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The Year of Chaos: Northern Ireland on the Brink of Civil War, 1971-72 by Malachi O'Doherty
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Frank and incisive - an insightful look at the most tumultuous period of the Troubles.' Ian Cobain'This is the Belfast I grew up in. Malachi writes from first-hand experience and brings back memories that will always resonate with those who lived in... -
Up the Rhondda!: A peculiar sort of hiraeth by John Geraint 9781800994874
RRP: £9.99£8.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800994874Author John GeraintFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 19mm -
London Thames Path: updated edition by David Fathers
RRP: £11.99£8.00David Fathers presents a unique and richly illustrated guide to the London section of the Thames Path, newly updated to reflect the city's ever-changing landscape. The iconic path, which stretches from the lost floodplains of Richmond all the way to the... -
Ellesmere Port by Pat O'Brien
RRP: £14.99£11.55This fascinating selection of old photographs of Ellesmere Port shows the town in fine detail, and some of the major changes it has seen over the last hundred years. The once busy port with its warehouses and ships is portrayed in its heyday. We see the... -
Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513: Henry VIII, James IV and the battle for Renaissance Britain by George Goodwin
RRP: £10.99£7.40The relationship of England and Scotland became defined by events on 9 September 1513 in a battle of great size, bloodshed and finality - the Battle of Flodden.On the back of historian George Goodwin's critically acclaimed debut, FATAL COLOURS, comes... -
Belfast Battalion: a history of the Belfast I.R.A., 1922-1969: 2018 by John O'Neill 9781999300807
£15.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999300807Author John O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Litter PressPublisher Litter PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 14mm -
The Gifts: The captivating historical fiction debut for fans of THE BINDING by Liz Hyder
RRP: £8.99£6.89'Haunting, thrilling, wonderful. I loved it' Stacey Halls, bestselling author of The Familiars'Fierce and touching' Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne'Your next obsession. . . Unique and captivating' Cosmopolitan Discover the extraordinary,... -
RHS Garden Bridgewater: The Making of a Garden by The Royal Horticultural Society
RRP: £32.00£20.45Following the popular BBC series, this book is the comprehensive guide to one of Europe's largest and most ambitious gardening projects, the magnificent RHS Bridgewater. RHS Garden Bridgewater has a rich history, deeply entrenched personal connections... -
Battle of Brothers: William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult by Robert Lacey
RRP: £9.99£6.64AS SEEN IN THE TIMES AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller 'THE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Daily Mail THIS CRISIS IS... -
Birmingham: A History in Maps by Paul Leslie Line 9780752460895
RRP: £25.00£18.54From the exceptional town plans and maps contained within this unique volume emerges a social picture of Birmingham; a town quickly developing in size and population in the eighteenth century; along with the changes brought about by urbanisation. Land... -
Royal Air Force: The Official Story by James Holland 9781787394230
RRP: £25.00£17.38Royal Air Force: The Official Story is the most up-to-date official history of the Royal Air Force - the oldest airforce in the world. From its genesis in the horrors of the First World War when pilots were open to the elements in craft made of little... -
The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales by Gerald of Wales
RRP: £12.99£9.09Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188. In a style reminiscent of a diary,... -
Forgotten Fruits: The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables by Christopher Stocks
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Forgotten Fruits, Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating - often rather bizarre - stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables. Take Newton Wonder apples, for instance, first discovered around 1870 allegedly growing in the thatch... -
Sacred Britannia: The Gods & Rituals of Roman Britain by Miranda Aldhouse-Green 9780500297261
RRP: £14.99£9.80A timely and up-to-date account of religion in Roman Britain. Two thousand years ago, the Romans sought to absorb into their Empire what they regarded as a remote, almost mythical island on the very edge of the known world - Britain. The expeditions of... -
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis
RRP: £10.99£7.12Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced onto the throne by... -
Westhoughton by Ken Beevers
RRP: £12.99£9.62This compilation of over 200 archive photographs of Westhoughton illustrated the changes that have taken place in this part of Lancashire during the twentieth century, and the changing fortunes of a town that once relied heavily on the textile and coal... -
British Web Equipment of the First and Second World Wars: Em32 by Martin J. Brayley
RRP: £12.99£12.86The outbreak of WW1 in 1914 found the British Army unready in many respects for a new age of warfare. However, the British led the world in the personal equipment worn by the infantryman thanks to an American officer named Anson Mills and the skills of... -
The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality by Richard Overy
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the award-winning author of The Dictators, Richard Overy's The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality is the best introduction available to a defining moment in British history. The extraordinary struggle between British and German air forces in 1940... -
Bridges Explained: The Surprising History of Britain's Finest Bridges, How They Work & the People Who Made Them (Including Viaducts & Aqueducts) by Trevor Yorke 9781846740794
RRP: £9.99£8.17From the beautiful simplicity of an ancient clapper bridge to the elegant, sweeping lines of a modern suspension bridge, these structures delight the eye and complement their surroundings. But what do we really know about them? Why and when were they... -
The I.R.A. by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £19.99£14.68An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive... -
They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper by Bruce Robinson
RRP: £18.99£13.11LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A book like no other - the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history's most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of... -
The History of 30 Assault Unit: Ian Fleming's Red Indians by Craig Cabell
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Second World War spawned a plethora of crack special forces units (Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SBS, Phantom and Commandos) but 30 Assault Unit remains, even today, far more secretive and exclusive than the others. Formed by Ian Fleming, who was... -
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England by Rory Muir 9780300273311
RRP: £12.99£11.46A portrait of Jane Austen's England told through the career paths of younger sons-men of good family but small fortune In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had... -
How to Dress Like a Tudor by Judith Arnopp 9781399015356
RRP: £25.00£18.47Have you ever hankered to dress like a Tudor lord or lady, or perhaps you prefer the status of goodwife, or costermonger, or even a bawd? For beginner historical reenactors, the path to authenticity can be bewildering and sometimes intimidating. Judith... -
The Eighth Army in North Africa by Simon Forty 9781526723796
RRP: £14.99£10.95The British Eighth Army, which played a decisive role in defeating the Axis in North Africa, was one of the most celebrated Allied armies of the Second World War, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it. The carefully chosen... -
Medieval Wales c.1050-1332: Centuries of Ambiguity by David Stephenson 9781786833860
RRP: £16.99£13.09After outlining conventional accounts of Wales in the High Middle Ages, this book moves to more radical approaches to its subject. Rather than discussing the emergence of the March of Wales from the usual perspective of the `intrusive' marcher lords, for... -
Lady Mary by Lucy Worsley
RRP: £8.99£6.23A brilliantly captivating children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, exploring the most famous divorce in history from the perspective of the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. By turns thrilling, dramatic and... -
Crusader: The second thrilling instalment in the Lionheart series by Ben Kane
RRP: £7.99£5.60KING. POLITICIAN. WARRIOR. CONQUEROR.1189. Richard the Lionheart's long-awaited goal comes true as he is crowned King of England. Setting his own kingdom in order, he prepares to embark on a gruelling crusade to reclaim Jerusalem.With him on every step... -
Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City by Christian Wolmar
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Fascinating' 'Books of the Year', Financial Times'London's twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age... Wolmar brings them to life with the knowledge of an expert and the panache of a connoisseur.' Simon Jenkins'A wonderful... -
Merlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII by Graham Hoyland
RRP: £9.99£6.64The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-88 by John Wright
£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... -
The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders 1811 by P. D. James
RRP: £12.99£8.56In 1811 John Williams was buried with a stake in his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or his eighth victim in the bizarre and shocking Ratcliffe Highway Murders? In this vivid and gripping reconstruction P. D. James and police historian T. A... -
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Life by Elspeth Marr
RRP: £7.99£7.20In this delightful and engagingly eccentric treasury of life lessons, redoubtable Victorian Elspeth Marr (1871-1947) reflects on the fundamental topics of life as well as the nuts and bolts of everyday living. Part journal, part commonplace book, among... -
Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessy
RRP: £19.99£14.68Winner of the Orwell Prize The second part of Peter Hennessy's celebrated Post-War Trilogy, Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence.'If the Gods gossip,... -
Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783 by Brendan Simms
RRP: £19.99£14.28This 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 Wales by Mark Lawson-Jones
RRP: £12.99£9.62Did You Know?Wales is the only nation in the United Kingdom not to be represented on the Union Jack. During the First World War, Cardiff was the largest coal port in the world. Guglielmo Marconi sent the first ever wireless communication over open sea -... -
Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs): The Quest for Fame by John Guy
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackHenry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a 'pillager of the... -
The Little Book of Edinburgh by Geoff Holder 9780750993999
RRP: £9.99£7.55The Little Book of Edinburgh is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric... -
Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club by David Fleming
RRP: £20.00£16.83Late one evening in March 1924, a tipsy young nun was seen trying to slip into Balliol, an all-male Oxford college, just as the gates were about to close for the night. The nun - subsequently unmasked as the son of the college bursar - was returning... -
Wild Ruins BC: The explorer's guide to Britain's ancient sites by Dave Hamilton 9781910636169
RRP: £16.99£12.68Wild Ruins B.C. reveals the extraordinary tale of Britain's human story before Christianity, from the first human footprints of 800,000 years ago, to ancient axe factories, rock art, stone circles, mountain burials, sunset hill forts, lost villages and...