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The Idea of North by Peter Davidson
RRP: $15.47$11.17As with the compass needle, so people have always been most powerfully attracted northwards; everyone carries within them their own concept of north. "The Idea of North" is a study, ranging widely in time and place, of some of the ways in which these... -
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe by H. Davidson
RRP: $12.89$9.44Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic peoples. Provides an introduction to this subject, giving basic outlines to the sagas and stories, and helps identify the charachter traits of not only the well known but also the lesser... -
The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum Sarah Wise 9781844133314
RRP: $14.18$10.31'An excellent and intelligent investigation of the realities of urban living that respond to no design or directive... This is a book about the nature of London itself' Peter Ackroyd, The TimesA powerful exploration of the seedy side of Victorian London... -
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii Plokhy 9781780746463
RRP: $16.76$11.44BY THE AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2015 On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the... -
Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: $24.50$21.39Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent... -
Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City by Howard Clarke
RRP: $18.05$14.13Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City is the story of a unique period in Irish history told with passion, imagination and accuracy. This book leads the reader through the noise and bustle of the medieval streets of Dublin looking at all aspects of life,... -
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Romans but were afraid to ask by Peter Jones
RRP: $14.18$9.73The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us - from our calendar and coins, to our language and laws - but how much do we really know about them? Help is at hand in the form of Veni, Vidi, Vici, which tells... -
A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto by China Miéville
RRP: $14.18$10.31China Mieville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist Manifesto. 'It's thrilling to accompany Mieville... as he wrestles - in critical good faith and incandescent commitment - with a... -
Christine: A Search for Christine Granville by Madeleine Masson
RRP: $14.18$9.82Christine Granville, G.M., O.B.E. and Croix de Guerre, one of the most successful women agents of the Second World War and said to have been Churchill's 'favourite spy', was murdered, aged 37, in a London Hotel in 1952. Her actions as a British secret... -
Ukraine: An Illustrated History by Paul Robert Magocsi 9781442627567
RRP: $45.15$40.17Ukraine is Europe's second state and this lavishly illustrated volume provides a concise and easy to read historical survey of the country from earliest times to the present. Each of the book's forty-six chapters is framed by a historical map, which... -
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin
RRP: $16.76$11.86For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. An audacious and resilient but now little known society, it combined orthodox Christianity with paganism, classical Greek learning with Roman... -
The Army in Cromwellian England, 1649-1660 by Henry Reece 9780198726524
$44.16From 1649-1660 England was ruled by a standing army for the only time in its history. In The Army in Cromwellian England Henry Reece describes the nature of that experience for the first time, both for officers and soldiers, and for civilian society. The... -
Great Tales From English History: Cheddar Man to DNA by Robert Lacey
RRP: $16.76$11.39From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion - a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now, in Great... -
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies 9780141048864 [USED COPY]
RRP: $24.50$2.95From Norman Davies, the acclaimed author of Europe: A History, comes the magical history of Europe's lost realms, selected as a Book of the Year by the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Independent, Guardian and Financial Times.Europe's... -
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies
RRP: $24.50$17.56From Norman Davies, the acclaimed author of Europe: A History, comes the magical history of Europe's lost realms, selected as a Book of the Year by the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Independent, Guardian and Financial Times.Europe's... -
Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 by E. R. Hooton 9781781551806
RRP: $25.80$19.92The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fuelled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. From 1911-1912, Italy... -
The Soviet Union: A Documentary History Volume 2: 1939-1991 by Edward Acton 9780859895828
RRP: $45.14$41.43Volume Two of this new documentary history of the Soviet Union comprises over 270 documents and is organised into four chronologically distinct parts, subdivided thematically; it runs from the fraught diplomatic and military preamble of the Great... -
Russia in the Age of Modernisation and Revolution 1881 - 1917 by H. Rogger 9780582489127
RRP: $70.94$67.70Hans Rogger's study of Russia under the last two Tsars takes as its starting point what the Russians themselves saw as the central issue confronting their nation: the relationship between state and society, and its effects on politics, economics and... -
There She Goes: Liverpool, A City on Its Own. The Long Decade: 1979-1993 by Simon Hughes
RRP: $12.89$9.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916278448Author Simon HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint De Coubertin BooksPublisher De Coubertin Books -
Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: $21.92$15.84From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate... -
The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Inside Story by Sebastian Payne
RRP: $28.38$20.47The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. From Sebastian Payne, former Financial Times Whitehall editor and author of Broken Heartlands.Winner - Parliamentary Book Awards, Best Political... -
Closing the Ring: The Second World War by Winston Churchill
RRP: $24.50$17.56Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally... -
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Simon Baker 9781846072840
RRP: $19.34$14.33This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before -... -
The Grand Alliance: The Second World War by Winston Churchill
RRP: $24.50$17.56Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally... -
Polish Short Stories: 11 Simple Stories for Beginners Who Want to Learn Polish in Less Time While Also Having Fun by Simple Language Learning
RRP: $25.76$16.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647486778Author Simple Language LearningFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Bravex PublicationsPublisher Bravex PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
Calvinism in Europe, 1540-1620 by Dr. Andrew Pettegree 9780521574525
RRP: $51.59$42.91Calvinism was the most dynamic and disruptive religious force of the later sixteenth century. Its emergence on the international scene shattered the precarious equilibrium established in the first generation of the Reformation, and precipitated three... -
100 Tricks to Appear Smart In Meetings Sarah Cooper 9781910931189
RRP: $12.90$9.46Discover the perfect work companion from viral tik tok and Netflix star Sarah Cooper The book that's missing from offices and Zoom calls around the world: the idiot's guide to conquering the corporate meeting. In it you will learn the essential subtle... -
Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan
RRP: $19.34$12.96Previously published as PeacemakersBetween January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the leaders of the three great powers - Woodrow Wilson,... -
British History For Dummies by Sean Lang 9780470978191
RRP: $27.08$18.52Royally confused about kings and queens? Never sure what happened when? Or where - England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales? Learn the people and events that shaped British history British History For Dummies, 3rd Edition is full of rip-roaring stories of... -
Derby Through its Streets by Maxwell Craven 9781905769544
RRP: $21.92$18.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905769544Author Maxwell CravenFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Fort Publishing LtdPublisher Fort Publishing Ltd -
Eurovision!: A History of Modern Europe Through The World's Greatest Song Contest by Chris West 9781911545552
RRP: $12.89$9.03Do you think the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with its crazy props, even crazier dancers and crazier still songs has nothing to do with serious European politics? Think again. The contest has been a mirror for cultural, social and political... -
Charlemagne: Father of a Continent by Alessandro Barbero 9780520297210
RRP: $27.09$21.97The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great-Charlemagne-reigned from a.d. 768 to a.d. 814. At the time... -
Before European Hegemony: The World System AD 1250-1350 by Janet L. Abu Lughod 9780195067743
RRP: $49.01$38.89In this important study, Janet Abu-Lughod presents a groundbreaking reinterpretation of global economic evolution and provides a new paradigm for understanding the evolution of world systems by tracing the rise of a system that, at its peak in the... -
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown by Katie Nicholl
RRP: $28.38$20.15For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a trustworthy steward of the British people and the Commonwealth. In the face of her... -
World History Philip Parker 9781405341240
RRP: $23.21$17.48The full story of human endeavour - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world.Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or... -
A History of Crete by Chris Morris
RRP: $16.76$11.91Known by the Greeks as 'Megalonisos', the 'Great Island', Crete has been of paramount strategic importance for thousands of years thanks to its location close to the junction of three continents and the heart of the eastern Mediterranean. The island has... -
Viking Empires by Angelo Forte 9780521829922
RRP: $49.01$42.53Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Sources for Ancient History by Michael Crawford 9780521289580
RRP: $55.46$47.37If a scholar wishes to create a picture of a topical society in all its aspects, there is little of what he needs to know that he cannot know, although there may still be much that he cannot understand. For the history of Greece and Rome, there is a... -
Europe between Democracy and Dictatorship: 1900 - 1945 by Conan Fischer
RRP: $38.64$35.11Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century, from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars. Written by a... -
Russia Under the Old Regime by Richard Pipes
RRP: $16.76$12.05This study analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the 9th century to the 1880s, and its unique role in managing Russian society. The development of Russia was different from that of the rest of Europe. The natural poverty of geographical...