieval Europe in the centuries after the first millennium. R. I. Moore's vivid narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of those who declared and conducted the war: what were the beliefs and practices they saw as... -
Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece by William E. Wallace 9780691195490
RRP: £25.00£19.59The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades-and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were... -
The Guide to Mysterious Arran by Geoff Holder
RRP: £14.99£11.55This is the essential guide to everything strange, marvellous and paranormal on the beautiful and rugged Isle of Arran. Why did the police in 1889 bury the boots of the victim of the Arran Murder below the high-water mark? What happened to the miracle... -
Law, Liberty and the Constitution - A Brief History of the Common Law by Harry Potter
RRP: £19.99£17.37A new approach to the telling of legal history, devoid of jargon and replete with good stories, which will be of interest to anyone wishing to know more about the common law - the spinal cord of the English body politic. Throughout English history the... -
The Times Remembering Railways: Fascinating insights into Britain's Railways by Julian Holland
RRP: £30.00£20.53The perfect gift for every railway enthusiast. The history of Britain's railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats. Julian Holland brings together a unique... -
Hartlepool 1946-1997 by Douglas R. P. Ferriday 9780752407951
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752407951Author Douglas... -
The Great Romantic: Cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus - Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2019 by Duncan Hamilton 9781473661851
RRP: £12.99£8.60THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE 2019 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARDuncan Hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the... -
Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition by Czeslaw Milosz
RRP: £10.99£7.77After The Second World War, Czeslaw Milosz was exiled for many years from his home country of Poland. In Native Realm, he evokes that homeland and his years away from it; how it nurtured him and how its divisions and destruction shaped a generation... -
How to Survive in Tudor England by Toni Mount 9781399023283
RRP: £16.99£12.28Imagine you were transported back in time to Tudor England and had to start a new life there, without smartphones, internet or social media. When transport means walking or, if you're lucky, horseback, how will you know where you are or where to go?... -
The Great Irish Famine: A History in Four Lives by Enda Delaney
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Great Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the defining event in the history of modern Ireland. At least one million people died, and double that number fled the country within a decade. The Great Irish Famine surveys the history of this great tragedy...