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Revolution: A History of England Volume IV by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £16.99£11.87Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to... -
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow by Lucy Worsley
RRP: £12.99£8.60'A wonderfully fresh, vivid and engaging portrait.' Jane Ridley, author of Bertie: A Life of Edward VII'Has much of the abundant charm of its author.' Spectator'The glory of this book is in the details.' The Times'Worsley's command of the material and... -
Family Britain, 1951-1957 by David Kynaston
RRP: £18.99£14.01As in Austerity Britain, an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices drive this narrative. The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as austerity and rationing gradually give way to relative abundance; housewife... -
Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition by Captain Robert Falcon Scott
RRP: £8.99£6.45'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... -
Skye: The Island and Its Legends by Otta F. Swire 9781912476336
RRP: £8.99£6.34This is a fabulous treasury of legend and wonder; tales of monsters who dwell in lakes, of small people who trap humans in earthen mounds where time stands still; of dark, shape- shifting spirits whose cloak of human form is betrayed by the sand and... -
Courtiers: The Sunday Times bestselling inside story of the power behind the crown Valentine Low 9781472290908
RRP: £20.00£14.69'Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising . . . Low's conclusion is a valuable one.' The TelegraphThe gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years studying them in his role as Royal correspondent for The Times... -
OCR A Level History: Britain 1603-1760 Nicholas Fellows 9781471836701
£32.49Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resourceBuild strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this... -
The Discovery of Sussex by Peter Brandon
RRP: £25.00£15.42There is a greater difference between life in Sussex today and life one hundred years ago than there was between the times of our great-grandparents and of Queen Elizabeth, for in 1900 Sussex away from the seaside resorts had more in common with the... -
50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know About Britain Mark Thomas 9781912836550
RRP: £12.99£8.60In 50 Things About Us, Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, stand-up, mischief and really, really well-researched material to examine how we have come to inhabit this divided wasteland that some of us call the United Kingdom. Based on... -
Civil War: The History of England Volume III by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £16.99£11.87In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and... -
Queen Victoria by Elizabeth Longford
RRP: £14.99£6.52'The truth was stranger than any of the fictions that have since been offered to explain her away'Drawing upon Queen Victoria's previously unpublished journals, Elizabeth Longford's classic biography recalls the contrasts and curiosities of an earlier... -
The Secret World of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Masson
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An unbelievably inspiring book' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of TreesDid you know that pigs frequently throw tantrums? That chickens are capable of complex communication? That sheep know their own names? That cows grieve when their calves... -
Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066 by Andrew Gimson
RRP: £14.99£10.95NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATEDA book for all lovers of history: the experienced and the novice, the serious and the silly.Gimson's Kings and Queens whirls us through the lives of our monarchs - from 1066 and William the Conqueror right up to Queen Elizabeth... -
Jane Austen Embroidery: Authentic embroidery projects for modern stitchers by Jennie Batchelor
RRP: £16.99£11.4815 beautiful embroidery projects from the era of Jane Austen. Jane Austen was as skilful with a needle as she was with a pen. This unique book from Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin showcases recently discovered 18th... -
The Nemesis File by Paul Bruce 9781843582731
RRP: £9.99£6.85Paul Bruce was a tough, idealistic young trooper in the SAS when he was dispatched to Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles. His top secret mission was to execute IRA suspects in cold blood. Bruce and his SAS comrades shot down one terrified... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, revolution and settlement Dr David Farr 9781471876554
RRP: £10.50£9.62Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery: Britain 1066-1284 by David Carpenter
RRP: £16.99£12.28The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and and the English became a subject race, dominated by a Norman-French... -
The First Helicopter Boys: The Early Days of Helicopter Operations - The Malayan Emergency, 1947-1960 by David Taylor
RRP: £25.00£18.02The Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there... -
Shrewsbury 1403: Struggle for a Fragile Crown by Dickon Whitewood
RRP: £16.99£12.28The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland in a bloody contest on a field outside the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury where two English... -
Casualty Evacuation for the Somme: British Ambulance Training, Provision and Operation 1914-16 Jeremy Higgins 9781913118600
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118600Author Jeremy HigginsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's history by Tom Quinn
RRP: £9.99£6.64A quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train disguised as a ship, and a church that's completely the wrong way round. London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's... -
Curiocity: In Pursuit of London by Matt Lloyd-Rose
RRP: £22.00£17.22'The most ingenious, informative, inimitable, individual, innovative, insightful, inspiring, instructive, intelligible, intoxicating, intricate guide to the great city that I have ever seen. Bravo!' Philip Pullman'A glorious and delightful compendium and... -
Excellent Essex: In Praise of England's Most Misunderstood County Gillian Darley 9781913083021
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083021Author Gillian DarleyFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Wales's Best One Hundred Churches by T. J. Hughes 9781854114273 [USED COPY]
£17.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854114273Author Timothy HughesFormat PaperbackImprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 610g -
Wales's Best One Hundred Churches Timothy Hughes 9781854114273
RRP: £14.99£10.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854114273Author Timothy HughesFormat PaperbackImprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 610g -
Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem by Tim Shipman
RRP: £12.99£9.09The unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa May's battle for a Brexit deal, the greatest challenge for a prime minister since the Second World War. ... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 John Wright 9781510403246
£4.99Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for EdexcelTarget success in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage... -
Cromwell, Our Chief Of Men by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: £16.99£11.94The bestselling historian's biography of a decisive figure in England's history.No Englishman has made more impact on the history of his nation than Oliver Cromwell; few have been so persistently maligned in the folklore of history. The central purpose... -
The Cairngorms: A Secret History by Patrick Baker
RRP: £10.99£7.32Cairngorms: A Secret History is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It looks at a unique British landscape, its last great wilderness, with new eyes. History combines with travelogue in a... -
From Domesday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216 by A. L. Poole 9780192852878
£63.71This illuminating book provides an account of a century and a half of English medieval history, beginning with the compilation of the Domesday Book and culminating in the issue of the Magna Carta and the subsequent civil war. A. L. Poole assesses the... -
From Domesday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216 by A. L. Poole 9780192852878 [USED COPY]
RRP: £63.00£2.65This illuminating book provides an account of a century and a half of English medieval history, beginning with the compilation of the Domesday Book and culminating in the issue of the Magna Carta and the subsequent civil war. A. L. Poole assesses the... -
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson 9780241958049 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.99£2.65In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm.Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century, and discover a... -
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: £20.99£14.94In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm.Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century, and discover a... -
Royal Family Operations Manual: The history, dominions, protocol, residences, households, pomp and circumstance of the British Royals by Robert Jobson
RRP: £25.00£18.02This book, written by royal expert and correspondent Robert Jobson offers a complete examination of the British Royal Family, looking behind the scenes at the current heirs of a kingdom that has been ruled nearly uninterruptedly by a monarch since 774AD... -
The A-Z of Curious Suffolk: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Sarah E. Doig
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book romps through the rolling countryside and along the shingled coastline of Suffolk, unearthing the curious along the way. Sandwiched between ecclesiastical penances handed down to adulterers and fornicators, and the odd porcelain incendiary... -
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London by Vic Gatrell 9781108971454
RRP: £14.99£11.93Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre... -
Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A remarkable oral history of black postwar British life... Homecoming is an extraordinary and compelling book' Daily TelegraphHomecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to... -
The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings by Tim Clarkson 9781780271736
RRP: £9.99£6.70During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were... -
Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
RRP: £12.99£9.09Jonathan Bate's Soul of the Age brings us closer than ever to understanding what being Shakespeare was actually like.How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's... -
Serial Killers: The World's Most Evil Nigel Blundell 9781526781741
RRP: £14.99£10.95On an internationally acknowledged Scale of Evil, these are the worlds worst serial killers. The qualifications for entry to this list of the vilest criminals of all time are a propensity for sadism, torture and murder without a shred of remorse. Using...