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Churchill's Arctic Convoys: Strength Triumphs Over Adversity by Smith, William 9781399072298
RRP: $48.75$34.36The threat of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise invasion of Russia in June 1941, succeeding prompted Churchill to decide to send vital military supplies to Britain's new ally. The early sailings to Northern Russia via the Arctic Ocean between... -
The Borgias: The Hidden History by G. J. Meyer
RRP: $40.95$29.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345526922Author G. J. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA... -
South Wales Collieries Volume 2 by David Owen 9780752423937
RRP: $29.23$22.52This is part of a series on South Wales Collieries, which illustrates the area's industrial history during the past 200 years, in text and photographs, and gives a glimpse of both working and village life in the valleys. This volume covers the Lewis... -
Merseyside Tales: Curious and Amazing True Stories from History by Ken Pye
RRP: $19.48$14.72This fantastic collection of true tales celebrates the strange and curious secrets of Merseyside's history. The fifty stories inside - from the lion in the wheelbarrow on the tightrope to the twelve young women 'smothered by the incurable malady they... -
Diet for a Large Planet: Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World Ecology by Chris Otter
RRP: $83.85$71.00We are facing a world food crisis of unparalleled proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human health and the health of our planet. Solutions from lab-grown food to vegan diets to... -
Irish: The Remarkable Saga of a Nation and a City by John Burrowes
RRP: $23.38$16.44Irish 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: $25.33$22.35An 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: $93.58$85.04Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Kent Folk Tales by Tony Cooper 9780752459332
RRP: $19.48$15.93These 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: $21.43$14.43The 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: $29.23$18.92A 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: $19.48$12.95Like 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: $35.08$25.04Apologies 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: $27.28$21.35Sinn 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: $21.43$14.432.20am 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: $15.58$11.29Part 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: $15.58$11.90Apologies 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: $21.43$14.14The 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: $48.75$35.14_ 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: $15.58$10.65The 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: $25.33$22.35An 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: $21.43$9.18'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: $21.43$14.27On 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: $19.48$13.26By 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: $39.00$26.33Bestselling 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: $58.48$51.36Our 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: $29.23$21.35'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
$139.35Renowned 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: $25.33$15.37The 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: $21.43$15.15*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: $29.23$19.11Apologies 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: $48.75$33.99Shortlisted 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: $5.83$4.56HarperCollins 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
$32.31Thou 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: $27.79$21.72Apologies 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: $29.23$21.35'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: $29.23$21.35In 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: $21.43$15.15A 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: $19.48$15.93At 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: $25.33$16.69Larkin'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...