Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher and the End of the Cold War by Archie Brown
RRP: €17.84€13.51How the Cold War ended - and the people who made it happen In this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War's ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet... -
Revolution and Reaction: Europe 1789-1849 by Andrew Matthews 9780521567343
RRP: €23.74€21.25An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. In many ways the period 1789-1849 saw the birth of the modern world, as the people of Europe grappled with the impact of the new political and social ideas, rapid population... -
The Chapels and Healings Wells of the Western Isles by Finlay MacLeod 9781789070019
RRP: €11.89€10.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789070019Author Finlay MacLeodFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint AcairPublisher Acair -
Building Anglo-Saxon England by John Blair
RRP: €49.98€41.53Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of... -
The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe
RRP: €17.85€17.70In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began,... -
A Concise History of Italy by Christopher Duggan
RRP: €27.36€23.23Since its formation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This new edition of Christopher Duggan's acclaimed introduction charts the country's history from the fall of the Roman... -
Last Hope Island: Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war by Lynne Olson 9781911617181
RRP: €13.08€6.44Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean by Carolina López-Ruiz 9780674295575
€24.93“An important new book…offers a powerful call for historians of the ancient Mediterranean to consider their implicit biases in writing ancient history and it provides an example of how more inclusive histories may be written.”—Denise Demetriou, New... -
The Eleanor Crosses: The Story of King Edward I's Lost Queen and her Architectural Legacy by Decca Warrington 9781909930650
RRP: €17.84€16.47The Eleanor Crosses begins in November 1290 with the untimely death in a Lincolnshire village of Queen Eleanor of Castile, beloved consort of King Edward I of England. A sombre journey of more than 200 miles must follow, to transport the queen's body to... -
Understanding Ravenna by Michael Starks 9781781557112
RRP: €22.60€16.20Ravenna has eight World Heritages sites--churches, baptisteries, chapels and monuments dating from the fifth and sixth centuries AD which are renowned especially for exquisite mosaics portraying biblical scenes and figures. They were designed,... -
Britain's Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide by Hilary McD. Beckles 9789766402686
€51.27Since the mid-nineteenth-century abolition of slavery, the call for reparations for the crime of African enslavement and native genocide has been growing. In the Caribbean, grassroots and official voices now constitute a regional reparations movement... -
Roman Britain: A New History 55 BC-AD 450 Patricia Southern 9781445611907
RRP: €22.60€15.35For nearly four centuries, from AD 43 to 410, Britain was a small province on the north-western edge of the vast Roman Empire. Though it was small, it was not insignificant. There were more Roman soldiers in Britain than there were in the provinces of... -
Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture by Miri Rubin
RRP: €36.88€30.86This book studies later medieval culture [c. 1150-1500] through its central symbol: the eucharist. From the twelfth century onwards the eucharist was designed by the Church as the foremost sacrament. The claim that this ritual brought into presence... -
The Seven Years' War by Daniel Marston
RRP: €17.84€13.98The closest thing to total war before World War One, the Seven Years' War was fought in North America, Europe, the Caribbean and India with major consequences for all parties involved. This fascinating book is the first to truly review the grand... -
Escape From the Ghetto: The Breathtaking Story of the Jewish Boy Who Ran Away from the Nazis by John Carr
RRP: €11.89€7.94'Trust me, this is a great true story' - Ken Follett 'This is an unbelievable story that is all completely true. The life described is astonishing. John Carr has done an extraordinary and riveting job uncovering the real father behind the dad he thought... -
Sayings of the Spartans by Plutarch 9781948648110
€6.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948648110Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Vigeo PressPublisher Vigeo PressWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 6mm -
A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility Taner Akcam 9781845295523
RRP: €15.46€10.51In 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... -
The Northern Question: A History of a Divided Country by Thomas Hazeldine 9781786634092
RRP: €14.27€11.66Britain has scarcely begun to come to terms with its recent upheavals, from the crisis over Brexit to the collapse of Labour's 'red wall'. What can explain such momentous shifts?In this essential work, Tom Hazeldine excavates the history of a divided... -
On Living in an Old Country: The National Past in Contemporary Britain by Patrick Wright
RRP: €23.79€17.87The hulk of Henry VIII's flagship is raised from the seabed in an operation that captures the mind of the nation. The leader of the Labour party wears an informal coat at the Cenotaph and provokes a national scandal. An elderly lady whose ancient house... -
Appeasement and Rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939 by James P. Levy 9780742545380
RRP: €35.70€31.75Standing against conventional wisdom, historian James Levy reevaluates Britain's twin policies of appeasement and rearmament in the late 1930s. By carefully examining the political and economic environment of the times, Levy argues that Neville... -
Drawing on Archaeology: Bringing History to Life by Victor Ambrus
RRP: €23.80€17.90How does excavation enable the archaeologist to reconstruct the past? Victor Ambrus, who has been the Channel 4 Time Team artist since the programme's inception in 1994, has selected some of the key excavations from the many series to show how it has... -
Hadrian's Wall: Creating Division by Matthew Symonds
RRP: €23.79€19.99Over its venerable history, Hadrian's Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border, recent research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation... -
A Concise History of Spain by William D. Phillips, Jr.
RRP: €29.74€24.26The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples, and from continual contact with outside influences. This updated edition traces that history from prehistoric times to the present,... -
In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Poland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice by Michael Fleming
RRP: €89.25€81.09In the midst of the Second World War, the Allies acknowledged Germany's ongoing programme of extermination. In the Shadow of the Holocaust examines the struggle to attain post-war justice and prosecution. Focusing on Poland's engagement with the United... -
The Thirty Years War, 1618 - 1648: The First Global War and the end of Habsburg Supremacy by John Pike
RRP: €41.65€29.37Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland by Crawford Gribben 9780198868187
RRP: €37.47€26.58Ireland has long been regarded as a 'land of saints and scholars'. Yet the Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland describes the emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and... -
The Dissolution of the Monasteries by G. W. O. Woodward 9780853726173
RRP: €8.32€6.25A fascinating guide to the English Reformation and its consequences. In April 1536, in the 27th year of the reign of King Henry VIII, there were scattered throughout England and Wales more than 800 monasteries, nunneries and friaries, and within them... -
A Historical Introduction to English Law: Genesis of the Common Law by Russell Sandberg
RRP: €35.69€31.74There are some stories that need to be told anew to every generation. This book tells one such story. It explores the historical origins of the common law and explains why that story needs to be understood by all who study or come into contact with... -
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger by Greg Steinmetz
RRP: €15.46€10.01In the days when Columbus sailed the ocean and Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, a German banker named Jacob Fugger became the richest man in history. Fugger lived in Germany at the turn of the sixteenth century, the grandson of a peasant. By the time... -
Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace by Alexander Mikaberidze
RRP: €38.66€26.91A full-life portrait of the man Tolstoy immortalized, Stalin lionized, and Russian history has manipulated and mythologized beyond recognition. Every Russian knows him purely by his patronym. He was the general who triumphed over Napoleons Grande... -
Dancing into Battle: A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo Nicholas Foulkes 9780753822173
RRP: €11.89€8.33The social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815The summer of 1815 saw the final and desperate efforts of European powers to usurp Napoleon's reign over France. The pivotal moment was unfolding in... -
The British Empire: How it was built - and how it fell Piers Brendon 9781911187851
RRP: €11.89€8.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187851Author Piers BrendonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
A Rebels Guide To Gramsci by Chris Bambery 9781905192151
RRP: €4.76€3.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905192151Author Chris BamberyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 49g -
Great and Glorious Days: Marlborough's Battles 1704-09: Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet by James Falkner 9781862274181
RRP: €20.22€15.62Armies led by John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough met and defeated general and army that King Louis XIV of France could put against them. This book brings soldierly understanding of the trials and tribulations of the fateful days of battle and... -
Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World by Peter Brown 9780521595575
RRP: €19.03€15.07The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence... -
The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon: The New Penguin History of France by Colin Jones 9780140130935
RRP: €23.80€17.01There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in1789... -
The Cottage Garden Twigs Way 9780747808183
RRP: €10.70€7.91Hollyhocks and cabbages, roses and runner beans: the English cottage garden combined beauty and utility, pride and productivity. But what was the reality of the space immortalised in images of thatched cottages with floral borders and ducks on the path?... -
Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D. 990 - 1992 Charles Tilly (New School for Social Research) 9781557863683
RRP: €38.02€33.93In this pathbreaking work, now available in paperback, Charles Tilly challenges all previous formulations of state development in Europe. Specifically, Tilly charges that most available explanations fail because they do not account for the great variety... -
The European Game: The Secrets of European Football Success by Daniel Fieldsend 9781909715486
RRP: €26.17€18.03The European Game is an adventure. Over three months Dan Fieldsend travelled the continent discovering the methods for success used at some of the biggest clubs in Europe, from Ajax and Juventus, to Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Bayern Munch, Benfica, Athletic... -
The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year by Nick Groom
RRP: €17.84€13.03Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and runner-up for Countryfile Book of the Year. For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly...