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Leitrim Observed: A Biography of John McGahern by Aubrey Malone
$40.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899750603Author Aubrey MaloneFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Aureus PublishingPublisher Aureus Publishing -
Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink by Anthony McCarten 9780062790767
RRP: $44.83$32.33May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill... -
Blindfold and Alone by John Hughes-Wilson
RRP: $25.33$16.77The definitive history of the British soldiers executed by their own Army during the First World WarThree hundred and fifty-one men were executed by British Army firing squads between September 1914 and November 1920. By far the greatest number, 266 were... -
Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 by Sir Barry Cunliffe
$49.80A sensational, interdisciplinary work which entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European... -
Escaping Hitler: Heroic True Stories of Great Escapes in Nazi Europe by Monty Halls
RRP: $19.48$4.84'I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun. I just thought that was it, the game was up . . .'Downed airman Bob Frost faced danger at every turn as he was smuggled out of France and over... -
Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World: From the Archaic Age to the Arab Conquests by G. E. M. De Ste.Croix 9780715617014
RRP: $74.08$71.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715617014Author G. E. M. De Ste.CroixFormat PaperbackPage Count 746Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams)... -
The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 by Martin Goodman 9780415559799
RRP: $77.98$69.15The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period. The book traces the impact of imperial politics on life in the city... -
A Brief History of the Vikings by Jonathan Clements 9781845290764 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.38$4.47'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.'Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from... -
A Brief History of the Vikings by Jonathan Clements
RRP: $23.38$6.84'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.'Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from... -
Madness Visible: A Memoir of War by Janine Di Giovanni 9780375724558
RRP: $37.05$26.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375724558Author Janine di GiovanniFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Holocaust Sites of Europe: An Historical Guide by Martin Winstone 9781350332027
RRP: $48.73$40.25The Holocaust - the murder of approximately six million Jewish men, women and children by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in the Second World War - was a crime of unprecedented and unparalleled proportions, perpetrated in innumerable locations across... -
Out of the Ordinary: How Everyday Life Inspired a Nation and How It Can Again by Marc Stears
RRP: $70.10$56.47From a major British political thinker and activist, a passionate case that both the left and right have lost their faith in ordinary people and must learn to find it again.This is an age of polarization. It's us vs. them. The battle lines are clear, and... -
The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland by Lindy Brady
RRP: $146.25$132.09The inhabitants of early medieval Britain and Ireland shared the knowledge that the region held four peoples and the awareness that they must have originally come from 'elsewhere'. The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland studies these... -
The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940: France and Flanders Campaign by Jerry Murland 9781473852235
RRP: $29.23$21.35The book, the latest in a series of eight Battleground Europe books that deals with the BEF's campaign in France and Flanders in 1940, covers the fierce fighting around the Dunkerque Perimeter during May and June 1940 between the retreating British... -
Selected Letters by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $25.33$17.73'How I wish that you had invited me to that most attractive feast on the Ides of March!' Cicero lived through some of the most turbulent years in the history of Rome, and witnessed at first-hand the overthrow of the republic and its replacement by a... -
The Gulag Doctors: Life, Death, and Medicine in Stalin's Labour Camps by Dan Healey 9780300187137
RRP: $58.50$48.46A pioneering history of medical care in Stalin’s Gulag—showing how doctors and nurses cared for inmates in appalling conditions A byword for injustice, suffering, and mass mortality, the Gulag exploited prisoners, compelling them to work harder for... -
Napoleon by Paul Johnson
RRP: $19.48$11.62A short and vivid biography, which deconstructs the Napoleonic myth and reveals the reality of his rule.'Written with his customary verve and certainty' Andrew Roberts, SUNDAY TELEGRAPHWritten with great wit and panache, this biography also has a serious... -
The Ruble: A Political History by Ekaterina Pravilova
RRP: $60.43$52.20A groundbreaking history of Russia, from empire to the Soviet era, viewed through the lens of its money. Money seems passive, a silent witness to the deeds and misdeeds of its holders, but through its history intimate dramas and grand historical... -
A Short History of Brexit: From Brentry to Backstop by Kevin O'Rourke
RRP: $19.48$14.64'Crisp, clear and quietly devastating' Guardian'Excellent, authoritative, highly readable' Irish TimesA succinct, expert guide to how we got to BrexitAfter all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin... -
Roman Civilization: Selected Readings: The Republic and the Augustan Age, Volume 1 by Naphtali Lewis 9780231071314
RRP: $97.50$77.06Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold's Roman Civilization is a classic. Originally published by Columbia University Press in 1955, the authors have undertaken another revision which takes into account recent work in the field. These volumes consist of... -
Pageant of Kings: The Nine Sovereigns at Edward VII's Funeral by Julia P Gelardi
RRP: $21.43$18.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733528450Author Julia P GelardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *... -
How to Read European Armor by Donald LaRocca
RRP: $38.90$33.81An accessibly written and superbly illustrated introduction to armor used for battle, tournament, and ceremony This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in... -
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307743749Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm... -
Lives of the Later Caesars by Anthony Birley
RRP: $25.33$17.73One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD. Written in the late fourth century by an anonymous author, it is an enigmatic... -
British Battle Tanks: World War I to 1939 by David Fletcher
RRP: $58.50$42.80When British soldiers charged across the Somme in September 1916 they were accompanied by a new and astonishing weapon - the tank. After a stuttering start armoured behemoths such as the Mark IV, Mark V and Whippet played a crucial role in bringing World... -
Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945 by Frederick Taylor 9780747570844 [USED COPY]
RRP: $33.13$4.47At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than 4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been... -
Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945 by Frederick Taylor
RRP: $33.13$23.95At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than 4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been... -
The Death of Franz Liszt Based on the Unpublished Diary of His Pupil Lina Schmalhausen by Alan Walker 9780801440762
RRP: $46.78$37.26"If only I do not die here." After falling ill during a visit to Bayreuth, Franz Liszt uttered this melancholy refrain throughout his final days, which were spent in rented rooms in a house opposite Wahnfried, the home of his daughter Cosima and his... -
Origins of the Great Purges: The Soviet Communist Party Reconsidered, 1933-1938 by John Arch Getty 9780521335706
RRP: $99.43$83.89This is a study of the structure of the Soviet Communist Party in the 1930s. Based upon archival and published sources, the work describes the events in the Bolshevik Party leading up to the Great Purges of 1937-1938. Professor Getty concludes that the... -
A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility by Taner Akcam
RRP: $25.33$16.77In 1915, the Turkish government systematically organised the wholesale slaughter of a complete race, the Armenians. Under the cover of World War I, through the secret organisation of unofficial gangs of Kurds, released prisoners, German officers and... -
By Moonlight and Spirit Flight by Michael Howard 9781945147340
RRP: $29.15$17.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945147340Author Michael HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Three Hands PressPublisher Three Hands PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 206mm *... -
London's Truly Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn
RRP: $15.58$10.55More 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... -
A History of France, 1460-1560: The Emergence of a Nation State by David Potter
$78.96A survey of French history from the reign of Louis XI to the outbreak of the Wars of Religion that isolates some of the controversial theories of the period: state building, nobility and clientage and the Reformation and discusses them with full... -
Engel's England: Thirty-nine counties, one capital and one man by Matthew Engel
RRP: $21.43$15.15England, says Matthew Engel, is the most complicated place in the world. And, as he travels through each of the historic English counties, he discovers that's just the start of it. Every county is fascinating, the product of a millennium or more of... -
Geography and Enlightenment by David N. Livingstone 9780226487212
RRP: $78.00$75.95Explores both the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary and topical perspectives, contributors consider the many ways in which the world of the long 18th century was brought to view... -
Borrowed Time: The Story of Britain Between the Wars by Roy Hattersley
RRP: $25.33$16.77Called an uneasy peace, the twenty years between the wars were a time of turmoil - Britain saw a general strike and the worst economic crisis in its history, armed rebellion in Ireland and open revolt in India, a Prime Minister's resignation and the... -
Bankside: London's Original District of Sin by David Brandon
RRP: $25.33$16.54On the south bank of the Thames and demarcated by Blackfriars and Tower Bridges lies the district known as Bankside, the Borough and Southwark. Its origin was in a Roman settlement nestling around the southern end of London Bridge, until the eighteenth... -
To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010 by T. M. Devine
RRP: $25.33$17.73Part of his trilogy on Scottish history, T. M. Devine's To the Ends of the Earth is a compelling account of the Scots as a 'global people', charting their forgotten role in the building of the modern world. The Scots are one of the world's greatest... -
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus by Lucy Ward
RRP: $39.00$27.87A 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... -
Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London by Olivia Williams
RRP: $21.43$14.43Gin 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...