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The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance by Catherine Fletcher
RRP: $19.34$14.33*A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness' Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Italian Renaissance shaped Western culture - but it was far stranger and darker... -
Inherit the Truth 1939-1945: The Documented Experiences of a Survivor of Auschwitz and Belsen by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch 9781900357012
RRP: $19.34$12.98This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at... -
The Balloon Factory: The Story of the Men Who Built Britain's First Flying Machines by Alexander Frater 9780330433112
$13.51'Frater is a reliable, informed and entertaining navigator. He soars confidently across the centuries, between abandoned aerodromes and Scottish estates, from one delightful anecdote to another' Sunday Times At the heart of his story lies the Balloon... -
The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution by Deborah E. Harkness 9780300143164
RRP: $21.92$18.85Not just a few elite scientists, but Londoners from all walks of life--lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants--participated in the scientific community of Elizabethan times Bestselling author Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night)... -
The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilization by Barry Strauss
$18.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743244510Author Barry StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Athens: A History of the World's First Democracy by Thomas N. Mitchell
RRP: $18.05$15.80A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every... -
Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories by Sallust
RRP: $14.18$10.31Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His Catiline's War tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc led by L. Sergius... -
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture by Orlando Figes
RRP: $19.34$14.13'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter Frankopan From... -
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World Professor Peter Frankopan 9781408839973
RRP: $45.15$33.13The No. 1 Sunday Times and international bestseller - a major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the re-emerging east For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of... -
A History of Britain in 21 Women: A Personal Selection Jenni Murray 9781786071583
RRP: $14.18$9.30From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 21 Women They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. Jenni Murray presents the... -
German Invasion Plans for the British Isles, 1940 by Bodleian Library the 9781851243563 [USED COPY]
RRP: $7.02$4.26I have decided to prepare a landing operation against England, and if necessary to carry it. - Adolf Hitler, 16 July 1940. Immediately after the fall of France in June 1940, Hitler ordered his generals to organize the invasion of Britain under a plan... -
German Invasion Plans for the British Isles, 1940 by Bodleian Library the
$7.46I have decided to prepare a landing operation against England, and if necessary to carry it. - Adolf Hitler, 16 July 1940. Immediately after the fall of France in June 1940, Hitler ordered his generals to organize the invasion of Britain under a plan... -
Porto: Gateway to the World by Dr. Neill Lochery
RRP: $19.34$18.37'I fell in love with Porto and I love it still. The city's spectacular bridges, its vertiginous riverbanks, steep with ancient buildings, the old port houses, the wide squares: I was entranced by them all.' J.K. ROWLING One of the oldest cities in... -
Agents of Influence: Britain’s Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA by Aaron Edwards
RRP: $23.21$19.49Apologies 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 -
Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present by Brendan Simms
RRP: $21.92$15.84Brendan Simms's formidable, game-changing history of EuropeIn this marvelously ambitious and exciting book, Brendan Simms tells the story of Europe's constantly shifting geopolitics and the peculiar circumstances that have made it both so impossible to... -
British Royal Tombs by Aidan Dodson 9781843681182
RRP: $21.92$15.11Aidan Dodson's British Royal Tombs covers all the burials of the kings, queens (and lords protector) of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom, from the occupant of the great Sutton Hoo ship burial, to George VI, last Emperor of India, including of... -
Atlas of the Great Irish Famine by John Crowley 9781859184790
$73.79The Great Famine is possibly the most pivotal event/experience in modern Irish history. Its global reach and implications cannot be underestimated. In terms of mortality, it is now widely accepted that over a million people perished between the years... -
The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War by Archie Brown
RRP: $40.62$28.82In this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War's ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is wrong. To... -
Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
RRP: $12.89$9.44The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was born in Lyon. His first two books, SOUTHERN MAIL and NIGHT FLIGHT, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including WIND, SAND... -
My Life in Loyalism by Billy Hutchinson
RRP: $23.21$20.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373459Author Billy HutchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Crusader Armies: 1099-1187 by Steve Tibble
RRP: $16.76$14.78A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which... -
Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters by Mark Urban
RRP: $16.76$11.35As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting and thieving their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact... -
Between Empires: Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity by Greg Fisher 9780199679317
RRP: $61.26$45.98In Between Empires Greg Fisher tackles the problem of pre-Islamic Arab identity by examining the relationship between the Roman Empire and the Empire of Sasanian Iran, and a selection of their Arab allies and neighbours, the Jafnids, Nasrids, and Hujrids... -
The Courtesan's Revenge by Frances Wilson 9780571205240
RRP: $19.34$12.98Harriette Wilson was the most desired and the most dangerous woman in Regency London. This highly acclaimed biography reveals for the first time the true story behind her sensational life and scandalous 'Memoirs'. When her former lovers - including much... -
The Gypsies Angus Fraser 9780631196051
RRP: $47.67$42.26Since their unexplained appearance in Europe over nine centuries ago, the Gypsies have refused to fall in with conventional settled life. They remain a people whose culture and customs are beset with misunderstanding, and who cling to their distinct... -
After the Romanovs: the extraordinary lives of Russian exiles in Paris between the wars by Helen Rappaport 9781914484766
RRP: $14.18$9.73A TLS AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR The scintillating story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in interwar Paris. The fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced thousands of Russians to flee their homeland with... -
A Dual Perspective: The German in an English Judge by Konrad Schiemann 9781915036667
RRP: $32.24$26.59The inspirational story of a young German orphan who escaped a war-torn Berlin to rise to the highest ranks of the European legal system. When Konrad Schiemann escaped his home in Berlin to begin a new life in England, he didn't know what life... -
A History of Ireland in 100 Episodes: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Ireland by Jonathan Bardon 9780717190003
RRP: $28.37$27.30A sweeping, accessible history of Ireland adapted from Dr Jonathan Bardon's BBC series This authoritative and comprehensive history of Ireland, written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and completed by his former editor Fergal Tobin, covers the entire history of... -
The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme
RRP: $25.79$18.89The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The... -
Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England by Alison Weir
RRP: $19.34$14.13Described by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history. According to popular legend, her angry ghost can be glimpsed among church ruins, clutching the beating heart of her murdered... -
How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours Harry Mount 9780670919147
RRP: $16.76$12.05Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories.Q. Why are English train seats so narrow?A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first... -
A History of Britain - Volume 1: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603 by Simon Schama
RRP: $38.70$27.98Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history of Britain, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our... -
Danube a Cultural History by Andrew Beattie 9781904955665
RRP: $19.35$17.61The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded hills of Germany s Black Forest, it touches or winds its way through ten countries and four capital cities before emptying into the Black Sea through a vast... -
Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink by Anthony McCarten 9780062790767
RRP: $29.66$21.78May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill... -
King James VI and I: Political Writings by James VI and I,King
RRP: $38.69$34.40James VI and I united the crowns of England and Scotland. His books are fundamental sources of the principles which underlay the union. In particular, his Basilikon Doron was a best-seller in England and circulated widely on the Continent. Among the most... -
London: The Illustrated History by Simon Hall
RRP: $38.64$29.05Discover which prehistoric mammals would once have lived by the River Thames. Take a detailed look at the crystal palace of the Great Exhibition and an early map of the underground. See the locations of medieval plague pits, Tudor inns,... -
The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond by Stephen O'Shea 9780393355697
RRP: $16.76$14.87The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers-and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O'Shea takes readers up and down these... -
The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto
RRP: $14.18$10.31The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.About the AuthorHumphrey Kitto... -
Belief and Unbelief in Medieval Europe by John H. Arnold 9780340807866
$43.42Religion in medieval Europe was hugely important, and impinged upon the most mundane transactions and everyday experiences. But was the period a uniform 'Age of Faith'? By focussing on the ordinary laity, this fascinating account unlocks the multiple... -
Switzerland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Kendall Hunter 9781787028609
RRP: $12.89$10.01Don't just see the sights get to know the people. Set aside your preconceptions of postcard scenery, chocolate and cheese, faceless bankers, and spotless cities. The real Switzerland is anything but bland. This small, multilingual, and fiercely...