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Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, C.1880-1922 by Chandrika Kaul 9780719061769
RRP: €23.79€20.96This book is the first analysis of the dynamics of British press reporting of India and the attempts made by the British Government to manipulate press coverage as part of a strategy of imperial control. The press was an important forum for debate over... -
An Italian Girl in Brooklyn by Santa Montefiore
RRP: €20.22€13.19Dark secrets and hidden sorrows abound in Santa Montefiore's spellbinding novel set in war-torn Italy and the streets of New York. 'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES 'A wonderful story, beautifully told. I absolutely tore through... -
The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe Brian P. Levack 9781138808102
RRP: €47.59€46.22The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, now in its fourth edition, is the perfect resource for both students and scholars of the witch-hunts written by one of the leading names in the field. For those starting out in their studies of witch-beliefs and... -
Ten Fighter Boys by Wing Commander Athol Forbes, D.F.C. 9780007236930 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.49The extraordinary stories of ten fighter pilots, told in their very own words during the Second World War. First published by Collins in 1942, this utterly compelling collection of first-hand accounts of ten fighter pilots' experiences at the... -
The Alhambra by Robert Irwin
RRP: €11.89€8.71The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada, with its fountained courts and gardens, and intricate decoration, has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In a stimulating new book in the 'Wonders of the World' series Robert... -
Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England by Eleanor Parker
RRP: €29.75€22.82"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England - so what... -
Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's Obsession by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: €13.08€8.88Doomed queen of Henry VIII, mother to Elizabeth I, the epic story of Anne Boleyn.Anne Boleyn was the most controversial and scandalous woman ever to sit on the throne of England. From her early days at the imposing Hever Castle in Kent, to the glittering... -
Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire: Terrors and Torments, Diseases and Deaths Terry Deary 9781780226354
RRP: €11.89€8.33DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of the hugely bestselling Horrible Histories, popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and sharp wit, and among adults for... -
The Enlightenment: A Beginner's Guide by Kieron O'Hara 9781851687091
RRP: €11.89€7.87Blamed for the bloody disasters of the 20th century: Auschwitz, the Gulags, globalisation, Islamic terrorism; heralded as the harbinger of reason, equality, and the end of arbitrary rule, the Enlightenment has been nothing if not divisive. To this day... -
Russia's War by Richard Overy
RRP: €15.46€11.11In Russia's War: 1941-1945, Richard Overy re-creates the Soviet Union's apocalyptic struggle against Nazi Germany, from the point of view both of the troops and of the ordinary civilians. In the course of human history there has probably been no more... -
Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris by David H. Pinkney 9780691655406
RRP: €53.55€48.47In the two decades between 1850 and 1870 Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann, created the modern city of Paris out of the congested and ill-equipped capital of the 18th century. They gave Paris many of its present major streets,... -
The European and American University since 1800 by Sheldon Rothblatt 9780521431651
RRP: €130.90€98.07Universities are said to be the 'powerhouses' of modern society. They educate leaders and advance our basic knowledge of nature and society. Yet historically they have been vulnerable when meeting the challenges of dynamic industrial democracies or... -
Vienna: The International Capital by Angus Robertson
RRP: €29.75€20.22Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe after Napoleon, to bridge- building... -
The Big Book of Pain: Torture & Punishment through History by Mark P. Donnelly 9780752459479
RRP: €23.80€18.65For 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... -
Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam by Gar Alperovitz 9780745309477
RRP: €35.69€23.56This book provides important new evidence to support the thesis that the primary reason for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not to end the war in Japan, as was said at the time, but to 'make the Russians more manageable'. Drawing on recently... -
France 1814 - 1914 by Robert Tombs 9780582493148
€55.19Here is an incomparably rich portrait of France in the years when the disparate elements that made up the fragmented kingdom of the ancien regime were forged into the modern nation. The survey begins with an exploration of national obsessions and... -
Queen Victoria's Daughters-in-Law John Van der Kiste 9781399001458
RRP: €29.75€21.30Of Queen Victoria's four sons, the eldest married a Danish princess, one a Russian Grand Duchess, and the other two princesses of German royal houses. The first to join the family of the Grandmama of Europe' was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince... -
The Celts: Origins, Myths & Inventions by John Collis 9780752429137
RRP: €23.79€18.64We use the word 'Celtic' fast and loose - it evokes something mythical and romantic about our past - but what exactly does it mean? Furthermore, why do people believe that there were Celts in Britain and what relationship do they have to the ancient... -
Political Speeches by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: €13.08€9.51'Two things alone I long for: first, that when I die I may leave the Roman people free...and second, that each person's fate may reflect the way he has behaved towards his country.' Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a... -
Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848 by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: €21.41€15.41A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow... -
Paths of Glory: The French Army, 1914-18 by Anthony Clayton
RRP: €11.89€8.33World War I from the French point of view: the first ever account in EnglishAnthony Clayton is an acknowledged expert on the French military and his book is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the First World War. He reveals why and... -
London: A Travel Guide Through Time by Matthew Green
RRP: €15.46€11.11Step back in time and discover the sights, sounds and smells of London through the ages in this enthralling journey into the capital's rich, teeming and occasionally hazardous past.Let time traveller Dr Matthew Green be your guide to six extraordinary... -
The Final Solution: A Genocide by Donald Bloxham 9780199550340
RRP: €46.99€35.99The Holocaust is frequently depicted in isolation by its historians. Some of them believe that to place it in any kind of comparative context risks diminishing its uniqueness and even detracts from the enormity of the Nazi crime. In reality, such a... -
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town Professor Mary Beard 9781861975966
RRP: €14.27€10.31WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an... -
A Concise History of Romania by Keith Hitchins 9780521694131
RRP: €27.36€22.82Spanning a period of 2000 years from the Roman conquest of Dacia to the present day, A Concise History of Romania traces the development of a unique nation situated on the border between East and West. In this illuminating new history, Keith Hitchins... -
Culloden: Great Battles by Murray Pittock 9780199664078
RRP: €26.76€19.96The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite... -
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport by Deborah Oppenheimer
RRP: €17.84€13.22___________________ BASED ON THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ___________________ 'Wonderfully moving ... a noble story, beautifully told' - Daily Mail With a preface by Lord Richard Attenborough, this is a moving collection of... -
A Concise History of Bulgaria by R. J. Crampton
RRP: €27.36€22.82Bulgaria became a member of the European Union in 2007, yet its history is amongst the least well known in the rest of the continent. R. J. Crampton provides here a general introduction to this country at the cross-roads of Christendom and Islam. The... -
Young Stalin Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781474614825
RRP: €15.46€10.51Winner of the Costa Biography AwardWhat makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing start? Based on revelatory research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic... -
The Life of Alexander the Great Plutarch 9780812971330
RRP: €11.89€7.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812971330Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950 - 1350 by Robert Bartlett
RRP: €15.46€11.11A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth took place in Europe during the High Middle Ages, which transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms with distinctive cultures. In this vivid and... -
The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire by Ryan Gingeras 9780141992778
RRP: €15.46€11.11'A tour de force of accessible scholarship' The Guardian'Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority' New StatesmanThe Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history... -
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning Timothy Snyder 9781784701482
RRP: €15.46€11.11LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the gas chambers became operation more than a million European Jews were already dead: shot at close range... -
Visit Britain's Cathedrals: A guidebook and logbook for visiting 97 cathedrals in England, Wales and Scotland: 2023 by Heritage Hunter 9781905315802
€10.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905315802Author Heritage HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Heritage HunterPublisher Prepare to Publish Ltd -
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: €17.84€5.72The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the... -
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
RRP: €45.21€38.76Originally published in two volumes in 1980, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change is now issued in a paperback edition containing both volumes. The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of... -
Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind Sean Longden 9781845299774
RRP: €15.46€10.51THE TRUE STORY OF THE 41,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND AFTER THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK, MAY 1940'Meticulously researched, very well written and deeply moving' Andrew Roberts'Few readers will be unmoved by Sean Longden's account' Dominic... -
Hackney from Stamford Hill to Shoreditch by Gavin Smith 9780752418186
RRP: €17.84€13.95Hackney from Stamford Hill to Shoreditch in old photographsBook InformationISBN 9780752418186Author Gavin SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd -
The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire by Andrew Wheatcroft 9780140236347 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€2.73The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons - responsible for a 'long history of atrocities'; and, at the other, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways,... -
The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire by Andrew Wheatcroft
RRP: €15.46€11.11The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons - responsible for a 'long history of atrocities'; and, at the other, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways,...