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The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea by Jon Gower
RRP: £20.00£13.34An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water 'Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.' Roddy Doyle 'Remarkable. Lively ... Gower writes beautifully... -
Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder
RRP: £14.99£9.80The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old as the land itself. In this original, important and inspiring book, Robert Winder tells of the remarkable migrations that have founded and defined a nation... -
The Queen's Castle at Windsor: Fortress, Palace, Home by Elizabeth Newbery
RRP: £6.95£5.05The official children's guide to Windsor Castle, containing fun activities to break up the commentary or enhance a visit -Combines historical accuracy with humor and a lightness of touch appropriate for the 7-11 age range -Illustrations by the... -
Allied Tanks at El Alamein 1942 by William E. Hiestand
RRP: £12.99£9.09Examines Eighth Army's 1,000-strong tank force - rebuilt, reorganized, and equipped with brand-new Sherman and Churchill tanks - that secured victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein. When Eighth Army retired into the defensive line at El Alamein on... -
Queer Beyond London by Matt Cook
RRP: £20.00£14.93Where exactly is queer England? There has been much discussion of London as a queer city, but what about the many thousands of queer lives lived elsewhere? From Manchester's bars and nightclubs, to Brighton's seafront, the attractions of Leeds to the... -
Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum by Kathryn Hughes
RRP: £14.99£9.70'Victorians Undone is the most original history book I have read in a long while' Daily Mail A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking account of what it... -
MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two by Helen Fry
RRP: £11.99£10.15A thrilling history of MI9-the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines"A fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees."-Giles Milton, Sunday Times... -
Mudlark'd: Hidden Histories from the River Thames by Malcolm Russell
RRP: £25.00£15.87'Beautiful and poignant' The Art Newspaper 'Absorbing... a magnificent book' Mail on Sunday The first illustrated book on mudlarking that tells the captivating stories of forgotten people through objects recovered from the river Thames. Combining... -
How We Lived Then: History of Everyday Life During the Second World War, A by Norman Longmate
RRP: £20.00£14.69Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far largely gone untold. In contrast with the thousands of books on military operations, barely any have concerned... -
Quartz and Feldspar: Dartmoor - A British Landscape in Modern Times by Matthew Kelly
RRP: £14.99£10.95Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain's southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty,... -
Aston Villa on This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year by Brian Beard
RRP: £9.99£3.73Aston Villa On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the club's distinguished past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of Villa history - with an entry... -
Access to History: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors, 1485-1603 for Edexcel by Roger Turvey
£25.21Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility... -
My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown
RRP: £14.99£10.95Former Prime Minister and the country's longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story.In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the... -
The King's Only Champion: James Graham, First Marquess of Montrose by Dominic Pearce
RRP: £22.99£15.18James Graham was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier who joined the Covenanters but sided with Charles I as the English Civil War progressed. Through a string of brilliant military victories, Montrose won the civil war in Scotland until it was plain... -
Great Britain's Great War by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: £10.99£7.77Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people.'If there is one new history of the war that you might actually enjoy this is very likely... -
A Curious Guide to London by Simon Leyland
RRP: £12.99£9.09From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A Curious Guide to London takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city you think you... -
Philip's Skye and Lochalsh: Leisure and Tourist Map: Leisure and Tourist Map by Philip's Maps
RRP: £6.99£6.35Brand new edition from Philip's of this information-packed sheet map of Skye and Lochalsh, giving detailed coverage of the road network, and featuring all the major places of tourist, cultural and historic interest.From the colourful town of Portree to... -
A Devilish Kind of Courage: Anarchists, Aliens and the Siege of Sidney Street by Andrew Whitehead 9781789148442
RRP: £15.99£11.61On 3 January 1911, in the heart of London's mainly Jewish East End, police discovered Latvian revolutionaries wanted for the murder of three officers. A six-hour gunfight ensued, with a fire consuming the besieged building. Winston Churchill, then Home... -
Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon
RRP: £10.99£7.40**Explore the fascinating history of the real Downton Abbey as the Crawley family saga makes its way on to the big screen with Downton Abbey, the major motion picture**'An excellent depiction of English aristocratic life ... a compelling portrait'... -
Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London's Private Clubs by Dr Seth Alexander Thevoz
RRP: £25.00£16.78With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thevoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and... -
Cruickshank's London: A Portrait of a City in 13 Walks by Dan Cruickshank
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The perfect guide to the hidden history of London's streets.' BBC History MagazineIn Cruickshank's London, Britain's favourite architectural historian describes thirteen walks through one of the greatest cities on earth. From the mysterious Anglo-Saxon... -
This is Not America: Why Black Lives in Britain Matter by Tomiwa Owolade
RRP: £18.99£12.83*A TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR*'[Owolade's] argument has needed saying for years' Janan Ganesh, Financial Times'Compelling and admirable' Sunday Times'Passionate and timely' Observer'Excellent' Telegraph'Illuminating' The Times'Timely [and]... -
A Grim Almanac of Sussex by W. H. Johnson 9780752465098
RRP: £17.99£13.64W.H. Johnson digs deep into Sussex's past, presenting the reader with centuries of criminality and vice, of wretched living conditions and blind fate which so often leads to appalling consequences. A Grim Almanac of Sussex chronicles the darker side of... -
Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir
RRP: £25.00£18.02From one of Britain's best selling historians, a sweeping and magisterial history of the extraordinary lives of five queens in England's turbulent Age of ChivalryMedieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of... -
Insanitary City: Henry Littlejohn and the Condition of Edinburgh by Paul Laxton 9781859362204
RRP: £24.99£20.40Dr Henry Littlejohn's Report on the Sanitary Condition of Edinburgh (1865) was a landmark in urban management and public health administration. The Lancet described it as 'monumental'. The Report had a significance far beyond the boundaries of Edinburgh... -
Heroes and Villains of Chester and beyond: 800 years of history in 30 lives by Peter Cotgreave 9781910837245
RRP: £18.99£14.01Chester and its surrounding area are birthplace to some truly fascinating heroes and villains. The stories in this book bring to life eight centuries of their loves and hates, hopes, fears, triumphs, relationships and failings. Based on meticulous... -
Spitfire Women of World War II by Giles Whittell
RRP: £10.99£7.25The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II - mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots. Why would the well-bred daughter of a New England factory-owner brave the... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants by Charles Moore
RRP: £18.99£14.01The sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron LadyIn June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as... -
Vulcan's Hammer: V-Force Aircraft and Weapons Projects Since 1945 by Chris Gibson 9781902109176
RRP: £29.95£21.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109176Author Chris GibsonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
Darien Disaster by John Prebble
RRP: £14.99£10.95The word Darien is a scar on the memory of the Scots, and the hurt is still felt even where the cause of the wound is dimly understood. Three hundred years ago the Parliament of Scotland, in one of its last acts before the nation lost its political... -
Oh, What a Lovely Century: One man's marvellous adventures in love, war and high society by Roderic Fenwick Owen
RRP: £10.99£6.47'A completely extraordinary autobiography. One that reads like the most outlandish, beguiling fiction but that is - amazingly - all true' - William Boyd, Sunday Times bestselling author'Outrageous fun...my goodness there are knee-tremblers galore in this... -
The Clapham Train Accident: Causes, Context and the Corporate Memory Challenge by Greg Morse 9781399073028
RRP: £25.00£17.62Clapham was a pivotal point in British railway history. Much technology had been invented and applied to accident prevention by 1988; much more was to come. The Clapham Train Accident considers Clapham in its wider context, using official reports and... -
Leeds Then and Now by Eric Musgrave
RRP: £14.99£10.70Using archive photos from the 1860s to the 1960 paired with a modern viewpoint, Leeds Then and Now shows how the great northern powerhouse has retained and adapted its classic Victorian buildings, such as Kirkgate Market, to a 21st-century economy. ... -
All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class by Tim Shipman
RRP: £12.99£8.48SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017 #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The best political book of the year' Andrew Marr 'A superb work of storytelling and reporting. Sets new... -
The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: £15.99£11.61Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas,... -
Old Port Glasgow by Joy Monteith
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332506Author Joy MonteithFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 234mm * 3mm -
Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treasures by Jason Sandy
RRP: £9.99£7.67A beautifully illustrated introduction to mudlarking which tells the incredible, forgotten history of London through objects found on the foreshore of the River Thames. Often seen combing the shoreline of the River Thames at low tide, groups of... -
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941–45 by Robert Lyman
RRP: £16.99£12.68SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUSI DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022 'This is a superb book.' - James Holland In 1941 and 1942 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories... -
The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
RRP: £10.99£7.77_____________________________________________The 20th Anniversary Edition of Tina Brown's definitive behind-the-scenes insight into the life of Diana Princess of Wales, as depicted in the hit Netflix series The Crown, with a brand new introduction by... -
The Devil's Slave: the highly-anticipated sequel to The King's Witch by Tracy Borman
RRP: £9.99£6.80'So vividly evoked that you are there, living the story'Alison Weir***Frances Gorges was accused of witchcraft - and she survived. But if her torturers at the court of King James discover she is pregnant with the child of Tom Wintour, her lover executed...