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When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance by Michael S. Neiberg
RRP: £25.95£22.53Winner of the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book AwardShocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy government-a fateful decision that nearly destroyed the Anglo-American alliance.According to US... -
Her Majesty. A Photographic History 1926–2022 by Christopher Warwick
RRP: £50.00£34.46Born in 1926, married in 1947, crowned as Queen in 1953, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II carried out her duty with great dedication for more than seven decades. TASCHEN celebrates her remarkable royal story with a new edition of Her Majesty, a definitive... -
Bannockburn: Scotland's Greatest Victory by Peter Reese
RRP: £12.99£8.561314. On a marsh-fringed plain south of Stirling Castle, King Robert the Bruce led the Scottish army in a singularly devastating victory over the English. Bannockburn was Scotland's greatest battlefield triumph, achieved against the odds by a combination... -
Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple
RRP: £14.99£10.59'Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor' Tarquin Hall, Sunday Times 'Dynamic, original and supremely readable' Maya Jasanoff, Guardian The first comprehensive and... -
Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Realm by Susan M. Johns 9780719063053
RRP: £19.99£14.52The first major work on noblewomen in the twelfth century and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. Offers an important reconceptualisation of women's role in aristocratic society and suggests new ways of looking at lordship and the... -
Wexford: Ireland in Old Photographs by Nicky Rossiter 9781845882167
RRP: £16.99£12.94The historic town of Wexford has a rich and vibrant history, which is uniquely encapsulated in this selection of archive images taken from the John Scanlon Collection, curated by Dominic Kiernan and preserved by Paddy Donovan. A native of Wexford, the... -
Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox 9780753823866
RRP: £10.99£7.40The story of Henry VIII's queens - as seen through the eyes of Jane Rochford, sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and cousin to Katherine Howard.'Outstanding ... fascinating and moving' Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of THE DUCHESSJane Rochford was... -
The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani 9781804182208
RRP: £14.99£10.38LOVEREADING'S BOOK OF THE MONTH! The perfect murder mystery to gift this Christmas.Find the truth. Solve the murder. Never reveal your secret.Twelve years ago, eight friends ran an exclusive group at university: The Murder Masquerade Society. The... -
An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain: or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always by John O'Farrell
RRP: £10.99£7.77Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking 'How the hell did we end up here?' An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain informs, elucidates and... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000-present and Whitechapel, c1870-c1900 by Alec Fisher
£4.99Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for EdexcelTarget success in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage... -
Athelstan (Penguin Monarchs): The Making of England by Tom Holland
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackThe formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious... -
Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy
RRP: £14.99£9.80The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers.When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her -... -
City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late Victorian London by Judith R. Walkowitz 9780226871462
RRP: £27.00£26.87From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal... -
The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World by Paul Morland
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Superbly explained' Washington Post'Fascinating' Sunday Times'Engrossing' Evening StandardEvery phase since the advent of the industrial revolution - from the fate of the British Empire, to the global challenges from Germany, Japan and Russia, to... -
Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant
RRP: £25.00£16.78Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearThe most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of... -
The Story of Jaywick Sands Estate by Mary Lyons 9781860773365
RRP: £14.99£11.55Jaywick Sands Estate has a chequered history. Renowned for its expanse of golden sand, it has long attracted fisherman and smugglers. Only in the 20th century, however, did people settle there, responding to the offer from F.C. Stedman, the original... -
Tudor Houses Explained by Trevor York 9781846741500
RRP: £5.95£5.08The book is divided into six sections. First, Trevor Yorke looks at the changes in Tudor society and how this affected the housing of the period. The next chapter explains their structure and the different materials used. He goes on to explore the... -
London: Immigrant City by Nazneen Khan-Ostrem
RRP: £20.00£13.75TRANSLATED 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... -
Churchill at War: 1940-45 by Baron Charles McMoran Wilson Moran 9781841196084
£13.33This new edition of extracts from the extremely candid diaries of Churchill's doctor Lord Moran, his devoted friend and confidant, contains material not previously revealed. It sheds a new light on how the great man faced up to and absorbed the strain of... -
Pillboxes and Tank Traps by Bernard Lowry
RRP: £8.99£6.96A concise, illustrated guide to these Second World War defences scattered across the British landscape. With invasion a very real threat, in 1940 Great Britain began a huge military construction programme designed to stop an invading army in its... -
Reformation England 1480-1642 by Peter Marshall
RRP: £25.99£24.16Now in its third edition, Reformation England 1480-1642 provides a clear and accessible narrative account of the English Reformation, explaining how historical interpretations of its major themes have changed and developed over the past few decades,... -
The Coming of the Wolf: The Wild Hunt series prequel by Elizabeth Chadwick 9780751577655
RRP: £8.99£3.51Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Medieval Castles of England and Wales by Bernard Lowry
RRP: £8.99£6.96Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks, castles dominated England and Wales for more than half a millennium. Though some were built... -
The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen: Selected and Introduced by Penelope Hughes-Hallett by Penelope Hughes-Hallet
RRP: £17.95£16.49A beautifully illustrated account of the letters and correspondence of Jane Austen. It has been said that Jane Austen the woman and Jane Austen the author are all of a piece, and nowhere is this more evident to the lovers of her novels than in the pages... -
From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 by Brother James E. Fraser
RRP: £25.99£21.46From Caledonia to Pictland examines the transformation of Iron Age northern Britain into a land of Christian kingdoms, long before 'Scotland' came into existence. Perched at the edge of the western Roman Empire, northern Britain was not unaffected by the... -
Anne Boleyn, An Illustrated Life of Henry VIII's Queen by Roland Hui
RRP: £20.00£14.29If you remember my love in your prayers as strongly as I adore you, I shall hardly be forgotten, for I am yours,' - Henry Rex, forever Written by King Henry VIII to his sweetheart, the seductive and vivacious Anne Boleyn, his passion for her would be... -
The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora by Billy Kay
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Thaim wi a guid Scots tongue in their heid are fit tae gang ower the warld' In The Scottish World, renowned broadcaster Billy Kay takes us on a global journey of discovery, highlighting the extraordinary influence the Scots have had on communities and... -
Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688 by Clare Jackson
RRP: £16.99£12.28*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022*A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A big historical advance. Ours, it turns out, is a very un-insular "Island Story". And its 17th-century... -
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £10.99£7.12Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times'Enthralling' Daily TelegraphFor more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of those... -
Chobham Armour: Cold War British Armoured Vehicle Development by William Suttie
RRP: £35.00£26.73A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which provided armoured vehicles for the British Army from 1945 to its close in 2004. Through much of World War II British tanks... -
In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood 9780563522768
RRP: £12.99£9.09This edition of Michael Wood's groundbreaking first book explores the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest of 1066. In Search of the Dark Ages vividly conjures up some of the most famous names in British... -
The English by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: £12.99£9.09In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are?Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even... -
The Story of Hull by Richard Gurnham
RRP: £17.99£15.44Hull was first built as a port by the Cistercian monks of Meaux Abbey, to export wool from their rapidly expanding sheep flocks. Before the end of the 13th century Hull had been acquired by Edward I, who developed it as a royal port, and from then on... -
London Alleyways Map by Matthew Turner
RRP: £9.50£7.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912018871Author Matthew TurnerPage Count 2Imprint Blue Crow MediaPublisher Blue Crow MediaWeight(grams) 40gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 1mm -
Norfolk Villains: Rogues, Rascals & Reprobates by Neil Storey 9780752460017
RRP: £12.99£9.62Discover the darker side of Norfolk with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the county. Featuring tales of some of the most notorious, nefarious and murderous characters from the county's past, including pirates, smugglers,... -
Black Victorians: Hidden in History by John Woolf
RRP: £20.00£14.61Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, populated by people of colour marking achievements both ordinary and extraordinary. In this deeply researched... -
Dark Valleys: Foul Deeds Among the South Wales Valleys 1845 - 2016 by Gary Dobbs 9781473861787
RRP: £12.99£9.09Dark Valleys collects together more than a century of murders that took place in and around the valleys of South Wales. These horrific crimes shocked not only Wales, but also made national headlines. Although treated with compassion and sensitivity by... -
Connecting History: National 4 & 5 The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1770–1807 by Eleanor Trevena
£20.84Exam board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First assessment: Summer 2018Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together... -
Henry: Virtuous Prince by David Starkey 9780007247721
RRP: £14.99£9.70Bestselling royal historian David Starkey's captivating biography is a radical re-evaluation of Henry VIII, the British monarchy's most enduring icon. Larger than life in every sense, Henry VIII was Britain's most absolute monarch - but he was... -
The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A wholly pleasing book, which offers a tasty side dish to anyone exploring the narrative history of the British Empire' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS BOOK AWARD 2018The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a...