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Army Girls: The secrets and stories of military service from the final few women who fought in World War II by Tessa Dunlop 9781472282088
RRP: £20.00£12.05Army Girls is the intimate story of the final few women who served in World War II and are still alive to tell their tale. They were female soldiers in a war Britain wanted to fight without conscripting women. It was a vain hope, by December 1941 for the... -
Voices of the Forest: A Social History of Scottish Forestry in the Twentieth Century by Mairi Stewart
RRP: £25.00£18.92The creation of large new tracts of forest, together with the development of a modern wood processing sector, was the single biggest transformation to occur in the Scottish countryside during the twentieth century. While the environmental and landscape... -
The Edwardians by Roy Hattersley
RRP: £14.99£9.80Edwardian Britain is the quintessential age of nostalgia, often seen as the last long summer afternoon before the cataclysmic changes of the twentieth century began to take form. The class system remained rigidly in place and thousands were employed in... -
Charles & Camilla by Gyles Brandreth
RRP: £14.99£10.95This is the definitive account of one of the most extraordinary stories of our time. Gyles Brandreth, acclaimed biographer of the Queen and Prince Philip, presents a unique portrait of their son, Charles, Prince of Wales, and of the one 'non-negotiable'... -
London's Armed Police: Up Close and Personal by Stephen Smith
£25.88Come on a journey with veteran firearms officer, Stephen Smith as he goes behind the scenes of the Met's Specialist Firearms Unit, CO19. This book covers events from the controversial shooting of Azelle Rodney in 2005 and Mark Duggan in 2011, right up... -
The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £20.00£14.29The 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... -
White Boots and Miniskirts: A True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties by Jacky Hyams 9781782190141
RRP: £7.99£5.79The place is London, and the year is 1966. It's a time when anything seems possible, especially if you are a young, free-spirited, mini-skirted girl in search of adventure and independence. An incredible explosion of pop music, fashion and youth culture... -
The Church and Northern English Society in the Fourteenth Century: the Archbishops of York and their Records by Paul Dryburgh 9781914049156
RRP: £95.00£90.68Essays offering insights into the ecclesiastical, political, cultural and social history in the north of England during the fourteenth century through an exploration of the administrative archives of archbishops. The period between 1304 and 1405 was... -
Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Harvie
RRP: £8.99£6.45First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and... -
Horsemen in No Man's Land: British Cavalry and Trench Warfare, 1914-1918 by David Kenyon 9781526761231
£17.83Of what use were the British cavalry during the years of trench warfare on the Western Front? On a static battlefield dominated by the weapons of the industrial age, by the machine gun and massed artillery, the cavalry were seen as an anachronism. They... -
Viking Identities: Scandinavian Jewellery in England by Jane F. Kershaw
RRP: £41.49£38.16Viking Identities is the first detailed archaeological study of Viking-Age Scandinavian-style female dress items from England. Based on primary archival and archaeological research, including the analysis of hundreds of recent metal-detector finds, it... -
Gypsies: An English History by David Cressy 9780198768135
RRP: £31.49£23.46Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and -more recently-Travellers. Who are this marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are tales of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many... -
A Brief History of the Celts by Peter Ellis 9781841197906
RRP: £10.99£3.51For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost... -
The A-Z of Curious Devon by Suze Gardner
RRP: £14.99£11.55The lifestyles of the people of Devon have traditionally been as diverse as its spectacular scenery. Little wonder then that the county's curious stories are so numerous and so varied. Including a train trapped in a giant snowdrift in Devon's worst... -
The Vickers Viscount: The World's First Turboprop Airliner by Nick Stroud
RRP: £16.99£12.28By some margin the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced, the world-beating Viscount was a sublime combination of Vickers' state-of-the-art postwar design and Rolls-Royce's cutting-edge power-plant technology, both companies being... -
James I , The King Who United Scotland and England by Keith Coleman 9781399093590
RRP: £25.00£17.62The life of King James VI who united England and Scotland under one crown and became James I in 1603 is marked by contradictions. Generally praised as a good king of Scotland and a poor English one, James was a deep theological thinker, but he also... -
A Short History of Lyme Regis by John Fowles 9780946159932
RRP: £5.95£5.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946159932Author John FowlesFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote PressDimensions(mm) 180mm * 157mm * 5mm -
An Empire of Laws: Legal Pluralism in British Colonial Policy by Christian R Burset 9780300253238
RRP: £55.00£52.51A compelling reexamination of how Britain used law to shape its empire For many years, Britain tried to impose its own laws on the peoples it conquered, and English common law usually followed the Union Jack. But the common law became less common after... -
A History Book for Scots: Selections from the Scotichronicon by Walter Bower 9781906566593
RRP: £16.99£12.08Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon - 'a history book for Scots'. It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the... -
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield 9781838932756
RRP: £8.99£7.07What if you thought your husband was Jack the Ripper? London, 1888. Susannah rushes into marriage to a young and wealthy surgeon. After a passionate honeymoon, she returns home with her new husband wrapped around her little finger. But then everything... -
Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland and Lawrencetown by Alex F. Young 9781840332292
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332292Author Alex F. YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 174mm * 4mm -
OCR A Level History: England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII by Nicholas Fellows
£31.49Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resourceBuild strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this... -
Suffolk Airfields in the Second World War by Graham Smith 9781853063428
RRP: £14.99£12.55This illustrated, action-packed book contains a full account of the part played by Suffolk's airfields during the Second World War. The history of each airfield is described, with details of the planes and the pilots who flew them, and the local... -
Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man by Peter K. Andersson 9780691250168
RRP: £22.00£17.36The first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor ageIn some portraits of Henry VIII there appears another, striking figure—a gaunt and morose-looking man with a... -
The Living Wells of Wales: New photographs and old tales of our sacred springs, holy wells and spas by Phil Cope 9781781724965
RRP: £20.00£15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781724965Author Phil CopeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press -
A Woman Lived Here: Alternative Blue Plaques, Remembering London's Remarkable Women by Allison Vale
RRP: £10.99£3.51'A pretty awesome present for the feminist in your life' - Caroline Criado Perez, OBE, author of Do It Like a WomanAt the last count, the Blue Plaque Guide honours 903 Londoners, and a walking tour of these sites brings to life the London of a bygone era... -
We Are Not Amused: Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punch by David Crystal
RRP: £12.99£9.88Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attracted most attention from satirists. In this intriguing book, David Crystal shows how our feelings about... -
A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land by Joshua Abbott
RRP: £10.99£7.47From Barnet to Richmond, explore the history of London's Metro-LandA Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land is your essential pocket guide to the modernist architecture of London's suburbs. Inspired by John Betjeman's 1973 documentary Metro-Land and the... -
1666: Plague, War and Hellfire by Rebecca Rideal
RRP: £10.99£7.771666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with devastating repercussions.Shedding light on these dramatic... -
Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East by Keith Kyle 9781848855335
RRP: £26.99£24.61This title includes a new Foreword by WM. Roger Louis. On 26 July 1956, the British Empire received a blow from which it would never recover. On this day, Egypt's President Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company, one of the gems of... -
Rome and the Counter-Reformation in England by Dr Philip Hughes 9780692729335
RRP: £29.99£25.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692729335Author Charles a CoulombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Mediatrix PressPublisher Mediatrix PressWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940 by D. J. Taylor
RRP: £12.99£9.09Bright Young People/ Making the most of our youth/ They talk in the Press of our social success/ But quite the reverse is the truth. [Noel Coward]The Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A... -
The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland by Alexandra Walsham 9780199243556
RRP: £93.00£59.16The Reformation of the Landscape is a richly detailed and original study of the relationship between the landscape of Britain and Ireland and the tumultuous religious changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It explores how the profound... -
Apel, Yr / Appeal, The by Mererid Hopwood 9781800993822
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800993822Author Y. LolfaFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 180mm * 180mm * 14mm -
Hellish Nell: Last of Britain's Witches by Malcolm Gaskill 9781802061994
RRP: £12.99£9.09One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story.Helen Duncan - known since childhood as 'Hellish Nell', for her... -
Warrior of Woden by Matthew Harffy
RRP: £8.99£6.96AD 642. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fifth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Oswald has reigned over Northumbria for eight years and Beobrand has led the king to... -
Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman 9780007578832
RRP: £9.99£6.92'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York... -
Medieval Women: Social History Of Women In England 450-1500 by Henrietta Leyser
RRP: £12.99£8.60Henrietta Leyser considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every woman of the time: medieval views on sex, marriage and motherhood; the world of work and the experience of widowhood for peasant, townswoman and aristocrat. The intellectual and... -
The Secret History of Here: A Year in the Valley by Alistair Moffat 9781838851149
RRP: £10.99£7.32The Secret History of Here is the story of a single place in the Scottish Borders. The site on which Alistair Moffat's farm now stands has been occupied since prehistoric times. Walking this landscape you can feel the presence and see the marks of those... -
Web Of Deceit: Britain's Real Foreign Policy by Mark Curtis
RRP: £18.99£13.61In his explosive new book, Mark Curtis reveals a new picture of Britain's role in the world since 1945 and in the 'war against terrorism' by offering a comprehensive critique of the Blair government's foreign policy. Curtis argues that Britain is an...