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Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That by Dylan Jones
RRP: £25.00£16.78Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry,... -
Rudiments of Runelore by Stephen Pollington
£8.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898281498Author Stephen PollingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Anglo-Saxon BooksPublisher Anglo-Saxon BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London by Vic Gatrell
RRP: £25.00£18.32Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre... -
Sophia - Mother of Kings: The Finest Queen Britain Never Had by Catherine Curzon 9781526762986
RRP: £12.99£9.09When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privilege, she hated the groom she called pig snout and wept at news of her engagement. In the austere court... -
The Guide to Mysterious Arran by Geoff Holder
RRP: £14.99£11.55This is the essential guide to everything strange, marvellous and paranormal on the beautiful and rugged Isle of Arran. Why did the police in 1889 bury the boots of the victim of the Arran Murder below the high-water mark? What happened to the miracle... -
Law, Liberty and the Constitution - A Brief History of the Common Law by Harry Potter
RRP: £19.99£17.37A new approach to the telling of legal history, devoid of jargon and replete with good stories, which will be of interest to anyone wishing to know more about the common law - the spinal cord of the English body politic. Throughout English history the... -
The Athenaeum: More Than Just Another London Club by Michael Wheeler
RRP: £40.00£33.59A compelling history of the famous London club and its members' impact on Britain's scientific, creative, and official life When it was founded in 1824, the Athenaeum broke the mold. Unlike in other preeminent clubs, its members were chosen on the basis... -
Connecting History: Higher Migration and Empire, 1830-1939 by Euan M. Duncan
£21.93Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2018First exam: Summer 2019Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together lesser-told... -
Cochrane by Donald Thomas
RRP: £10.99£7.40Bestselling account of the life of a real Horatio HornblowerThe life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, later 10th Earl of Dundonald, was more extraordinary than that of Nelson, more far fetched than that of Hornblower or Patrick O'Brien's Jack Aubrey. Born the... -
The Times Remembering Railways: Fascinating insights into Britain's Railways by Julian Holland
RRP: £30.00£20.53The perfect gift for every railway enthusiast. The history of Britain's railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats. Julian Holland brings together a unique... -
Hartlepool 1946-1997 by Douglas R. P. Ferriday 9780752407951
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752407951Author Douglas... -
The Great Romantic: Cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus - Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2019 by Duncan Hamilton 9781473661851
RRP: £12.99£8.60THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE 2019 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARDuncan Hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the... -
How to Survive in Tudor England by Toni Mount 9781399023283
RRP: £16.99£12.28Imagine you were transported back in time to Tudor England and had to start a new life there, without smartphones, internet or social media. When transport means walking or, if you're lucky, horseback, how will you know where you are or where to go?... -
The Great Irish Famine: A History in Four Lives by Enda Delaney
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Great Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the defining event in the history of modern Ireland. At least one million people died, and double that number fled the country within a decade. The Great Irish Famine surveys the history of this great tragedy... -
West Drayton and Yiewsley by Stephen Skinner 9780752428413
RRP: £12.99£9.62A history of West Drayton & YiewsleyBook InformationISBN 9780752428413Author James SkinnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Britain'S Secret Defences: Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins in the Second World War by Andrew Chatterton
£23.51The narrative surrounding Britain's anti-invasion forces has often centred on 'Dad's Army'-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very different... -
Lancaster Against York: The Wars of the Roses and the Foundation of Modern Britain by University Fellow Trevor Royle 9781403966728
RRP: £39.99£25.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781403966728Author University Fellow Trevor RoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave USAWeight(grams)... -
Britain by Numbers: A Visual Exploration of People and Place by Stuart Newman
RRP: £25.00£18.02A beautiful, compelling and eye-opening guide to the way we live in Britain today.______________How much more do we drink than we should? Why do immigrants come here? How have house prices changed in the past decade? What do we spend our money on?... -
The Trees that Made Britain by Archie Miles
RRP: £14.99£9.53As the oldest living inhabitants on the planet, trees have played a major part in the way we live today, providing both the daily oxygen we breathe and the foundation of our nations heritage. Every native tree in Britain, whether its part of a grand... -
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin
RRP: £12.99£9.09A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John DarwinThe British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations,... -
Volunteers: The Incredible Story of Kitchener's Army Through Soldiers' and Civilians' Own Words and Photographs by Richard van Emden 9781473891869
RRP: £25.00£17.62What greater pride might a young man feel than to serve shoulder to shoulder with his friends in time of war? To enlist into the army with his pals, chums, mates, filling the ranks of battalions that drew their strength from the local community, from... -
On Afghanistan's Plains: The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars by Jules Stewart
£17.13Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back more than 170 years. Aiming to protect British India from the expanding... -
London and the Seventeenth Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City by Margarette Lincoln
RRP: £12.99£11.46The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it "Lively and arresting. . . . [Lincoln] is as confident in handling the royal ceremonials of political transition . . . as she is with... -
Pilgrim Routes of the British Isles by Emma Wells
RRP: £19.99£17.42This book leads the modern traveller along some of the key medieval walking routes of England, Scotland and Wales, taking in world-famous sites such as Canterbury and Lindisfarne, and out-of-the-way places along paths not so widely travelled. Each route... -
The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family by Christopher Simon Sykes
RRP: £10.99£7.25The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years. 'The Big House' is the biography of a great country house and the lives of the Sykes family who lived there, with varying fates, for... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England by Nigel Saul 9780192893246
RRP: £23.49£17.44This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive introduction to medieval England. Written by expert scholars and drawing on the latest research, it offers an authoritative survey of the years from the departure of the Roman legions to the Battle of... -
Billington: Victorian Executioner by Alison Bruce
RRP: £12.99£9.62'An insightful and gripping account that will take you into the dark but fascinating world of a Victorian executioner.' - Stewart P. EvansBetween 1884 and 1905 James Billington and his three sons, Thomas, William and John, were responsible for 235... -
The Devil in Disguise: Deception, Delusion, and Fanaticism in the Early English Enlightenment by Mark Knights 9780199577958
RRP: £84.00£65.93The Devil in Disguise illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about. It does so through the... -
Mission to Tashkent by F. M. Bailey 9780192803870
RRP: £11.99£9.66'one of the best books about secret intelligence work ever written' Peter Hopkirk. Colonel F. M. Bailey, whose extraordinary adventures are told here, was long accused by Moscow of being a British master-spy sent in 1918 to overthrow the Bolsheviks in... -
The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill by Allen Packwood
RRP: £22.99£19.96Viewed by some as the saviour of his nation, and by others as a racist imperialist, who was Winston Churchill really, and how has he become such a controversial figure? Combining the best of established scholarship with important new perspectives, this... -
The Victoria History of the County of Stafford - X: Tutbury and Needwood Forest by N.J. Tringham
RRP: £110.00£106.34Classic VCH account of the important town of Tutbury and its environs. Tutbury and Needwood forest have a rich history, fully explored here from the earliest times to the present day: the former with its great medieval castle, the heart of a major... -
English Longbowman 1330–1515 by Clive Bartlett 9781855324916
RRP: £14.99£12.58The English military ascendancy which lasted from the mid-14th to the early 15th century was founded upon defensive tactics based on the use of the longbow. This weapon, distinctive in that it was used by English forces alone, was probably the most... -
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations, 1909-1945 by Nigel West 9781526755742
RRP: £25.00£18.02Written by the renowned expert Nigel West, this book exposes the operations of Britain's overseas intelligence-gathering organisation, the famed Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, and traces its origins back to its inception in 1909. In this meticulously... -
The Viking Great Army and the Making of England by Dawn Hadley
RRP: £12.99£8.13The hidden story of a little-known but transformative period in the formation of England as a nation. The Viking Great Army that swept through England between AD 865 and 878 altered the course of British history. Since the late 8th century, Viking... -
Tudor Children by Nicholas Orme
£20.00The first history of childhood in Tudor England "Tudor Children is social history at its best. . . . By connecting with our own history as children, Orme invites us to embrace a new way of engaging with the past."-Joanne Paul, Times (UK) What was it... -
London's 100 Strangest Places by David Long
RRP: £12.99£9.62The bustling metropolis of London is home to scores of unusual and unique places and spaces. In this feast of peculiarities, author David Long guides you off the beaten path and allows you under the skin of the hidden city that is modern-day London,... -
One Week in April: The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820 by Maggie Craig 9781780276328
£20.79In April 1820, a series of dramatic events exploded around Glasgow, central Scotland and Ayrshire. Demanding political reform and better living and working conditions, 60,000 weavers and other workers went on strike. Revolution was in the air. It was... -
Haunted Bath by David Brandon 9780752447599
RRP: £12.99£9.62A pub with a deceased barmaid who simply refuses to leave, a Grey Lady in the Theatre Royal; a poltergeist in the Garrick's Head pub; a man in a black hat at the Assembly Rooms. Bath is one of the few British cities which may justifiably be called... -
RAF Marham: Bomber Station by Martin W. Bowman 9780752446943
RRP: £25.00£18.94RAF Marham's history reaches back into the First World War when its aircraft served a vital home defence role, intercepting raiding Zeppelins and Gothas. In the late 1930s the station was reopened as a bomber base and, post-war, operated bombers and... -
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life by Mark Kishlansky
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackThe tragedy of Charles I dominates one of the most strange and painful periods in British history as the whole island tore itself apart over a...