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The Gulag Archipelago: v. 3: Experiment in Literary Investigation by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9780061253737
RRP: £21.99£14.06Apologies 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 -
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... -
Masters of Death by Richard Rhodes
RRP: £19.00£11.61Apologies 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 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... -
Paul Foot: A Life in Politics by Margaret Renn 9781804291900
RRP: £30.00£25.20Paul Foot was one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation. For nearly fifty years, he was the scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen, a champion of the underdog.In this, the first biography of Paul Foot, journalist... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 9780099422587
RRP: £30.00£21.95Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, so London is a biography rather... -
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 Histories by Herodotus
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The first example of non-fiction, the text that underlies the entire discipline of history ... it is above all a treasure trove' Tom HollandOne of the masterpieces of classical literature, The Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of... -
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... -
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia by Peter Pomerantsev
RRP: £10.99£7.32**HOW TO WIN AN INFORMATION WAR: THE PROPAGANDIST WHO OUTWITTED HITLER AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**'Electrifying.' Anne Applebaum'Mesmerising.' Financial Times'Seductive and terrifying in equal measure.' The Times'Required reading.' ObserverA journey... -
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... -
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 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... -
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 ..... -
The History of the Thirty Years War by Friedrich Schiller 9781548033354
RRP: £9.55£8.02Apologies 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 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... -
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... -
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... -
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin
RRP: £12.99£9.09For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. An audacious and resilient but now little known society, it combined orthodox Christianity with paganism, classical Greek learning with Roman... -
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... -
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£11.55What 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... -
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... -
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... -
My Revision Notes: OCR AS/A-level History: Russia 1894-1941 by Andrew Holland
RRP: £10.50£9.62Exam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016Target success in OCR AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Hillforts of Iron Age Wales by Toby Driver 9781910839676
RRP: £20.00£16.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839676Author Toby DriverFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by David Womersley
RRP: £12.99£9.49Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto... -
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... -
Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849 by Christopher Clark
RRP: £35.00£25.29A Telegraph, Sunday Times, Economist and TLS Book of the Year'One of the best history books you will read this decade' History TodayAn exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history, from the acclaimed author of The... -
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,... -
Made in Manchester: A people’s history of the city that shaped the modern world by Brian Groom 9780008608521
RRP: £22.00£14.58A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who have made it ‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’ Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan... -
Ancient Greek Philosophers by Editors of Canterbury Classics 9781684125531
RRP: £19.99£13.86Apologies 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)... -
The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America by Robert Thurston 9781405840835
RRP: £36.99£35.74Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 - the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was... -
Agricola and Germania by Tacitus
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law - and the first detailed account of Britain that has come down to us. It offers fascinating descriptions of... -
If Walls Could Talk: An intimate history of the home by Lucy Worsley
RRP: £12.99£8.56Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two 'dirty centuries'? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint?...