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From the Flying Squad to Investigating War Crimes by Ron Turnbull 9781526766472
RRP: £12.99£9.09For over ten years he was first detective on the scene when a murder was committed in south London. In the confusion and horror of the crime scene he identified the forensic clues that would later be needed to convict the killer in the calm and measured... -
Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment by Lee Jackson
RRP: £22.50£19.35An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the... -
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
RRP: £16.99£11.47This is the first biography of the fateful relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. It was the defining relationship of their lives, and marked the intersection of the great Tudor and Stuart dynasties, a landmark event in British history... -
The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Superb, beautifully written, touching and occasionally very funny' Andrew RobertsDavid Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its... -
Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost by Jeremy Black
RRP: £14.99£9.80A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..In 1941, the Second World War became global, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union; Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor; and... -
Richard III: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records by Keith Dockray 9781781553138
RRP: £14.99£10.95No English king has suffered wider fluctuations of reputation than Richard III, perhaps the most controversial ruler England has ever had. Vilified by critics as a ruthless master of intrigue and a callous murderer, he has been no less extravagantly... -
The Young Victoria by Deirdre Murphy
RRP: £40.00£34.59A vivid portrait of Queen Victoria's childhood, offering new insights into one of the most celebrated, but often misunderstood, monarchs in British history, 200 years after her birth This beautiful, extensively researched volume investigates the birth... -
Britain's Declining Empire: The Road to Decolonisation, 1918-1968 by Ronald Hyam
RRP: £30.99£26.83An authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam's 2007 book offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on... -
Archery in Medieval England: Who Were the Bowmen of Crecy? by Richard Wadge
RRP: £18.99£14.32How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle? The archer in medieval England became a forerunner of John Bull as a symbol of the spirit of the ordinary... -
Nobody Unprepared: The Achievements of No.78 Squadron of 4 Group, RAF Bomber Command during World War Two by Vernon Holland 9781903953150
£16.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903953150Author Vernon HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm)... -
The Oxford Companion to Black British History by David Dabydeen
RRP: £39.49£30.44The Oxford Companion to Black British History is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the long and fascinating history of black people in the British Isles, from African auxiliaries stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the 2nd century AD,... -
Kinver & Enville: The Photographic Collection by Bob Clarke
RRP: £16.99£13.34Today's village of Kinver first made an appearance in 736 AD as Cynibre. Despite being close to the Black Country and having a flourishing iron working industry from the seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, the village avoided the spread of... -
Heroes or Villains?: The Blair Government Reconsidered by Jon Davis
RRP: £31.49£22.91Tony Blair was the political colossus in Britain for thirteen years, winning three elections in a row for New Labour, two of them by huge majorities. However, since leaving office he has been disowned by many in his own party, with the term 'Blairite'... -
A Century of the Potteries: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by Alan Taylor
RRP: £9.99£7.55This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in The Potteries during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the... -
Keystone of 22 SAS: The Life and Times of Lieutenant Colonel J M (Jock) Woodhouse MBE MC by Hoe, Alan 9781526745057
RRP: £25.00£18.02For all its successes, the future of the Special Air Service was uncertain after the Second World War. Resurrected as 22 SAS Regiment for the Malayan Emergency, after a shaky start it evolved into an important tool in the struggle against terrorism. ... -
Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity by Simon Goldhill 9780691149844
RRP: £55.00£43.31How did the Victorians engage with the ancient world? Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity is a brilliant exploration of how the ancient worlds of Greece and Rome influenced Victorian culture. Through Victorian art, opera, and novels, Simon Goldhill... -
Struggle Or Starve: Women's Lives in the South Wales Valleys between the Two World Wars by Sian Rhiannon Williams 9781906784096
RRP: £10.99£7.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906784096Author Sian Rhiannon WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 323Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 295g -
Folklore of Essex by Sylvia Kent 9780752436777
RRP: £14.99£11.55Essex - the witch hunting county - is especially rich in traditions, legends, dialect and stories that have been handed down through the ages. It is these traditions that are gathered together in this volume and whose origins and meanings are explored to... -
Bagpipes: A National Collection of a National Treasure by Hugh Cheape 9781905267552
RRP: £14.99£12.55Based on a 'national collection of the national instrument' now assembled in National Museums Scotland, this book offers an account of the musicology of the bagpipe in its European context, including the remarkable influence of the Baroque on Scotland's... -
The Best Days of Our Lives: School Life in Post-War Britain by Simon Webb 9780752486376
RRP: £14.99£11.55Following the disruption, hardship and challenges of the Second World War, the post-war years brought a sense of optimism and excitement, with families at last enjoying peacetime. This new book follows the lives of the nation's schoolchildren through the... -
A History of Insanity and the Asylum: Not of Sound Mind by Juliana Cummings 9781399012140
RRP: £25.00£17.62The iconic image of the lunatic asylum is one that often leaves us wondering what went on inside these imposing buildings. In this new book, Juliana Cummings first questions what behaviours and characteristics define insanity and leads us through a... -
Shire Green, Wincobank & Beyond: Britain In Old Photographs by Bryan Woodriff
RRP: £14.99£11.55This third book continues the story of the many people who devoted so much of their lives to creating a wholesome environment in which to live and bring up their children. The background to this book is the development of the Methodist community, their... -
The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present by Roy Strong 9781474607063
RRP: £12.99£8.60'A triumph' INDEPENDENT'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARDRoy Strong has written an exemplary introduction to the history of... -
Dole Queues and Demons: British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive by Stuart Ball 9781851243532
RRP: £19.99£17.37A unique blend of graphic design, bold art or photography and cunning psychology, election posters are an unsung art form, stretching back to the dawn of the twentieth century. Exploiting the Conservative Party Archive held at the Bodleian Library which... -
Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation by Stuart Kelly
RRP: £12.99£8.56No writer has ever been as famous as Sir Walter Scott once was; and no writer has ever enjoyed such huge acclaim followed by such absolute neglect and outright hostility. But Scotland would not be Scotland except for Scott. All the icons of Scottishness... -
And I Looked Back: East Anglians In Their Own Words by Gillian Campbell 9781803136905
RRP: £12.99£9.09This is a work of East Anglian oral history. Over a period of nearly 30 years I listened to and recorded a number people from different backgrounds, all born in the early years of the 20th century, in an attempt to capture and save the memories of those... -
Old Pollokshields by Sandra Malcolm 9781840335248
RRP: £7.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335248Author Sandra MalcolmFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Classic Crimes by William Roughead
RRP: £26.00£18.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322462Author William RougheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape by Victoria Perry
RRP: £25.00£22.03The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain's role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond... -
The Royal Navy Officer's Jutland Pocket-Manual 1916 by Brian Lavery
RRP: £8.99£5.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910860182Author W. M. James R.N.Format HardbackPage Count 160Imprint The Pool of London PressPublisher The Pool of London Press -
The Challenge of Defending Britain by Michael Clarke
RRP: £12.99£11.95An analysis that takes the complexity of British defence policy apart to view its anatomy and show how policy is made in this area. British defence policy is in a phase of great transition as the country confronts its Brexit future and also as world... -
The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868 by V. A. C. Gatrell 9780192853325
RRP: £93.00£75.89Hanging people for small crimes as well as grave, the Bloody Penal Code was at its most active between 1770 and 1830. In those years some 7,000 men and women were executed on public scaffolds, watched by thousands. Hanging was confined to murderers... -
Bloody British History: Norwich by Mark Mower 9780752476582
RRP: £9.99£7.55Danish death! Vikings sack and burn the city. Medieval murder mysteries! The dead body of a young boy was one third of Norwich's residents caught the Black Death! Victorian horrors! In 1851, body parts began to appear across the city - but who had left... -
Galloper Jack: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Rode a Real War Horse by Brough Scott 9781908216465
RRP: £12.99£9.09This is Brough Scott's moving biography of his grandfather - the author of the best-selling Warrior. 'Galloper' Jack Seely was at the heart of some of the most important events of the first part of the 20th century. His early life was one of adventure,... -
Contesting Home Defence: Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War by Penny Summerfield 9780719062025
RRP: £19.99£5.53Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of... -
Rock's Diamond Year: Celebrating London's Music Heritage by Ralph Brookfield
RRP: £12.99£11.95Celebrating Rock's 60th Birthday, from the formation of the Rolling Stones and the heyday of the British Invasion to the spawning of the Reading Festival, this book explores the music history of the London clubs that were the engine rooms for British... -
Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England by Malcolm Gaskill 9780521531184
RRP: £30.99£28.68Crime and law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England attempts to reach further than most conventional treatments of the subject, to explore the cultural... -
Liverpool Ghost signs: A Sideways Look at the City's Advertising History by Caroline Bunford 9780752465708
RRP: £12.99£9.62Take a photographic journey into Liverpool's often overlooked local, craft and advertising history. This intriguing book profiles hand-painted advertising from across the city and investigates the companies that commissioned the signs that now appear... -
The Fall of the British Monarchies 1637-1642 by Conrad Russell 9780198205883
£58.06This is a history of the dramatic events which led to the collapse of Charles I's authority in England, Scotland, and Ireland in the 1640s. Conrad Russell links incidents in the king's three domains to construct a narrative account which makes sense of... -
George Dawson and His Circle: The Civic Gospel in Victorian Birmingham by Stephen Roberts
RRP: £15.99£14.47'By the gains of Industry, we promote Art' 'In Birmingham you may generally recognise a board school by it being the best building in the neighbourhood, with its lofty towers, gabled windows, warm red bricks and stained glass.' So observed the Pall...