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Victorian Voices: Introduction to the Papers of Sir John Le Couteur by Joan Stevens 9780901897008
$34.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901897008Author Joan StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Societe JersiaisePublisher Societe Jersiaise -
The Dambusters Raid by John Sweetman
RRP: $14.18$9.82A comprehensive account of the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War.Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid, as it became known - undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943, was the most audacious bombing raid... -
Attila The Hun by John Man
RRP: $14.18$10.31The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals... -
A Concise History of Germany by Mary Fulbrook
RRP: $28.37$24.87This third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of the story of the German lands and peoples from the early middle ages to the present day... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer
RRP: $25.80$18.72How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Hitler: A Life by Peter Longerich
RRP: $47.72$35.26Tyrant, psychopath, and implementer of a ruthless programme of racial extermination, Adolf Hitler was also the charismatic Fuhrer of millions of dedicated followers. In this major new biography, internationally acclaimed German historian Peter Longerich... -
On History by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: $16.76$11.39In these essays, about a quarter of them previously unpublished, Eric Hobsbawm reflects upon the theory, practice and development of history and its relevance to the modern world. These wide-ranging papers reflect Professor Hobsbawm's lifelong concern... -
A Brief History of the Celts by Peter Ellis 9781841197906
RRP: $14.18$4.66For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost... -
Sicily 1943 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $21.92$18.47Not only did the Sicily operation represent a watershed in tactical development of combined arms tactics, it was also an important test for future Allied joint operations. Senior British commanders left the North African theater with a jaundiced and... -
Nae Place Mair Braw: A Social History of Perth's Craigie and Cherrybank by Donald N M Paton
RRP: $19.34$16.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919628691Author Donald N M PatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Rymour BooksPublisher Rymour Books -
The Etruscans: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Smith
RRP: $11.60$8.58From around 900 to 400 BC, the Etruscans were the most innovative, powerful, wealthy, and creative people in Italy. Their archaeological record is both substantial and fascinating, including tomb paintings, sculpture, jewellery, and art. In this Very... -
Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London Olivia Williams 9781472215345
RRP: $14.18$9.82Gin Glorious Gin is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the... -
The Jewish Revolt AD 66-74 by Si Sheppard
RRP: $20.63$16.09In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum, the rebels successfully occupied Jerusalem and drove off an... -
Divine Feminine: Theosophy and Feminism in England by Joy Dixon 9780801864995
$73.62In 1891, newspapers all over the world carried reports of the death of H. P. Blavatsky, the mysterious Russian woman who was the spiritual founder of the Theosophical Society. With the help of the equally mysterious Mahatmas who were her teachers,... -
The Levelling Sea: The Story of a Cornish Haven and the Age of Sail by Philip Marsden
RRP: $14.18$8.67The story of Britain's colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth. Within the space of few years, during the 1560s and 1570s, a maritime revolution took place in England that would contribute... -
Blitz Then and Now: v. 1 by Winston G. Ramsey 9780900913457 [USED COPY]
RRP: $38.64$16.03This volume covers the first year of World War II, the period from phoney war to total war: September 3rd, 1939 to September 6th, 1940. Beginning with endless air raid warnings and a sense of unreality, it was a phase which was to culminate in Hitler... -
Blitz Then and Now: v. 1 by Winston G. Ramsey 9780900913457
RRP: $38.64$32.04This volume covers the first year of World War II, the period from phoney war to total war: September 3rd, 1939 to September 6th, 1940. Beginning with endless air raid warnings and a sense of unreality, it was a phase which was to culminate in Hitler... -
The Making of Italy, 1796-1866 by Denis Mack Smith 9780333438084
$116.45First published in 1968, this standard text on Italian nineteenth-century history is reissued, with a new preface, in hardcover and paperback, to meet a continuing demand.Book InformationISBN 9780333438084Author Denis Mack SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
A Short History of England by Simon Jenkins 9781846684630 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.43Which battle was fought 'For England, Harry and St George'? Who demanded to be painted 'warts and all'? What - and when - was the Battle of the Bulge? In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions - and... -
The Siege of Leningrad: 900 Days of Terror by David Glantz
RRP: $14.18$9.82The full story of the most terrible siege in history when over a million people perished, illustrated by pictures recently released from Russian archives.Leningrad (now reverted to its pre-1914 name of St Petersburg) was surrounded by German forces in... -
The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland by Alexandra Walsham 9780199243556
RRP: $119.97$76.32The Reformation of the Landscape is a richly detailed and original study of the relationship between the landscape of Britain and Ireland and the tumultuous religious changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It explores how the profound... -
DK Eyewitness Cruise Guide to Europe and the Mediterranean DK Eyewitness 9781409370222
RRP: $20.63$15.73The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Europe and the Mediterranean on a cruise.Cruise Norway's awe-inspiring fjords, enjoy some sunshine along the... -
Jersey: The Hidden Histories by Paul Darroch 9781906641832
$15.92Apologies 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 -
A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya by Anna Politkovskaya
RRP: $21.93$18.86The recent murder of Anna Politkovskaya is grim evidence of the danger faced by journalists passionately committed to writing the truth about wars and politics. A longtime critic of the Russian government, particularly with regard to its policies in... -
A Socialist History of the French Revolution Jean Jaures 9780745342191
RRP: $25.79$17.48'Tantalizing prose' - TLS Jean Jaures was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated in 1914 for trying to use diplomacy and industrial action to prevent the outbreak of war. Published just a few years before his death, his magisterial... -
Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013 David Kynaston 9781408898284
RRP: $25.80$20.01'An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously ... [Kynaston's] portrait of a globally influential institution is, in characteristic style, rendered on an entertainingly human scale' The Times 'Not an ordinary bank, but a... -
Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction by Senia Paseta
RRP: $11.60$8.58This is a book about the Irish Question, or more specifically about Irish Questions. The term has become something of a catch-all, a convenient way to encompass numerous issues and developments which pertain to the political, social, and economic history... -
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus by Lucy Ward
RRP: $25.80$18.72A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022 'Sparkling history...with a fairytale atmosphere of sleigh rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking' The Times A killer virus...an all-powerful Empress...an... -
Twenty Battles That Shaped Medieval Europe by Georgios Theotokis
RRP: $32.25$26.60Warfare has been central to European history for millennia; Twenty Battles that Shaped Medieval Europe examines the strategy, military and equipment and battle-tactics of European armies in the Middle Ages. Its fundamental aim is to stimulate the... -
The Histories by Polybius
RRP: $15.47$11.17'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history' Polybius' ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Rome's... -
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment by Brian Copenhaver
RRP: $16.76$12.05'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun . . .'This rich, fascinating anthology... -
The Later Roman Empire: (a.D. 354-378) by Ammianus Marcellinus
RRP: $16.76$12.05Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius,... -
The History of Sweden by Byron J. Nordstrom 9780313312588
$77.85For many Americans, Sweden used to conjure images of Viking raiders and settlers. By contrast, contemporary Sweden is one of the world's most advanced nations in terms of politics, social welfare, gender equality, standard of living, technology, the... -
Spike Island: The Rebels, Residents & Crafty Criminals of Ireland’s Historic Island by John Crotty 9781785374883
RRP: $23.21$19.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374883Author John CrottyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
London Recruits: The Secret War Against Apartheid by Ken Keable 9780850366556
RRP: $24.50$22.25The history of the antiapartheid movement brings up images of boycotts and public campaigns in the UK, but another story went on behind the scenes, in secret. This is the story of the foreign volunteers and their activities in South Africa, how they... -
William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution by John van der Kiste
RRP: $20.63$16.03Mary (1662-94), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then 15, is said to have wept for a day and a half when she was told she was to marry her cousin, William (1650-1702), son of William II of Orange (1626-50), Stadtholder of the... -
Life And Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta by Errico Malatesta 9781629630328
RRP: $27.08$18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629630328Author Errico MalatestaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 352g -
The Fall Of The West: The Death Of The Roman Superpower Adrian Goldsworthy 9780753826928
RRP: $21.92$15.11A sweeping narrative of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The Fall of the Roman Empire has been a best-selling subject since the 18th century. Since then, over 200 very diverse reasons have been advocated for the collapse of the western half of... -
StuG III Brigade 191, 1940 1945: The Buffalo Brigade in Action in the Balkans, Greece and from Moscow to the Caucasus and the Crimea by Bork, Bruno 9781784386955
RRP: $32.25$23.61Based on their experiences during the First World War, the Reichswehr decided that the infantry support gun of the future should be an armoured, motorized vehicle with an effective calibre of cannon: the Sturmgeschutz III. The weapon was used in the... -
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World Giles Milton 9781529393156
RRP: $32.25$19.71'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with DestinyBerlin was in ruins...