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Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400 by H. S. Bennett 9780521091053
RRP: £30.99£28.28This book gives a picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. H. S. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church in a pattern of customary dues... -
Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain by Stefan Collini 9780199216659
RRP: £40.99£38.78A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain - have such figures ever existed, have they... -
London: Immigrant City by Nazneen Khan-Østrem
RRP: £12.99£9.00TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so... -
Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c. 1100-1707: Volume 1: Scottish Nation - Origins to c.1500 by Bob Harris
RRP: £19.99£18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845860042Author Bob HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Discovery PressPublisher Dundee University Press Ltd -
The English Revolution 1688-1689 by G. M. Trevelyan 9780195002638
RRP: £19.99£13.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195002638Author G. M. TrevelyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University Press IncWeight(grams) 194g -
Industrial Enlightenment: Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760-1820 by Peter M. Jones 9780719089121
RRP: £19.99£17.61Industrial Enlightenment explores the transition through which England passed between 1760 and 1820 on the way to becoming the world's first industrialised nation. In drawing attention to the important role played by scientific knowledge, it focuses on a... -
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell 9780156767507
RRP: £10.99£7.25Before he authored the dystopian 1984 and the allegorical Animal Farm, George Orwell was a journalist, reporting on England's working class - an investigation that led him to examine democratic socialism. In the 1930s, the Left Book Club, a socialist... -
Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire, 1620-1660 by Ann Hughes 9780521520157
RRP: £30.99£28.68This book discusses the origins, impact and aftermath of the Civil War in Warwickshire, examining administration, religion and politics in their social context. The focus is mainly on the landed elite, but the importance of relationships between members... -
Mary Tudor: Old and New Perspectives by Susan Doran 9780230004634
£35.21This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the origins and growth of Mary Tudor's historical reputation, from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 20th century. Re-appraising aspects of her reign that have been misrepresented the book creates a... -
Norfolk Folk Tales for Children by Dave Tonge 9780750984812
RRP: £9.99£7.55From dark dangerous dogs and wily wicked wyrms, to poor penniless pedlars and lanky, long-limbed lads, Norfolk is steeped in stories. Some had their beginnings here, growing in the telling until they were as big as Norfolk's skies. Others were brought... -
Human Capital and Empire: Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British Imperialism in Asia, C.1690–C.1820 by Andrew Mackillop 9780719070730
RRP: £25.00£17.92Human capital and empire compares the role of Scots, Irish and Welsh within the English East India Company between c. 1690 and c. 1820. It focuses on why the three groups developed such distinctive and different profiles within the corporation and its... -
Cranleigh Voices by Betty Seymour 9780752420530
RRP: £9.99£7.55This book is part of a series, which combines the reminiscences of local people with old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN... -
The Life and Times of a Very British Man by Kamal Ahmed
RRP: £9.99£7.11A revealing, honest and often comic coming-of-age story about growing up in 1970s Britain on the boundaries of race 'Full of charm' GUARDIAN 'An account of what being British means' i 'Captures a country in transition ... You can't fail to be moved'... -
The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer by Kenneth Jackson 9780521076753
RRP: £30.99£23.80The Book of Deer, 43 folios of manuscript, containing parts of the Gospels and the Apostles' Creed, is one of the treasures of the Cambridge University Library. The Book is important not so much for its primary contents as for the notes in Gaelic which... -
Remembering Cable Street: Fascism and Anti-fascism in British Society by Tony Kushner
RRP: £19.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853033622Author Tony KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
The Political Development of the British Isles 1100-1400 by Robin Frame 9780198206040
£61.30All too often British history means English history and the histories of Wales, Scotland and Ireland are left to scholars of the 'Celtic Fringe'. In this clear and authoritative introduction to the medieval history of the British Isles, the four... -
Arena of Ambition: The History of the Cambridge Union by Stephen Parkinson 9781848310612
RRP: £25.00£16.99Older than fourteen colleges and the Boat Race, the Cambridge Union has been an important part of university life at Cambridge since its foundation in 1815. Ex-Presidents have included John Maynard Keynes, Robert Harris, Arianna Huffington and Douglas... -
I Hate the Lake District by Charlie Gere
RRP: £15.95£9.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912685110Author Charlie GereFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Goldsmiths, Unversity of LondonPublisher Goldsmiths, Unversity of London -
Poulton: Life, Trade and Shipping in a small Lancashire port 1577-1839 by Graham Evans 9781910837191
RRP: £14.99£10.95This is the story of how and why a small Lancashire village on the banks of the River Wyre became a bustling port, market and textile town in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. It is a tale of life, work, adventures and voyages, using newly... -
What's Left Now?: The History and Future of Social Democracy by Andrew Hindmoor
RRP: £24.99£18.06Our sense of history shapes how we think about ourselves. One of the distinguishing features of the left in Britain is that it holds to a remorselessly bleak and miserabilist view of our recent political history -- one in which Margaret Thatcher's... -
Policing Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The View from South Wales by Martin Innes 9781837720842
RRP: £24.99£18.80Through the lens of South Wales Police, this volume reflects upon the changing role of the police in society. Conceptually, by connecting the pasts, presents and futures of policing, each chapter individually and collectively demonstrates how some of... -
Birmingham & The Black Country's Canalside Industries by Ray Shill
RRP: £16.99£13.34Coal mining and iron working prospered in the West Midlands in the nineteenth century, after the development of local industry, in particular metalworking and trades using coal, iron and limestone. Subsequently these grew industries in gas making, flour... -
The Cromwellian Protectorate by Barry Coward 9780719043178
RRP: £19.99£17.82Examines the nature of the first regime ever to have effective control of the British Isles and the impact that it had on England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and on Britain's international reputation. One of the few stuides to view the period as one of... -
Sudbury:: History & Guide by Barry Wall 9780752433172
RRP: £20.00£15.04The market town of Sudbury in Suffolk has long been considered an area of outstanding natural beauty. Around 2,000 BC a group of Early Bronze Age farmers settled on a hill above a loop in the River Stour on the Suffolk side, looking into Essex, and the... -
Manifold Greatness: The Making of the King James Bible by Helen Moore
RRP: £19.99£17.37Manifold Greatness: the Making of the King James Bible tells the story of the creation and immediate afterlife of the King James translation of the bible, first published in 1611. The King James Bible is the most printed book in existence, with one... -
Harwich and Dovercourt by John Mowle 9780752422084
RRP: £12.99£9.62In the intriguing collection of old images of Harwich and Dovercourt, the borough is evocatively recreated in over 200 photographs, postcards and engravings, many of which come from private collections and have not been published before. This collection... -
The Peasants' Revolting Crimes by Terry Deary 9781526745576
RRP: £9.99£7.51Popular history writer Terry Deary takes us on a light-hearted and often humorous romp through the centuries with Mr & Mrs Peasant, recounting foul and dastardly deeds committed by the underclasses, as well as the punishments meted out by those on... -
The White Man's World by Bill Schwarz 9780199686032
£44.66The Memories of Empire trilogy explores the complex and subterranean political currents that emerged in English society during the years of post-war decolonization. Just as the empire ended, when white princesses waltzed with new black heads of state in... -
The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century by G.W.S. Barrow
RRP: £31.00£26.05This book explores the formative period when Scotland acquired the characteristics that enabled it to enter fully into the comity of medieval Christendom. These included a monarchy of a recognisably continental type, a feudal organisation of aristocratic... -
Mary and Philip: The Marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain by Alexander Samson 9781526160249
RRP: £30.00£26.68Mary I, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, was Queen of England from 1553 until her death in 1558. For much of this time she ruled alongside her husband, King Philip II of Spain, forming a co-monarchy that put England at the heart of early modern Europe. In... -
Murder, Mayhem and Music Hall: The Dark Side of Victorian London by Barry Anthony
£49.90The Strand is one of London's most iconic streets - today the bustling and thriving home of West End theatres and the luxurious Savoy hotel; in the Victorian era, the Strand was a much more seedy and destitute part of the city. Barry Anthony here... -
The Transformation of Edinburgh: Land, Property and Trust in the Nineteenth Century by Richard Rodger 9780521602822
RRP: £30.99£28.68This clear and lucid study explores the physical transformation of Edinburgh in the nineteenth century. It is based on a formidable amount of new archival research and enriched with fascinating illustrative material. In a powerful analysis of how the law... -
Haunted Lambeth by Clark James 9780752485775
RRP: £9.99£7.55Haunted Lambeth is a collection of real-life stories of apparitions and poltergeists from all across the London Borough of Lambeth. Included are the ghost stories of Lambeth Palace, the terrifying tradition of the 'Tomb of the Tradescants', a ghost at... -
Commander Royal Engineers: The Headquarters of the Royal Engineers at Arnhem by John Sliz
RRP: £9.99£8.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927679043Author John SlizFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Travelogue 219Publisher Travelogue 219Weight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm -
The Hop Bin: An Anthology of Hop Picking in Kent and East Sussex by Fran Doel 9780752493619
RRP: £14.99£12.55For 400 years Kent and East Sussex were vividly and visibly associated with the cultivation of hops. Fran and Geoff Doel have evoked this bygone world of hopping by gathering together a wide range of social and literary accounts, poems and songs from the... -
Mining in Cornwall Vol 5: The North Coast by L. J. Bullen
RRP: £14.99£11.55This latest book, the fifth in the Mining in Cornwall series between St Ives and Cubert. It includes a number of well-known mines such as Wheal Kitty, Polberro, East Wheal Rose and Treamble. The majority of photos are published for the first time. In... -
Stars and Ribbons: Winter Wassailing in Wales by Rhiannon Ifans 9781786838247
RRP: £12.99£9.70Wassail songs are part of Welsh folk culture, but what exactly are they? When are they sung? Why? And where do stars and pretty ribbons fit in? This study addresses these questions, identifying and discussing the various forms of winter wassailing found... -
The Thames: A Cultural History by Mick Sinclair 9781904955276
RRP: £15.00£14.05It may not be the longest, deepest or widest river in the world but few bodies of water reveal as much about a nation's past and present, or are suggestive of its future, as England's River Thames. Tales of legendary lock-keepers and long-vanished weirs... -
A Grim Almanac of Jack the Ripper's London by Neil R. Storey
RRP: £14.99£11.55Jostling for position in this cornucopia of the criminal and the curious are diverse tales of baby farmers, garrotters, murderers, poisoners, prostitutes, pimps, rioters and rebels. Other tales tell of those who walked the poverty-stricken streets of... -
The Beatons: A Medical Kindred in the Classical Gaelic Tradition by John Bannerman
RRP: £18.99£13.39This book traces the Clann Meic-bethad or Clan MacBeth whose members practised medicine in the classic Gaelic tradition in various parts of Scotland from the early fourteenth to the early eighteenth century. From many medieval Gaelic manuscripts known to...