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Have You Been Good?: A Memoir by Vanessa Nicolson 9781783780785
RRP: £9.99£6.70Vanessa Nicolson is the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. She was born to an illustrious name and an unhappy marriage. Her father, the art historian Ben Nicolson, was homosexual and his marriage to Vanessa's Italian mother fell... -
The Tudors by Richard Rex
RRP: £10.99£7.25The Tudor Age began in August 1485 when Henry Tudor landed with a small force at Milford Haven intent on snatching the English throne from Richard III. For more than a hundred years England was to be dominated by the personalities of the five Tudor... -
The Making of Modern British Politics: 1867 - 1945 by Martin Pugh 9780631225904
RRP: £32.95£29.14The third edition of this successful text has been revised to include a new chapter on the politics of the Second World War, and to reflect recent developments in research into the period. Third edition of this insightful survey of changes in British... -
Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free And Unlocked The Universe by JohnJoe McFadden
RRP: £25.00£16.53'The most sheerly enjoyable history of science of recent years' The Spectator'This is one of the best science books I have read in a decade' Paul DaviesLife is Simple tells the remarkable story of how a thirteenth century monk's search for simplicity led... -
Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s. Volume 2. Britain 1965 - 1970 by Ernest Tate
RRP: £13.00£12.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869608Author Ernest TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint I.M.G.PublicationsPublisher Resistance Books -
Bow & Bromley-by-Bow: Britain in Old Photographs by Gary Haines
RRP: £12.99£9.62Bow and Bromley-by-Bow, at the heart of London's East End, grew up around crossings over the river Lea. The area saw rapid changes from a seventeenth-century rural retreat to densely populated terraced streets, as mills were built along the river and a... -
The 1990s by Press Association, Ltd. 9781906672157
RRP: £14.99£10.20This series is each devoted to a decade of British life and contains around 300 photographs which were hand-picked by PA Photos' own archivists. Most have lain unseen since they were first used as news pictures and each image has been scanned especially,... -
Match of the Century: England, Hungary, and the Game that Changed Football Forever by Matt Clough
RRP: £20.00£15.04On 25 November 1953, the footballing landscape was altered forever. In a mist-shrouded Wembley Stadium, the beautiful game's historic dominant force, England, met the most exciting team of the 1950s, Hungary. What followed sent shockwaves through the... -
What a Way to Go by Geoffrey Abbott
£14.08In this wickedly humorous book, Geoffrey Abbott describes the effectiveness of instruments of torture and reveals the macabre origins of phrases such as gone west or drawn a blank. From the preparation of the victim to the disposal of the body, "What a... -
Hidden Britain: Secret Tunnels, Lost Chambers and Unknown Passageways by Alvin Nicholas
RRP: £15.99£12.25Britain's history is rich in mystery and scandal, and our ancient buildings hide the fascinating stories. Hidden Britain takes you backstage at some of our country's most intriguing locations, into secret tunnels, down concealed passageways and behind... -
Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots by Rosemary Goring 9781780278254
RRP: £12.99£8.56One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve years: as a dauntless child who laughed at her friends' seasickness as they sailed to safety in France and later, on her return as a 18-year-old widow to take... -
1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World by Frank McLynn
RRP: £12.99£9.09Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588, or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that it is the most significant year since 1066. In 1759 - the fourth year of the Seven Years War - the British defeated the French in... -
Badges and Uniforms of the Royal Air Force by Malcolm Hobart 9781848848948
RRP: £14.99£10.95Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the aircraft. Nonetheless it is surprising that there has never... -
Ruby McBride by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: £8.99£5.82Where there's a rulebook, there's a rebel...Ruby McBride has always been on the wrong side of authority. The grand opening of the Manchester Ship Canal is set to be a day of unfettered festivity for Ruby and her younger sister and brother. Even Queen... -
Now You Know by Michael Frayn
RRP: £8.99£6.08Bit of a wide boy, Terry. Got a spot of form, eye for the ladies, a real rough diamond some might say. Not without his virtues, though, as his campaign for open government shows. No secrets, that's Terry's secret. Allied to charm, that is, of course... -
Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens by Lisa Hilton
RRP: £12.99£8.60England from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.England's medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages... -
Living and Dying in England 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience by Barbara Harvey 9780198204312
RRP: £48.99£48.81This is an authoritative account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's greatest monasteries. It is also a wide-ranging exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages and early sixteenth century by a... -
Bede: On Genesis by Bede
RRP: £29.99£27.38This is the first English translation of the Venerable Bede's commentary on the book of Genesis. Dealing as it does with the biblical account of the creation of the world and of mankind, and of mankind's fall from grace and exile into the life of time,... -
Leigh-on-Sea: A History by Judith Williams 9781860776595
RRP: £14.99£11.55Leigh-on-Sea was described in 1565 as 'a very proper town, well-furnished with good mariners, where commonly tall ships do ride'; during its heyday it had close associations with the Royal Navy. Following the decline of shipbuilding the town became known... -
Diana: Death of a Goddess by David Cohen
RRP: £15.99£11.6100.23 a.m. August 31st 1997. The Mercedes driven by Henri Paul in which Princess Diana, Dodi Al Fayed and Trevor Rees-Jones were travelling crashes into a pillar in the Alma tunnel in the centre of Paris, killing Paul, Dodi and Diana and seriously... -
The SAS in Occupied France: 2 SAS Operations, June to October 1944 by Gavin Mortimer 9781526769626
RRP: £25.00£18.02In 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... -
British Escort Carriers 1941-45 by Angus Konstam
RRP: £11.99£8.43In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. Facing a shortage of traditional aircraft carriers and shore-based... -
Cornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from North and East Cornwall by Anna Chorlton
RRP: £12.99£9.62Cornwall's rugged coast is etched with stories. Here you'll find tales of powerful mermaids, spiteful witches, crafty smugglers and woeful ghosts. Up on the moors are mischievous creatures, huge giants and elusive beasts. Let the piskeys lead you astray... -
Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail by Stephen Taylor 9780300257519
RRP: £12.99£11.46A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare"No other book resurrects the wooden world of Jack Tar in such captivating and voluminous detail."-Roger Ekirch, Wall... -
Crow Court by Andy Charman 9781800180901
RRP: £9.99£6.85LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGERS HISTORICAL AWARD 2022 Spring, 1840. In the Dorset market town of Wimborne Minster, a young choirboy drowns himself. Soon after, the choirmaster-a belligerent man with a... -
The Man Who Saved Britain by Simon Winder
RRP: £10.99£8.65Award-winning author Simon Winder takes us through the legacy of one of Britain's most influential and enduring cultural figures, James Bond. 'An entertaining romp through the literary and cinematic heartland of James Bond country' Sunday Times'A... -
A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £14.99£9.80Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. But there was no going back, no way he could 'restore' the old... -
Middlesbrough at War 1939 45 by Armstrong, Craig 9781526704764
RRP: £14.99£9.09Middlesbrough was of vital importance to Britain's war effort. The town, and its surrounding area, contained a number of vital industries including shipbuilding, chemicals, iron, steel and other metals, and engineering, as well as a joinery firm that... -
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: One Volume Abridged Edition by Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill
RRP: £23.99£22.37'This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of... -
Wellington's Unsung Heroes: The Fifth Division in the Peninsular War, 1810-1814 by Carole Divall
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113924Author Carole DivallFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Role of Intelligence in the Battle of Britain by Norman Ridley
RRP: £25.00£17.62The Battle of Britain was fought between two airborne military elites and was a classic example of pure attack against pure defence. Though it was essentially a 'war of attrition', it was an engagement in which the gathering, assessment and reaction to... -
Pepys's London: Everyday Life in London 1650-1703 by Stephen Porter
RRP: £10.99£7.25Samuel Pepys's London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, yet growing and prospering. The Restoration in 1660 brought the reopening of the theatres, with women appearing on... -
Please, Nurse!: A Student Nurse in the 1950s by Joan Lock
RRP: £8.99£6.20Joan Lock's warm and nostalgic account of her three years of training as a young student nurse in the early 1950s. Perfect for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.When Joan Lock began her formal training as a young nurse in the 1950s, she was unprepared for the... -
The Child from Nowhere by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: £9.99£6.41As the Great War looms, will the women of Kendal rise to meet the challenge?After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O'Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make.Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums,... -
British Army of the Rhine: The BAOR, 1945-1993 by Paul Chrystal 9781526728531
RRP: £14.99£10.95The nervous geopolitical tension between East and West, the Cold War, emerged before the end of the Second World War and lasted until 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The British Army of the Rhine was born in 1945 out of the British Liberation... -
Religious Orders Vol 2 by David Knowles 9780521295673
RRP: £30.99£28.68This book covers a period (1336-1485) neglected by historians, when many features of the modern world were germinating under the surface of medieval institutions: the age of Chaucer, Langland, Bradwardine and Wyclif, of the new Nominalism and the... -
Crosby, Seaforth and Waterloo: The Second Selection: Images of England by Tom Heath
RRP: £12.99£9.62Crosby's own local newspaper, the Crosby Herald, publishes a regular 'Memories' column that features stories and photographs from the area's past. It is a popular column and made more so because of the endless supply of old photographs provided for it by... -
An Uprooted Community: A history of Epynt by Herbert Hughes 9781800994027
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800994027Author Herbert HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Haunted Exeter by Susan Gardner 9780752456720
RRP: £12.99£9.62Carriages pulled by headless horses, a ghostly Viking longship poised to reinvade, modern-day people transported momentarily back to the brutal Middle Ages and spooky creatures so horrible that catching sight of them could kill - no wonder Exeter is... -
Old Rutherglen by Rhona Wilson 9781872074726
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074726Author Rhona WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 170mm * 239mm * 6mm