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Towards the Sun: World Pictures by British Artist-Travelers at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Kenneth McConkey 9781913645083
RRP: £50.00£35.22While there have been monographs on British artist-travellers in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, there has been no equivalent survey of what the writer, Henry Blackburn, described as 'artistic travel' a hundred years later. By 1900, the... -
Queen Anne: Patroness of Arts by James Anderson Winn 9780199372195
RRP: £42.99£32.03As the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne (1665-1714) received the education thought proper for a princess, reading plays and poetry in English and French while learning dancing, singing, acting, drawing, and instrumental music. As an adult, she played the... -
When the War Is Over: Far from home, far from family, safe from the war - a true story of two Second World War evacuees by Barbara Fox
RRP: £10.99£7.40THE TOUCHING TRUE STORYTwo young Second World War evacueesFar from home, far from family, safe from the warGwenda and Douglas Brady were among the millions of British children sent to live with new families for their own safety during the Second World... -
A History of Cadbury by Wordsworth, Diane 9781526733375
RRP: £19.99£14.28When John Cadbury came to Birmingham in 1824, he sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate in a small shop on Bull Street. Drinking chocolate was considered a healthy alternative to alcohol, something Cadbury, a Quaker, was keen to encourage. In 1879,... -
The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain's Rush to War, 1914 by Douglas J. Newton
RRP: £9.99£8.17The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War may be commemorated by some as a great moment of national history. But the standard history of Britain's choice for war is far from the truth. Using a wide range of sources, including the personal ... -
Migrant City: A New History of London by Panikos Panayi
RRP: £12.99£11.46The first history of London to show how immigrants have built, shaped and made a great success of the capital city London is now a global financial and multicultural hub in which over three hundred languages are spoken. But the history of London has... -
Haunted Poole by Julie Harwood 9780752445038
RRP: £12.99£9.62From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains new and well-known spooky tales from in and around Poole. Drawing on... -
London Labour and the London Poor by Victor Neuburg
RRP: £14.99£10.95London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's... -
House in the Country: Where Our Suburbs and Garden Cities Came From and Why it's Time to Leave Them Behind by Simon Matthews
RRP: £19.99£13.35For nearly 150 years living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost... -
A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter 9780571372294
RRP: £12.99£8.56Wine and dine with Victorian London's literati in a heatwave in one of the first ever group biographies, introduced by Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting).Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and... -
Too Much by Rachel Vorona Cote
RRP: £20.00£14.29Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, Too Much explores how culture corsets women's bodies, souls, and sexualities - and how we might finally undo the strings.Written in the tradition of Shrill, Dead Girls, Sex... -
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 by Tony Hier
£7.27Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of consolidation activities and exam-style questions, this time-saving Workbook makes it easier to reinforce... -
The Trials of Charles I by Ian Ward 9781350025141
RRP: £27.99£24.27One of the iconic moments in English history, the trial and execution of King Charles I has yet to be studied in-depth from a contemporary legal perspective. Professor Ian Ward brings his considerable legal and historical acumen to bear on the particular... -
The Long Flight Home: a heart-breaking and uplifting World War 2 love story by A.L. Hlad
RRP: £9.99£6.80A heart-breaking and moving story of love and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of the Blitz. Inspired by true events, and perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Dear Mrs Bird***Is love... -
The Welsh Gypsies: Children of Abram Wood by Eldra Jarman 9780708323984
RRP: £18.99£14.52The Gypsy family of Abram Wood first arrived in Wales in the eighteenth century, a tawny-skinned people speaking a language close to Hindi and Sanskrit. Welsh society found their customs strange and sometimes unacceptable. The family included such... -
Post-Modern Buildings in Britain by Geraint Franklin
RRP: £25.00£13.18An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style - and its finest examples Post-modernism was the 1980s' counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best buildings began to disappear. Now is the time to reassess its values... -
London's 'Golden Mile': The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550-1650 by Manolo Guerci
RRP: £50.00£43.25A reconstruction of the 'Strand palaces', where England's early-modern and post-Reformation elites jostled to build and furnish new, secular cathedrals This book reconstructs the so-called "Strand palaces"-eleven great houses that once stood along the... -
Haunted Scarborough by Mark Riley 9780752454429
RRP: £14.99£11.55The popular seaside resort of Scarborough has long been a haven for holidaymakers, but the town also harbours some disturbing secrets. Discover the darker side of Scarborough with this fascinating collection of spine-chilling tales from around the town... -
Battle-Scarred: Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars by David Appleby 9781526144850
RRP: £25.00£21.79Battle-scarred investigates the human costs of the British Civil Wars. Through a series of varied case studies it examines the wartime experience of disease, burial, surgery and wounds, medicine, hospitals, trauma, military welfare, widowhood, desertion,... -
A 1950s Portsmouth Childhood by Valerie Reilly
RRP: £9.99£7.55For children in Portsmouth, the 1950s was an exciting time. With the war over and a renewed enthusiasm in the air, life was good. There was a range of entertainment - as well as day trips and holidays to the beach, families could relax in front of the... -
A Grim Almanac of Devon by John van der Kiste
RRP: £14.99£11.55The history of Devon is full of dark deeds and horrible happenings. Among the county's more macabre claims to fame are England's first documented serial killer, Robert de Middlecote, the murderous monk, believed to have been executed in 1329; the hanging... -
British Leyland: From Triumph to Tragedy. Petrol, Politics and Power by Lance Cole
RRP: £25.00£18.62What really happened at British Leyland (BL)? Was it 'just' the cars, or were other factors vital to the story? Who really was to blame for BL and MG Rover's death? The 'truth' about BL is deeper than its cars - were ultra- Left-wing plots to topple BL... -
Railways and Industry in the Western Valley: Aberbeeg to Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale by John Hodge 9781473838086
RRP: £25.00£18.62This is the second in a new series on the South Wales Valleys by John Hodge, author of the South Wales Main Line series and North and West series, each of four volumes. The South Wales Valleys were famous for coal mining, iron and steel, tinplate works... -
Sheffield Troublemakers: Rebels and Radicals in Sheffield History by David Price 9781860776601
RRP: £20.00£15.04George III described Sheffield as a 'damned bad place' at a time when the town was notorious for radical agitation. This book traces this radical tradition right up to the 1980s, when David Blunkett's Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire fought Mrs... -
Eclipse by Alan Moorehead
RRP: £10.99£7.77Part 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.With a new introduction by James HollandEclipse was the code name given by... -
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown by Roath Local History Society 9780752401997
RRP: £12.99£9.62Over 250 old photographs, many published for the first time, appear in this new collection covering the districts of Roath, Splott and Adamsdown. This area, along with Penylan, Tremorfa and part of Cathays, once had a collective unity as the... -
British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45 by Angus Konstam 9781849080774
RRP: £12.99£11.01Motor Gun Boats were the Spitfires of the Seas of the Royal Navy. Bristling with small-calibre guns and machine guns, they served in a variety of roles during the War. In the early war period they battled against German E-boats in the English Channel,... -
Country House Secrets: Behind closed doors by Ruth Binney 9781910821312
RRP: £14.99£9.80With a foreword by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey who concludes that: `This is the world that Ruth Binney has brought so wonderfully to life in her book'. Inside the country house, what exactly were the ... -
Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness by Allyson Shaw
RRP: £18.99£11.13'Beautiful... A moving reminder for us all to connect with what's gone before' STYLISTA moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century... -
The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I by John William Adamson
RRP: £16.99£12.54A magnificent new study of the political crisis that produced the overthrow of King Charles I, and came to engulf all three Stuart kingdoms - England, Scotland, and Ireland - in war during the 1640s.John Adamson's book traces the careers and fortunes of... -
Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and Their Victims by Katherine Watson 9781852855031
£33.24From Mary Ann Cotton, the Victorian serial murderess, to Dr Crippen, poisoners have attracted a celebrity unmatched by violent killers. Secretly administered, often during a family meal, arsenic (the most commonly-used poison) led to a slow and agonising... -
Falling Down: Parliamentary Conservatism and the Decline of Tory Britain by Phil Burton-Cartledge
RRP: £18.99£15.65Despite winning the December 2019 General Election, the Conservative parliamentary party is a moribund organisation. It no longer speaks for, or to, the British people. Its leadership has sacrificed the long-standing commitment to the Union to 'Get... -
All the Queen's Jewels, 1445-1548: Power, Majesty and Display by Nicola Tallis
RRP: £25.99£21.91From Margaret of Anjou to Katherine Parr, All the Queen's Jewels examines the jewellery collections of the ten queen consorts of England between 1445-1548 and investigates the collections of jewels a queen had access to, as well as the varying contexts... -
Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment by Lee Jackson 9780300254785
RRP: £11.99£10.15An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the... -
HM Naval Base: Clyde by Keith Hall
RRP: £12.99£9.62The Clyde submarine base was officially commissioned in 1967. The Faslane site had originally been used as a military port during the Second World War and was built and manned by the army. HMS Adamant, the Depot ship of the 3rd Submarine Squadron, first... -
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain's Opium Wars with China 1839-1860 by Mark Simner 9781781557174
RRP: £28.00£20.02During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to... -
Along the Kent Coast by Ray Hollands
RRP: £16.99£12.94This book is a unique photographic record of a journey along the Kent coastline. From the starkness of Dungeness in the south to the magisterial sweep of Dartford Bridge in the north, the descriptions of Paul Harris and the contemporary photographs of... -
A Victorian Christmas by Brenda Williams 9781841658056
RRP: £6.00£4.44At the darkest moment of the year, when the nights seem endless and the days very short, comes that most joyful of festivals. Christmas is a truly magical season, bringing families and friends together to share the much-loved customs and traditions that... -
Cumbrian Folk Tales by Taffy Thomas
RRP: £12.99£9.62These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom... -
Historic England: Newcastle: Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England by Paul Perry 9781445681252
RRP: £15.99£10.85This illustrated history portrays one of England's great cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Newcastle's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the unique Historic...