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Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History by Paul Begg 9781405807128
$46.10In 1888 the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of some of the most brutal murders ever recorded in history - and yet the case of Jack the Ripper remains unsolved. Steering clear of wild conspiracy theories, and spurious attempts to advance new... -
Who Are We Now?: Stories of Modern England by Jason Cowley
RRP: $14.18$9.69A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 'I can't tell you how refreshing it is in these polarised times to read a book on politics that doesn't have an axe to grind . . . an essential read.' - The Sunday TimesJason Cowley, editor-in-chief of the New... -
Before & After: The Incredible Story of the Real-life Mrs Wilson by Alison Wilson
RRP: $12.89$8.77Aged nineteen, Alison McKelvie was a self-confessed romantic, immersed in books and poetry, and dreaming of beauty, truth and love. In 1940, whilst working as a secretary at MI6, Alison met Alexander Wilson. Thirty years her senior, Alexander was worldly... -
Chindit by Richard Rhodes James
RRP: $14.18$10.02Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and bestselling historian James Holland.'Heroic, punishing excursions behind enemy lines, the Chindit expeditions... -
Spymaster: The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield by Martin Pearce
RRP: $15.47$10.87'I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief'Richard Davenport-Hines, The SpectatorSir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A farmer's son from a provincial grammar school who found himself... -
The Angevin Empire: Or the Three Reigns of Henry II, Richard I, and John (A.D. 1154-1216) by James Henry Ramsay 9781143823558
$5.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781143823558Author James Henry RamsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 606Imprint Nabu PressPublisher Nabu PressWeight(grams) 1066gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm *... -
Arthur Gould: Rugby's First Superstar by Gwyn Prescott 9781904609124
RRP: $23.21$19.18Arthur Gould is the definitive biography of the record-breaking Welsh international player who is widely acknowledged as the first superstar of rugby. Such was his fame and renown, that upon his tragic, early death in 1919, aged just 54, Gould's funeral... -
Wanstead and Woodford by Ian Dowling 9780752401133
RRP: $16.76$12.41This book is part of the Images of London 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 9780752401133Author Ian... -
The Romantic Revolution by Tim Blanning
RRP: $12.89$8.77A compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves.Three great revolutions rocked the world around 1800. The first two - the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution -... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485-1603 by Nicholas Fellows
RRP: $13.55$12.41Exam board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
The Personal Rule of Charles I by Kevin Sharpe 9780300065961
$100.10After Charles I's succession to the English throne in 1625, he transformed the political landscape of the country, dissolved parliament, and began a period of eleven years of personal rule. This authoritative reevaluation of Charles I's personal rule... -
Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson
RRP: $19.34$12.51A fascinating account from award-winning author Adam Nicolson of the history of Nicolson's own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst. Sissinghurst is world-famous as a place of calm and beauty, a garden slipped into the ruins of a... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The English Revolution 1625-1660 by J Daniels 9780198354727
$48.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, The English Revolution... -
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors by Alison Weir
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Stunning... Weir has brought those five queens to life like never before. I just raced through it - it has all the drama and suspense of a novel' Tracy BormanCrusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens,... -
Scotland's Empire: The Origins of the Global Diaspora by T. M. Devine
RRP: $16.76$11.73In Scotland's Empire, T.M Devine tells the compelling story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. By 1820 Britain controlled a fifth of the world's population, and no... -
The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels by Adam Nicolson
RRP: $14.18$9.35SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 'This is a book of wonders' Sunday Times 'Spellbinding and intelligent' Financial Times ... -
Lost to the Sea: Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities: The Yorkshire Coast & Holderness by Stephen Wade
RRP: $16.76$11.73Once there was a Roman settlement on what is now Filey Brig. In Holderness, a prosperous town called Ravenser saw kings and princes on its soil, and its progress threatened the good people of Grimsby. But the Romans and the Ravenser folk are long gone,... -
Cnut the Great by Timothy Bolton
RRP: $16.76$14.78A seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire "A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror."-... -
Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984) by Douglas MacIntyre 9781399600255
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Hungry Beat is the story of an all-too-brief era where the short-circuiting of that industry seemed viable. But hell, the times were luminous as was the music these artists made. The songs and many of the players remain, and here they tell their story... -
Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy by Mr David Cannadine
RRP: $15.47$14.13Few modern women have had as great a political impact as Margaret Hilda Roberts, the grocer's daughter from Grantham who, as Margaret Thatcher, became Britain's first woman prime minister. The longest serving British premier of the twentieth century, Mrs... -
London Calling: Britain, the BBC World Service and the Cold War by Alban Webb
$38.91From its inception in 1932, overseas broadcasting by the BBC quickly became an essential adjunct to British diplomatic and foreign policy objectives. For this reason, the World Service was considered the primary means of engaging with attitudes and... -
How The Scots Invented The Modern World by Arthur Herman
RRP: $25.80$15.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609809990Author Arthur HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the Flight from Tyranny by Jeremy Seabrook 9780230218789
RRP: $28.38$28.26In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain's past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as... -
Soho: A Street Guide to Soho's History, Architecture and People by Dan Cruickshank
RRP: $14.18$9.55SOHO - ILLICIT, GLAMOROUS, SORDID, LOUCHE, POVERTY-STRICKEN, SQUALID, EXHILARATING.One of Britain's best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank grants us an intimacy with centuries of rich and varied London history as he guides us around the Soho of the last... -
Prehistoric Rock Art in the North York Moors by Paul Brown 9780752468778
RRP: $35.48$26.68This revised edition is an accumulation of two decades of research and fieldwork by the authors, and presents a comprehensive account of the little known prehistoric rock art within the North York Moors area. It covers Northern England's last major area... -
The Worlds of John Ruskin by Kevin Jackson 9781843681489
RRP: $25.79$17.22Ruskin is one of the most influential and exhilarating writers in English. Art critic, architectural visionary, social reformer, climate warner and incomparable teacher; Ruskin's words not only transformed Victorian England but speak to us with... -
British Army Cap Badges of the Second World War by Peter Doyle
RRP: $19.34$15.16In their companion volume to British Army Cap Badges of the First World War, authors Peter Doyle and Chris Foster present an overview of the main cap badges worn by the British Army during the Second World War, which continued the rich and varied... -
The Representative of the People?: Voters and Voting in England under the Early Stuarts by Derek Hirst 9780521019880
RRP: $29.66$26.65Contested elections became a fact of political life for the first time in early-17th-century England as the gentry pressed for seats in a parliament which was growing increasingly important. Dr Hirst examines politics from the point of view of the... -
1920s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
RRP: $19.29$13.91With over 1,000 colourful images, Robert Opie brings to life the 1920s and captures the mood of this radical decade in Great Britain. The Twenties were a time for change and invention. The arrival of the wireless provided a new form of entertainment and... -
England and the Aeroplane: Militarism, Modernity and Machines by David Edgerton
RRP: $20.63$14.98The story of the strange mixture of romanticism, militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England, from the brilliant author of Britain's War MachineThe history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few'... -
England's First Castle: The Story of a 1000-Year-Old Mystery by Terry Wardle 9780752447971
RRP: $19.34$14.90In early September 1051, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that 'the French had built a castle', the first Norman castle in England. Yet for centuries the circumstances behind the construction of this castle and its actual location have remained a... -
Five Million Tides: A Biography of the Helford River by Christian Boulton
RRP: $25.80$19.40Five Million Tides is the story of Cornwall's Helford River from the Stone Age to the dawning of the twenty-first century. From prehistoric pioneers and their megalithic successors, this account goes on to expose a remarkable truth: the Helford became... -
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed by Mike Ripley
RRP: $19.34$6.14WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an... -
The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution by Michael J. Braddick
RRP: $52.88$52.23This Handbook brings together leading historians of the events surrounding the English revolution, exploring how the events of the revolution grew out of, and resonated, in the politics and interactions of the each of the Three Kingdoms - England,... -
The Little Book of Berkshire by Stuart Hylton
RRP: $12.89$9.74The Little Book of Berkshire is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the county, from its earliest origins to the present day. Here you can read about the important contributions Berkshire has made to the... -
Medieval Minds Pupil's Book Britain 1066-1500 by Jamie Byrom
$37.58Invokes curiosity and wonder to engage all pupils through arresting source material, thought-provoking enquiry and clear, vibrant pates. Supports development of thinking skills through progressive steps in each enquiry, which gradually build... -
A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain by Tamasin Cave
RRP: $14.18$10.02Q. What's worth GBP2,000,000,000, answers to no-one and operates out of public sight? A. Britain's influence industry The corporate takeover of democracy is no conspiracy theory - it's happening, and it affects every aspect of our... -
Unwinnable: Britain's War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 by Theo Farrell
RRP: $16.76$11.73Afghanistan was an unwinnable war. As British and American troops withdraw, discover this definitive account that explains why. It could have been a very different story. British forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having... -
The British Officer: Leading the Army from 1660 to the present by Anthony Clayton 9781405859011
$46.10An Army officer must lead men into frightening and dangerous situations and sometimes make them do things that they never thought they could do. This book recounts how British officers have led their men, and commanded their respect, from the days of... -
Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life: 2023 by Jane Hamlett
RRP: $25.80$18.43A history of pets and their companions in Britain from the Victorians to today.Pet Revolution tracks the British love affair with pets over the last two centuries, showing how the kinds of pets we keep, as well as how we relate to and care for them, has...