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A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: From Beginnings to 1807 by Professor A. R. Disney 9780521738224
RRP: $37.40$29.00The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison d'etre and no obvious roots in its Roman, Germanic, or Islamic pasts, it for long remained a small, struggling realm on Europe's... -
Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England by Caroline Grigson 9780198714712
RRP: $19.34$14.13Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo -- a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and -- on occasion -- the downright bizarre. From... -
The French Revolution, 1789-1799 by Peter McPhee 9780199244140
RRP: $39.33$37.36This 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... -
Storming the Eagle's Nest: Hitler's War in the Alps by Jim Ring
RRP: $16.76$11.35In a mountain resort in the Alps, Hitler built his 'Eagle's Nest' from which he conceived and directed the war. Skiing resorts were turned into training centres for mountain warfare, plans were made to invade Switzerland, and concentration camps were... -
The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine 1850-1948 by Roger Hardy 9781912945344
RRP: $19.35$13.48Palestine, 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 Crimean War: A History by Fellow Orlando Figes
RRP: $61.92$42.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805074604Author Fellow Orlando FigesFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint Metropolitan BooksPublisher Metropolitan BooksWeight(grams) 1066gDimensions(mm)... -
The People's Peace: Britain Since 1945 by Kenneth O. Morgan 9780198841074
RRP: $25.79$18.42The People's Peace: Britain since 1945 is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War by Richard H. Immerman 9780198779391
$45.15The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War offers a broad reassessment of the period based on new conceptual frameworks developed in the field of international history. Nearing the 25th anniversary of its end, the cold war now emerges as a distinct period in... -
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West by Christopher Caldwell
RRP: $20.63$14.98'We need books like this' Literary Review'Western Europe became a multiethnic society in a fit of absence of mind.'Taking us from English suburbs to Parisian housing estates, this provocative, unflinching and engrossing book tackles uncomfortable... -
The Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1808-1811 by Tim Saunders 9781526757326
RRP: $32.25$23.61Histories of the Light Division have tended to be incomplete, being based on memoirs of a few well known diarists, principally from the 95th Rifles. The authors of this book, the first volume of two, have sought memoirs from across the division,... -
Gunshots & Goalposts: The Story of Northern Irish Football by Benjamin Roberts 9781905575114
RRP: $12.89$8.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905575114Author Benjamin RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Avenue BooksPublisher Avenue Books -
Disaster Before D-Day: Unravelling the Tragedy at Slapton Sands by Stephen Wynn
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City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, its Popes and its People by Jessica Wärnberg 9781837731053
RRP: $32.25$21.40In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another presence has dominated Rome for 2,000 years -the pope, whose actions and influence echo down the ages. In this epic... -
Normandy: Hill 112 - Battle of the Odon by Tim Saunders 9780850527377
RRP: $19.34$17.62'He who holds Hill 112, holds Normandy' said a German general, while the British regarded the hill as 'the Key to Normandy'. During the battle in June and July 1944, both sides were to fight hard for its dominating views over the surrounding area.This... -
The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond: A New History of the English Province of the Friars Preachers by Richard Finn
RRP: $116.10$105.04The history of the Dominicans in the British Isles is a rich and fascinating one. Eight centuries have passed since the Friars Preachers landed on England's shores. Yet no book charting the history of the English Province has appeared for close on a... -
The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages by Robert Bartlett
RRP: $25.79$20.96How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book... -
BOUDICA THE TRUTH by Janet Smart
RRP: $12.89$12.72In the province of Britannia during AD60. the brutality of the Roman Empire forced catastrophic retaliation by the people. Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, rose in rebellion, joined by thousands of her fellow countrymen. Together they engaged in a deadly... -
Pedestal: The Convoy That Saved Malta by Peter C. Smith 9780907579199
RRP: $12.89$9.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579199Author Peter SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
National Service Fifty Years On by Berwick Coates 9780857041685
RRP: $25.79$22.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857041685Author Berwick CoatesFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused Mike Dash 9780753827994
RRP: $14.18$9.82'A fascinating exploration of human greed and self-delusion and also a tribute to our ageless search for beauty' DEBORAH MOGGACH.In 1630s' Holland thousands of people, from the wealthiest merchants to the lowest street traders, were caught up in a frenzy... -
British Battle Tanks: World War I to 1939 by David Fletcher
RRP: $38.70$28.75When 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... -
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder by James E. Waller
RRP: $39.33$33.23Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate... -
The Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury Tor by Nicholas R. Mann
RRP: $19.34$14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953663132Author Nicholas R. MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Imperial Science: Cable Telegraphy and Electrical Physics in the Victorian British Empire by Bruce J. Hunt
RRP: $29.66$26.65In the second half of the nineteenth century, British firms and engineers built, laid, and ran a vast global network of submarine telegraph cables. For the first time, cities around the world were put into almost instantaneous contact, with profound... -
A Geography of Offerings: Deposits of Valuables in the Landscapes of Ancient Europe by Richard Bradley 9781785704772
RRP: $20.63$19.45More than quarter of a century ago Richard Bradley published The Passage of Arms. It was conceived as An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits, but, as the author concedes, these terms were too narrowly focused for the complex... -
Reformation Europe by Ulinka Rublack
RRP: $32.24$25.79How could the Protestant Reformation take off from Wittenberg, a tiny town in Saxony, which contemporaries regarded as a mud hole? And how could a man of humble origins, deeply scared by the devil, become a charismatic leader and convince others that the... -
Churches and Churchyards of England and Wales by Richard Hayman
RRP: $16.76$12.95The parish church is a symbol of continuity, a cornerstone of the urban and rural landscape, and a treasure trove often as rich in cultural history as any museum. This compact and accessible guide explores all of these aspects of the parish church,... -
The Story of Sutton Coldfield by Roger Lea
RRP: $23.21$17.85Using plans and illustrations, Roger Lea looks at the evolution of Sutton Coldfield, a town of 100,000 inhabitants with a long and interesting history.About the AuthorRoger Lea was born in Birmingham and has lived in Sutton Coldfield since 1972. He has... -
A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation: Commemorating 500 years of Popes, Protestants, Reformers, Radicals and Other Assorted Irritants Nick Page 9781444749700
RRP: $19.34$12.96500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that. Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world)... -
Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe by Robert Bartlett 9781108490672
RRP: $39.98$29.45Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family politics; and political life was shaped by the births,... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation by Peter Marshall 9780199595495
RRP: $29.01$21.08The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a... -
Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire by Raymond Jonas 9780674258570
RRP: $38.64$33.48The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising US colossus by establishing Old World empire on its doorstep.The outbreak of the US Civil War provided an unexpected... -
Lenin the Dictator Victor Sebestyen 9781474601054
RRP: $19.34$12.96'A fresh, powerful portrait of Lenin' Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine'Richly readable ... An enthralling but appalling story' Francis Wheen, author of Karl MarxThe cold, one-dimensional figure of Lenin the political fanatic is only a partial truth... -
The 3rd Ss Panzer Regiment: 3rd Ss Panzer Division Totenkopf by Pierre Tiquet
RRP: $25.79$18.71The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was part of the Totenkopf Division-one of the 38 Waffen-SS divisions active during World War II. Notorious for its brutality, most notably a mass execution of British prisoners in the battle of France, "Totenkopf" had a... -
Venice, A Maritime Republic by Frederic Chapin Lane
RRP: $45.15$41.13"Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully... -
Rome's Italian Wars: Books 6-10 by Livy
RRP: $16.76$12.05'People have it in their minds that he would have been a match for Alexander, had Alexander turned his arms on Europe.' So Livy characterizes Papirius Cursor, one of Rome's famous generals in the fourth century BC. In Books 6 to 10 of his monumental... -
Stalin by Hiroaki Kuromiya 9780582784796
RRP: $56.75$54.52This profile looks at how Stalin, despite being regarded as intellectually inferior by his rivals, managed to rise to power and rule the largest country in the world, achievieving divine-like status as a dictator.Through recently uncovered research... -
The Place of Enchantment: British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern by Alex Owen
RRP: $36.12$35.33By the end of the nineteenth century, Victorians were seeking rational explanations for the world in which they lived. The radical ideas of Charles Darwin had shaken traditional religious beliefs. Sigmund Freud was developing his innovative models of the... -
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae by J. T. Ramsey
RRP: $41.91$34.64In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.E.) recounts the dramatic events of the year 63 B.C.E. when a disgruntled and impoverished nobleman, L. Sergius Catilina, after two electoral defeats, made himself the leader of a... -
Re-Writing the French Revolutionary Tradition: Liberal Opposition and the Fall of the Bourbon Monarchy by Robert Alexander 9780521039765
RRP: $39.98$37.00This book examines the politics of the French Revolutionary tradition during the Bourbon Restoration and early July Monarchy. Robert Alexander argues that political change was achieved by legal grassroots organization and persuasion - rather than by the...