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Scandal of Colonial Rule: Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution by James Epstein 9780521176774
RRP: £25.99£21.99In 1806 General Thomas Picton, Britain's first governor of Trinidad, was brought to trial for the torture of a free mulatto named Louisa Calderon and for overseeing a regime of terror over the island's slave population. James Epstein offers a fascinating... -
Southwold: Britain in Old Photographs by John Miller 9780752454290
RRP: £14.99£11.55It is said, and not without some justification, that a picture is worth a thousand words. As it happens Southwold, very nearly England's most easterly town, is endlessly written about. Its charm, grace and pure magic have captivated writers and... -
Corrour Bothy by Ralph Storer
RRP: £10.99£7.93In his newest publication, Storer concentrates on the history of the Corrour Bothy. The book tells the story of the oldest and most famous bothy in the world, celebrating a century of public use in 2020. The book blends guidebook entries with historical... -
Artists Making Landscape in Post-war Britain by M Garlake
RRP: £45.00£37.63An unconventional and illuminating new history of British landscape art in the post-war period In this trailblazing study, Margaret Garlake complicates traditional histories of British landscape art in the post-war period. Drawing together work from... -
Building Anglo-Saxon England by John Blair
RRP: £42.00£34.64Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of... -
The Seven Years' War by Daniel Marston
RRP: £14.99£11.75The closest thing to total war before World War One, the Seven Years' War was fought in North America, Europe, the Caribbean and India with major consequences for all parties involved. This fascinating book is the first to truly review the grand... -
The Secret History of Southend-on-Sea by Dee Gordon 9780752498041
RRP: £9.99£7.55The Secret History of Southend-on-Sea is full of intriguing information on the incredible residents, visitors and events that have played a part in Southend's story. Southend-on-Sea, the largest town in Essex, has had an amazingly rich history, and this... -
Fools Fall in Love by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: £8.99£5.87Home is where you hang your hat...When Patsy talks her way into a job on the Champion Street Market millinery stall, the Higginson sisters get more than they bargained for.Riddled with insecurities, Patsy's impudence wins her new enemies as well as... -
The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain’s Most Terrifying Prison by Nicholas Guyatt
RRP: £11.99£7.59'Beguiling.' The Times 'Compelling.' Wall Street Journal 'A vivid portrait.' Daily Mail Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and race. It's 1812 - Britain and America are at war. British... -
Women and Museums 1850-1914: Modernity and the Gendering of Knowledge by Kate Hill 9781526136671
RRP: £25.00£21.79This book recovers the significant contribution made by women to museums, not just in obvious roles such as workers, but also as donors, visitors, volunteers and patrons. It suggests that women persistently acted to domesticate the museum, by importing... -
Gresham's Law: The Life and World of Queen Elizabeth I's Banker by John Guy
RRP: £12.99£9.09Thomas Gresham was arguably the first true wizard of global finance. He rose through the mercantile worlds of London and Antwerp to become the hidden power behind three out of the five Tudor monarchs. Today his name is remembered in economic doctrines,... -
Escorting the Monarch: We Lead Others Follow by Jagger, Chris 9781399018678
£15.08Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Escort Group' (SEG) as one could hope for. You may have seen the team at work; as the combination of motorcycles and cars pass you by, they glide elegantly... -
A Hidden History of the Tower of London: England's Most Notorious Prisoners by John Paul Davis 9781526761767
RRP: £25.00£17.62Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilisation and... -
The A-Z of Curious Essex: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Paul Wreyford 9780752489865
RRP: £14.99£11.55'Curious' is perhaps not the first word you would use to label Essex. But 'curiouser and curiouser' it becomes when you dig below the surface. Forget the popular image of Essex boy and girl. Come and meet larger-than-life characters, including the... -
The Women Who Shaped Politics: Empowering stories of women who have shifted the political landscape by Sophy Ridge
RRP: £10.99£7.40Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics. Never has the role of women in the political world ever been more on the news agenda, and Sophy has interviewed current and former... -
Coronation: The Crowning of Elizabeth II: 2023 by Hugo Vickers 9780957311961
RRP: £12.00£11.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957311961Author Hugo VickersFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote PressDimensions(mm) 198mm * 154mm * 12mm -
AQA GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Norman England, c1066-c1100 by Tim Jenner
£7.27Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the AQA GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of consolidation... -
John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning: The Life of John Wesley by Roy Hattersley
RRP: £12.99£8.60John Wesley led the Second English Reformation. His Methodist 'Connexion' was divided from the Church of England, not by dogma and doctrine but by the new relationship which it created between clergy and people. Throughout a life tortured by doubt... -
Tudor Fashion by Eleri Lynn
RRP: £27.50£23.89The paperback edition of this captivating story of Tudor dress, and the people who made and wore it The Tudors are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our curiosity and imagination. Their enduring popularity is... -
Not in Front of the Corgis: Secrets of Life Behind the Royal Curtains by Brian Hoey 9781849544115
RRP: £8.99£6.60Interest in the Royal Family - at home and overseas - is inexhaustable. Just take the amazing clamour over the recent wedding of William and Kate! But who are the Royals, and what do they get up to when we aren't watching them? In Not in Front of the... -
The Tudors For Dummies by David Loades 9780470687925
RRP: £16.99£11.94This entertaining guide covers the period from 1485 to 1603, exploring the life and times of everyday people (from famine and the flu epidemic, to education, witchcraft and William Shakespeare) as well as the intrigues and scandals at court. Strap... -
Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea by Jan Ruger 9780199672462
RRP: £28.99£21.20On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small island in the North Sea, thirty miles off the German coast, which for generations had stood as a symbol of Anglo-German conflict: Heligoland. ... -
Hemel Hempstead by Eve Davis 9780752401676
RRP: £14.99£11.55This excellent collection of over 400 old photographs of Hemel Hempstead was originally published as two volumes in the popular Archive Photographs Series and is now available bound as a single volume. The fascinating sequence of photographs forms an... -
British Destroyers 1939-45: Wartime-built classes by Angus Konstam
RRP: £11.99£8.43As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being built by Germany and Japan, resulting in the commissioning of the powerful Tribal-class. These were... -
East London Photo Stories by Rachel Segal Hamilton 9781910566428
RRP: £19.95£13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566428Author VariousFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini PressWeight(grams) 663g -
Among the Kings: The Unknown Warrior, an Untold Story by Mark Scott
RRP: £11.99£10.95"Known Unto God" It was the war to end all wars and became one of the bloodiest and cruellest conflicts in history. Into the hands of author Mark Scott came a poignant survivor of those nightmare years - a notebook carried through the trenches by... -
Black Friday: The Eyemouth Fishing Disaster of 1881 by Peter Aitchison 9781912476237
RRP: £9.99£6.99Black Friday is the astonishing true story of a coastal community that lost 189 men in a single afternoon. Britain's worst fishing disaster decimated the coastal community of Eyemouth, yet is an almost forgotten part of the past. One hundred and... -
NKJV, Personal Size Reference Bible, Sovereign Collection, Leathersoft, Purple, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780785265061
RRP: £30.00£20.53This elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ.The New King James Version in the Sovereign... -
Aliens: The Chequered History of Britain's Wartime Refugees by Paul Dowswell 9781785907937
RRP: £25.00£17.84The welcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of our fond nostalgia for Britain's role in the Second World War, nestling in our imagination next to images of evacuees clutching teddy bears, and milkmen picking their way through bomb rubble... -
Dorset Folk Tales by Tim Laycock 9780752466361
RRP: £12.99£9.62The spectacular and varied landscape of Dorset, with its giants, hill forts, Jurassic coast and ancient buildings is the source and inspiration for many curious stories that have been passed down in families and village communities for generations. This... -
Haunted Newcastle by Darren W. Ritson 9780752448800
RRP: £14.99£11.55This fascinating book contains over forty-five spine-chilling accounts from in and around central Newcastle. Take a tour of this ancient city and discover poltergeists, apparitions, curses, hauntings and even the ghost of a living person! From the... -
The Industrial Revolution in Shropshire by Barrie Trinder 9780750967877
RRP: £25.00£18.94The first edition (1973) was acclaimed and it firmly established the Shropshire Coalfield as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution. After several reprints a new edition appeared in 1981, but since then there has been much further research, and... -
Procession by Jack Cooke
RRP: £14.99£10.95A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so famous -... -
Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England by Christina J Faraday
RRP: £45.00£37.63A groundbreaking approach to the problem of realism in Tudor art In Tudor and Jacobean England, visual art was often termed "lively." This word was used to describe the full range of visual and material culture-from portraits to funeral monuments, book... -
The Northern Question: A History of a Divided Country by Thomas Hazeldine 9781786634092
£12.30Britain has scarcely begun to come to terms with its recent upheavals, from the crisis over Brexit to the collapse of Labour's 'red wall'. What can explain such momentous shifts?In this essential work, Tom Hazeldine excavates the history of a divided... -
Calton Hill: Journeys and Evocations by Stuart McHardy 9781908373854
RRP: £7.99£5.94Lord Cockburn, Victorian defender of Edinburgh's beauties, describes Calton Hill as 'the Glory of Edinburgh'. 'It presents us,' enthused Cockburn, 'with the finest prospects both of its vicinity and the city... it is adorned by beautiful buildings... -
On Living in an Old Country: The National Past in Contemporary Britain by Patrick Wright
RRP: £19.99£15.02The hulk of Henry VIII's flagship is raised from the seabed in an operation that captures the mind of the nation. The leader of the Labour party wears an informal coat at the Cenotaph and provokes a national scandal. An elderly lady whose ancient house... -
Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman by Lucas, John 9781526748843
RRP: £14.99£10.95Serial killer Patrick Mackay was dubbed the most dangerous man in Britain when he appeared in court in 1975 charged with three killings, including the axe murder of a priest. The Nazi-obsessed alcoholic had stalked the upmarket streets of West London... -
Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society by Olivia Fryman
RRP: £55.00£48.09Go behind the scenes of generations of the British royal family, exploring both the glamour and domestic life inside the spectacular 300-year-old Kensington Palace Kensington Palace is renowned for its architecture, splendid interiors, internationally... -
The SAS in Occupied France: 2 SAS Operations, June to October 1944 by Gavin Mortimer
£24.86In the world of military history there is no brand as potent as that of the SAS. They burst into global prominence in 1980 with their spectacular storming of the Iranian Embassy, and there have been hundreds of books, films, documentaries and even...