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Firefighting the Blitz: Fire Service Memories by Aylmer Firebrace CBE, KPM
RRP: $32.25$23.25War was coming. Everyone knew that confrontation with Nazi Germany was inevitable and that London was likely to be a prime target of Hitler's bombers. So, in January 1939, Aylmer Firebrace, the Chief Officer of London Fire Brigade, was seconded to the... -
Industry and Empire: From 1750 to the Present Day by E. J. Hobsbawm
RRP: $19.34$14.13This outstanding history describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the... -
The Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen Players by Stephen Cooper 9780752499000
RRP: $16.76$12.41WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORT BOOK AWARDS - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR This is the story of 15 men killed in the Great War. All played rugby for one London club; none lived to hear the final whistle. Rugby brought them together; rugby led the rush to war. They... -
Little Book of Hampshire by Erica Wheeler
RRP: $16.76$12.41Did You Know?The authors of literary classics Watership Down, The Water Babies, Madame Doubtfire and the Little White Horse all lived and wrote in Hampshire, using real places as their inspiration.Hampshire's inhabitants include Men of the Trees,... -
The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada, 1784-1855: Glengarry and Beyond by Lucille H. Campey 9781897045015
RRP: $25.79$25.27Glengarry, Upper Canada's first major Scottish settlement, was established in 1784 by Highlanders from Inverness-shire. Worsening economic conditions in Scotland, coupled with a growing awareness of Upper Canadas opportunities, led to a growing tide of... -
The Brothers: Inside the Private Worlds of William and Harry by Christopher Andersen
RRP: $36.11$23.01Featuring unreported details and stunning revelations, the long-awaited follow-up to the "fabulous, addictive" (Chicago Sun-Times) New York Times bestseller Diana's Boys explores the last twenty years in the lives of Princes William and Harry and the... -
The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts by Owen Davies 9780230237100
$15.98'The Haunted' is the first truly comprehensive social history of ghosts. Using fascinating and entertaining examples, Davies places the history of ghosts within their wider social and cultural context, and examines why a belief in ghosts continues to be... -
Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy by Rory Cormac 9780198784593
RRP: $34.17$25.14British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It... -
Logistics in the Falklands War by Kenneth L. Privratsky
RRP: $19.34$16.36While many books have been written on the Falklands War, this is the first to focus on the vital aspect of logistics. The challenges were huge; the lack of preparation time; the urgency; the huge distances involved; the need to requisition ships from... -
A History of Christianity in Wales by David Ceri Jones 9781786838216
RRP: $25.79$19.65Christianity, in its Catholic, Protestant and Nonconformist forms, has played an enormous role in the history of Wales and in the defining and shaping of Welsh identity over the past two thousand years. Biblical place names, an urban and rural landscape... -
Dam Buster: Barnes Wallis: An Engineer’s Life by Richard Morris 9781474623421
RRP: $36.12$30.25'A stunningly good and surely definitive biography of one of the most fascinating British engineers ever to have lived' JAMES HOLLANDBarnes Wallis became a household name after the hit 1955 film The Dam Busters, in which Michael Redgrave portrayed him as... -
Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle by Michael Jones
RRP: $16.76$11.09In 1485 the Battle of Bosworth marked an epoch in the lives of two great houses: the house of York fell to the ground when Richard III died on the field of battle; and the house of Tudor rose from the massacre to reign for the next hundred years. Michael... -
Real England: The Battle Against The Bland by Paul Kingsnorth
RRP: $14.18$9.44We see the signs around us every day: the chain cafes and mobile phone outlets that dominate our high streets; the disappearance of knobbly carrots from our supermarket shelves; and the headlines about yet another traditional industry going to the wall... -
Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of the Near East by Levi Roach
RRP: $32.25$18.40'In this fascinating, panoramic account, Levi Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy to the telling of their extraordinary story' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves'A fresh retelling of the story of the Normans . . . written with... -
Orkney Folk Tales by Tom Muir 9780752499055
RRP: $16.76$12.41The Orkney Islands are a place of mystery and magic, where the past and the present meet, ancient standing stones walk and burial mounds are the home of the trows. Orkney Folk Tales walks the reader across invisible islands that are home to fin folk and... -
The King's Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby by Michael K. Jones 9780521447942
RRP: $52.88$49.20This is a study of the life of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and foundress of two Cambridge colleges. It is at once the first biography of Lady Margaret to explore the full range of archival sources, and one of the best-documented studies of any... -
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan MorrisElizabethan London reveals the practical details of everyday life so often ignored in conventional history... -
Hymn to Murder (Hugh Corbett 21) by Paul Doherty 9781472259219
RRP: $12.89$8.77Hugh Corbett returns in the twenty-first gripping mystery in Paul Doherty's ever-popular series. If you love the historical mysteries of C. J. Sansom, E. M. Powell and Bernard Cornwell you will love this. Secrets simmer in the lonely wasteland of... -
The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe by E. M. Rose
RRP: $18.05$12.58In 1144, the mutilated body of William of Norwich, a young apprentice leatherworker, was found abandoned outside the city's walls. The boy bore disturbing signs of torture, and a story spread that it was a ritual murder, performed by Jews in imitation of... -
Mary Queen of Scots: Film Tie-In by John Guy 9780008304904
RRP: $16.76$10.94Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived... -
Bill Edgar's Quirky Football Quiz Book by Bill Edgar
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Bill Edgar is simply the best. His quizzes draw upon one of the greatest minds in football. This is a book nobody with a love of the game can afford to miss'MATTHEW SYED'It must be good if it's Bill's book!!'JAMIE CARRAGHER'The stuff he comes up with is... -
Children of the Mill: True Stories From Quarry Bank by David Hanson
RRP: $14.18$9.55Channel 4's The Mill captivated viewers with the tales of the lives of the young girls and boys in a northern mill. Focusing on the lives of the apprentices at Quarry Bank Mill, David Hanson's book uses a wealth of first-person source material including... -
The Man Who Drew London by Gillian Tindall
RRP: $21.92$15.84The seventeenth-century London Wenceslaus Hollar knew is now largely destroyed or buried. Yet its populous river, its timbered streets, fashionable ladies, old St Paul's, the devestation of the Fire, the palace of Whitehall and the meadows of Islington... -
Charles I's Private Life by Mark Turnbull 9781399082907
RRP: $32.25$22.73The execution of King Charles I is one of the well-known facts of British history, and an often-quoted snippet from our past. He lost the civil war and his head. But there is more to Charles than the civil war and his death. To fully appreciate the... -
London Transport Buses in the 1960s: A Decade of Change and Transition by Blake, Jim 9781473867857
RRP: $32.25$24.02Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the 1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations. Most striking was the abandonment of London's trolleybuses, once the world's biggest system, and their replacement by... -
Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft: 200 years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry by Deborah Cadbury
RRP: $16.76$10.94The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah Cadbury In 'Chocolate Wars' bestselling historian and award-winning documentary maker Deborah... -
Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn by Lauren Mackay 9781350147058
RRP: $16.76$12.63The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne's life-her father Thomas and brother George- are often relegated to the margins of the history of Henry VIII's turbulent reign. Well before Anne's coronation... -
Curzon: Imperial Statesman by David Gilmour
RRP: $24.50$17.56'A fast-moving, entertaining and finely written story' Simon Schama'Masterly ... a remarkable portrait of a brilliant complex and tragic genius' William Dalrymple, Los Angeles TimesGeorge Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched ... -
Islington: Britain in Old Photographs by Gavin Smith 9780752449609
RRP: $19.34$14.90Islington retains a distinct personality which dates back to the days when it was a villages in the countryside visited by Londoners for leisure pursuits. This fascinating collection of nearly 200 old photographs of the Borough takes a nostalgic look... -
Shadows in the Steam: The Haunted Railways of Britain by David Brandon
RRP: $16.76$12.41Ghosts traditionally make their presence felt in many ways, from unexplained footfalls and chills to odours and apparitions. This fascinating volume takes a look at some of the strange and unexplained hauntings across the length and breadth of Britain's... -
Crystal Clear: The Autobiographies of Sir Lawrence and Lady Bragg by A. M. Glazer 9780198744306
RRP: $61.26$61.25Crystal Clear takes you behind the scenes in the life of one of the most prominent scientists of the twentieth century, William Lawrence Bragg (WLB) - an innovative genius, who together with his father, William Henry Bragg (WHB) founded and developed a... -
Devon at War 1939 45 by Derek Tait 9781473855755
RRP: $16.76$11.73When war was declared on 1 September 1939, the people of Devon pulled together in a way that they hadn't done since the Great War of 191418. This book covers the people of Devon's contribution to the war effort, from the commencement of the conflict in... -
The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context by Julian Goodare
RRP: $25.79$18.73A collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft and witch-hunting, which covers the whole period of the Scottish witch-hunt, from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth. Includes studies of particular witchcraft panics such as a reassessment of... -
Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain by Padraic X. Scanlan
RRP: $32.25$21.65'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking'Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history'Mihir Bose, Irish Times'Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and... -
Around Redcar: Images of England by Sheila Barker 9780752437040
RRP: $19.34$14.90A history of Redcar.Book InformationISBN 9780752437040Author Sheila BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 10mm -
OCR GCSE History SHP: Migrants to Britain c.1250 to present by Martin Spafford
$28.29Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbookLet SHP successfully steer you through the OCR B specification with an exciting, enquiry-based series,... -
The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo by Walter Lord
RRP: $19.29$16.25The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Day of Infamy. In May 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler's blitzkrieg,... -
Murder in the Graveyard: A Brutal Murder. A Wrongful Conviction. A 27-Year Fight for Justice. by Don Hale
RRP: $12.89$8.57'An Extraordinary story of innocence and persecution, determination and grit ... it had me rattling through the pages' SOPHIE DRAPER A gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of justice in... -
The Scottish Castles Story by Marc Alexander
RRP: $12.89$9.74The castle is an evocative structure, no matter its setting, and this is no truer than in Scotland, where the multitude of castles reflect the country's turbulent history: its many conflicts and skirmishes, whether against invaders from the north, the... -
Liam Lynch: To Declare a Republic by Gerard Shannon
$23.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788558211Author Gerard ShannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press