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The Welsh Wars of Independence by David Moore 9780752441283
RRP: £14.99£11.55Independent Wales was defined in the centuries after the Romans withdrew from Britain in AD 410. The wars of Welsh independence encompassed centuries of raids, expeditions, battles and sieges, but they were more than a series of military encounters: they... -
The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations by Ian Lloyd
RRP: £16.99£12.94From the crowning of Charles III, thirty-nine coronations have been held in Westminster Abbey since the Norman Conquest. Only two monarchs - Edward V and Edward VIII - were uncrowned, and a further twenty or so Scottish monarchs were crowned elsewhere,... -
Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars by Keith Dowen 9780948092909
RRP: £12.99£8.99The English Civil Wars tore families and friendships apart, setting father against son and brother against brother. Raging across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the conflict was the greatest political upheaval in the British Isles in six hundred... -
Duncan: The Origins of the Clan Duncan and Their Place in History by Murray Ogilvie 9781852172831
RRP: £3.99£3.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852172831Author Murray OgilvieFormat PaperbackImprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
Below Manchester: Going Deeper Under the City by Keith Warrender 9780946361427
RRP: £17.95£15.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361427Author Keith WarrenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,TimperleyDimensions(mm) 250mm... -
To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands AND James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - The Most Complete Edition Ever Published by Ronald Black
RRP: £14.99£10.20Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides are widely regarded as among the best pieces of travel writing ever produced. Johnson and Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring Scotland... -
Unseen Chester: Britain In Old Photographs by Derek Stanley 9780750981170
RRP: £14.99£11.55Chester's vibrant history is uniquely captured in this collection of photographs, postcards and lantern slides from the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, showing how time has brought changes to Chester's streets and recalling memorable events and... -
Leading on Inclusion: The Role of the SENCO by Mhairi C. Beaton
RRP: £24.99£21.81This comprehensive resource provides a range of perspectives on inclusion, giving Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) the opportunity to consider the principles and practice that underpin their leadership role. Offering a blend of academic... -
Whisky: Malt Whiskies of Scotland (Collins Little Books) by Dominic Roskrow
RRP: £6.99£4.80The perfect stocking filler for lovers of Whisky. An excellent introduction to the world of Scotch whiskies. It includes the major Scotch whiskies and the distilleries that produce them. The book includes details of the very best of... -
Colossus: Bletchley Park's Last Secret by Paul Gannon
RRP: £14.99£10.20This is the last untold story of Bletchley Park. Using recently declassified information, Paul Gannon has written a gripping account of the invention of the world's first true computer, Colossus.Uncover the secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking... -
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The greatest enterprise of its kind in history,' was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June 1928 when The Oxford English Dictionary was finally published. With its 15,490 pages and nearly two million quotations, it was indeed a... -
A State in Denial:: British Collaboration with Loyalist Paramilitaries by Margaret Urwin 9781781174623
£19.04This meticulously researched book uses previously secret official documents to explore the tangled web of relationships between the top echelons of the British establishment, incl Cabinet ministers, senior civil servants, police/military officers and... -
Roman Lincoln: Conquest, Colony & Capital by Michael J. Jones
RRP: £27.50£20.28This is the first full-length treatment of Roman Lincoln, more than 1500 years after its demise. By AD 450 it had ceased to exist as an urban centre; its physical remains, however, survived well for several centuries, and some elements - notably the city... -
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present FULLY UPDATED AND EXPANDED by Ben Warlow 9781526793270
RRP: £25.00£18.02Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England: Thieves, Tricksters, Bards and Bawds by Terry Deary
RRP: £9.99£5.96The reign of Elizabeth I - a Golden Age? Try asking her subjects...Elizabethans did all they could to survive in an age of sin and bling, of beddings and beheadings, galleons and guns. Explorers set sail for new worlds, risking everything to bring back... -
Always Red by Len McCluskey
RRP: £16.99£12.07Len McCluskey is the standout trade unionist of his era. Head of the giant Unite union for more than a decade, he is a unique and powerful figure on the political stage.In this major autobiography, McCluskey throws back the curtains on life at the top of... -
Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past by John Higgs
RRP: £9.99£4.71A journey along one of Britain's oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today.'A bravura piece of writing - Bill Bryson on acid' Tom HollandWinding its way from the White Cliffs of Dover to the... -
What A Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland's century of division by Kevin Meagher
RRP: £10.99£7.93"For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!" Home Secretary Reginald Maudling, returning from his first visit to Northern Ireland in 1970 As a long and bloody guerrilla war staggered to a close on the island of Ireland,... -
The King and the Christmas Tree by AN Wilson
RRP: £9.99£8.13'An unlikely hero has a master storyteller to tell his tale. The King and the Christmas Tree is a poignant Christmas treat.' Lucy Worsley, historian, broadcaster and authorEvery December, a huge Christmas tree arrives in Trafalgar Square. Bedecked in... -
The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern by Peter Ackroyd 9781789148398
RRP: £10.99£7.77The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecraft. In thirty chapters, Peter Ackroyd describes, with superb narrative skill, the genesis of acting - deriving from the Church tradition of Mystery Plays - through the flourishing of the... -
Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain by Clair Wills
RRP: £10.99£7.77SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'Generous and empathetic ... opens up postwar migration in all its richness' Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian'Groundbreaking, sophisticated, original, open-minded ... essential reading for anyone... -
The Cottage Garden by Twigs Way
RRP: £8.99£6.45Hollyhocks and cabbages, roses and runner beans: the English cottage garden combined beauty and utility, pride and productivity. But what was the reality of the space immortalised in images of thatched cottages with floral borders and ducks on the path?... -
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him by David Reynolds 9780008439910
RRP: £25.00£16.43‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical... -
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict by Lawrence James 9781474610186
RRP: £22.00£14.56'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a genius for detail' A.N. WilsonBritain and China share a... -
The Land of the Green Man: A Journey through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles by Carolyne Larrington
RRP: £14.99£11.75Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist-drenched forests and unpredictable sea-frets: of wraith-like fog banks, druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk, half-unseen, in the... -
Norwich City Greatest Games by Edward Couzens-Lake
RRP: £16.99£12.28From the thousands of matches ever played by Norwich City, stretching from giant-killing exploits during Southern League days to the Premier League era, here are 50 of the Canaries' most glorious, epochal and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in... -
Whitewashing Britain: Race and Citizenship in the Postwar Era by Kathleen Paul
RRP: £24.99£21.67Kathleen Paul challenges the usual explanation for the racism of post-war British policy. According to standard historiography, British public opinion forced the Conservative government to introduce legislation stemming the flow of dark-skinned... -
The Mercenary River: Private Greed, Public Good: A History of London's Water by Nick Higham 9781472283863
RRP: £12.99£8.60Anyone interested in the real London needs to read this. - Andrew MarrNo city can survive without water, and lots of it. Today we take the stuff for granted: turn a tap and it gushes out. But it wasn't always so. For centuries London, one of the largest... -
Not a Guide to: Torbay by Anthony Poulton-Smith 9780752468822
RRP: £5.99£5.10Did you know? Torbay, 'The English Riviera' boasts 22 miles of coastline, with 20 beaches and coves. The famous Torbay palm is in fact a cabbage tree (cordyline australis) from New Zealand. The Torbay Picture House was Europe's oldest cinema. Seat 2, Row... -
Even More Merseyside Tales!: Curious and Amazing True Tales from History by Ken Pye
RRP: £13.99£10.85In Ken Pye's third collection of strange and often bizarre tales from Merseyside's History, prepare to be amazed and entertained, once again.Where on Merseyside was the nonsense rhyme, 'The Owl and The Pussycat' written? How did the 'Cast Iron Shore' or... -
Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace by Leo McKinstry
RRP: £12.99£10.20Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail'A masterpiece' Frederick Forsyth 'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' Simon Heffer'Superb' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'Terrific' ObserverThroughout history there have been... -
Dettingen 1743: Miracle on the Main by Michael McNally
RRP: £15.99£12.46The death of the Emperor Charles VI in 1741 was the catalyst for a conflict ostensibly about the female inheritance of the Hapsburg patrimony but, in reality, about the succession to the Imperial Throne. The great European powers were divided between... -
Eighth Army versus Rommel: Tactics, Training and Operations in North Africa 1940-1942 by James Colvin 9781913336646
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336646Author James ColvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War by John Lewis-Stempel
RRP: £12.99£7.51The extraordinary story of British junior officers in the First World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a life expectancy of six weeks.During the Great War, many boys went straight from the classroom to the most dangerous job in the... -
The Platinum Queen: Over 75 Speeches Given by Britain's Longest-Reigning Monarch by Jennie Bond
RRP: £20.00£13.86***Published in honour of our late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, The Platinum Queen presents seven decades of world history through the words of Britain's longest-reigning monarch: over 256 exquisitely designed pages, packed with 130 photos and... -
The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916 by Conor Kostick 9780862786380
RRP: £8.99£6.87A vivid and entertaining guide to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising. Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. The battle raged for six days and... -
Bill of Rights: The Origin of Britain's Democracy by Jonathan Sumption
RRP: £7.99£6.32In 2017, the Government's attempt to trigger Article 50 and so leave the European Union resulted in a judgement by the Supreme Court, which stated that the Government was unentitled to do so without the consent of Parliament, directly citing the Bill of... -
Rot at the Core: The Serious Crimes of a Detective Sergeant by Graham Satchwell
RRP: £12.99£9.62In March 1972, four young black men were arrested by a specialist pickpocket squad at Oval Underground Station and charged with theft and assault of police officers. Sentenced to two years in prison, the case seemed straightforward and credible to the... -
Paths to the Past: Encounters with Britain's Hidden Landscapes by Francis Pryor
RRP: £10.99£7.77Discover the hidden corners and forgotten crevices of Britain's landscapes, from lost rural treasures to unseen urban gems.Landscapes reflect and shape our behaviour. They make us who we are and bear witness to the shifting patterns of human life over... -
Land of My Fathers - 2000 Years of Welsh History by Gwynfor Evans
£13.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862432652Author Gwynfor EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa