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X3 to X54: The History of the British Midget Submarine by Keith Hall 9781803991993
RRP: $23.21$17.60The X- and XE-Class submarines were conceived during the Second World War: around 51ft (16m) long, they were designed to be towed by a 'mother' submarine and use their small size to complete stealth missions, such as attacking harbours and performing... -
The Reign of Elizabeth: England 1558-1603 by Barbara Mervyn
$45.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719574863Author Barbara MervynFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 900gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 218mm... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Nicholas Fellows 9781510416444
RRP: $13.55$12.41Exam board: OCRLevel: A-HistorySubject: First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
Endeavour: The Sunday Times bestselling biography of Captain Cook's recently discovered ship Peter Moore 9781784703929
RRP: $19.34$12.29**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time - recently discovered off the coast of America- Endeavour is an alluring combination of history, adventure and science. From Johnson's Dictionary to... -
Scotland: History of a Nation by David Frost
RRP: $10.31$8.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842043868Author David FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Lomond BooksPublisher Lomond Books -
Old Leith Guthrie Hutton 9781872074658
RRP: $14.13$12.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074658Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 4mm -
Skara Brae by David Clarke
RRP: $7.74$5.53The Neolithic village known as Skara Brae was continuously occupied for about 300 to 400 years, before being abandoned around 2500 BC. Despite severe coastal erosion, eight houses and a workshop have survived largely intact, with their stone furniture... -
A Social History of England, 1200-1500 by Rosemary Horrox 9780521789547
RRP: $47.72$42.63What was life really like in England in the later Middle Ages? This comprehensive introduction explores the full breadth of English life and society in the period 1200-1500. Opening with a survey of historiographical and demographic debates, the book... -
If War Should Come by Mark Barnes
RRP: $32.19$24.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809457Author Mark BarnesFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 by Simon Heffer
RRP: $19.34$14.64'A riveting account of the pre-First World War years . . . The Age of Decadence is an enormously impressive and enjoyable read.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'A magnificent account of a less than magnificent epoch.' Jonathan Meades, Literary Review... -
White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: $16.76$10.73The subject of a BBC TV series on Charles I The prize-winning biography of Charles I * Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 ** Times Book of the Year ** Shortlisted for the Catholic Herald Biography Award 2019 *Less than... -
The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by Benjamin Woolley
RRP: $19.34$14.36Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.The King's Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover - and murderer - of King James I.The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power... -
Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition) by Terry Deary 9780702311260
RRP: $9.02$5.99Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages with history's most horrible headlines. All the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages are ready to uncover, including: why chickens had... -
Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 by Paul Kleber Monod 9780521447935
RRP: $58.04$49.72Although historians have devoted much attention to the influence of Jacobitism on Parliamentary politics, none has hitherto attempted to explore its broader implications in English society. Paul Monod's acclaimed study, newly available in paperback,... -
Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes: The illustrated guide to the architectural, cultural and historical heritage of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Charles Phillips 9780754834960
RRP: $19.35$15.43This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings, from castles, royal palaces and stately homes to fortified manors and the great country houses, and provides a wealth of... -
Out of the Hay and into the Hops: Hop Cultivation in Wealden Kent and Hop Marketing in Southwark, 1744-2000 by Celia Cordle 9781907396045
RRP: $24.50$21.90Based on oral histories and farm books, this account offers a fascinating analysis of some 300 years of hop-cultivation history in the Weald of Kent, a rural area in the South of England, and in the London Borough of Southwark. The diverse processes of... -
Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester by Nicola Tallis
RRP: $14.18$9.64'Nicola Tallis, one of our great popular historians.' Alison WeirThe first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era.Cousin to Elizabeth I - and very likely also Henry VIII's illegitimate granddaughter - Lettice... -
The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell
RRP: $21.92$16.36The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the... -
Mull and Iona: A Historical Guide by David Caldwell
RRP: $12.89$8.64Mull and Iona are two of the most visited islands in Scotland, and have played a central role in the history of the country. As the cradle of Christianity in Scotland, Iona has been a place of pilgrimage for almost 1,500 years and was a beacon of... -
Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics by Jeremy Craddock
RRP: $19.34$14.90'Absolutely gripping. Impeccably researched and written with the pace and narrative drive of a thriller, but attentive too to the dignity of the victims.' - Daragh Carville, creator of ITV's The BayThe true story of the shocking 1930s murder case, and... -
Hidden Hands: The Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers by Mary Wellesley
RRP: $16.76$11.09'This book is an expression of love... Sublimely conceived and beautifully written' Gerard DeGroot, The Times'Immersive, conversational and intensely visual' Helen... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702 by Sally Waller 9780198354628
$47.32Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Stuart Britain and... -
Medieval Britain, c.1000-1500 by David Crouch
RRP: $33.53$29.68Though England was the emerging super-state in the medieval British Isles, its story is not the only one Britain can offer; there is a wider context of Britain in Europe, and the story of this period is one of how European Latin and French culture and... -
Catherine of Braganza - Charles II`s Restoration Queen Sarah-beth Watkins 9781785355691
RRP: $12.89$11.08Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess, married Charles II in 1662 and became the merry monarch's Restoration queen. Yet life for her was not so merry - she put up with the king's many mistresses and continuous plots to remove her from the throne... -
The Little Book of Lancashire by Alexander Tulloch
RRP: $16.76$12.41Did You Know?In Stacksteads, a village near Bacup, there is an annual event which has to rank among the wackiest in the country's sporting calendar: the Gravy Wrestling competition.According to legend King Arthur's mighty sword Excalibur is lying at the... -
The Dirty War by Martin Dillon
RRP: $14.18$10.02___________'This excellent book demands the attention of anyone concerned about civil liberties in the United Kingdom' Guardian1969 was a year of rising tension, violence and change for the people of Northern Ireland. Rioting in Derry's Bogside led to... -
The Little Book of Norfolk by Neil Storey 9780752461601
RRP: $12.89$9.74The Little Book of Norfolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Norfolk folk or anyone who knows and loves... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The English Revolution, 1625-1660 Oliver Bullock 9781471876196
RRP: $16.13$15.27Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 by Selina Todd
RRP: $16.76$11.09THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'There was nothing extraordinary about my childhood or background. And yet I looked in vain for any aspect of my family's story when I went to university to read history, and continued to search fruitlessly for it throughout... -
The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Andrew Lownie
RRP: $16.76$11.26'Richly entertaining... impressively well-researched' Daily Mail, Biography of the YearThe Sunday Times bestselling biography of the glamorous couple behind the modern royal family, the aunt and uncle of Prince Philip.DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure... -
The Little Book of Yorkshire by Geoffrey Howse
RRP: $12.89$9.74The Little Book of Yorkshire 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. The county's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants,... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs Who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer 9780861546176
RRP: $14.18$9.52How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain by Richard Vinen
RRP: $32.25$21.32A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'A spirited attempt at uncovering the mystery of how Birmingham has managed for so long to stand at the centre of Britain's history without anyone noticing ... This absorbing book shows us how we did it'... -
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders
RRP: $16.76$10.94'We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.' Punch Murder in the 19th century was rare. But murder as... -
Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape by Mary-Ann Ochota
RRP: $25.79$16.81'A definitive classic field guide [...] Its scope is as magnificent as our countryside itself.' BBC Countryfile Magazine'This book is perfect for anyone who's travelled through the countryside, scratched their head, and thought, 'what on earth is that... -
The First World War Sir Martin Gilbert 9781409102793
RRP: $25.79$18.51'One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century' New York Times Book ReviewIt was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11.15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the... -
Churchill: The Power of Words by Winston Churchill
RRP: $19.34$14.13Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future and his own personal feelings, fascinating generation after generation... -
AQA A-level History: The Tudors: England 1485-1603 by David Ferriby
$51.20Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016AQA approvedEnhance and expand your students' knowledge and understanding of their AQA breadth study through expert narrative, progressive skills... -
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology by Kevin Crossley-Holland
RRP: $10.31$7.47Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many other treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: chronicles, laws and letters, charters and... -
Dunkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk by Robert Kershaw
RRP: $25.80$18.95'Kershaw's book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.' The Times The British evacuation from the beaches of the...