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The Pursuit of Europe: A History by Anthony Pagden 9780198757665
RRP: $61.41$42.78The European Union, we are told, is facing extinction. Most of those who believe that, however, have no understanding of how, and why, it became possible to imagine that the diverse peoples of Europe might be united in a single political community. ... -
A History of England in 100 Places: From Stonehenge to the Gherkin by John Julius Norwich
RRP: $25.33$16.77From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, acclaimed historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of England through one hundred key... -
Elizabethan Rebellions: Conspiracy, Intrigue and Treason by Helene Harrison
RRP: $48.75$34.36Elizabeth I. Tudor, Queen, Protestant. Throughout her reign, Elizabeth I had to deal with many rebellions which aimed to undermine her rule and overthrow her. Led in the main by those who wanted religious freedom and to reap the rewards of power, each... -
Shipbuilders of the Venetian Arsenal: Workers and Workplace in the Preindustrial City by Robert C. Davis
RRP: $49.73$47.56The master ship builders of seventeenth-century Venice formed part of what was arguably the greatest manufacturing complex in early modern Europe. As many as three thousand masters, apprentices, and laborers regularly worked in the city's enormous... -
Germany and the Origins of the Second World War by Jonathan Wright
$74.37Jonathan Wright explores the events, discusses rival interpretations and places the policies of Hitler in the context of Germany as a whole. Wright explains that support rose and fell, but, nevertheless, by December 1941 Hitler had succeeded in carrying... -
Around Wallasey and New Brighton by Ralph Rimmer 9780752401560
RRP: $25.33$18.76The Wallasey area can boast a continuous recorded history of more than 1500 years, from being 'Welshman's Island', through the years of its manorial estates, its more recent renown as a leading holiday centre, to a group of thriving communities within... -
House of Medici: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Medici Family and Dynasty by Captivating History 9781637165058
RRP: $44.83$30.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165058Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 126Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)... -
The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800 - Updated Edition by R. R. Palmer 9780691161280
RRP: $58.50$46.20For the Western world, the period from 1760 to 1800 was the great revolutionary era in which the outlines of the modern democratic state came into being. Here for the first time in one volume is R. R. Palmer's magisterial account of this incendiary age... -
No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Lives of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War by Ian Mackersey
RRP: $19.48$11.62The 1914-18 conflict narrated through the voices of the men whose combat was in the air.'This moving book uses letters and diaries to evoke the terrible cost of such warfare...Sleepless nights, separated lovers and grieving parents are recalled with... -
The Cambridge Illustrated History of France by Colin Jones 9780521669924
RRP: $74.08$62.75Combining superb illustration with authoritative text, this is a major political and social history of France from earliest times to the eve of the new millennium. Colin Jones offers not only an expert's account of political, social and cultural... -
Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790 by Jonathan Israel
$54.39The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty, and freedom of expression and the press, form an interlocking system that derives directly from the... -
Sir Robert Seppings of Fakenham: From Rural Messenger Boy to Surveyor of the King's Navy by Peter Elphick 9781909796935
RRP: $25.25$22.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909796935Author Peter ElphickFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Poppyland PublishingPublisher Poppyland Publishing -
My Life by Leon Trotsky 9780486456096
RRP: $40.93$26.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486456096Author Leon TrotskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions by Maurizio Isabella
RRP: $68.25$54.09An examination of revolutions in the Iberian and Italian peninsulas, Sicily and Greece in the 1820s that reveals a popular constitutional culture in the SouthAfter the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna's attempt to... -
The Thin Red Line: An eyewitness history of the Crimean War by Julian Spilsbury
RRP: $25.33$16.77A FORGOTTEN VOICES for Victoria's RedcoatsThe Crimean War was the first 'modern' war for the British forces: journalists reported home via the telegraph, a device that also tempted the government to micro-manage the war from the comfort of Whitehall. It... -
Memory and the Mediterranean by Fernand Braudel 9780375703997
RRP: $42.90$31.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375703997Author Fernand BraudelFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 379gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
A Landscape Revealed: 10,000 Years on a Chalkland Farm by Martin Green 9780752414904
RRP: $48.75$36.15The Down Farm Landscape (where the author's family has farmed for generations) is one of the most carefully studied areas in Western Europe. Much of this work has been carried out by the author himself - who in 1992 won the Pitt Rivers award for... -
Debating the Origins of the Cold War: American and Russian Perspectives by Ralph B. Levering 9780847694082
RRP: $58.50$52.03Debating the Origins of the Cold War examines the coming of the Cold War through Americans' and Russians' contrasting perspectives and actions. In two engaging essays, the authors demonstrate that a huge gap existed between the democratic, capitalist,... -
Around Brigg by John Holland 9780752407968
RRP: $25.33$18.76This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752407968Author John... -
Great Lengths: The historic indoor swimming pools of Britain by Dr. Ian Gordon 9781905624522
RRP: $38.98$30.07Swimming is Britain's most popular participation sport. Nearly one in four people swim at least once a month, with around 80 million visits to swimming pools recorded every year. Surprisingly, although public baths have formed a vital part of community... -
Operation Bluecoat by Ian Daglish
RRP: $25.33$22.97After two months of bitter combat in Normandy, Operation Bluecoat transformed the campaign into a war of movement. British and German armoured divisions were flung against one another. Over the rugged terrain of the 'Suisse Normande', thrust met with... -
A History of the Czech Lands by Jaroslav Panek
RRP: $78.00$77.12Born January 1, 1993, after the split with Slovakia, the Czech Republic is one of the youngest members of the European Union. Despite its youth, this new state and the areas just outside its modern borders boast an ancient and intricate past. With A... -
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt by Jacob Burckhardt 9780865971233
RRP: $21.35$18.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971233Author Jacob BurkhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 547g -
Bookham & Fetcham by Linda Heath 9780752418254
RRP: $29.23$22.52A history of Bookham & FetchamBook InformationISBN 9780752418254Author Linda HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume II by John H. Gill
RRP: $33.13$24.73In the second volume of this epic work, John H. Gill traces Napoleon's progress as he sought to complete his victory over the Habsburgs. The war had erupted on April 10th with Austria's invasion of Germany and Italy. After just two weeks, Napoleon had... -
Firefighters during the Troubles: The Men and Women on the Frontline Tell Their Stories by John Wilson
RRP: $25.33$21.47Before the outbreak of the Troubles, a typical firefighter's year might have included call-outs to chimney fires, the occasional house fire or road accident, and - even more rarely - a large factory or hay shed fire. While a firefighting career was... -
Love Spells and Lost Treasure: Service Magic in England from The Later Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era by Tabitha Stanmore
RRP: $146.25$132.87Magic is ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. Yet if witchcraft is acknowledged as a persistent presence in the medieval and early modern eras, practical magic by contrast - performed to a useful end for payment, and actually more common... -
Eyots and Aits: Islands of the River Thames by Miranda Vickers
RRP: $48.75$36.93For 10,000 years the River Thames meandered from source to sea, periodically throwing up mudbanks or carving parallel channels on the bends and creating islands along much of its length. There are around 180 islands altogether, some accessible by... -
Parallel Lives: Agesilaus and Pompey, Pelopidas and Marcellus by Plutarch
RRP: $48.65$45.61Comparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular... -
Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe by Charles G. Nauert 9780521547819
RRP: $60.43$53.43In this updated edition of his classic account, Charles Nauert charts the rise of humanism as the distinctive culture of the social, political and intellectual elites in Renaissance Europe. He traces humanism's emergence in the unique social and cultural... -
Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys among the defiant people of the Caucasus by Oliver Bullough
RRP: $33.13$23.95Oliver Bullough's Let Our Fame be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant Peoples of the Caucasus is the extraordinary untold story of the inhabitants of the Caucasus and their unbreakable spirit. The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks and rugged... -
Samurai! by Saburo Sakai
RRP: $36.95$31.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743412834Author Saburo SakaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint ibooks IncPublisher ibooks IncWeight(grams) 564g -
The Swedish Army of the Great Northern War, 1700-1721 by Lars Ericson Wolke 9781912390182
RRP: $38.90$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390182Author Lars Ericson WolkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Possession by Alison Taylor
RRP: $42.88$38.75Premiering at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Andrzej Zulawski's Possession remains a distinct phenomenon. Though in competition for the illustrious Palme d'Or, its art cinema context did not rescue it from being banned as part of the United Kingdom's... -
Europe Since Napoleon by David Thomson
RRP: $37.03$27.32A history of Europe since Napoleon, covering all of the main topics of that period.About the AuthorDavid Thomson was born in India in 1914 to Scottish parents, but grew up in Scotland and Derbyshire. After the period described in Woodbrook he developed a... -
Lost Tramways of England: London South East by Peter Waller 9781914079825
RRP: $17.53$12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079825Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 15mm -
Walking In the Footsteps of the Fallen: Verdun 1916 by Christina Holstein 9781526717047
RRP: $29.23$21.35A visit to the battlefield of Verdun is usually dominated by the forts of Douamont and Vaux, the museum at Fleury and the striking, huge Ossuary, Although this gives a flavour of the horrific fighting that took place in the area, particularly in 1916,... -
Great Britain's Royal Tombs: A Guide to the Lives and Burial Places of British Monarchs by Michael Thomas Barry
RRP: $54.58$36.31An essential and concise reference guide to the final resting places of the monarchs of England. Through 234 illustrations and photos, learn the true-life stories of the monarchs of England from the warrior kings of the Dark Ages to modern day and where... -
A Companion to the Roman Republic by Nathan Rosenstein 9781444334135
RRP: $83.75$75.21This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of... -
The War Against the Commons: Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism by Ian Angus 9781685900175
RRP: $156.00$126.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900175Author Ian AngusFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...