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How the Just So Stories Were Made: The Brilliance and Tragedy Behind Kipling's Celebrated Tales for Little Children by John Batchelor
RRP: £19.99£10.38A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling's world-famous children's classic"In this concise and remarkable book . . . Batchelor guides us expertly . . . drawing on multiple sources and making intriguing... -
The Complete King Arthur: Many Faces, One Hero by John Matthews
RRP: £18.99£12.67Presenting the culmination of more than 40 years' research, John and Caitlin Matthews examine the historical and mythological evidence for every major theory about the existence of King Arthur. Drawing on modern techniques in archaeology and scholarship,... -
Per Ardua: Training an RAF Phantom Crew by Philip Keeble 9781781557129
RRP: £25.00£18.02Flying the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was a young man's dream but the path from "Civvy Street" to operational on a fighter squadron was long, arduous and beset with obstacles. To succeed meant the chance to fly one of the most iconic combat aircraft... -
Free Statism: The Good Old IRA by Danny Morrison 9783949573002
RRP: £15.00£13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783949573002Author Danny MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Greenisland PressPublisher Elsinor Verlag e.K. -
The North Wales Quarrymen, 1874-1922 by R. Merfyn Jones 9781783161751
RRP: £14.99£11.66On a Saturday morning in November 1865, between 1,200 and 1,500 men gathered above the small town of Bethesda, to launch a society which they called the United Society of Welsh Quarrymen. Although there had been earlier revolts of quarrymen, this was the... -
Arthurian Myths by Jake Jackson
RRP: £6.99£5.31Many medieval writers, especially from France and Wales, wrote stories about the great British leader that was King Arthur. Legends, folklore and myths from this period come together to paint a picture of who he was. Some describe him as a great warrior,... -
1919: Britain's Year of Revolution by Webb, Simon 9781399011396
RRP: £15.99£11.611919; Britain's Year of Revolution tells the story of an almost unknown passage in British history. On the August Bank Holiday that year, the government in London despatched warships to the northern city of Liverpool in an overwhelming show of force... -
The Arch Conjuror of England: John Dee by Glyn Parry
RRP: £12.99£11.46Outlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with angels, John Dee (1527-1609) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures of the Tudor world. In this fascinating book-the first full-length... -
The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India by Philip J. Stern
RRP: £40.99£25.45Almost since the event itself in 1757, the English East India Company's victory over the forces of the nawab of Bengal and the territorial acquisitions that followed has been perceived as the moment when the British Empire in India was born. Examining... -
Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850 by Linda Colley
RRP: £18.99£16.51Ranging over a quarter of a millennium and four continents, Captives uncovers the experiences and writings of those tens of thousands of men and women who took part in Britain's rise to imperial pre-eminence, but who got caught and caught out. Here are... -
Alt-Finance: How the City of London Bought Democracy by Marlene Benquet
RRP: £14.99£9.80Powerful financial forces have supported the neoliberal project since the 1980s to advance their interests; but there are now signs that these forces have a new face and a new strategy. The majority of the British finance sector threw its support behind... -
Wellington's Infantry: British Foot Regiments 1800-1815 by Gabriele Esposito 9781526786678
RRP: £19.99£14.28The period covered in this book is one of the most famed and glorious for the British Army and the infantry were its backbone. Gabriele Esposito examines how the foot regiments were reformed and evolved to absorb the lessons of defeat in America and... -
Militant Liverpool: A City on the Edge by Diane Frost 9781846318634
RRP: £24.99£22.41In May 1983, in the wake of her victory in the Falklands, Mrs Thatcher won the second of her three general election victories. Liverpool, going not for the first or last time against the grain, elected a Labour council that vowed to be different. In an... -
Bloody VerrièRes. the I. Ss-Panzerkorps Defence of the VerrièRes-Bourguebus Ridges: Volume II: the Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly-La-Campagne, 23 July–5 August 1944 by Arthur W. Gullachsen
RRP: £34.95£24.35South of the Norman city of Caen, Verrieres Ridge was seen a key stepping-stone for the British Second Army if it was to break out of the Normandy bridgehead in late July 1944. Imposing in height and containing perfect terrain for armoured operations,... -
Season in Hell: British Footballers Killed in the Second World War by Nigel McCrery 9781473827134
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Black Death in London by Barnie Sloane 9780752428291
RRP: £14.99£12.55The Black Death of 1348-49 may have killed more than 50% of the European population. This book examines the impact of this appalling disaster on England's most populous city, London. Using previously untapped documentary sources alongside archaeological... -
Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War: The Formation of Wellington's Famous Fighting Force, 1810 by Robert Burnham
£34.27In February 1810, Wellington formed what became the most famous British unit in the Peninsular War: the Light Division. Formed around the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry and the 95th Rifles, the exploits of these three regiments would become legendary. Over... -
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII by Steven Gunn 9780198802860
RRP: £52.00£44.60Henry VIII fought many wars, against the French and Scots, against rebels in England and the Gaelic lords of Ireland, even against his traditional allies in the Low Countries. But how much did these wars really affect his subjects? And what role did... -
Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain by Violet Fenn 9781526756688
RRP: £25.00£14.28Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behaviour, and... -
Richmond Park: The Walker's Guide by David McDowall 9780952784746
RRP: £9.99£9.35Containing information regarding the geology, ecology, and history of the terrain, this walkers guide to Richmond Park includes both its political history (its medieval and post medieval ownership) and also its socio-economic history - how its natural... -
The Windsor Diaries: A childhood with the Princesses by Alathea Fitzalan Howard
RRP: £12.99£8.60**SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020**'A new perspective on "Lilibet" as she fell for her future husband' Sunday Express, Books of the Year'For a glimpse into the lives of the young... -
The Armies of Sir Ralph Hopton: The Royalist Armies of the West 1642-46 by Laurence Spring 9781913336516
RRP: £19.95£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336516Author Laurence SpringFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Ghosts of Caithkin Park: Inside Third Lanark's Extraordinary Final Season by Michael McEwan
£19.49The summer of 1967 was Scottish football's finest hour. Celtic won the European Cup. Rangers reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Kilmarnock got to the semis of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Scotland defeated world champions England at... -
Phantom in the Cold War: RAF Wildenrath 1977 - 1992 by David Gledhill 9781526704085
RRP: £25.00£18.62The McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom was a true multi-role combat aircraft. Introduced into the RAF in 1968, it was employed in ground attack, air reconnaissance and air defence roles. Later, with the arrival of the Jaguar in the early 1970s, it changed over... -
Abbey Road: The Best Studio in the World by Alistair Lawrence
RRP: £25.00£19.88The first photographic celebration of the most famous recording studio in the world, publishing in its 80th year. Unprecedented access to the Abbey Road archive - from Edward Elgar to the Beatles, Kate Bush to Elbow the most famous artists in the... -
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume II: The New World by Sir Winston S. Churchill
RRP: £25.99£24.16"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of... -
The Falklands Guns: The Story of the Captured Argentine Artillery that Became Part of the RAF Regiment by Wing Commander Mike Fonfe
RRP: £25.00£17.62The Oerlikon twin 35mm anti-aircraft gun was the one weapon in the Argentine armoury which had a major impact on the British air campaign during the Falklands Conflict in 1982. Indeed, General Mario Benjamin Men ndez, transient Argentine Governor of Las... -
Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman
RRP: £10.99£7.12'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York... -
The 1953 Essex Flood Disaster: The People's Story by Patricia Rennoldson Smith
RRP: £14.99£11.55On a stormy evening in January 1953, Peggy Morgan kissed her five-year-old son goodnight, blissfully unaware of the impending catastrophe. Before sunrise the next morning the North Sea had destroyed her home and Peggy was a childless widow. There had... -
Biggleswade by Anthony Page
RRP: £12.99£9.62Containing 200 archive images from the collection of the Biggleswade History Society, this work documents life in this Bedfordshire market town. It takes the reader on a nostalgic journey around the town - from Shortmead Street, reputed to be the oldest... -
The Romney Marsh Coastline from Hythe to Dungeness: Britain in Old Photographs by David Singleton
RRP: £15.99£12.25Romney Marsh is a wonderfully scenic area. This book shows the full coastline and includes chapters on Hythe, Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay, New Romney, Littlestone-on-Sea, Greatstone-on-Sea, Dungeness and Lydd.About the AuthorDave Singleton was born in... -
Reformation to Industrial Revolution by Christopher Hill
RRP: £19.99£16.42In 1530 England was a backward economy, yet by 1780 she possessed a world empire and was just about to become the first industrialized power in the world. This book deals with the intervening 250 years, and tries to explain how England won her unique... -
The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home by Abigail Williams 9780300240252
RRP: £18.99£16.18A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and... -
'Mae'r Beibl o'n tu': Ymatebion crefyddol y Cymry yn America i gaethwasiaeth (1838-1868) by Gareth Evans Jones 9781786838834
RRP: £19.99£15.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786838834Author Gareth Evans JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint University of Wales PressPublisher University of Wales PressWeight(grams) 138g -
The Camera as Historian: Amateur Photographers and Historical Imagination, 1885-1918 by Elizabeth Edwards
RRP: £23.99£21.84In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, hundreds of amateur photographers took part in the photographic survey movement in England. They sought to record the material remains of the English past so that it might be preserved for future... -
A Prospect of Wivenhoe: Recollections of an Essex Town by Martin Newell 9780955731303
£7.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955731303Author Martin NewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Wiven BooksPublisher Wiven Books -
The Home Front in Britain Then and Now by Winston and Gail Ramsey 9781870067973
RRP: £29.95£24.24For nigh-on half a century, After the Battle has been exploring and photographing the battlefields of the Second World War, but now it is time to look at events nearer to home. Following the fall of France in June 1940, Britain stood alone against... -
Dancing on Deansgate by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: £8.99£5.82Where there's community, there's courage...Jess Delaney has always longed for independence. But when the Blitz reaches Manchester, she is locked in the cellar by her feckless mother, Lizzie. As bombs rain down from a sky turned blood red with flame, Jess... -
Fake History: 101 Things that Never Happened by Jo Teeuwisse 9780753559680
RRP: £14.99£11.94**An International Bestseller**Fake news about the past is fake history.Did Hugo Boss design the Nazi uniforms?Did medieval people think the world was flat?Did Napoleon shoot the nose off the Sphinx?*Spoiler Alert* The answer to all those questions is no... -
Glamorgan Folk Tales for Children by Cath Little 9780750970402
RRP: £9.99£7.55How do you get rid of a bothersome giant? Have you got a secret like Effie? And what would you do with an invisibility seed? Some of these stories from Glamorgan are strange and sad, some are a bit scary and some are a bit mad. Our ancestors first told...