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The Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky 9780486433981
RRP: $33.13$21.61Apologies 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)... -
Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013 by David Kynaston
RRP: $39.00$29.82'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... -
Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire by Coll Thrush
RRP: $58.50$57.82An imaginative retelling of London's history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuries"Thrush has certainly offered a powerful corrective to the usual geographies imagined for... -
Operation 'Dragoon' and Beyond: Then and Now by Jean Paul Pallud 9781399046114
RRP: $58.50$40.85From the Riviera, to the Rhine and on to the Colmar pocket, all three operations are covered in this volume by Jean Paul Pallud, and each show the action and locations in our unique then and now style. The project of a landing operation in southern... -
Memoirs by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd 9780349118284
$37.36Douglas 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... -
Ancient Literacy by William V. Harris 9780674033818
RRP: $85.70$69.32How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Most historians who have considered the problem at all have given optimistic assessments, since... -
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich: Britain in Old Photographs by Roy Masters
RRP: $25.33$18.76Little is generally known of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and the immortal place it holds among all the Royal Ordnance Factories. For nearly four hundred years it was a 'secret walled city', self-sufficient and closely guarded. As it grew, and developed... -
The Russian Economy: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Connolly 9780198848905
RRP: $17.53$12.58Russia today is as prominent in international affairs as it was at the height of the Cold War. Yet the role that the economy plays in supporting Russia's position as a 'great power' on the international stage is poorly understood. For many, Russia's... -
The Romans For Dummies by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: $46.78$31.53"A must for anyone interested in the Roman Empire and its impact on world history."-Tony Robinson, star of Blackadder and Time Team This entertaining and informative guide is the perfect introduction to the amazing world of ancient Rome and its emperors,... -
War Stories: Experiences of Women in the Second World War by David Bolton
RRP: $35.08$26.60After listening to his mother-in-law talking about her experiences in the Second World War, David Bolton set out to record the wartime memories of British women before it was too late. Many of those he interviewed were child evacuees, some were single... -
The European Witch-Hunt by Julian Goodare 9780415254533
RRP: $89.68$79.03The European Witch-Hunt seeks to explain why thousands of people, mostly lower-class women, were deliberately tortured and killed in the name of religion and morality during three centuries of intermittent witch-hunting throughout Europe and North... -
Interrogation Nation: Refugees and Spies in Cold War Germany by Keith R. Allen 9781538101513
RRP: $193.05$177.72This groundbreaking book explores the treatment of the millions of refugees and tens of thousands of spies that flooded Germany after World War II. Drawing on newly declassified espionage files, Keith R. Allen uncovers long-hidden interrogation systems... -
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: $25.33$16.54Following on from his epic '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow', bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip... -
Birmingham: The Workshop of the World by Carl Chinn 9781781382479
RRP: $32.08$31.57Birmingham is a city with an extraordinarily diverse achievement in fields as varied as science, industry, politics, education, medicine, printing and the arts. Labels such as the 'first industrial city', 'city of a thousand trades', 'the best-governed... -
Rasputin: A short life by Frances Welch 9781780722320
RRP: $25.33$16.77Grigory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, 'I don't even know my ABC...' But, as the only person able to relieve the... -
Vindolanda: Everyday Life on Rome's Northern Frontier by Robin Birley
RRP: $38.98$26.77The beautiful site the Romans called Vindolanda lies in south-west Northumberland, in the district of Tynedale, more or less half way between the North Sea east of Newcastle and the Irish Sea to the west of Carlisle. It is just within the boundary of the... -
Martial Law and English Laws, c.1500-c.1700 by John M. Collins 9781107092877
RRP: $175.50$158.79John M. Collins presents the first comprehensive history of martial law in the early modern period. He argues that rather than being a state of exception from law, martial law was understood and practiced as one of the King's laws. Further, it was a... -
From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68 by H. H. Scullard
RRP: $37.03$33.68From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period, going through many revised and updated editions until H.H. Scullard's death... -
Leeds in 50 Buildings by Paul Chrystal
RRP: $31.18$21.16Buildings are among the crucial features that define a city. They create the cityscape and form the horizon while, at a more personal level, they provide the homes for its citizens, their places of education, worship, entertainment, arts and commerce. ... -
Romney Marsh: Survival on a Frontier by Jill Eddison 9780752414867
RRP: $48.75$36.15It brings together the recent work of archaeologists, historians and geographers, and presents an up-to-date interpretation of the area. With numerous illustrations (many in full colour), this book will delight and inform anyone interested in Romney... -
The Future of Nostalgia by Svetlana Boym
RRP: $42.88$40.60Combining personal memoir, philosophical essay, and historical analysis, Svetlana Boym explores the spaces of collective nostalgia that connect national biography and personal self-fashioning in the twenty-first century. She guides us through the ruins... -
English Canals Explained by Stan Yorke 9781853068256
RRP: $15.50$12.89The 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... -
Street Food: Hawkers and the History of London by Charlie Taverner 9780192846945
RRP: $67.26$58.64This is the story of the women, men, boys, and girls who hawked oysters, cherries, cabbages, and pies on London's streets, feeding the capital throughout its transformation from medieval city to global metropolis. Street Food reconstructs the working... -
The Thirty Years War, 1618 - 1648: The First Global War and the end of Habsburg Supremacy by John Pike
RRP: $68.25$47.37Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine 1850-1948 by Roger Hardy 9781912945344
RRP: $29.25$19.89Palestine, 1850: a backwater of the Ottoman Empire, but soon to become the focus of intense jealousies. Locally Arabs and Jews became increasingly polarised, internationally the vacuum left by the demise of the Ottoman Empire was filled with the... -
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus by Lucy Ward 9780861545186
RRP: $21.43$13.65A 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... -
The Poetry of Derek Mahon by Hugh Haughton
$85.98Derek Mahon is one of the leading poets of his time, both in Ireland and beyond, famously offering a perspective that is displaced from as much as grounded in his native country. From prodigious beginnings to prolific maturity, he has been, through thick... -
Operation Market-Garden 1944 1: The American Airborne Missions by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $33.13$23.95In the summer of 1944, plans began for a complex operation to seize a Rhine river bridge at Arnhem in the Netherlands. The American portion of the airborne mission was to employ two divisions of the US XVIII Airborne Corps to seize key terrain features... -
Europe and the Roma: A History of Fascination and Fear by Klaus-Michael Bogdal 9780241519028
RRP: $78.00$55.36'A magisterial contribution to the understanding of the cultural position of Romani people in Europe. ... nothing short of astounding' Literary ReviewThis remarkable book describes a dark side of European history: the rejection of the Roma from their... -
A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson 9780812969702
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812969702Author Victor Davis HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm)... -
The Merovingian Kingdoms 450 - 751 by Ian Wood 9780582493728
RRP: $91.63$90.44A comprehensive survey which begins with the rise of the Franks, then examines the Merovingians. Reviews'xxx; the most detailed account of the Merovingian kingdoms available in any language, and the most exciting xxx; this book should be required reading... -
The French Revolution, 1789-1799 by Peter McPhee 9780199244140
RRP: $59.46$56.47This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to central debates... -
Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag by Nicolas Werth 9780691130835
RRP: $42.90$33.85During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. Many of the victims were sent to labor camps, but ten thousand of... -
The Diary of John Evelyn by John Eve
RRP: $37.03$28.49Sometimes 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... -
Kings & Queens of Ancient Britain by Charles Phillips
RRP: $15.58$11.29Britain's royal history brought to life with 200 contemporary and historical illustrations, maps, shields and comprehensive genealogical tables. It includes the story of King Arthur, why William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings, how Robert the... -
Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith by James H. Billington
RRP: $87.73$78.55This book traces the origins of a faith--perhaps the faith of the century. Modern revolutionaries are believers, no less committed and intense than were Christians or Muslims of an earlier era. What is new is the belief that a perfect secular order will... -
Bandits by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: $23.38$15.60BANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks,... -
Fracture: Life and Culture in the West, 1918-1938 by Philipp Blom
RRP: $31.18$21.35When the Great War ended in 1918, the West was broken. Religious faith, patriotism and the belief in human progress had all been called into question by the mass carnage experienced by both sides. Shell shocked and traumatized, the West faced a world it... -
A Short History of the First World War by Professor Gary Sheffield 9781780743646
RRP: $19.48$12.50The First World War was a watershed in world history. Tragic but far from futile, its origins, events and legacy have roused impassioned debate, creating multiple interpretations and confusion for those encountering the period for the first time. ... -
Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams by Charles King
RRP: $29.23$21.51From Alexander Pushkin and Isaac Babel to Zionist renegade Vladimir Jabotinsky and filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, an astonishing cast of geniuses helped shape Odessa, a legendary haven of cosmopolitan freedom on the Black Sea. Drawing on a wealth of...