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'A great achievement' Timothy Garton Ash Bloodshed. Invasions. Nationalist fervor. In this classic and celebrated history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny shows how the countries on the South-Eastern edge of Europe are seen by the rest of the world, and...

For 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...

The State in the Forest uses a case study of conflict over use of wood - the principal source of energy and the primary raw material at the time - to offer an environmental history of the nineteenth century 'great transformation'. The focus is on...

Voltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had allegedly impeded German unification. Since 1945...

A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away. To be an airman in the Eighth Air Force flying over the war-torn skies of Europe required skill, tenacity, and ...

Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet despite the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626542174Author Author UnknownFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

In When I Was a Nipper Alan Titchmarsh goes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. With characteristic wit, warmth and humour he draws on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684125531Author Editors of Canterbury ClassicsFormat HardbackPage Count 992Imprint Silver Dolphin BooksPublisher Silver Dolphin BooksWeight(grams)...

Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and...

For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universal trait has eaten away at mankind's very claim to civilisation. Despite how repugnant the practice of...

Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges.Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores?Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241336745Author Dudley George Cary ElwesFormat PaperbackPage Count 458Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library,...

Wilhelm von Habsburg wore the uniform of an Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the decorations of the Order of the Golden Fleece and, every so often, a dress. He spoke the Italian of his...

When did the Indo-Europeans enter the lands that they occupied during historical times? And, more specifically, when did the Greeks come to Greece? Robert Drews brings together the evidence--historical, linguistic, and archaeological--to tackle these...

'...a minor classic in battle picture painting. It has an authenticity about it which could only come from deep personal experience, translated by a lucid pen.' The Times 'Movingly and evocatively written. Tank! surely merits a place on the bookshelf of...

Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period, acclaimed...

In A History of Britain in 100 Maps Jeremy Black takes readers deep into the unparalleled collections of the British Library Map Room to tell a new story of the British Isles through acknowledged treasures and previously undiscovered and unpublished...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566568449Author Barry HattonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams)...

This new edition of Lucy Wooding's Henry VIII is fully revised and updated to provide an insightful and original portrait of one of England's most unforgettable monarchs and the many paradoxes of his character and reign. Henry was a Renaissance prince...

What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373411Author Aaron EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich's classic history of VeniceA History of Venice tells the story of this most remarkable of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for...

Naples is always a shock, flaunting beauty and squalor like nowhere else. It is the only city in Europe whose ancient past still lives in its irrepressible people. In 1503, Naples was the Mediterranean capital of Spain's world empire and the base for the...

The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, anarchy and grisly murders, to Rolling Stones gigs, gangland drinking dens, Orwell's Fitzrovia and Lenin's haunts. Ed Glinert has...

For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with...

"A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian"Poetic...Compelling" -- New StatesmanOne of National Geographic's Summer Reads 2024Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913993078Author John McKennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Ulster Historical FoundationPublisher Ulster Historical Foundation

Britain's foremost writer on crime turns to the disappearance of Lord Lucan. The basis of the upcoming ITV drama, Lucan, starring Rory Kinnear and Christopher EcclestonFor over thirty years, John Pearson has provided us with literary exposures of some of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991409600Author Robert FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Kendall Lane PublishersPublisher Kendall Lane PublishersWeight(grams)...

The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following...

The author traces the evolution of the Soviet political system from its origins in 1917 to the present day. He shows how power has rarely been devolved outside a particularly tightly-knit ruling elite. Special emphasis is placed on the experience of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906641832Author Paul DarrochFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Seaflower BooksPublisher Ex Libris Press

Wealth and the Demand for Art in Italy represents a departure from previous studies, both in its focus on demand and in its emphasis on the history of the material culture of the West. By demonstrating that the roots of modern consumer society can be...

Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of...

Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to twenty-first-century neoliberalism and the shifting political climate of the past decade, this highly...

Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. They have been seen variously as sacrifices to the gods or, at...

First published over thirty years ago, War in European History is a brilliantly written survey of the changing ways that war has been waged in Europe, from the Norse invasions to the present day. Far more than a simple military history, the book serves...

This concise history of France from the occupation in 1940 to liberation in 1944 focuses on the struggle between those who favoured collaboration with the occupying Germans and those who opted to resist. Roderick Kedward shows how ordinary people...

Who was the first King of England? What prompted the Cat and Mouse Act? When was Wembley stadium demolished? Where did the Rebecca riots take place? How long did the Hundred Years War last? Containing more than 3,800 authoritative entries written by...