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The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923 by Charles Townshend
RRP: $29.23$21.35A gripping narrative of the most critical years in modern Ireland's history - from Charles Townshend, author of Easter 1916TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014The protracted, terrible fight for independence pitted the Irish against the... -
Old Norse - Old Icelandic: Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas by Jesse Byock 9781953947093
RRP: $33.13$22.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953947093Author Jesse ByockFormat PaperbackPage Count 215Imprint Jules William PressPublisher Jules William Press -
The Kelly Sisters by Maureen Lee
RRP: $19.48$11.62It should have been the start of a brand new life in Liverpool...Patricia, Tara and Aideen couldn't be more excited about leaving Dublin with their father and heading for a new life in Liverpool. Yet it soon becomes clear that all is not as it seems... -
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee
RRP: $19.48$14.18'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience ... and ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personality ... Whoop, whoop! If anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-funding... -
The Tudors: The Crown, the Dynasty, the Golden Age by Siobhan Clarke
RRP: $48.75$28.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780233005966Author Siobhan ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group -
The Lost War Horses of Cairo: The Passion of Dorothy Brooke by Grant Hayter-Menzies
RRP: $29.23$21.35In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil and misery.Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War,... -
The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants' Revolt by Justine Firnhaber-Baker
RRP: $68.23$62.42The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens of... -
Richard of Cornwall: The English King of Germany by Darren Baker
RRP: $44.83$29.07Richard of Cornwall was born in 1209 as the youngest son of King John. His life of adventure made him one of the wealthiest and most widely travelled men of his era. Praised for his diplomatic and organisational skills, he led the last successful crusade... -
Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Enslaving Past by Alex Renton
RRP: $33.13$22.58LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE'Alex Renton has done Britain a favour and written a brutally honest book about his family's involvement with slavery. Blood Legacy could change our frequently defensive national conversation about slavery/race'... -
AQA GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship by Adele Fletcher
$14.18Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: GeographyFirst 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... -
To Do the Work of Men: An Operational History of the 21st Division in the Great War by Derek Clayton 9781804512333
RRP: $73.13$52.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512333Author Derek ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Cultural Capital: The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain by Robert Hewison
RRP: $29.23$24.47Britain began the twenty-first century convinced of its creativity. Throughout the New Labour era, the visual and performing arts, museums and galleries, were ceaselessly promoted as a stimulus to national economic revival, a post-industrial... -
Lime, Lemon and Sarsaparilla: The Italian Community in South Wales, 1881-1945 by Colin Hughes
RRP: $19.48$13.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781724897Author Colin HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 19mm -
The A-Z of Curious Norfolk: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Sarah E. Doig 9781803994406
RRP: $29.23$22.52Norfolk's spectacular coastline, quaint villages, historic houses, bustling market towns and meandering rivers all provide the perfect backdrop for some of the most curious tales from across the centuries.Which eccentric cleric's final words were 'Did I... -
Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop: The Team That Changed Children's TV by Nat Segaloff 9780813196268
RRP: $48.75$32.19For almost half a century, celebrated ventriloquist and entertainer Shari Lewis delighted generations of children and adults with the help of her trusted sock puppet sidekick Lamb Chop. For decades, the beloved pair were synonymous with children's... -
Seven Myths of the Spanish Inquisition by Gretchen D. Starr-LeBeau 9781647921309
RRP: $38.98$32.06"Gretchen Starr-LeBeau's Seven Myths of the Spanish Inquisition provides an excellent introduction to Habsburg Spain's most reviled and misunderstood institution. Drawn from archival sources and modern scholarship, this concise study presents the long... -
A History and Guide to Scottish Castles by Jenna Maxwell
RRP: $42.90$30.46At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles. It's an extraordinary number for such a small country and today, around 3,000 still stand. Some are world famous, others have inspired great works of literature, while others have lit up the... -
Glasgow East: Images of Scotland by Gordon Adams 9780752445670
RRP: $31.18$23.89This fascinating collection of more than 200 archive photographs explores the history of the east of Glasgow over the last 100 years - travelling through the city centre and Glasgow Green, Calton, Mile-end and Bridgeton, Dennistoun, Camlachie and... -
16 Dead Men: The Easter Rising Executions by Anne-Marie Ryan 9781781171349
$33.19Sixteen men were executed in the aftermath of the Easter Rising in Ireland, 1916: fifteen were shot and one was hanged. Their deaths changed the course of Irish history. But who were these leaders who set in motion events that would lead to the creation... -
The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts by Delyth Badder 9781915279507
RRP: $29.23$22.58Wales is a land with a vast wealth of ghost stories, including fantastical animals, flickering death omens and unseen things that go bump in the night. Whether these tales are based on true events, or are the creations of active imaginations, is known... -
Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Tim Judah
RRP: $23.38$17.39On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, becoming the seventh state to emerge from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. A tiny country of just two million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians, Kosovo is central - geographically,... -
Georgian Harlots and Whores: Fame, Fashion & Fortune by Rendell, Mike 9781526791023
RRP: $39.00$27.87This book will look at the phenomenon of celebrity hookers in the eighteenth century -all of them the subject of extraordinary press scrutiny and comment. They were the fashion icons of the age, and what they wore was copied and put on sale in the high... -
Inherit the Truth 1939-1945: The Documented Experiences of a Survivor of Auschwitz and Belsen by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch 9781900357012
RRP: $29.23$19.11This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at... -
Jack the Ripper: The Forgotten Victims by Paul Begg 9780300117202
RRP: $43.88$37.73Experts agree that Jack the Ripper murdered five London women, but how many others did he slaughter in Britain or across the seas? The number of women murdered and mutilated by Jack the Ripper is impossible to know, although most researchers now agree on... -
Victorian Voices: Introduction to the Papers of Sir John Le Couteur by Joan Stevens 9780901897008
$51.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901897008Author Joan StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Societe JersiaisePublisher Societe Jersiaise -
Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats by Maya Goodfellow
RRP: $19.48$15.93Longlisted for the 2019 Jhalak Prize. From the 1960s the UK's immigration policy - introduced by both Labour and Tory governments - has been a toxic combination of racism and xenophobia. Maya Goodfellow tracks this history through to the present day,... -
Elizabeth the Queen: The real story behind The Crown by Sally Bedell Smith
RRP: $25.33$17.73Queen. Mother. Servant. Friend. This is the most intimate portrait of our longest serving monarch, an inspiration to her country: Queen Elizabeth II.Get to know the real Elizabeth in the definitive biography from the bestselling British Royal Family... -
Halifax Revisited by Vera Chapman
RRP: $29.23$22.52This thoughtfully compiled collection of over 200 archive postcards and images illustrates the history of Halifax from around the mid-eighteenth century.The district is characterised by steep slopes and deep valleys, sett-paved streets and nearby... -
Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family by Rachel Bowie
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646042609Author Rachel BowieFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press -
Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore by Sophie Hodorowicz Knab 9780781805155
RRP: $35.08$24.77"A richly detailed and well-informed month-by month accounting of all the major Polish customs and traditions practiced over the centuries. Ms. Knab stirs and reawakens our ancestral memory."-The Kosciuszko Foundation Newsletter This unique,... -
Romania - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Debbie Stowe
RRP: $19.48$14.70Culture 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... -
Ukraine Diaries by Andrey Kurkov
RRP: $25.33$17.73Acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov gives powerful insight into life in Kyiv following the 2013 protests and before the 2022 Russian invasion.-16 DegreesC, sunlight, silence. I drove the children to school, then went to see the revolution. I walked between... -
Liverpool Docks by Michael Stammers
RRP: $29.23$22.52The story of Liverpool is, in many ways, the story of its docks. Before the docks, trade was limited by the tides and at the mercy of the Mersey's currents. After dock construction began, the city became a hub of Britain's worldwide trading network... -
The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard C.1100-C.1336 by Andrew R MacDonald
RRP: $48.75$33.77This study explores the history of the western seaboard of Scotland (the Hebrides, Argyll and the Isle of Man) in a formative but often neglected era: the central middle ages, from the mightly Somerled to his descendant John MacDonald, the first Lord of... -
Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess by Elisabeth Basford
RRP: $29.23$22.52Princess Diana is seen as the first member of the British royal family to tear up the rulebook, and the Duchess of Cambridge is modernising the monarchy in strides. But before them was another who paved the way.Princess Mary was born in 1897. Despite her... -
My Revision Notes: OCR AS/A-level History: The Cold War in Europe 1941-1995 by Nicholas Fellows
RRP: $20.48$18.76Exam board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Flag: The Story of Revd David Railton Mc and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior by Andrew Richards 9781612007496
RRP: $25.33$17.73This book describes the wartime experiences of Reverend David Railton, MC, who was a chaplain on the Western Front during WWI. As a chaplain, Railton supported soldiers in their worst moments, he buried the fallen, comforted the wounded, wrote to the... -
Sunderland, Industrial Giant: Recollections of Working Life by Marie Gardiner 9780750981200
RRP: $29.23$22.52Sunderland was once one of Britain's industrial giants. Famous for its shipyards, mines and glass-making, it thrived at a time when its country needed it most. After the Second World War the town saw incredible change, as the heavy industry that seemed... -
Berwick-Upon-Tweed: Berwick-Upon-Tweed: Images of England by Jim Walker 9780752415178
RRP: $25.33$23.89This incredible collection of over 200 old photographs and illustrations in and around Berwick-upon-Tweed beautifully portrays the town as it used to be. Through these pictures we discover all aspects of the town, from buildings and shops which no longer... -
The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits by Simon Schama 9780670922291
$29.72Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough...