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The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India by Philip J. Stern
RRP: $52.88$32.83Almost 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: $24.50$21.30Ranging 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: $19.34$12.64Powerful 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: $25.79$18.42The 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: $32.24$28.91In 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: $45.09$31.41South 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: $32.25$22.73Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Black Death in London by Barnie Sloane 9780752428291
RRP: $19.34$16.19The 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
$44.21In 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: $67.08$57.53Henry 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: $32.25$18.42Peek 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: $12.89$12.06Containing 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: $16.76$11.09**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: $25.74$22.73Apologies 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
$25.14The 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: $32.25$24.02The 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: $32.25$25.65The 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: $33.53$31.17"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: $32.25$22.73The 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: $14.18$9.18'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: $19.34$14.90On 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: $16.76$12.41Containing 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: $20.63$15.80Romney 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: $25.79$21.18In 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: $24.50$20.87A 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: $25.79$19.65Apologies 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: $30.95$28.17In 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
$9.12Apologies 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: $38.64$31.27For 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: $11.60$7.51Where 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: $19.34$15.40**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: $12.89$9.74How 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... -
Secret History of English Spas, The by Melanie King
RRP: $32.25$24.60English spas have a long and steamy history, from the thermal baths of Aquae Sulis in Bath to the stews of Southwark, the elegant pump rooms of Cheltenham and Buxton to the Victorian mania for hydrotherapy and Turkish hammams. 'The Secret History of... -
Cumbria Airfields in the Second World War: Including the Isle of Man by Martyn Chorlton 9781853069833
RRP: $16.76$14.20This book provides a detailed history of the wartime airfields of the North West of England, including Cark, Crosby-on-Eden, Great Orton and Millom. It is presented in an illustrated format.Book InformationISBN 9781853069833Author Martyn ChorltonFormat... -
Maladies and Medicine: Exploring Health and Healing, 1540 - 1740 by Jennifer Evans 9781473875715
RRP: $20.63$14.98Maladies and Medicine offers a lively exploration of health and medical cures in early modern England. The introduction sets out the background in which the body was understood, covering the theory of the four humours and the ways that male and female... -
Class of '37: Voices from Working-class Girlhood by Hester Barron
RRP: $12.89$8.84LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE___'A moving microhistory of working-class girlhood' BBC History Magazine___It is 1937 in a northern mill-town and a class of twelve- and thirteen-year-old girls are writing about their lives, their world, and the... -
A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt by Jean Lucey Pratt
RRP: $16.76$11.04'Timeless, funny and utterly absorbing' HILARY MANTELIn April 1925 at the age of fifteen, Jean Lucey Pratt started a journal that she kept until just a few days before her death in 1986, producing over a million words in 45 exercise books. What emerges... -
A Narrow Sea: The Irish-Scottish Connection in 120 Episodes - as heard on BBC Radio by Jonathan Bardon 9780717180592
RRP: $34.82$24.95The first history of the special relationship between Ireland and Scotland from acclaimed historian Jonathan Bardon, based on his BBC Radio series Based on the popular BBC Ulster radio series of the same name, A Narrow Sea traces the epic sweep of... -
The Little Book of Sussex by David Arscott 9780752458717
RRP: $12.89$9.74The Little Book of Sussex is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric... -
The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England by Darren Oldridge 9780415747592
RRP: $49.01$43.06The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England reflects upon the boundaries between the natural and the otherworldly in early modern England as they were understood by the people of the time. The book places supernatural beliefs and events in the context...