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The Picts: A History by Tim Clarkson
RRP: $14.18$9.44The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they... -
Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland by Jonathan Powell
RRP: $16.76$11.73Making peace in Northern Ireland was the greatest success of the Blair government, and one of the greatest achievements in British politics since the Second World War. In Jonathan Powell's masterly account we learn just how close the talks leading to the... -
The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland by Alexandra Walsham 9780199654383
RRP: $67.08$48.59The 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... -
The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea by Jon Gower
RRP: $25.80$17.21An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water 'Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.' Roddy Doyle 'Remarkable. Lively ... Gower writes beautifully... -
Mary Ann Cotton: The West Auckland Borgia by Martin Connolly 9781473876200
RRP: $19.34$14.13A female thief, with four husbands, a lover and, reportedly, over twelve children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her step-son in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in County Durham upside down. Other bodies are exhumed and when... -
The Little Book of Carmarthenshire by Dr Russell Grigg
RRP: $14.18$10.64Fast-paced and fact-packed, this compendium revels in Carmarthenshire's rich heritage and what makes it special in areas such as culture, landscape, wildlife, food and sport.This whistle-stop tour through the 'Garden of Wales' covers both celebrated... -
Where's Boris? by Various
RRP: $10.31$7.64Search for Boris Johnson in this eye-boggling illustrated adventure!Greetings citizens! Can you spot Boris?In an array of crowded scenes, from zip wires and bikes to Beijing and the Bullingdon Club, search for Boris amongst the masses. Anyone for... -
The English Public School - An Irreverent and Personal History: An Irreverent and Personal History by Martin Stephen
RRP: $21.92$15.17Until his retirement in 2011, Dr Martin Stephen was High Master of St Paul's School, and before that of Manchester Grammar School, two of the most academically successful independent schools in the world, bar none. As such, he is uniquely placed to write... -
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy
RRP: $16.76$11.73History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers -- and still to come is the Spanish... -
Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain by Gabriel Moshenska 9781013292811
RRP: $42.51$37.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013292811Author Gabriel MoshenskaFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g -
Flag Fen: Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape by Francis Pryor 9780752429007
RRP: $32.25$23.92The Fens of eastern England form a very distinct environment which has produced particular patterns of prehistoric occupation. Dr Francis Pryor, the Director of the Flag Fen Archaeological Trust, gives his own personal account of his discovery and... -
The Fight for Scottish Democracy: Rebellion and Reform in 1820 by Murray Armstrong
RRP: $21.92$14.89Three Scottish weavers, James Wilson, Andrew Hardie and John Baird, were hanged and beheaded for high treason in the summer of 1820. Nineteen more men were transported to the penal colony of Botany Bay. Their crime? To have taken up arms against a... -
The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700 by Jennifer M Rampling
RRP: $29.67$28.55A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see... -
The King's Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History by Michael Walsh 9780349123769
RRP: $16.76$11.09When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his role to search out retribution, producing the biggest manhunt Britain had ever seen, one that would span Europe and America and would last for thirty years.Men who had once been among the most... -
Peasant Perspectives on the Medieval Landscape: A study of three communities by Susan Kilby 9781912260218
RRP: $24.50$21.90This compelling new study forms part of a new wave of scholarship on the medieval rural environment in which the focus moves beyond purely socio-economic concerns to incorporate the lived experience of peasants. For too long, the principal intellectual... -
Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 by Matt Houlbrook
RRP: $34.83$34.66In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big city. He wrote, "I have only been queer since I came to... -
A History of Wales 1485-1660 by Thomas Hugh 9780708324875
RRP: $6.44$5.21The events of the period 1485 - 1660 were decisive in the development of modern Wales and, in Hugh Thomas' first in the four-volume "Welsh History Text Books" series, students are presented with a scholarly, balanced and informative discussion. From the... -
Violent Victorians: Popular Entertainment in Nineteenth-Century London by Rosalind Crone 9780719086854
RRP: $25.79$22.99By drawing attention to the wide range of gruesome, bloody and confronting amusements patronised by ordinary Londoners this book challenges our understanding of Victorian society and culture. From the turn of the nineteenth century, graphic, yet orderly,... -
Elizabeth: A Celebration in Photographs of Elizabeth II's Life & Reign by Jennie Bond
RRP: $32.25$21.13Fully revised and updated.Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving monarch in British history, with a reign even longer than Queen Victoria. Her extraordinary life is expertly portrayed by Jennie Bond, former BBC royal correspondent, in this... -
A Better Song to Sing: Finding life again through the invitations of Jesus by Mags Duggan 9780857468765 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.60$2.81There has to be more than this... because this is no longer enough. Many sincere followers of Jesus are secretly disappointed, dissatisfied and quietly desperate for more than they are currently experiencing. That more is found as we respond to the... -
Oxford by Jan Morris 9780192801364
RRP: $21.92$16.24'Few cities,' Jan Morris observes, 'have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of one of Britain's most fascinating cities. 'A book of... -
Keir Hardie by Bob Holman
RRP: $15.47$14.13Keir Hardie was a founder and the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party. At the turn of the 19th century he was Labour's most famous face. But despite being voted Labour's 'Greatest Hero' at the 2008 Party Conference, in recent years his... -
Who's Buried Where in London by Peter Matthews
RRP: $21.92$17.49London's many cemeteries, churches and graveyards are the last resting places of a multitude of important people from many different walks of life. Politicians, writers and military heroes rub shoulders with engineers, courtesans, artists and musicians,... -
Tir a'Mhurain: The Outer Hebrides of Scotland by Paul Strand
RRP: $32.25$22.69Tir a'Mhurain is a collection of photographs that reflects the impressions gathered by Paul Strand and his wife Hazel during their 3-month visit to the Hebrides in 1945. Juxtaposing people and landscape, Strand's beautifully sequenced photographs depict... -
Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London by Matthew Beaumont
RRP: $15.47$14.77"Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night," wrote the poet Rupert Brooke. Before the age of electricity, the nighttime city was a very different place to the one we know today - home to the lost, the vagrant and the noctambulant. Matthew... -
British Sheep Breeds by Susannah Robin Parkin
RRP: $11.60$8.98Sheep have been farmed in Britain for hundreds of years and more than thirty million sheep now inhabit these islands. The many breeds developed over this time have been carefully matched to their surroundings - from the hardy, seaweed-eating North... -
Samuel Pepys and the Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester: A True Restoration Tragedy by Nigel Pickford
RRP: $25.80$19.40In 1682, Charles II invited his scandalous younger brother, James, Duke of York, to return from exile and take his rightful place as heir to the throne. To celebrate, the future king set sail in a fleet of eight ships destined for Edinburgh, where he... -
The Weaker Vessel by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: $21.92$15.40Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England.Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent... -
Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers by Cheryl Misak
RRP: $19.34$14.13The full story of Frank Ramsey's extraordinary life. When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred... -
Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd Myths and Legends by Horatio Clare 9781913134297
RRP: $16.76$12.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913134297Author Horatio ClareFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 10mm -
The Tudor Housewife by Alison Sim
RRP: $16.76$10.54The political and military history of the sixteenth century is well known, and much written about, but what of the thousands of women who have, for the most part, eluded the historian's pen? The Tudor Housewife aims to answer this question, providing a... -
The Man Behind the Tudors: Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by Kirsten Claiden-Yardley 9781526745538
RRP: $25.79$18.42Thomas Howard, 2nd duke of Norfolk, lived a remarkable life spanning eighty years and the reigns of six kings. Amongst his descendants are his granddaughters, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and his great-granddaughter, Elizabeth I. The foundations of... -
Diana: The People's Princess by Nicholas Owen
RRP: $25.80$15.54On 31 August 1997, the world was stunned by the tragic death of the most popular and photographed woman of the modern age: Diana, Princess of Wales. The outpouring of public grief at this tragically early death was unprecedented in modern times. Now,... -
Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler's Mightiest Warship by Patrick Bishop
RRP: $19.34$12.29A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler's most terrifying battleship - the legendary Tirpitz - and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazi's fearsome war machine. Tirpitz was the... -
The Adoption Papers by Jackie Kay
RRP: $14.18$9.55Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter. The Adoption Papers won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. In 2022 The Adoption... -
Mallard: The Story of Britain's Most Magnificent Locomotive by Robin Jones
RRP: $19.34$14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658214Author Robin JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 596gDimensions(mm) 246mm *... -
Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl, An Unofficial Biography by Matthew Dennison 9781788549448
RRP: $14.18$9.18Book of the Week on Radio 4, and in the Observer, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and The Week 'Riveting, and immaculately written' Sunday Telegraph 'A superb psychological study of a literary genius' Business Post 'A rounded picture... and gets to... -
World War II by Winston Churchill 9780395416853
$132.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395416853Author Winston ChurchillFormat HardbackPage Count 4736Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 8300g -
Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney by Kate Kennedy
RRP: $45.15$36.30The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylumIvor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the... -
The Castle: A History by John Goodall
RRP: $25.79$22.41A vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of...