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Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England: A Sourcebook by Patricia Crawford
RRP: £36.99£32.53Womens Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on womens lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in... -
Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways: Feuds, Frauds, Robberies and Riots by Terry Deary
RRP: £9.99£4.08The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train . . .Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but while they squabbled over who deserved the title of 'The Father of the Locomotive' and enjoyed their fame and fortune,... -
The Placenames of Scotland by Iain Taylor
RRP: £12.99£8.56Placenames are a constant source of debate. Who was Edwin, whose name is said to live on in that of Scotland's capital city? Are the 'drum' and 'chapel' still to be found in Drumchapel? And which 'king' had a 'seat' in Kingseat in Perthshire? The answers... -
Queen Margaret Tudor: The story of a courageous but forgotten monarch by Stuart McCabe 9781861516145
£13.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861516145Author Stuart McCabeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo Books -
French Invasions of Britain and Ireland, 1797 1798: The Revolutionaries and Spies who Sought to Topple the Government of King George by Paul L Dawson 9781399068086
RRP: £28.00£19.62Not since 1066 - at least in popular myth - has an enemy force set foot on British soil. The Declaration of War with Revolutionary France in 1793 changed all that. In Ireland, the desire for home rule led Irish republicans to seek support from France and... -
Churchill: A Drinking Life: Champagne, Cognac, and Cocktails by Gin Sander
RRP: £16.99£12.28"An intoxicating read. You'll want to consume it twice." -A.J. Baime, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental President and Dewey Defeats TrumanA fun little book packed with historic Churchill information, drinking companions, locations, and... -
The Common Stream by Rowland Parker 9781780600758
RRP: £12.99£8.60This is the story of a village in East Anglia, astride its common stream, a saga of continuity and change which stretches back across a landscape of two thousand years. It took Rowland Parker thirteen years of detective work to piece this jigsaw... -
Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK by Ian Bone 9780954417772
RRP: £9.99£8.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954417772Author Ian BoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Naked Guides LtdPublisher Tangent BooksDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm -
British Ironclads 1860-75: HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet' by Angus Konstam
RRP: £11.99£8.43In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the... -
The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn by Margaret Willes
RRP: £11.99£10.15An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This... -
The Nineteenth Century: The British Isles 1815-1901 by Colin Matthew 9780198731436
RRP: £37.99£31.25The complete Short Oxford History of The British Isles (series editor: Professor Paul Langford) will cover the history of the British Isles from the Roman Era to the present in eleven volumes. In each, experts write to their strengths tackling the key... -
Victorian Fashion by Jayne Shrimpton
RRP: £9.99£7.67The sweeping crinolines, corsets, bustles, bonnets and parasols of Victorian Britain are indispensable to our period dramas, and their influences can still be seen within burlesque and steampunk fashions. This is no surprise, as nineteenth-century... -
Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun
RRP: £10.99£7.40THE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF BRITAIN'S FIRST EVER RAILWAY MURDER 'A fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of Victorian London . . . unputdownable' Daily Telegraph'A cunning and suspenseful tale' Independent 'Meticulously researched . . . the... -
Britannia Surveyed: New light on early Roman Britain through the work of military surveyors by Robert Entwistle 9781910238172
RRP: £19.50£9.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910238172Author Robert EntwistleFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint The Armatura PressPublisher The Armatura PressDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Britain in Fragments: Why Things are Falling Apart by Satnam Virdee
RRP: £19.99£14.52Britain today is falling apart. One of the most dominant states in world history finds itself confronted with growing demands for nationalist secessionism. Brexit has already secured its break from the European Union while looming Scottish independence... -
How We'd Talk if the English Had Won in 1066: New Edition 2020 by David Cowley 9781800316294
£16.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800316294Author David CowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 625g -
The Aeronauts by James Glaisher 9781911545477
RRP: £9.99£6.80The Aeronauts is the true story behind the forthcoming Major Motion Picture, telling the daring life and death escapades of pioneering Victorian balloonist James Glaisher. In 1862, Glaisher set out to do the impossible: ascend higher into the skies than... -
The Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing: A Photographic History by Dr. Paul Smith 9780752448282
RRP: £14.99£11.55People have been crossing the Thames from Dartford to Thurrock at much the same point since the 1820s. Since its earliest beginnings as a ferry-crossing location, the site has developed into one of Europe's busiest crossings and complex traffic... -
In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western Intelligence by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones 9780198701903
RRP: £14.99£11.53In Spies We Trust reveals the full story of the Anglo-American intelligence relationship - ranging from the deceits of World War I to the mendacities of 9/11 - for the first time. Why did we ever start trusting spies? It all started a hundred years... -
More Like Lions Than Men: Sir William Brereton and the Cheshire Army of Parliament, 1642-46 by Andrew Abram 9781913118822
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118822Author Andrew AbramFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
On the Crofter's Trail by Craig David
RRP: £14.99£9.80In the Clearances of the 19th century, crofts - once the mainstay of Highland life in Scotland - were swept away as the land was put over to sheep grazing. Many of the people of the Highlands and islands of Scotland were forced from their homes by... -
The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-c.1870 by Eric J. Evans
RRP: £43.99£43.26In what has established itself as a classic study of Britain from the late eighteenth century to the mid-Victorian period, Eric J. Evans explains how the country became the world's first industrial nation. His book also explains how, and why, Britain was... -
The Little History of Scottish Brewing by John Alexander
RRP: £14.99£11.55From the time of the Picts to the present day, Scotland has played an important role in the development of British brewing, providing a host of inventions and other contributions vital to its success. Covering such topics as Scotch Ale, Porter, Shilling... -
The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity by Andrew Gailey
RRP: £14.99£9.80Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2016Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, enjoyed a glittering career which few could equal. As Viceroy of India and Governor-General of Canada, he held the... -
What a Thing to Say to the Queen!: Charming anecdotes from the House of Windsor by Thomas Blaikie
RRP: £9.99£6.44This specially updated edition, released to mark the passing of the late and much-missed monarch, is a collection of warm, amusing recollections from the royal household celebrating the lighter side of palace life. 'What do you do?' a guest inquired of... -
Around Brigg The Second Selection: Images of England by John Holland 9780752426419
RRP: £12.99£9.62Around Brigg IIBook InformationISBN 9780752426419Author John HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 4mm -
The Maisky Diaries: The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London by Ivan Maisky
RRP: £14.99£13.43Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A... -
Our Liverpool: Memories of Life in Disappearing Britain by Piers Dudgeon 9780755317165
RRP: £10.99£6.47OUR LIVERPOOL is an oral history about the real Liverpool - about the city before its slick transformation to European City of Culture and about the spirit that remains at its heart. Here, at last, is Liverpool's grievous and glorious past. And here,... -
The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 Ce by Robin Fleming
RRP: £35.00£31.14Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the money economy, and the functioning state collapsed. Many of the most quotidian and fundamental elements of... -
Managing the Economy, Managing the People: Narratives of Economic Life in Britain from Beveridge to Brexit by Jim Tomlinson 9780198786092
£93.77This study offers a distinctive new account of British economic life since the Second World War, focussing upon the ways in which successive governments, in seeking to manage the economy, have sought simultaneously to 'manage the people': to try and... -
The First English Empire: Power and Identities in the British Isles 1093-1343 by R. R. Davies 9780198208495
RRP: £86.00£60.35The future of the United Kingdom is an increasingly vexed question. This book traces the roots of the issue to the middle ages, when English power and control came to extend to the whole of the British Isles. By 1300 it looked as if Edward I was in... -
Edward I and Wales, 1254-1307 by David Pilling 9781526776419
RRP: £25.00£18.02Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery that Transformed Tudor England by James Evans
RRP: £14.99£9.80A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement.In the spring of 1553 three ships sailed north-east from London into uncharted waters. The scale of their ambition was breathtaking. Drawing... -
Bomber Boys: The RAF Offensive of 1943 by Kevin Wilson
RRP: £12.99£8.60A gripping account of the everyday heroism of British bomber crews in 1943 - the year when Bomber Command believed it could win WWII by bombing alone.In 1943 the RAF began a bombing campaign against Germany, the like of which had never before been seen... -
Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin by James Rodgers
RRP: £40.00£37.66The story of western correspondents in Russia is the story of Russia's attitude to the west. Russia has at different times been alternately open to western ideas and contacts, cautious and distant or, for much of the twentieth century, all but closed off... -
No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen: Back to the land in wartime England by Ken Worpole 9781908213860
RRP: £15.00£10.96On 'Lady Day', March 1943 a group of Christian pacifists took possession of a vacant farm in Frating, a hamlet on the Essex Tendring Peninsula. There they established a working community, inspired by their association with The Adelphi journal, where D.H... -
Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England by Annie Whitehead
RRP: £14.99£10.95Many Anglo-Saxon kings are familiar. AEthelred the Unready is one, yet less is written of his wife, who was consort of two kings and championed one of her sons over the others, or his mother who was an anointed queen and powerful regent, but was also... -
Power and Protest in England, 1525-1640 by Alison D. Wall 9780340610220
£39.11Drawing on new research from local archives as well as reinterpretations of published literature, Power and the People describes how England remained governable between 1525 and 1640, despite the wars, famine, epidemics, and dynastic and religious crises... -
Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood by Tom Licence
RRP: £12.99£11.46An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066"In putting flesh back on Edward's bones Licence has brought a new succession story to popular attention."-Leanda de Lisle, The Times"This fine biography... -
Hobart's 79th Armoured Division at War: Invention, Innovation and Inspiration by Richard Doherty 9781526731524
RRP: £14.99£10.95Hobart's reputation as an armoured warfare specialist began in the pre-war era. In 1923 he transferred from the Royal Engineers to the Royal Tank Corps and quickly established himself as one of the foremost thinkers on armoured warfare. By 1938 he was...