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British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After by Friedman, Norman 9781399097918
RRP: $48.75$37.48For most of the twentieth century Britain possessed both the worlds largest merchant fleet and its most extensive overseas territories. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Royal Navy always showed a particular interest in the cruiser a... -
Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights by Helen Lewis
RRP: $19.48$13.86Well-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do. 'This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff. Effortlessly erudite and funny' Caroline Criado-Perez Strikers in saris. Bomb-throwing suffragettes. The pioneer of the refuge movement who... -
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel
RRP: $19.48$12.95A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London... -
Island on the Edge of the World: The Story of St Kilda by Charles Maclean
RRP: $19.48$13.07For more than two thousand years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Their society was viable, utopian even; but in the nineteenth century the islands were discovered by missionaries, do-gooders and tourists, who brought with them... -
The Premonitions Bureau: A Sunday Times bestseller by Sam Knight
RRP: $21.43$14.27'Fascinating.' Hilary Mantel'Terrific.' New Scientist'Gripping.' Financial Times'Stunning . . . Brimming with mystery and suffesed with haunting atmosphere.' Patrick Radden Keefe What if you had a vision that something terrible was going to happen?A... -
Seasons of My Life by Hannah Hauxwell
RRP: $17.53$12.09The classic and much-loved memoir by Hannah Hauxwell about life in remote Yorkshire in the 1970s. Hannah Hauxwell first came to the nation's attention on Yorkshire television's award-winning documentary TOO LONG A WINTER, when she captured the hearts and... -
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World by Patrick J Buchanan 9780307405166
RRP: $33.13$23.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307405166Author Patrick J. BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Rugby in Munster: A Social and Cultural History: 2019 by Liam O'Callaghan 9781782053644
RRP: $35.00$28.96Covering the period from the game's origins in Ireland in the 1870s through to the onset of professional rugby in the twenty-first century, this book seeks to examine Munster rugby within the context of broader social, cultural and political trends in... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
RRP: $58.50$38.16WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the... -
The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple
RRP: $29.23$21.35On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests... -
Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade
RRP: $25.33$14.39A SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (AS CHOSEN BY AUTHORS)**LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE****SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE**'Outstanding. I'll be recommending this all year.' SARAH... -
Mines and Miners of Cornwall and Devon: The Tin and Copper Industries by Anthony Burton 9781526773388
$35.98Tin mining has existed in Cornwall and parts of Devon from before the Romans arrived in Britain, this volume which is Anthony Burtons one hundredth book, marks a milestone in the authors writing career. The book takes the story of Tin Mining from its... -
Chippenham: Britain in Old Photographs by Mike Stone 9780752453835
RRP: $29.23$22.00This collection of old photographs and postcards provides the reader with a fascinating and informative guide to Chippenham and its history over the past hundred years. The book spans the expansion and development of the thriving market town by the River... -
George VI (Penguin Monarchs): The Dutiful King by Philip Ziegler
RRP: $9.73$7.41The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackIf Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout his life... -
English Journey by J. B. Priestley
RRP: $19.48$12.95'The finest book ever written about England and the English' Stuart Maconie 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his... -
The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn by Steve Richards
RRP: $21.43$14.27BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and ProspectWas Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Healey? Was John Major more 'prime ministerial' than Michael Heseltine? Would David Miliband have become prime minister if it were not for his brother Ed?... -
The Story of the World in 100 Moments: Discover the stories that defined humanity and shaped our world by Neil Oliver
RRP: $21.43$15.15'Oliver is an evocative storyteller, vividly bringing his tales to life' BBC HistoryFrom Genghis Khan's domination on earth to Armstrong's first steps on the moon, discover the 100 moments that defined humanity and shaped our world forever.Neil Oliver... -
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970 by John Darwin
RRP: $52.63$44.64The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more... -
Wales: England's Colony? by Martin Johnes 9781912681419
RRP: $19.48$13.86From the very beginnings of Wales, its people have defined themselves against their large neighbour. Wales: England's Colony? shows, that relationship has not only defined what it has meant to be Welsh, it has also been central to making and defining... -
Frostquake: The frozen winter of 1962 and how Britain emerged a different country by Juliet Nicolson
RRP: $21.43$15.15** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'This book is a must' Peter HennessyOn Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for ten weeks.The threat of nuclear war had reached its terrifying height with the... -
Gypsy by Lesley Pearse
RRP: $17.53$12.58Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley PearseTragedy sent her on a journey far from home . . .Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her... -
The Making of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
RRP: $29.23$21.18In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and... -
Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition by Captain Robert Falcon Scott
RRP: $17.53$11.35'For God's sake look after our people' Captain Scott's harrowing account of his expedition to the South Pole in 1910-12 was first published in 1913. In his journals Scott records his party's optimistic departure from New Zealand, the hazardous voyage... -
Tempest: The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolutions by James Davey
RRP: $48.75$40.79A major new history of the Royal Navy during the tumultuous age of revolution The French Revolutionary Wars catapulted Britain into a conflict against a new enemy: Republican France. Britain relied on the Royal Navy to protect its shores and empire, but... -
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain by Peter Fryer
RRP: $33.13$23.28Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of... -
David Stirling: The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS by Gavin Mortimer 9781472134578
RRP: $25.33$14.64Aristocrat, gambler, innovator and special forces legend, the life of David Stirling should need no retelling. His formation of the Special Air Service in the summer of 1941 led to a new form of warfare and Stirling is remembered as the father of special... -
The Prime Ministers: Winner of the PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS 2020 by Iain Dale
RRP: $29.23$19.11**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian**A Times Political Book of the Year'An entertaining, thorough and informative canter through the characters and stories of prime ministers past.' - New... -
Do Let’s Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell 9780008542658
RRP: $21.43$14.14A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried... -
Seasons in the Sun: The Battle for Britain, 1974-1979 by Dominic Sandbrook
RRP: $39.00$28.65Dominic Sandbrook's magnificent account of the late 1970s in Britain The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready... -
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar
RRP: $48.75$32.82The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the... -
It Must Never Happen Again by John McShane
$18.70This is a comprehensive look at the events leading up to the death of Baby P. A recent investigation has found that there was poor communication between authorities, a repeated failure to take into account the child's history and inaccurate documentation... -
Ceredigion Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson 9780752486444
RRP: $25.33$15.93Ceredigion is a land shaped by mythology, where mermaids and magic mix with humans and where ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. This is a captivating collection of traditional and modern stories, including the submerged city of Cantre'r... -
Around Pulborough by P. A. L. Vine 9780752426112
RRP: $29.23$22.00Around PulboroughBook InformationISBN 9780752426112Author P A L VineFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Scotland The Best 100 Places: Extraordinary places and where best to walk, eat and sleep by Peter Irvine
RRP: $29.23$19.70100 beautiful places in Scotland to walk, eat and sleep Peter Irvine, bestselling author of SCOTLAND THE BEST,has selected 100 extraordinary places that epitomise what istruly great about Scotland. This personal and diverse compendium is... -
Broadcasting Britain: 100 Years of the BBC by Robert Seatter
RRP: $48.75$26.66Explore 10 years of British History through key broadcasting moments illuminated by images from the BBC archive. Created 100 years ago, on 18 October 1922, the BBC transformed people's lives at the turn of a dial, bringing voices out of the ether and... -
The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution by Deborah E. Harkness 9780300143164
RRP: $33.13$28.49Not just a few elite scientists, but Londoners from all walks of life--lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants--participated in the scientific community of Elizabethan times Bestselling author Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night)... -
Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match by Wendy Moore
RRP: $25.33$16.77WEDLOCK is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of Britain's richest young heiresses. She married the Count of Strathmore who died young, and pregnant with her lover's... -
Churchill'S Abandoned Prisoners: The British Soldiers Deceived in the Russian Civil War by Rupert Wieloch 9781612007533
RRP: $39.00$25.08Winner of the Britain at War Book of the Month Award for May 2019.Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners tells the previously suppressed story of fifteen British prisoners captured during the Russian civil war. The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 seriously... -
The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History by Dan Jackson 9781787386006
RRP: $25.33$22.76The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking,... -
Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson
RRP: $33.13$26.54A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail. Magnus Magnusson's starting point is Sir Walter Scott's classic version of...