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Irish: The Remarkable Saga of a Nation and a City by John Burrowes
RRP: £11.99£8.43Irish is the story of the mass migration from Ireland to Glasgow that took place in the wake of the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century. It is an epic account of the coming together of a nation and a city. This is the tale of those who escaped a... -
The Real Lives of Roman Britain by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: £12.99£11.46An innovative, informative, and entertaining history of Roman Britain told through the lives of individuals in all walks of life The Britain of the Roman Occupation is, in a way, an age that is dark to us. While the main events from 55 BC to AD 410 are... -
Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780 by Jeroen Duindam 9780521714761
RRP: £47.99£43.61Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Kent Folk Tales by Tony Cooper 9780752459332
RRP: £9.99£8.17These traditional stories and local legends have been handed down by storytellers for centuries. As folk tales reveal a lot about the people who invented them, this book provides a link to the ethics and way of life of generations of Kentish people... -
A Monstrous Commotion: The Mysteries of Loch Ness by Gareth Williams
RRP: £10.99£7.40The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking?Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist and president of the World Wildlife Fund, was convinced that the Monster... -
Chopin by Adam Zamoyski 9780007341856
RRP: £14.99£9.70A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years. Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered and cherished. And few have had... -
Simon de Montfort and the Rise of the English Nation by Darren Baker
RRP: £9.99£6.64Like his crusading father before him, Simon de Montfort's combination of charisma and fearlessness made him one of the greatest men of his age. This biography follows his life from his birth in France and arrival in England to his defeat and death at... -
Rena's Promise by Rena Kornreich Gelissen
RRP: £17.99£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807093139Author Rena Kornreich GelissenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Before the Dawn: An Autobiography by Gerry Adams 9781847179166
RRP: £13.99£10.95Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams offers a unique, intimate account of his childhood in working-class Belfast and the turbulent years of social activism that followed. First published in 1996 - at a time when politics in the North was at an impasse, and the... -
Titanic: Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo 9781780726342
RRP: £10.99£7.402.20am on 15th April 1912, the Titanic is plunging 12,000 feet to the ocean floor. Machinery, coal, crystal goblets, pianos and jewellery all tumbled through the dark water. Hundreds of passengers and crew remained trapped below decks - hundreds more... -
The Spanish Armada: A Ladybird Expert Book by Sam Willis
RRP: £7.99£5.79Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why did the Spanish launch their Armada on England?How did Francis Drake counter the Spanish threat?And why were so many ships lost at sea?In 1585 Spain was the most POWERFUL Empire in the known... -
Fighting in Hell: The German Ordeal on the Eastern Front by Peter G. Tsouras 9780804116985
RRP: £7.99£6.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804116985Author Peter G. TsourasFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Ivy Books,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 172mm... -
Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: £10.99£7.25The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'. Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time. She survived a turbulent life, marrying four times and enduring imprisonment before passing her claim... -
Blood and Soil: The Memoir of A Third Reich Brandenburger by Giampietro, Sepp de 9781784383411
RRP: £25.00£18.02_ The author is a sympathetic narrator and he has told his story with genuine verve and style [His] South Tyrolean origins, and his role in the Brandenburg Division make the book very distinctive._' Roger Moorhouse. The Brandenburgers were Hitler's... -
The Outer Hebrides: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: £7.99£5.46The remote archipelago which lies off the north-west coast of Scotland boasts a huge range of contrasting and spectacular land- and seascapes. Lewis is austere, with a featureless peatland core, bounded by dramatic sea cliffs, whilst neighbouring Harris... -
Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the Present by Murray Pittock 9780300273014
RRP: £12.99£11.46An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland's influence in the world and the world's on Scotland, from the Thirty Years' War to the present day Scotland is one of the oldest nations in the world, yet by some it is hardly counted as a nation at... -
Emigrants: Why the English Sailed to the New World by James Evans
RRP: £10.99£4.71'Marvellously engaging' The Times'Brisk, informative and eye-opening' Daily TelegraphIn the 1600s, vast numbers of people left England for the Americas. Crossing the Atlantic was a major undertaking, the voyage long and treacherous. Why did they... -
Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island by Ian Cobain 9781846276422
RRP: £10.99£7.32On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son. In Anatomy of a... -
The Cup of Ghosts (Mathilde of Westminster Trilogy, Book 1): Corruption, intrigue and murder in the court of Edward II by Paul Doherty
RRP: £9.99£6.80By 1322, Mathilde of Westminster was considered the finest physician in London. But in her years as lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella, she was drawn into the murky politics of the English court, where sudden, mysterious death was part of the tapestry... -
The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna by Tim Parks 9781787302150
RRP: £20.00£13.50Bestselling author of Italian Ways Tim Parks follows the hair-raising journey of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, 250-miles on foot from Rome to Ravenna, to explore Italy's past and present.In the summer of 1849, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy's... -
Beyond the Monastery Walls: Lay Men and Women in Early Medieval Legal Formularies by Warren C. Brown
RRP: £29.99£26.34Our understanding of life in the early Middle Ages is dominated by Christian churches and monasteries. It is their records and libraries which have survived the centuries, to tell us how the clerics, monks, and nuns who lived and worked within their... -
The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth by Anna Keay
RRP: £14.99£10.95'A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject' Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately tragic' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'It is the best royal biography I have read in years' A.N. Wilson ... -
The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland by Dale Serjeantson
£71.46Renowned archaeologist, Dale Serjeantson, tells the story of human engagement with birds from the end of the last Ice Age to around AD 1650. In this book, she integrates the study of archaeological bird remains with ethnography and the history of birds... -
Little Book of Paris Style: The fashion story of the iconic city by Alois Guinut
RRP: £12.99£7.88The epicentre of classic chic and the home of haute couture, Paris is the capital of elegance.From the iconic luxury of Chanel, Dior and Saint Laurent to the effortless sophistication of the typical Parisienne, the city's look is replicated the world... -
The Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett
RRP: £10.99£7.77*A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR*WHAT CAUSED THE FALL OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE, AND THE RISE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING?In the 1930s, Germany was at a turning point, with many looking to the Nazi phenomenon as... -
A Traveller's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy by Carl Shilleto
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566565554Author Carl ShilletoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
The Mirror and the Light (The Wolf Hall Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel 9780008390600
RRP: £25.00£17.43Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 The long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall trilogy. A Guardian Book... -
The Prince (Collins Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780007420070
RRP: £2.99£2.34HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to... -
England's Witchcraft Trials by Willow Winsham 9781473870949
£16.57Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. With the echo of that chilling injunction hundreds were accused and tried for witchcraft across England throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. With fear and suspicion rife, neighbour could turn against... -
Terroni: All That Has Been Done to Ensure That the Italians of the South Became Southerners by Pino Aprile 9781599540313
RRP: £14.25£11.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599540313Author Pino AprileFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
The Oxford History of the Reformation by Peter Marshall 9780192895264
RRP: £14.99£10.95'a vital resource' TLS 'Compelling collection' Literary Review The Reformation was a seismic event in history whose consequences are still unfolding in Europe and across the world. Martin Luther's protests against the marketing of... -
Phantom Major: the Story of David Stirling and the Sas Regiment by Virginia Cowles 9781848843868
RRP: £14.99£10.95In the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel's Afrika Korps was sweeping towards Egypt and the Suez Canal, a small group of daring raiders made history for the Allies. They operated deep behind the German lines, driving hundreds of miles... -
The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925 by Charles Townshend
RRP: £10.99£7.77A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'A model of research and analysis ... Townshend's concise and intelligent book tells a painful story that is probably not yet over' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph A compelling history of the turbulent journey to Irish... -
I Know I Am Rude: Prince Philip on Himself, the Queen and Others by Nigel Cawthorne 9781783342198
RRP: £9.99£8.17At the age of twenty-one, the future Prince Philip wrote to a relative: 'I know you will never think much of me. I am rude and unmannerly.' This affectionate compendium, brings together many known and less well-known stories about the prince, giving an... -
High Windows by Philip Larkin 9780571260140
RRP: £12.99£8.56Larkin's final collection of poems shows, as does all his best work, his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and everyday vocabulary to subtle metrical patterns and poetic forms. Many of the poems in the collection, which includes some of his... -
Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s by Roger Domeneghetti
RRP: £20.00£14.691980s Britain, told through the sport of the time.Travel back to the 1980s - to Botham's Ashes and the Brixton riots; the Moscow Olympics and the miners' strike; the Crucible Theatre and the Falklands - to explore how we got to where we are now. Discover... -
The Monuments 2nd edition: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races by Peter Cossins
RRP: £15.99£12.86An awe-inspiring history of the five most legendary "classic" races in world cycling. The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and... -
The Missing Monuments Murders by Judy Stove
RRP: £22.50£19.70In 1806, Jane Austen's relative, the Reverend Thomas Leigh, inherited huge estates and the mood in the extended Leigh/Austen family was jubilant. But within a few years, bizarre events were being reported: the removal and destruction of monuments in the... -
The Waffen-SS: v. 1: 1. to 5. Divisions by Gordon Williamson 9781841765891
RRP: £20.00£11.95In the early 1920s, a tiny group was formed within the SA to serve as Hitler's personal bodyguard. Originally labelled the 'Stosstruppe Adolf Hitler', they later became known as the SS - Schutz Staffeln, or 'protection squads'. From these humble... -
A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution by Raquel Varela
RRP: £19.99£13.35On the 25th April 1974, a coup destroyed the ranks of Portugal's fascist Estado Novo government as the Portuguese people flooded the streets of Lisbon, placing red carnations in the barrels of guns and demanding a `land for those who work in it'. This...