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Cumbria Curiosities by Robert Woodhouse
RRP: $20.63$15.80Cumbria Curiosities brings together a series of unusual, intriguing and extraordinary buildings, structures, incidents and people from all parts of the county. Included in these pages are the Fairy Steps of Beetham Fell; Bonnie Prince Charlie's Chimney;... -
God's Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England by Jessie Childs
RRP: $16.76$11.73*Winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize**Longlisted for The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction**A Sunday Times Book of the Year**A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year* *A Times Book of the Year**An Observer Book of the Year*A woman awakes in a prison... -
Lindisfarne: The Cradle Island by Magnus Magnusson
RRP: $19.34$14.90Lindisfarne has captured the imagination of visitors and residents alike for decades. Also know as 'Holy Island', the rich and eventful history of the area is explored in great depth in this fascinating account. The author takes us on a journey to 'the... -
Isle of Wight Villains: Rogues, Rascals and Reprobates by Jan Toms 9780752462196
RRP: $16.76$12.41Once renowned as a place to dump criminals, and with a past steeped in smuggling, the Isle of Wight provides copious tales of corruption, violence and delinquency. From the customs officer who had both his hands severed by smugglers, to Bembridge witch... -
Bath: City on Show by Brown Dan 9780752456744
RRP: $16.76$12.41Bath: City on Show provides a unique and fascinating blend of historical images and contemporary photography, contrasting a World Heritage city as depicted over several hundred years with how it is seen through the lens today. Talented local... -
Chieftain: British Cold War Main Battle Tank by Robert Jackson 9781526741424
RRP: $19.34$14.13The British Chieftain - designed in the late 1950s as the replacement for the Centurion - was perhaps the best main battle tank in service with Nato during the 1960s and 1970s. Its 120mm rifled main gun and advanced armour made it one of the most... -
Chief of Staff: An Insider's Account of Downing Street's Most Turbulent Years by Gavin Barwell
RRP: $14.18$9.44BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect'Fascinating and instructive... his decency and pragmatism shine through.' The Times'Candid, valuable and insightful.' ObserverSince the EU referendum of 2016, British politics has witnessed a barrage of... -
Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There: Volume I by Ian Knight
RRP: $32.25$22.73The great host came steadily on, spreading out spreading out - spreading out till they seemed like a giant pair of nut-crackers opening round the little nut of Rorke's Drift. - Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds V.C., Army Medical Department On 22... -
81: The Inside Story of Our Iconic Fa Cup Victory by Steve Perryman
RRP: $51.60$35.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913412449Author Steve PerrymanFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing LtdWeight(grams)... -
Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 by Linda Colley 9780300152807
RRP: $23.21$20.37How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire... -
The History of Wales in Twelve Poems by M. Wynn Thomas 9781786837660
RRP: $11.60$8.86Down the centuries, poets have provided Wales with a window onto its own distinctive world. This book gives the general reader a sense of the view to be seen through that special window in twelve illustrated poems, each bringing very different periods... -
The 43 Group: Battling with Mosley's Blackshirts by Morris Beckman 9780752499420
RRP: $12.89$9.74Oswald Mosley decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim 'not enough Jews were burned at Belsen'. Enter the 43 Group. In a ferocious, bloody and brilliantly covert five-year... -
Glorious Goodwood: A Biography of England's Greatest Sporting Estate by James Peill
RRP: $19.34$12.64'Delightful' A HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR / BOOK OF THE WEEK, Daily Mail'Goodwood curator James Peill writes with a wonderfully light touch . . . The Goodwood story is extraordinary and rightly celebrated' Country LifeThe history of Goodwood, England's... -
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
RRP: $16.76$11.73When the married Isabella Robinson was introduced to the dashing Edward Lane at a party in 1850, she was utterly enchanted. He was 'fascinating', she told her diary, before chastising herself for being so susceptible to a man's charms. But a wish had... -
Naval Eyewitnesses: The Experience of War at Sea, 1939-1945 by James Goulty 9781399000710
RRP: $32.25$22.73Although many books have been written about naval actions during the Second World War - histories and memoirs in particular - few books have attempted to encompass the extraordinary variety of the experience of the war at sea. That is why James Goulty's... -
The Times Golden Years of Rail Travel by Julian Holland
RRP: $38.70$28.32Celebrate the heyday of passenger rail travel around Britain with this beautiful Times railway book. Take a journey back to the boom time for Britain's railways, through a unique collection of fascinating stories, photographs, posters and... -
The British History Puzzle Book: From the Dark Ages to Digital Britain in 500 challenges and teasers by Philip Parker 9780712354400
RRP: $19.34$13.26A spectacular, puzzle-fuelled, myth-busting journey through the hidden history of Britain in 500 questions. Britain's history is one of the richest and most complex in Europe. From the first Stone Age settlers, through the Roman occupation, the waves... -
Knowing Their Place: Domestic service in twentieth-century Britain by Lucy Delap 9780198718246
RRP: $45.78$31.62Historians have traditionally seen domestic service as an obsolete or redundant sector from the middle of the twentieth century. Knowing Their Place challenges this by linking the early twentieth-century employment of maids and cooks to later practices... -
Petersfield At War by David W. Jeffery
RRP: $19.34$14.90The small Hampshire town of Petersfield saw little direct conflict during the Second World War, yet its story reflects all the anxieties and concerns of Britain's inhabitants during that period: food shortages, evacuees, blackout restrictions, family... -
Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783 by Brendan Simms
RRP: $25.79$18.42This highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain's extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained. Whilst Britain was an important... -
The Little Book of Suffolk by Neil Storey
RRP: $12.89$10.54The Little Book of Suffolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Suffolk folk or anyone who knows and loves... -
The Battle of Britain: Book 2 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War by James Holland
RRP: $12.89$9.17UNDERSTAND AND EXPERIENCE THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY AERIAL EVER FOUGHTPart of the new Ladybird Expert series, Battle of Britain is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the most famous aerial battle in history.Historian, author and... -
King's Mistress, Queen's Servant: The Life and Times of Henrietta Howard by Tracy Borman
RRP: $14.18$10.02Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. She was also, as Tracy Borman's wonderfully readable biography reveals, a dedicated patron of the arts; a lively and talented intellectual in her... -
The Country Houses of Shropshire by Gareth Williams
RRP: $122.55$116.98A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them. Shropshire is the largest English inland county, and has a wide variety of... -
The Country House Library by Mark Purcell
RRP: $38.70$38.31Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete... -
British Aircraft Carriers 1945–2010 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76$11.73The history of the Royal Navy flagships that led the fleet through the Cold War, ensured victory in the Falklands War, and saw action in Iraq and the Balkans. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the Royal Navy's carrier fleet proved essential to the... -
A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History by C.R. Cheney
RRP: $41.27$37.62A Handbook of Dates is an unrivalled reference book for historians. It provides in clear, user-friendly form, tables which allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100. It... -
Animal Farm: GCSE 9-1 set text student edition (Collins Classroom Classics) by George Orwell
$4.09Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR; CXCLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature; CSEC English BFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2024 This edition of Animal Farm is perfect for GCSE-level students, with the complete novel, engaging... -
Pop Rock Icons: London's Swingin' 60s and 70s by Philippe Margotin
RRP: $32.24$26.17Pop Rock Icons takes us into the extraordinary world of London, England at the time of the greatest countercultural upheaval that the country has known. A real musical revolution began at the beginning of the 1960s, led by the Beatles, further ignited by... -
Anglo-Saxon cemeteries 1979: The fourth Anglo-Saxon Symposium at Oxford by Tania Dickinson 9780860540953
$109.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860540953Author Tania DickinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 389Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing -
The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl
RRP: $19.34$14.13In 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 Drove Roads of Scotland by A.R.B. Haldane
RRP: $14.18$9.86One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in a fascinating account of Scotland's droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every... -
Victorian Gothic House Styles by Trevor Yorke 9781846743047
RRP: $10.26$8.53Gothic style transformed the urban landscape from the mid 19th century. In this new book, discover how leading architects reinterpreted Medieval buildings to create a dynamic style which spread from Victorian England to the other side of the Atlantic. ... -
The Little Book of Wiltshire by Dee Vardera 9780750994217
RRP: $16.76$12.41The Little Book of Wiltshire is a compendium of fascinating information about the county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Wiltshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns and countryside,... -
Mary I: England's Catholic Queen by John Edwards
RRP: $24.50$21.39A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign The lifestory of Mary I-daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon-is often... -
The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages (TPB) (GRP) by Miri Rubin
RRP: $21.92$15.84There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V, the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power,... -
Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography by Claire Harman 9780241964439
RRP: $20.63$14.98Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 'One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years' Sarah Waters The poet Sylvia Townsend Warner rose to sudden fame with the publication of her classic feminist novel Lolly... -
Avro Military 1910-63 by Key Publishing
RRP: $20.63$14.98Founded in 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe, A.V. Roe and Company Limited built its first military aircraft two years later. By 1914, the company was literally flying when it designed the first of many iconic aircraft in the shape of the Avro 504, which sold... -
Roaming Midsomer: Walking and Eating in the Murderous Heart of England by Martin Andrew
RRP: $16.76$12.41Roaming Midsomer is the perfect follow-up to the successful Exploring Midsomer, which enticed lovers of Midsomer Murders and rural England to go and enjoy the beautiful 'Midsomer' for themselves. This compilation of interesting and pleasant walks offers... -
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe
RRP: $19.34$14.64Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist...