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Van Gogh's Ear: The True Story by Bernadette Murphy
RRP: £14.99£10.95In December 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is the most famous story about any artist in history. But what really happened on that dark winter night?In Van Gogh's Ear, Bernadette Murphy reveals the truth. She takes us on an extraordinary... -
Possessed By the Devil: The Real History of the Islandmagee Witches and Ireland's Only Mass Witchcraft Trial by Andrew Sneddon 9781845887452
RRP: £16.99£12.94In 1711, in County Antrim, eight women were put on trial accused of orchestrating the demonic possession of young Mary Dunbar, and the haunting and supernatural murder of a local clergyman's wife. Mary Dunbar was the star witness in this trial, and the... -
November 1918: The German Revolution by Robert Gerwarth
RRP: £26.49£18.61The German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come... -
Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco's Spain by Paul Preston 9780008522117
RRP: £30.00£19.93A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify... -
Cold, Hard Steel: The Myth of the Modern Surgeon by Agnes Arnold-Forster
RRP: £25.00£17.92Brilliant, volatile and invariably male, the surgeon stereotype is a widespread and instantly recognisable part of western culture. Setting out to anatomise this stereotype, Cold, hard steel offers an exciting new history of modern and contemporary... -
Das Reboot: How German Football Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World by Raphael Honigstein
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win' Gary Lineker Packed with exclusive interviews with key protagonists, Raphael Honigstein's book lifts the lid on the secrets of German football's... -
Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland by Matthew Cheeseman 9781032071824
RRP: £39.99£35.46This collection explores folklore and folkloristics within the diverse and contested national discourses of Britain and Ireland, examining their role in shaping the islands' constituent nations from the eighteenth century to our contemporary moment of... -
UK Airfields of the Ninth: Then and Now by Roger A. Freeman 9780900913808
RRP: £24.95£20.51Charged primarily with the support of ground forces in the invasion of Normandy, the Ninth fielded a variety of aircraft - liaison, fighter, bomber and troop carrier - and operated from over 60 airfields in Britain. In this work, they are explored and... -
The King's Return: (Thomas Hill 3) by Andrew Swanston
RRP: £9.99£7.11The king's coronation brings hope. Until a murderer strikes.Spring 1661: After years of civil war followed by Oliver Cromwell's joyless rule as Lord Protector, England awaits the coronation of King Charles II. The mood in London is one of relief and hope... -
The Autobiography of a Nation: The 1951 Festival of Britain by Becky E. Conekin 9780719060601
RRP: £19.99£17.82The first full-length study on the 1951 Festival of Britain. An examination of how Britain and Britishness were portrayed in the 1951's Festival's exhibitions and events. Covers the Festival's history and historiography, its purpose, its representations... -
The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black Legend of the Dudleys by Derek Wilson 9781845292300
£13.33In the political ferment of the Tudor century one family above all others was always at the troubled centre of court and council. During those years the Dudleys were never far from controversy. Three of them were executed for treason. They were... -
Mohammed & Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy by Emmet Scott 9780578094182
RRP: £13.99£9.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578094182Author Emmet ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint World Encounter Institute/New English Review PressPublisher World Encounter... -
The Good Sharps: The Brothers and Sisters Who Remade Their World by Hester Grant 9781784707224
RRP: £10.99£7.77The enthralling story of an eighteenth-century family and their extraordinary achievements.Four brothers, three sisters. Brought up in a Northumberland rectory and in the close of Durham Cathedral, the Sharps would achieve exalted positions at the heart... -
The Break-Up of Britain by Tom Nairn 9781781683200
RRP: £16.99£16.97In this classic text, first published in 1977, Tom Nairn memorably depicts the 'slow foundering' of the United Kingdom on the rocks of imperial decline, constitutional anachronism and the gathering force of civic nationalism. Rich in comparisons between... -
Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now: Seven Scenes from the Life of a House by The Duke of Devonshire
RRP: £50.00£37.62A stunningly original portrait of one of England's grandest country housesNo house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for sixteen... -
Hadrian's Wall: Creating Division by Matthew Symonds
RRP: £19.99£16.54Over its venerable history, Hadrian's Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border, recent research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation... -
The Great Fire of London by Samuel Pepys
RRP: £3.00£2.49'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops'A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great FireIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th... -
Renaissance and Reformation France: 1500-1648 by Professor Mack P. Holt 9780198731658
RRP: £36.99£28.51This volume makes accessible some of the most recent research of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in France. Using a topical approach to provide broad thematic coverage of the period from 1500 to 1648, each chapter focuses on a specific area... -
St Albans: A history by Mark Freeman 9781912260652
RRP: £19.99£17.82Mark Freeman’s classic history of St Albans, first published in 2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two thousand years of St Albans’s history. From the late Iron... -
Windrush: 75 Years of Modern Britain by Trevor Phillips 9780008609702
RRP: £12.99£8.48The oral history of Britain's first West Indian immigrants and their descendants In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the... -
Türkiye: Cycling Through a Country’s First Century by Julian Sayarer 9781529429954
RRP: £25.00£16.78"A deeply thoughtful, gripping and scrupulous book told in Sayarer's trademark style from the saddle and the roadside" CAROLINE EDENBy a winner of the Stanford Dolman Award for Travel Writing"The best travelogues should make you question your... -
Prison Notebooks: Volumes 1, 2 & 3 by Antonio Gramsci
RRP: £80.00£64.79Columbia University Press's multivolume Prison Notebooks is the only complete critical edition of Antonio Gramsci's seminal writings in English. Based on the authoritative Italian edition of Gramsci's work, Quaderni del Carcere, this comprehensive... -
The Dublin Railway Murder: The sensational true story of a Victorian murder mystery by Thomas Morris
RRP: £9.99£7.11A thrilling investigation of a true Victorian crime at Dublin railway station, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2022.'All the shocks and surprises of the best crime fiction' The Times Crime ClubDublin, November 1856: George Little, the... -
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller
RRP: £14.99£9.80The best oils are made by authentic artist-craftsmen, who marry centuries-old agricultural wisdom with cutting-edge extraction technology, and now produce the finest oils in history. However, these producers are being steadily driven from the market:... -
An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin by Gad Beck 9780299165048
RRP: £18.95£14.71That Gad Beck, a Jew in the Berlin of Nazi Germany, lived through the Holocaust at all is surprising. The fact that he lived it as a homosexual Jew who spent the entire war funnelling food, money and clothing to hidden Jews and helping smuggle others out... -
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
RRP: £12.99£8.60***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 JHALAK PRIZE***A leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Hannah Lowe, Jamz Supernova, Natasha Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair.For the... -
Phantoms of Breslau: An Eberhard Mock Investigation by Marek Krajewski
RRP: £9.99£6.80It is 1919 in Breslau. The hideously battered bodies of four young sailors are discovered on an island in the River Oder. When Criminal Assistant Mock arrives at the scene to investigate, he discovers a note addressed to him, asking him to confess his... -
Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts 9781101980996
RRP: £43.00£31.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101980996Author Andrew RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 1152Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1588gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 165mm *... -
The French Mind: A Cultural History of an Exceptional People by Peter Watson 9781398511507
RRP: £16.99£13.65'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review_________________________________________________________________________________________We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity, sophistication and... -
Nobody Leaves: Impressions of Poland by Ryszard Kapuscinski
RRP: £8.99£6.45'A masterpiece ... a moving image of post-war Poland, and the first breathing of one of the essential voices of the twentieth century... the master of literary reportage' The Times Literary SupplementWhen the great traveller-reporter Ryszard... -
Dressing Up: A History of Fancy Dress in Britain by Verity Wilson
RRP: £25.00£18.62Pierrot, Little Bo Peep, cowboy: these characters and many more form part of this colourful story of dressing up, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Fancy dress became a regular part of people's social lives... -
High Wycombe Revisited by Colin Seabright 9780752436784
RRP: £12.99£9.62This absorbing collection of images offers a nostalgic glimpse into the history of High Wycombe during the last century. Situated between the Chiltern Hills, High Wycombe's early prosperity was based on its watermills and the market which served a large... -
British Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After by Norman Friedman
RRP: £50.00£35.22The Royal Navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the First World War, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the Second. This book tells the dramatic story of British coastal forces, both offensive and defensive, in... -
A 1950s Southampton Childhood by Penny Legg 9780752482859
RRP: £10.99£8.25The 1950s was a time of regeneration and change for Southampton. For children growing up during this decade, life was changing fast. They still made their own toys and earned their own pocket money, but, on new television sets, Andy Pandy (1950) and Bill... -
Before Boas: The Genesis of Ethnography and Ethnology in the German Enlightenment by Han F. Vermeulen
RRP: £36.00£29.21The history of anthropology has been written from multiple viewpoints, often from perspectives of gender, nationality, theory, or politics. Before Boas delves deeper into issues concerning anthropology's academic origins to present a groundbreaking study... -
The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana by Richard Aldrich
RRP: £25.00£17.59A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021'Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'A fascinating history of royal espionage.' Sunday Times'Excellent... Compelling' GuardianFor the... -
Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and Her Siblings by Heather R. Darsie
RRP: £22.99£15.18Children of the House of Cleves describes and analyses the lives of Sybylla, Anna, Wilhelm and Amalia, the children of Johann III, Duke of Cleves. Though their parents were staunch Catholics, Wilhelm of Julich-Cleves-Berg was a Lutheran - when it suited... -
Stalin: The Georgian student priest who became one of the 20th century's most notorious mass murderers by Claire Shaw
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187899Author Claire ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
The Witches of St Osyth by Marion Gibson
RRP: £30.00£25.95An emotive, haunting story of a community torn apart, the Essex witch accusations and trial of 1581-2 are, taken together, one of the pivotal instances of that malign and destructive wave of misogynistic persecution which periodically broke over early... -
The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through Cities at the Heart of Europe by Marek Kohn
RRP: £20.00£16.98A journey through Europe's old towns, exploring why we treasure them-but also what they hide about a continent's fraught history "[A] fascinating chronicle."-Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle...