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1920s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
RRP: €17.79€12.83With over 1,000 colourful images, Robert Opie brings to life the 1920s and captures the mood of this radical decade in Great Britain. The Twenties were a time for change and invention. The arrival of the wireless provided a new form of entertainment and... -
England and the Aeroplane: Militarism, Modernity and Machines by David Edgerton
RRP: €19.03€13.82The story of the strange mixture of romanticism, militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England, from the brilliant author of Britain's War MachineThe history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few'... -
England's First Castle: The Story of a 1000-Year-Old Mystery by Terry Wardle 9780752447971
RRP: €17.84€13.74In early September 1051, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that 'the French had built a castle', the first Norman castle in England. Yet for centuries the circumstances behind the construction of this castle and its actual location have remained a... -
From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe by John Connelly
RRP: €26.18€21.85A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to todayIn the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his... -
Five Million Tides: A Biography of the Helford River by Christian Boulton
RRP: €23.80€17.90Five Million Tides is the story of Cornwall's Helford River from the Stone Age to the dawning of the twenty-first century. From prehistoric pioneers and their megalithic successors, this account goes on to expose a remarkable truth: the Helford became... -
The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution by Timothy Tackett
RRP: €24.93€20.56Between 1793 and 1794, thousands of French citizens were imprisoned and hundreds sent to the guillotine by a powerful dictatorship that claimed to be acting in the public interest. Only a few years earlier, revolutionaries had proclaimed a new era of... -
Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order by Robert Paxton
RRP: €35.70€28.19Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's sudden collapse under Nazi invasion utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account of the Vichy period in France. With a new... -
Field Work: Faber Modern Classics by Seamus Heaney
RRP: €11.89€7.97Seamus Heaney was 'the greatest poet of our age' (Guardian). From his remarkable debut in 1966, he pioneered the poetry of our times across five decades of cultural and political change, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.Field Work,... -
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed by Mike Ripley
RRP: €17.84€5.66WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an... -
The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution by Michael J. Braddick
RRP: €48.78€48.18This Handbook brings together leading historians of the events surrounding the English revolution, exploring how the events of the revolution grew out of, and resonated, in the politics and interactions of the each of the Three Kingdoms - England,... -
Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal by Andreas Viestad 9781789147827
RRP: €13.08€9.25'There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum,' writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of the Eternal City, and global civilization... -
Medieval Minds Pupil's Book Britain 1066-1500 by Jamie Byrom
€34.66Invokes curiosity and wonder to engage all pupils through arresting source material, thought-provoking enquiry and clear, vibrant pates. Supports development of thinking skills through progressive steps in each enquiry, which gradually build... -
Firefighters of Belfast by Brian Allaway 9781912147458
RRP: €15.46€11.02The firefighters responded to every incident during the Troubles, wherever it was located, seeing the best and worst of humanity. The years 1969 to 1994 were particularly difficult for Northern Ireland, and what would become known as 'the Troubles' would... -
Footmarks: A Journey Into our Restless Past by Jim Leary
RRP: €22.60€14.85'Lucid, poetic and fascinating' ALICE ROBERTS'Engaging, authoritative and full of fascinating stories of the past' RAY MEARS'A gentle, personal and very readable book' JULIA BLACKBURN AUTHOR OF TIME SONG'A triumph!' JAMES CANTON, AUTHOR OF THE OAK... -
A Guide to Medieval Gardens: Gardens in the Age of Chivalry by Brown, Michael 9781526794543
RRP: €29.75€21.44Medieval gardens usually rate very few pages in the garden history books. The general perception is still of small gardens in the corner of a castle. Recent research has shown that the gardens were larger than we previously believed. This book contains... -
A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain by Tamasin Cave
RRP: €13.08€9.25Q. What's worth GBP2,000,000,000, answers to no-one and operates out of public sight? A. Britain's influence industry The corporate takeover of democracy is no conspiracy theory - it's happening, and it affects every aspect of our... -
Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer? by Danielle Burton 9781398114692
RRP: €27.36€17.74The Woodville family are synonymous with the Wars of the Roses. While much has been published on the family as a whole, especially Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV, Anthony Woodville - the favourite sibling of Elizabeth - has been largely overlooked by... -
The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Callum MacDonald 9781843410362
RRP: €11.89€7.97On 4 June 1942 one of the most powerful figures of the Nazi regime died in agony from wounds sustained during an assassination attempt in Prague. This is the story of the killing of Reinhard Heydrich, a man of extraordinary intelligence, ruthlessness and... -
Tudor Feminists: 10 Renaissance Women Ahead of their Time by Rebecca Wilson 9781399043618
RRP: €29.75€19.19The term ‘feminist’ would have been anachronistic in the Tudor period, but surely we would not hesitate to call the lady, who would be queen, Anne Boleyn, a feminist? All ten women examined in this book, from Catherine Parr to Margaret Beaufort, lived... -
The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987 by Rosamond McKitterick 9780582490055
€100.15An exciting examination of the entire history of the Carolingian 'dynasty' in western Europe. The author shows the whole period to be one of immense political, religious. cultural and intellectual dynamism; not only did it lay the foundations of the... -
Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace by Alexander Mikaberidze
RRP: €38.66€26.91A full-life portrait of the man Tolstoy immortalized, Stalin lionized, and Russian history has manipulated and mythologized beyond recognition. Every Russian knows him purely by his patronym. He was the general who triumphed over Napoleons Grande... -
In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu
€17.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395657836Author Radu FlorescuPage Count 320Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 500g -
This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain Matthew Lockwood 9780008442569
RRP: €35.70€23.24‘Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time’ BART VAN ES How have those who arrived on Britain’s shores shaped its history? Refugees seeking to reach Britain today often face perilous journeys,... -
Japan: Land of the Rising Sun by Melanie Clegg
RRP: €23.79€16.24From shrines to megacities, from paddy fields to high speed trains to the latest in digital technology, Japan is a fascinating mix of the ancient and modern, of East and West. Featuring castles and hot springs, remote volcanic islands and intense... -
In the Cafe of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano
RRP: €10.70€7.38Four narrators, a student from a cafe, a private detective hired by an aggrieved husband, the heroine herself and one of her lovers, construct a portrait of Jacqueline Delanque, otherwise known as Louki. The daughter of a single mother who works in the... -
Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
RRP: €41.65€34.91A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and ruleMaria Theresa (1717-1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg... -
Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life: 2023 by Jane Hamlett
RRP: €23.80€17.01A history of pets and their companions in Britain from the Victorians to today.Pet Revolution tracks the British love affair with pets over the last two centuries, showing how the kinds of pets we keep, as well as how we relate to and care for them, has... -
The Great British Bobby: A history of British policing from 1829 to the present by Clive Emsley
RRP: €15.46€10.23The Victorians called him 'Bobby' after Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary who created the Metropolitan Police in 1829. The generations that followed came to regard the force in which he served as 'the best police in the world'. If twenty-first century... -
The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage by Arthur Koestler 9780394402840
RRP: €14.88€12.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394402840Author Arthur KoestlerFormat HardbackPage Count 255Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 275g -
Lost Lines of Wales: Llandovery to Craven Arms by Jamie Green 9781914079115
RRP: €10.70€7.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079115Author Jamie GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 5mm -
London: A Travel Guide Through Time by Matthew Green
RRP: €15.46€10.82Step back in time and discover the sights, sounds and smells of London through the ages in this enthralling journey into the capital's rich, teeming and occasionally hazardous past.Let time traveller Dr Matthew Green be your guide to six extraordinary... -
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder
RRP: €15.46€10.82LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the gas chambers became operation more than a million European Jews were already dead: shot at close range... -
The Great British Woodstock: The Incredible Story of the Weeley Festival 1971 by Ray Clark 9780750969895
RRP: €23.80€18.37It started as a donkey derby, a small local charity event, but when plans for the 1971 Isle of Wight Festival fell through, Clacton Round Table decided to hold a pop concert of their own - a small gig for 5,000 locals. Little did they know that it would... -
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
RRP: €17.84€13.03Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZESPECTATOR, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Imagine Wolf Hall rewritten by John le Carre ... gripping ... a rare... -
The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530 by Wim Blockmans 9780812213829
€33.55They were, in the words of one contemporary observer, "the Promised Lands." In all of Europe, only Northern Italy could rival the economic power and cultural wealth of the Low Countries in the later Middle Ages. In The Promised Lands, Wim Blockmans and... -
Essex Ghost Stories by Robert Hallmann 9780752448480
RRP: €17.84€13.74Set in the historic county of Essex, this gripping compilation includes stories of restless Vikings that still haunt their former sparring grounds; the distraught countryman of Canvey Island forever searching for his horse and cart; the mysterious... -
A Concise History of Germany by Mary Fulbrook
RRP: €26.17€22.94This third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of the story of the German lands and peoples from the early middle ages to the present day... -
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War by Paul Kennedy
RRP: €15.46€10.82From Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, one of the most acclaimed history books of recent decades, Engineers of Victory is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War. In... -
More Was Lost: A Memoir by Eleanor Perenyi
RRP: €19.03€13.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590179499Author Eleanor PerenyiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Modern Greece: A Short History by The Hon. C.M. Woodhouse D.S.O.
RRP: €11.89€7.97Acclaimed for its penetration, balance and insight, Modern Greece tells the story of Greece and the Greek people from the founding of Constantinople to the late twentieth century.'Very readable, very informative.' Sunday TimesModern Greece: A Short...