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Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943 by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£9.09The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there.In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta - smaller than the Isle of Wight -... -
The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991 by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: £16.99£5.92THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of... -
Poland: A history by Adam Zamoyski 9780007556212
RRP: £12.99£8.48Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation. ... -
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: 'The Most Happy' by Eric Ives 9781405134637
RRP: £16.95£15.60This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research.Focusses on Anne's life and legacy and establishes... -
The History of the Thirty Years War by Friedrich Schiller 9781548033354
RRP: £9.55£8.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781548033354Author Friedrich SchillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Celts by Dr. Alice Roberts
RRP: £10.99£4.76TV tie-in to major new BBC series revealing a new history of the Celts and their international legacy today.About the AuthorAlice Roberts is an anatomist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, television presenter, author and professor at the... -
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting to... -
The Men of 1924: Britain's First Labour Government by Peter Clark 9781913368814
RRP: £20.00£14.06The new Cabinet in January 1924 consisted, as governments had for generations, of twenty white, middle-aged men. But that is where the similarities with previous governments ended, for the election of Britain's first Labour administration witnessed a... -
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 by Ian Kershaw
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Superb ... likely to become a classic' ObserverIn the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its... -
Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya
RRP: £12.99£9.09Anna Politkovskaya turns her steely gaze on President Putin and his early regime in this explosive book.From Putin's tyrannical grip on ordinary citizens to rampant corruption in highest ranks of the government, as well as Mafia dealings, scandals in the... -
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright
RRP: £10.99£7.25The #1 NYT BESTSELLER A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S... -
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin
RRP: £12.99£7.51A Spectator Book of the Year'Sweeping . . . Poetic . . . Not only readable but also vital' Literary Review'A terrific storyteller' New York Times'Exceptional . . . tender and beautifully written' Country LifeThe groundbreaking story of Nomadic peoples on... -
D-Day Then and Now: v. 2 by Winston G. Ramsey 9780900913891
RRP: £44.95£37.73'People of Western Europe. A landing was made this morning on the coast of France...' With these simple - yet memorable - words, General Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, announced to the world on June 6, 1944 that the... -
John Hume by Stephen Walker 9780717196081
RRP: £26.99£18.94Peacemaker, politician, Nobel laureate: John Hume was a titan of Irish political history and a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement, bringing peace to Northern Ireland after decades of conflict. But who was the real John Hume? What... -
The Shortest History of Greece by James Heneage
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083243Author James HeneageFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Foundation: The History of England Volume I by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £16.99£11.87Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the death in... -
The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe by Martyn Rady
RRP: £35.00£25.29'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph*The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting... -
Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel 9780897333764
RRP: £14.95£9.52Having lost her husband, her parents, and her two young sons to the Nazi exterminators, Olga Lengyel had little to live for during her seven-month internment in Auschwitz. Only Lengyel's work in the prisoners' underground resistance and the need to tell... -
The English Soul: The Faith of a Nation by Peter Ackroyd 9781789148459
RRP: £20.00£14.29The English Soul portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity as it has developed over the last 1,400 years. As the predominant faith of the people, Christianity has been the reflection, perhaps the embodiment, of the English soul. This... -
Athens: A History of the World's First Democracy by Thomas N. Mitchell
RRP: £13.99£12.25A 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... -
The Knock at the Door: A Mother's Survival of the Armenian Genocide by Margaret Ajemian Ahnert 9780825306839
RRP: £13.95£11.04In 1915, Armenian Christians in Turkey were forced to convert to Islam, barred from speaking their language, and often driven out of their homes as the Turkish army embarked on a widespread campaign of intimidation and murder. In this riveting book,... -
London Under by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £10.99£7.77London Under is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts and modern Underground stations. This book tunnels down through... -
The Gulag Archipelago: v. 3: Experiment in Literary Investigation by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9780061253737
RRP: £21.99£14.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061253737Author Aleksandr SolzhenitsynFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to Ypres and Passchendaele by Tonie Holt 9781844153770
RRP: £6.99£5.13Covering the important WW1 Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the well-known and most important sites of the area. This book, part of a new series of guides, is... -
The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction by John Guy 9780199674725
RRP: £8.99£6.45The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction. Looking at all aspects of... -
Masters of Death by Richard Rhodes
RRP: £19.00£11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375708220Author Richard RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict 431-404 BC by Donald M. Kagan
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The Peloponnesian War, fought 2,500 years ago between oligarchic Sparta and democratic... -
A History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver
RRP: £10.99£7.40Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain, much-loved historian Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their... -
The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey Monmouth
RRP: £12.99£8.32Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear,... -
Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism by Larry Siedentop
RRP: £10.99£7.77From Larry Siedentop, acclaimed author of Democracy in Europe, Inventing the Individual is a highly original rethinking of how our moral beliefs were formed and their impact on western society today'Magisterial, timeless, beautifully written ..... -
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard 9780871404237
RRP: £29.99£25.51Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war" that served as the seat of... -
The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties by Robert Conquest
RRP: £22.00£16.02Robert Conquest's The Great Terror is the book that revealed the horrors of Stalin's regime to the West. This definitive fiftieth anniversary edition features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.One of the most important books ever written about the Soviet... -
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.09From the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day comes the story of the German's ill-fated final stand.'Rich in detail and drama. Enthralling' Mail on Sunday ______________On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the... -
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor
RRP: £30.00£14.66'The book is a masterpiece' The Spectator'A gripping narrative history of one of the most complex episodes in modern Russian history' Sunday Times'Antony Beevor's Russia is a masterpiece of history' Daily TelegraphBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating... -
England's Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £35.00£24.03'Inspired . . . encourages us to take a fresh look at the familiar' - The TimesEngland's cathedrals are the nation's glory. They tower over its landscape, outranking palaces, castles and mansions. They attract roughly half the nation's population each... -
Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg 9780199642427
RRP: £28.99£20.68This is the life story of one of the most interesting human beings who ever lived. A political genius who remade Europe and united Germany between 1862 and 1890 by the sheer power of his great personality. It takes the reader into close proximity with a... -
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii Plokhy 9781780746463
RRP: £12.99£8.63BY 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... -
Black Sea: Coasts and Conquests: From Pericles to Putin by Neal Ascherson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea. Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's... -
The Little History of England by Jonathan McGovern 9781803994666
RRP: £14.99£12.55What did the Romans do for us?Did King Arthur really exist?Who was Bloody Mary?Why did Great Britain go to war with Napoleon?Formed out of a union of warring Germanic kingdoms in the tenth century ad, England rose to become the most powerful nation in... -
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray 9781472284631
RRP: £10.99£7.40Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the recent huge success of his podcast We...