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Shetland Folk Tales by Lawrence Tulloch 9780752497693
RRP: $16.76$12.41Being separate from the Scottish mainland, the Shetland Isles have a rich and unique tradition of folklore, from selkies to invading giants and Vikings. This book brings together for the first time many tales of the Isles, including The Boy Who Came from... -
St Peter's, Cardross: Birth, Death and Renewal by Diane Watters
RRP: $38.70$28.87The ruin of St Peter's College has sat on a wooded hilltop above the village of Cardross for more than three decades. Over that time, with altars crumbling, graffiti snaking across its walls and nature reclaiming its concrete, it has gained a mythical,... -
The Viking Wars: War and Peace in King Alfred's Britain: 789-955 by Max Adams 9781643132549
RRP: $25.74$15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643132549Author Max AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 38mm -
The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology by Helena Hamerow
$56.08Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence--settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. This evidence has... -
The Ludicrous Laws of Old London by Nigel Cawthorne
RRP: $12.89$8.77London abounds with all manner of ludicrous laws, and not all of these curious statutes have been relegated to the past. Despite the efforts of the Law Commission there are medieval laws that are still in force, and the City of London and its livery... -
Around Leigh by Ashcroft Tont 9780752430218
RRP: $16.76$12.41A history of Leigh & surrounding areasBook InformationISBN 9780752430218Author Tony AshcroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Cold, Hard Steel: The Myth of the Modern Surgeon by Agnes Arnold-Forster
RRP: $32.25$23.12Brilliant, volatile and invariably male, the surgeon stereotype is a widespread and instantly recognisable part of western culture. Setting out to anatomise this stereotype, Cold, hard steel offers an exciting new history of modern and contemporary... -
Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland by Matthew Cheeseman 9781032071824
RRP: $51.59$45.74This collection explores folklore and folkloristics within the diverse and contested national discourses of Britain and Ireland, examining their role in shaping the islands' constituent nations from the eighteenth century to our contemporary moment of... -
The King's Return: (Thomas Hill 3) by Andrew Swanston
RRP: $12.89$9.17The king's coronation brings hope. Until a murderer strikes.Spring 1661: After years of civil war followed by Oliver Cromwell's joyless rule as Lord Protector, England awaits the coronation of King Charles II. The mood in London is one of relief and hope... -
The Autobiography of a Nation: The 1951 Festival of Britain by Becky E. Conekin 9780719060601
RRP: $25.79$22.99The first full-length study on the 1951 Festival of Britain. An examination of how Britain and Britishness were portrayed in the 1951's Festival's exhibitions and events. Covers the Festival's history and historiography, its purpose, its representations... -
Scotland: Her Story: The Nation's History by the Women Who Lived It by Rosemary Goring
RRP: $16.76$11.04Scotland's history has been told many times, but never exclusively by its women. This book takes a unique perspective on dramatic national events as well as ordinary life, as experienced by women down the centuries. From the saintly but severe medieval... -
We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire by Ian Patel
RRP: $25.80$21.19What are the origins of the hostile environment for immigrants in Britain? Drawing on new archival material from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ian Sanjay Patel retells Britain's recent history in an often shocking account of state racism that... -
The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black Legend of the Dudleys by Derek Wilson 9781845292300
$17.20In the political ferment of the Tudor century one family above all others was always at the troubled centre of court and council. During those years the Dudleys were never far from controversy. Three of them were executed for treason. They were... -
The Good Sharps: The Brothers and Sisters Who Remade Their World by Hester Grant 9781784707224
RRP: $14.18$10.02The enthralling story of an eighteenth-century family and their extraordinary achievements.Four brothers, three sisters. Brought up in a Northumberland rectory and in the close of Durham Cathedral, the Sharps would achieve exalted positions at the heart... -
Clan Battles: Warfare in the Scottish Highlands by Chris Peers 9781399070034
$26.56Warfare between the clans of the Highlands in the late Middle Ages determined the course of history in this region of Scotland, and Chris Peers's gripping account of it - and of the rivalry between the strongest clans - gives the reader a deep insight... -
Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now: Seven Scenes from the Life of a House by The Duke of Devonshire
RRP: $64.50$48.53A stunningly original portrait of one of England's grandest country housesNo house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for sixteen... -
Hadrian's Wall: Creating Division by Matthew Symonds
RRP: $25.79$21.34Over its venerable history, Hadrian's Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border, recent research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation... -
The Great Fire of London by Samuel Pepys
RRP: $3.87$3.21'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops'A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great FireIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th... -
Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries by Gyles Brandreth 9781849549158
RRP: $19.34$14.13A surprise win for the Conservatives as the voters decisively reject a Labour leader deemed 'not Prime Minister material'? A Tory Party ripped apart by European civil war? A country rebounding from one of the worst recessions in living memory?Check,... -
St Albans: A history by Mark Freeman 9781912260652
RRP: $25.79$22.99Mark Freeman’s classic history of St Albans, first published in 2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two thousand years of St Albans’s history. From the late Iron... -
Windrush: 75 Years of Modern Britain by Trevor Phillips 9780008609702
RRP: $16.76$10.94The oral history of Britain's first West Indian immigrants and their descendants In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the... -
Secrets of Churchill's War Rooms by Jonathan Asbury 9781904897491
RRP: $38.70$31.99On 10 May 1940, Britain's new Prime Minister strode purposefully down to the basement of an anonymous government building and entered a top secret command centre. 'This,' growled Winston Churchill, 'is the room from which I will run the war.'This... -
Supermarine Spitfire (Icon): 1936 onwards (all marks) by Blackah Price 9781785215742
RRP: $16.76$11.73This is one of the new Icon titles from Haynes. Originally published in the classic manual size, this compact format will appeal to trade outlets and gift markets. The legendary Supermarine Spitfire receives the famous Haynes manual treatment with the... -
Battleship Warspite: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans by Robert Brown 9781526719379
RRP: $38.70$28.32The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the as fitted general arrangements, these drawings documented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it... -
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
RRP: $16.76$11.09***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 JHALAK PRIZE***A leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Hannah Lowe, Jamz Supernova, Natasha Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair.For the... -
Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts 9781101980996
RRP: $55.47$40.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101980996Author Andrew RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 1152Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1588gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 165mm *... -
Dressing Up: A History of Fancy Dress in Britain by Verity Wilson
RRP: $32.25$24.02Pierrot, Little Bo Peep, cowboy: these characters and many more form part of this colourful story of dressing up, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Fancy dress became a regular part of people's social lives... -
High Wycombe Revisited by Colin Seabright 9780752436784
RRP: $16.76$12.41This absorbing collection of images offers a nostalgic glimpse into the history of High Wycombe during the last century. Situated between the Chiltern Hills, High Wycombe's early prosperity was based on its watermills and the market which served a large... -
World War I by John M. Burns 9781906814786
RRP: $12.89$10.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906814786Author John M. BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Classic Comic Store LtdPublisher Classic Comic Store Ltd -
British Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After by Norman Friedman
RRP: $64.50$45.43The Royal Navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the First World War, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the Second. This book tells the dramatic story of British coastal forces, both offensive and defensive, in... -
A 1950s Southampton Childhood by Penny Legg 9780752482859
RRP: $14.18$10.64The 1950s was a time of regeneration and change for Southampton. For children growing up during this decade, life was changing fast. They still made their own toys and earned their own pocket money, but, on new television sets, Andy Pandy (1950) and Bill... -
The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana by Richard Aldrich
RRP: $32.25$22.69A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021'Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'A fascinating history of royal espionage.' Sunday Times'Excellent... Compelling' GuardianFor the... -
Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and Her Siblings by Heather R. Darsie
RRP: $29.66$19.58Children of the House of Cleves describes and analyses the lives of Sybylla, Anna, Wilhelm and Amalia, the children of Johann III, Duke of Cleves. Though their parents were staunch Catholics, Wilhelm of Julich-Cleves-Berg was a Lutheran - when it suited... -
The Witches of St Osyth by Marion Gibson
RRP: $38.70$33.48An emotive, haunting story of a community torn apart, the Essex witch accusations and trial of 1581-2 are, taken together, one of the pivotal instances of that malign and destructive wave of misogynistic persecution which periodically broke over early... -
The Partition of Ireland: 1918-1925 by Robert Lynch
RRP: $30.95$24.56Partition represents the most fundamental revolution in modern Irish history. By 1925 the country had been divided into two states embodying rival religious and political identities, an outcome unthinkable only a decade before. While often analysed... -
The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery by Stephen Bates
RRP: $24.50$16.10SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED ... A GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING ROMP' JANICE HALLETT, THE SUNDAY TIMES'IMMERSIVE AND COMPELLING' DAVID KYNASTON'A PAGE-TURNER' ROBERT LACEY'CAREFUL AND COMPELLING' KATE MORGAN'YOU... -
Beyond the Tower: A History of East London by John Marriott
RRP: $20.63$17.83From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in London's history. The East End, as it has been known, was the home to Shakespeare's first... -
Hayling Island: Britain in Old Photographs by John Rowlands 9780752486239
RRP: $18.05$14.00Although small, Hayling Island has a rich and diverse history, greatly influenced by the Saxon, Roman and Norman invasions. The latter in particular has left its influence on its people and their fortunes. This book features a collection of photographs,... -
Gainsborough: A Portrait by James Hamilton
RRP: $16.76$11.09** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times 'Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary Review Thomas... -
The Angel of Death (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 4): Murder and intrigue from the heart of the medieval court by Paul Doherty
RRP: $12.89$7.69In 1298, Edward I of England invaded Scotland and brutally sacked the town of Berwick, razing to the ground the Red House of the Flemings who had permission to trade there. He little knew his action would have far-reaching repercussions.A year later,...