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Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi
RRP: £9.99£7.11'We're not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.' Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort... -
A Dual Perspective: The German in an English Judge by Konrad Schiemann 9781915036667
RRP: £24.99£20.29The inspirational story of a young German orphan who escaped a war-torn Berlin to rise to the highest ranks of the European legal system. When Konrad Schiemann escaped his home in Berlin to begin a new life in England, he didn't know what life... -
The Gulag Archipelago: v. 2: Experiment in Literary Investigation by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9780061253720
RRP: £21.99£13.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061253720Author Aleksandr SolzhenitsynFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
D-Day in Photographs by Andrew Whitmarsh 9780752474793
RRP: £20.00£15.04The Allied landings in France on 6 June 1944 were a turning point in world history. This book is a compilation of 200 images relating to all aspects of D-Day and the Normandy landings, beginning with the years of planning and preparations, all conducted... -
1970s Childhood by Liza Hollinghurst
RRP: £8.99£6.96A 1970s childhood was, for many, a life of happy-go-lucky freedom set against a soundtrack of pop music played on a transistor radio dangling from the handlebars of a Raleigh Chopper. It was a playground battlefield of Sindy versus Action Man or a... -
Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Boy's Quest for Freedom and His Future by Phyllida Scrivens 9781473843646
RRP: £25.00£18.02Escaping Hitler is the true story, covering ninety years, of a fourteen-year-old boy Gunter Stern who, when Adolf Hitler threatened hisfamily, education and future, resolved to escape from his rural village of Nickenich in the German Rhineland. In July... -
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey
RRP: £10.99£7.51In The Darkening Age, Catherine Nixey tells the little-known - and deeply shocking - story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the 'one true faith'.The... -
The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History by Dan Jackson 9781787386006
RRP: £12.99£11.95The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking,... -
Kings and Queens (Collins Gem) by Neil Grant
RRP: £6.99£4.80A copiously illustrated guide to the monarchs of the British Isles and Ireland from pre-Saxon times to the present, complete with concise genealogical charts and details of key historical events. The book is divided into five sections,... -
The Spartans: An Epic History by Paul Cartledge
RRP: £12.99£8.78The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent generations with evidence of its legacy found in both the Roman and British Empires. The Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted democracy,... -
The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History by Colin McEvedy
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History illustrates in a chronological series of maps, the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Near East. From 50,000 B.C. to the fourth century A.D., it is one of the most successful of the... -
The Complete Roman Legions by Nigel Pollard
RRP: £19.99£13.75The legions of Rome were among the greatest fighting forces in history. For almost half a millennium they secured the known world under the power of the Caesars. This pioneering account gathers together the stories of each and every imperial legion,... -
They Went to Portugal: A Travellers' Portrait by Rose Macaulay
RRP: £12.99£8.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198397Author Rose MacaulayFormat PaperbackPage Count 664Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
Visiting the Normandy Invasion Beaches and Battlefields: A Helpful Guide Book for Groups and Individuals by Gareth Hughes 9781473854321
RRP: £12.99£9.09This splendid and timely book will be invaluable to those visiting the battlefields, sites, museums, memorials and cemeteries of the D-Day Normandy landings. It is intended for those planning and leading school groups and similar parties but is also... -
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt
RRP: £16.99£12.68FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER AWARD A magisterial and acclaimed history of post-war Europe, from Germany to Poland, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, selected as one of New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year Europe in 1945 was drained. Much of the... -
Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Vols 1-3 by Edward Gibbon
RRP: £60.00£44.45Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historical scholarship and remains a remarkable fresh and powerful contribution to the interpretation of Roman history... -
Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower
RRP: £12.99£9.09From award-winning historian Mark Mazower, Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century retells the story of a century of division, charting the struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind. The end of the First World War saw old... -
The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by S. A. Smith
RRP: £8.99£6.45This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole--on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men... -
The Enlightenment: A Beginner's Guide by Kieron O'Hara 9781851687091
RRP: £9.99£6.41Blamed for the bloody disasters of the 20th century: Auschwitz, the Gulags, globalisation, Islamic terrorism; heralded as the harbinger of reason, equality, and the end of arbitrary rule, the Enlightenment has been nothing if not divisive. To this day... -
My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London by Gilda O'Neill
RRP: £15.99£11.61Gilda O'Neill's The East End traces the East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, jellied eels. London's East End it is a place at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. Gilda O'Neill, an... -
The Queen’s Dolls’ House: Revised and Updated Edition by Lucinda Lambton 9781909741904
RRP: £16.95£11.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741904Author Lucinda LambtonFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 580g -
The Origins of the Second World War by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: £10.99£7.77A.J.P. Taylor's bestselling The Origins of the Second World War overturns popular myths about the outbreak of war.One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor... -
The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction by John Guy 9780199674725
RRP: £8.99£6.45The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction. Looking at all aspects of... -
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9781529008401
RRP: £10.99£8.05Niccolo Machiavelli provides a remarkably uncompromising picture of the true nature of power, no matter what era or by whom it is exercised. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with... -
Major and Mrs.Holt's Battlefield Guide to Ypres Salient by Tonie Holt 9780850525519
RRP: £16.99£12.68Covering the important WW1 Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the well-known and most important sites of the area. This book, part of a new series of guides, is... -
Around Pulborough by P. A. L. Vine 9780752426112
RRP: £14.99£11.55Around PulboroughBook InformationISBN 9780752426112Author P A L VineFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
London: A History in Maps by Peter Barber 9780712358798
RRP: £45.00£29.97Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Side-by-side with the great,... -
Illuminations by Walter Benjamin
RRP: £16.99£12.28Illuminations contains the most celebrated work of Walter Benjamin, one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th Century: 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy... -
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell 9780007539406 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.40The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller 'A fabulous story, superbly told ... cannot be bettered' Max Hastings 'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' ... -
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell
RRP: £12.99£8.48The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller 'A fabulous story, superbly told ... cannot be bettered' Max Hastings 'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' ... -
The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj by Anne De Courcy
RRP: £9.99£6.80The adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands.From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and... -
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii Plokhy 9781780746463
RRP: £12.99£8.63BY THE AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2015 On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the... -
Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings by Craig L. Symonds 9780199986118
RRP: £24.99£23.72D-Day--June 6, 1944--is seared into popular consciousness: 160,000 Allied troops landed along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy, suffering devastating losses in an invasion that would eventually lead to the... -
Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914 by Eugen Weber 9780804710138
RRP: £38.00£33.67France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. For a hundred years and more after the Revolution, millions of peasants lived on as if in a timeless world, their existence little different from that of the generations before them. ... -
NATO's Secret Armies: Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe by Daniele Ganser 9780714685007
RRP: £28.99£25.09This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War... -
Old Ireland in Colour by John Breslin 9781785374319
RRP: £18.99£15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Best Irish Published Book 2020 (Ireland).Book InformationISBN 9781785374319Author John BreslinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion... -
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World by Maya Jasanoff
RRP: £12.99£8.48CUNDILL PRIZE 2018 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018 'Enlightening, compassionate, superb' John le Carre A visionary life and times of Joseph Conrad,... -
The Age Of Empire: 1875-1914 by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: £14.99£9.80The splendid finale to Eric Hobsbawm's study of the nineteenth century, THE AGE OF EMPIRE covers the area of Western Imperialism and examines the forces that swept the world to the outbreak of World War One- and shaped modern society.Hobsbawm's classic... -
Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: £14.99£13.03Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this ambitious and thoroughly... -
The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam by Webb, Simon 9781526797094
RRP: £14.99£10.95A century before Britain became involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain and other European countries were being depopulated by slavers, who transported the men, women and children to Africa...