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Lambeth, Kennington & Clapham: Britain in Old Photographs by Jill Dudman
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book aims to give a visual impression of the northern and western parts of the borough of Lambeth as they appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Starting from the riverside area at the northern end, historically known as... -
Fighter Boys: Saving Britain 1940 by Patrick Bishop
RRP: £9.99£6.64In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story. The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of... -
Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain by Simon Garfield
RRP: £18.99£13.61In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge, and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would record, in diary form, the events of their everyday lives... -
Treasures of British History: The Nation's Story Told Through Its 50 Most Important Documents by Peter Snow
RRP: £20.00£11.24Told by two of our most celebrated historians, this is a spirited journey of discovery of our nation's history seen through the examination of 50 key documents. With a wealth of experience between them on politics, military history and today's current... -
Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams
RRP: £18.99£12.71'Grimly fascinating ... engrossing' Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with... -
Cracked Eggs and Chicken Soup - A Memoir of Growing Up Between The Wars: A Memoir of Growing Up Between The Wars by Norman Jacobs
RRP: £7.99£5.60In this revealing memoir of childhood, the author shows not only what affected his family, but also reveals a large slice of social history concerning the lives of all ordinary working-class people struggling to live in the slums of the East End of... -
War Paths: Walking in the Shadows of the Clans by Alistair Moffat
RRP: £18.99£12.83Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans and their definitive conflicts. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. As he recounts the military prowess of the... -
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020 by Kate Summerscale
RRP: £9.99£7.70SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY 'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young... -
The Witches of Fife: Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 by Stuart MacDonald
RRP: £20.00£14.05Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Nevertheless, the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one sits by... -
The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: £14.99£10.95Peter Hennessy's The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010 is the story of secret government plans for combatting attacks on Britain, from the Cold War to modern counter-terrorism. Now completely revised and updated, Peter Hennessy's acclaimed... -
The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England by Graham Robb
RRP: £12.99£8.78'A book worth reading' Andrew Marr, Sunday TimesThe Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in Great Britain, fought over by Henry VIII,... -
The Dissolution of the Monasteries by Joyce Youings 9781032038506
RRP: £28.99£25.09Originally published in 1971 this book begins with the assumption that the Dissolution of the Monasteries was neither an integral nor an essential part of the English reformation. This book pursues the story chronologically and thus helps students... -
The End of the Road: A journey around Britain in search of the dead by Jack Cooke
RRP: £10.99£7.25A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so famous -... -
The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady, the official account - a violent quarrel over the bill, or 'recknynge' - long regarded as... -
The Women of the Cousins' War: The Real White Queen And Her Rivals by Philippa Gregory
RRP: £9.99£6.41Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen(2009), Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen(2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Lady of the Rivers (2011) are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, and of the three... -
Wasted Years Wasted Lives, Volume 2: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1978-79 by Ken Wharton 9781912174157
RRP: £21.95£18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174157Author Ken WhartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Disraeli: or, The Two Lives by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd
RRP: £10.99£7.40Benjamin Disraeli was the most gifted parliamentarian of the nineteenth century and a superb orator, writer and wit - but how much do we really know about the man behind the words?'As Douglas Hurd and Edward Young point out in their splendidly written,... -
Early Anglo-Saxon Christian Reliquaries by Anthony Gibson
£38.62Early Anglo-Saxon Christian Reliquaries presents a corpus and discussion of a group of Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy containers dating to the seventh and possibly eighth centuries, and variously described as work boxes, needle cases, amulet containers or... -
The Kingmaker's Women: Anne Beauchamp and Her Daughters, Isabel and Anne Neville by Julia A Hickey 9781399064859
RRP: £25.00£17.62They were supposed to be pious, fruitful and submissive. The wealthiest women in the kingdom, Anne Beauchamp and her daughters were at the heart of bitter inheritance disputes. Well educated and extravagant, they lived in style and splendour but were... -
The Crichel Boys: Scenes from England's Last Literary Salon by Simon Fenwick
RRP: £10.99£7.40In 1945, Eddy Sackville-West, Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Eardley Knollys - writers for the New Statesman and a National Trust administrator - purchased Long Crichel House, an old rectory with no electricity and an inadequate water supply. In this... -
Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey by T. G. Otte 9780141991474
RRP: £20.00£14.69'The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our life-time.' The words of Sir Edward Grey, looking out from the windows of the Foreign Office at the end of August 1914, are amongst the most famous in European history, and... -
Edwardian Scrapbook by Robert Opie 9780954795481
RRP: £14.95£10.78With Edward VII on the throne and the dawn of a new century, Britain embraced the technology of the future. Motor transport began to replace the horse, and by the end of the Edwardian era, the possibilities of the aeroplane could be seen. While the... -
Secret Britain: Unearthing our Mysterious Past by Mary-Ann Ochota 9780711288850
RRP: £18.99£13.15"A cornucopia of our weirdest and most wonderful archaeological sites and artefacts. They make you feel proud to be a citizen of these gloriously intriguing isles." Sir Tony RobinsonAn Ice Age cannibal's skull cup, a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, a... -
Kate: The Future Queen by Katie Nicholl
RRP: £18.99£13.61Katie Nicholl, bestselling author and royal correspondent for The Mail on Sunday , gives an inside look into the life of the future Queen of England, Kate Middleton. Since becoming Duchess Catherine of Cambridge in 2011, Middleton has captivated royals... -
Memories of a Wartime Childhood in London by Douglas Model
RRP: £12.99£9.62In this vivid memoir, Douglas Model tells the incredible true story of his wartime childhood in Wembley amidst the horrors of the Blitz. Contrasting his peaceful infant life - which included a hiking holiday to Nazi Germany in 1934 - with the terrors of... -
Cows, Cobs & Corner Shops - The Story of London's Welsh Dairies / Y Ln Laeth i'r Ddinas - Hanes Llaethdai Cymru Llundain by Megan Hayes
RRP: £14.99£11.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784615260Author Megan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650 by John Rees
£34.14The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings to life the men-including John Lilburne, Richard... -
One of Our Own: The Remarkable Story of Battle of Britain Pilot Squadron Leader Victor Ekins MBE DFC by David Duker 9781399050678
RRP: £22.00£15.62This is the enthralling story of a young man who found himself at the epicentre of one of the biggest turning points in recent history - The Battle of Britain. Guided by the diaries that he meticulously kept throughout his wartime experience and that lay... -
A Mother's Sacrifice: The most moving and page-turning saga you'll read this year by Jennie Felton
RRP: £10.99£5.13'Jennie Felton knows how to tell a cracking story and keep the reader gripped... if you enjoy reading books in the style of Catherine Cookson then this one is for you' Books With Wine and Chocolate'Another superbly woven and character-rich story from a... -
Victorian Cities: Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne, London by Asa Briggs
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1837, in England and Wales, there were only five provincial cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. By 1891 there were twenty-three. Over the same period London's population more than doubled.In this companion volume to Victorian People and Victorian... -
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... -
George IV by E. A. Smith 9780300088021
£29.61This engrossing biography of George IV, king of England from 1820 to 1830, gives a full and objective reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation, and achievement. Previous writers have tended to accept the unfavorable verdicts of the king's... -
Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes by Barnaby Phillips 9780861543137
RRP: £10.99£7.77A Prospect Best Book of 2021 'A fascinating and timely book.' William Boyd 'Gripping...a must read.' FT 'Compelling...humane, reasonable, and ultimately optimistic.' Evening Standard '[A] valuable guide to a complex narrative.' The Times ... -
Speaking Out: Lessons in Life and Politics by Ed Balls
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA life in and out of politics - from the despatch box to the stage on Strictly - by one of Britain's most influential and well-loved political figures. 'Full of anecdote, insight and authenticity' Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE... -
Sevenoaks 1790-1914: Risk and choice in West Kent by Iain Taylor 9781912260614
RRP: £14.99£13.64This book offers a fresh perspective on British history in the long nineteenth century through the lens of a study of Sevenoaks and the surrounding area of West Kent. It considers, in particular, how the risks faced by the people of this region, and the... -
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-88 by Esther Arnott
£23.02Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the... -
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... -
Churchill'S Abandoned Prisoners: The British Soldiers Deceived in the Russian Civil War by Rupert Wieloch 9781612007533
£20.93Winner of the Britain at War Book of the Month Award for May 2019.Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners tells the previously suppressed story of fifteen British prisoners captured during the Russian civil war. The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 seriously... -
That Place We Call Home: A journey through the place names of Ireland by John Creedon
RRP: £15.99£11.61John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from growing up in Cork City as a young boy to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new book, he peels back the layers of meaning of familiar place names... -
A Rustle of Silk by Alys Clare 9780727886569
RRP: £20.99£17.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727886569Author Alys ClareFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 202gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 145mm * 25mm