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Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe John Julius Norwich 9781473632981
RRP: €15.46€10.51'Never before had the world seen four such giants co-existing. Sometimes friends, more often enemies, always rivals, these four men together held Europe in the hollow of their hands.' Four great princes - Henry VIII of England, Francis I of France,... -
1688: The First Modern Revolution by Steve Pincus
RRP: €29.75€21.57Based on new archival information, this book upends two hundred years of scholarship on England's Glorious Revolution to claim that it-not the French Revolution-was the first truly modern revolution For two hundred years historians have viewed England's... -
A Place For Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders 9781509881567
RRP: €20.22€15.09'Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.' - Jan Morris 'Quirky and compelling.' - The Times Once we've learned it as children, few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song... -
Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire Timothy D. Barnes (University of Edinburgh, UK) 9781118782750
RRP: €29.69€26.32Drawing on recent scholarly advances and new evidence, Timothy Barnes offers a fresh and exciting study of Constantine and his life. First study of Constantine to make use of Kevin Wilkinson's re-dating of the poet Palladas to the reign of Constantine,... -
The Kings & Queens of Wales by Timothy Venning
RRP: €13.08€8.88The Welsh kings and queens who ruled prior to the Norman Conquest of Wales are shrouded in mystery. Most of what we know is from legend, names in annals, and from their opponents. This book sets out to identify what we know or can reasonably surmise... -
Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-system Biography by Georgi M. Derluguian
RRP: €38.08€37.02Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus is a gripping account of the developmental dynamics involved in the collapse of Soviet socialism. Fusing a narrative of human agency to his critical discussion of structural forces, Georgi M. Derluguian... -
A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
RRP: €15.46€11.59Twain's account of travelling in Europe, A TRAMP ABROAD (1880), sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical... -
Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy by Paula Findlen
RRP: €34.51€27.30In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet fifty years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Italian patricians, their curiosity fueled by new voyages of... -
How to Plan a Crusade: Reason and Religious War in the High Middle Ages by Christopher Tyerman
RRP: €15.46€11.11'Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Elegant, readable ... an impressive synthesis ... Not many historians could have done it' - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator'Tyerman's book is fascinating not... -
Black Earth: A journey through Russia after the fall by Andrew Meier 9780007113248 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.73Russia today is a world in a dark limbo. The body politic is diseased, the state in collapse. Yet for all the signs of encroaching doom, Russians do not fear the future. They fear the past. Russians have long known theirs is not a land that develops and... -
Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon by Barry Hatton
RRP: €20.22€16.48Lisbon's charm is legendary, but its vibrant 2,000-year history is not widely known, from its Roman legacy to its centuries under Moorish rule. Its journey from port town to Portugal's capital was not always smooth sailing-in 1755 the city was devastated... -
Captain Swing Eric Hobsbawm 9781781681800
€28.77Sir Your name is down amongst the Black hearts in the Black Book and this is to advise you and the like of you, who are Parson Justasses, to make your wills Ye have been the Blackguard Enemies of the People on all occasions, Ye have not yet... -
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots Nancy Goldstone 9781474602082
RRP: €17.84€11.96'What a compelling read! Nancy Goldstone has brought to life the four female Stuarts in all their tragic glory' Amanda ForemanValentine's Day, 1613. Elizabeth Stuart, the sixteen-year-old granddaughter of Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Frederick V, a... -
Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical Walter Burkert (University of Zurich) 9780631156246
RRP: €36.83€33.39"Greek Religion . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast . . . Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be... -
Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika by Giles Foden
RRP: €19.03€13.82At the start of World War One, German warships controlled Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa. The British had no naval craft at all upon 'Tanganjikasee', as the Germans called it. This mattered: it was the longest lake in the world and of great strategic... -
The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo by Walter Lord
RRP: €20.22€15.28The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Day of Infamy. In May 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler's blitzkrieg,... -
Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition by Czeslaw Milosz
RRP: €13.08€9.51After The Second World War, Czeslaw Milosz was exiled for many years from his home country of Poland. In Native Realm, he evokes that homeland and his years away from it; how it nurtured him and how its divisions and destruction shaped a generation... -
Partition of Ireland 1900-25 for CCEA A2 Level by Russell Rees
€24.01Written to address the CCEA GCE History specification for Unit A2 2: Option 4: Partition of Ireland 1900-25, renowned historian Dr Russell Rees has comprehensively updated his authoritative Ireland 1900-25. The book is a detailed and insightful... -
Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England by Anne Murphy
RRP: €35.70€28.63An intimate account of the eighteenth-century Bank of England that shows how a private institution became "a great engine of state"The eighteenth-century Bank of England was an institution that operated for the benefit of its shareholders-and yet came to... -
Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain by Brian A. Catlos
RRP: €17.84€16.47Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain either as a paradise of enlightened tolerance, or as the site where civilisations clashed. Award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos taps a wide array of original sources to paint a more complex picture, showing... -
The Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky 9780486433981
RRP: €20.22€13.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486433981Author Leon TrotskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson 9781788548229
RRP: €29.75€26.35Heiresses is a glorious book, endlessly entertaining and about much more than its stated subject. Thompson is a fabulous writer' Caroline O'Donoghue 'Witty, insightful, deliciously gossip-laden and slightly scandalous... Heiresses makes for an... -
The Royal Art of Poison: Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicines and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman
RRP: €11.89€8.15The story of poison is the story of power... For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roiling, vomit-inducing agony of a little something added to their food or wine by an enemy. To avoid poison, they depended on tasters, unicorn horns and... -
Memoirs by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd 9780349118284
€22.80Douglas Hurd retired as Foreign Secretary in 1995 after a distinguished career in Government spanning 16 years. As Secretary of State for Ireland, Home Secretary and then six years in the Foreign Office in Margaret Thatcher and John Major's... -
English Canals Explained Stan Yorke 9781853068256
RRP: €9.46€8.12The English canal network becomes increasingly popular and widely used each year. The main aim of this book is to explain how everything works - from locks and lifts, to tunnels and towpaths. Stan Yorke, a life-long narrow boat enthusiast, explains in an... -
London's Truly Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn
RRP: €9.51€6.65More extraordinary but true stories from London's history. In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London's Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further foray into the weirder side of the capital, bringing us a... -
Origins of the French Revolution by Professor William Doyle
RRP: €61.88€57.88First published in 1980, this book rapidly established itself as the indispensable guide to what brought about the French Revolution, and to the debates of historians about the issue. It combined a full critical account of recent controversies with a... -
Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows by Ruth Scurr
RRP: €13.08€9.51'Glorious... Scurr is one of the most gifted non-fiction writers alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesA revelatory portrait of Napoleon written for our own time, exploring his love of nature and the gardens that gave his revolutionary life its light and... -
Malmesbury Abbey 670-1539: Patronage, Scholarship and Scandal Tony McAleavy 9781783277148
RRP: €71.40€68.54Malmesbury Abbey was an institution of national significance throughout the Middle Ages and this book is the first full-length study of its history. Drawing upon particularly rich surviving documentary sources, it describes the monastery's evolution from... -
Arnhem 1944: The Human Tragedy of the Bridge Too Far by Dilip Sarkar 9781526732736
RRP: €35.70€26.53The airborne battle for the bridges across the Rhine at Arnhem ranks amongst the Second World War's most famous actions - inspiring innumerable books and the star-studded 1977 movie. This book, however, is unique: deeply moved, the author provides a... -
Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 by Richard Woodman 9781844156115
RRP: €29.75€21.78During the last four years of the Second World War, the Western Allies secured Russian defences against Germany by supplying vital food and arms. The plight of those in Murmansk and Archangel who benefited is now well known, but few are aware of the... -
Russia's Road to War with Ukraine: Invasion amidst the ashes of empires by Samir Puri 9781785907708
RRP: €23.80€17.49When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many in the West were left stunned at his act of brutal imperialism. To those who had been paying attention, however, the warning signs of the bloodshed and slaughter to come had been there for... -
York Through The Lens of The Press by Paul Chrystal
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739819415Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd -
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World Anthony Sattin 9781473677791
RRP: €29.75€20.27A Sunday Times Best History Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year'A book of beauty and beguiling rhythm that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders' The Times'Thoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic . . . an... -
Thirty Years on! A Private View of Public Schools by Mark Draisey 9780857042118
RRP: €23.79€21.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042118Author Mark DraiseyFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City by William M. Cavert 9781107421318
RRP: €29.74€25.20The Smoke of London uncovers the origins of urban air pollution, two centuries before the industrial revolution. By 1600, London was a fossil-fuelled city, its high-sulfur coal a basic necessity for the poor and a source of cheap energy for its growing... -
Migrant City: A New History of London by Panikos Panayi
RRP: €15.46€13.64The first history of London to show how immigrants have built, shaped and made a great success of the capital city London is now a global financial and multicultural hub in which over three hundred languages are spoken. But the history of London has... -
The Diary of John Evelyn John Eve 9781857152913
RRP: €22.60€17.64Sometimes overshadowed by his friend and contemporary, Samuel Pepys, Evelyn is the other great English diarist. He was a scholar, a scientific amateur, a garden designer and architect, and a founder member of the Royal Society who published a magisterial... -
Panzers in Berlin 1945 by Lee Archer 9781908032164
RRP: €71.39€53.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032164Author Lee ArcherFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedWeight(grams) 1900g -
Where Stands A Winged Sentry by Margaret Kennedy 9781912766383
RRP: €15.46€10.56'Most people knew in their hearts that the lid had been taken off hell, and that what had been done in Guernica would one day be done in London, Paris and Berlin.' Margaret Kennedy's prophetic words, written about the pre-war mood in Europe, give the...