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Never Again: Britain 1945-1951 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: £14.99£10.95Winner of the Duff Cooper PrizeWinner of the NCR Award for Non-Fiction From the high politics of Court and Cabinet room to the kitchen or the queue, Peter Hennessy's Never Again: Britain 1945-51, the first part of his Post-War Trilogy, recreates life in... -
Lancaster Target by Jack Currie
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809433Author Jack CurrieFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
My Early Life by Winston Churchill 9780907871620
RRP: £14.99£9.80Winston Churchill wrote this account of the first 25 years of his life in 1930. It reveals him struggling with Latin grammar at prep school, charging the Dervishes at Omdurman and preparing his first political speech for a Conservative fete.Book... -
In Pursuit of the Truth by Clive Driscoll
RRP: £14.99£10.95The true story behind the ITV series, StephenFormer Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll is most famous for being the man who finally secured convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a case previously mired by claims of institutional racism... -
Sutton Hoo: The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burial by Charles Green 9781574093537
RRP: £11.99£8.68Charles Green tells here the dramatic story of the initial excavation of Sutton Hoo, one of the richest archaeological finds of all time. In the Sutton Hoo burial grounds scientists unearthed a ship containing the treasures of a king who was most likely... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Communist states in the twentieth century by Robin Bunce
£40.29Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: AS: Summer 2016; A-level: Summer 2017Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth... -
Walking Dickens' London by Lee Jackson
RRP: £9.99£7.45Written by the acclaimed historical novelist Lee Jackson, this book recreates the sights and sounds of Dickens' London and provides a detailed itinerary for those keen to follow in the footsteps of 'The Inimitable Boz'. Each of the eight walks conjures... -
A History of Torture in Britain by Webb, Simon
RRP: £12.99£9.09There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain. This old wives' tale arose because torture had been neither endorsed nor forbidden by either statute or common law. In other words; the law has, until... -
Changing Minds Britain 1500-1750 Pupil's Book by Jamie Byrom
£29.13Powerful narrative hooks pupils into topicsand builds a secureknowledge base fromwhich to learn historicalskills with confidence. Exciting enquiries engage pupils with meaningfulhistorical questions and developimportant historical skills. Access for... -
The Black Prince by Michael Jones
RRP: £10.99£7.77A major new biography of the Black Prince. 'A clear-eyed and thrilling vision of the man behind the legend' DAN JONES. 'Pacy, vivid and extremely readable' TLS. In 1346, at the age of sixteen, he won his spurs at Crecy; nine years later he... -
One Week in April: The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820 by Maggie Craig 9781780276328
£21.23In April 1820, a series of dramatic events exploded around Glasgow, central Scotland and Ayrshire. Demanding political reform and better living and working conditions, 60,000 weavers and other workers went on strike. Revolution was in the air. It was... -
The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 by Christopher Andrew
RRP: £18.99£14.01'Sensationally good ... A riveting story, the real-life spooks and spies far more compelling than anything you will see on the screen ... history doesn't come more fascinating than this' Evening Standard For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have... -
The Scourging Angel: The Black Death in the British Isles by Benedict Gummer
RRP: £14.99£10.95Nothing experienced in human history, before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy and scale of the Black Death, the disease which killed millions of people in Medieval Europe. The Scourging Angel tells the story of Britain immediately before, during... -
S.O.E.: An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46 by M. R. D. Foot 9781847922939
RRP: £20.00£14.29SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department established in July 1940 and encouraged by Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze'. Recruited from remarkably diverse callings, the men and women who... -
The Secret History of Our Streets: London by Joseph Bullman
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Secret History of Our Streets explores six roads spread across inner London - from Camberwell, Holland Park and Islington to Shoreditch, Deptford and Bermondsey - through the experiences of the people who lived there. Stories of poverty and violence,... -
The Manner of Men: 9 PARA's Heroic D-Day Mission by Stuart Tootal
RRP: £12.99£8.60In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day. Dropping ahead of the main Allied invasion, 9 PARA were tasked with destroying an... -
Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain by Caitlin Gillespie 9780197503652
RRP: £23.99£21.66In AD 60/61, Rome almost lost the province of Britain to a woman. Boudica, wife of the client king Prasutagus, fomented a rebellion that proved catastrophic for Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans), destroyed part of a... -
The Falklands War - There and Back Again: The Story of Naval Party 8901 by Mike Norman 9781526791924
RRP: £15.99£11.61On 1 April 1982 Major Mike Norman, commander of Naval Party 8901, was looking forward to a peaceful year-long tour of duty on the Falkland Islands. But events turned out differently, for the next day the Argentinians invaded and he and his small Royal... -
Manchester: Mapping the City by Terry Wyke
RRP: £30.00£21.30Manchester is one the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can claim to be the first post-industrial city. This book uses historic maps and unpublished and original plans to chart the dramatic growth and... -
Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy by Chris Bryant
RRP: £12.99£9.09"A proudly partisan history of the British aristocracy - which scores some shrewd hits against the upper class themselves, and the nostalgia of the rest of us for their less endearing eccentricities. A great antidote to Downton Abbey." (Mary... -
Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior by Fergus Cannan 9781846035777
RRP: £14.99£11.47Galloglass, from the Gaelic galloglaigh for 'foreign warriors', were mercenaries from the Western Isles of Scotland who fought in the retinues of Irish magnates from the mid-13th century until the early 17th century. This work looks at the clan and... -
William Wallace by Andrew Fisher
RRP: £10.99£7.32William Wallace has always been one of the great heroes of Scottish history. By no means prepared by birth, education or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the... -
Elizabeth's Bedfellows by Anna Whitelock
RRP: £14.99£10.95Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay Elizabeth's bedchamber, closely guarded by the favoured women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels and shared her bed... -
The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol.II: 1942-1945: MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II by Nigel West
RRP: £54.99£48.12WALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security Service's most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The document was... -
Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women by Joyce Marlow
RRP: £10.99£7.40Queen Victoria is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad wicked folly of women's rights, with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor sex is bent' - 1870It was a bloody and dangerous war lasting several... -
Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906 by Mr David Cannadine
RRP: £16.99£12.28SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2018 'This is stupendous. The British nineteenth century, in all its complexity, all its horror, all its energy, all its hopes is laid bare. This is the definitive history, and will remain so for generations' A.N... -
England's Villages: An Extraordinary Journey Through Time by Dr Ben Robinson
RRP: £10.99£7.00THE STUNNING NEW BOOK FROM THE HOST OF BBC 2'S VILLAGES BY THE SEAEngland's villages have survived, developed, and thrived over hundreds of years. But what makes a village and how has that changed over time? Take a charming and unexpected journey... -
Around Dorking and Box Hill: Images of England by June M. Spong 9780752411521
RRP: £12.99£9.37This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs and ephemera encapsulates two hundred years in the history of Dorking, Box Hill and surrounding villages. The earliest pictures are engravings from the 1770s and the latest photographs date from the... -
Henry II by W. L. Warren 9780300084740
RRP: £22.00£19.56Henry II (1133-1189) was an enigma in his own time and has continued to excite widely divergent judgments ever since. His quarrel with Archbishop Becket, his troubled relationships with his sons and with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and other dramatic... -
Lord Chesterfield's Letters by Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
RRP: £10.99£7.77`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost... -
New Forest Voices by Mike Turner 9780752416250
RRP: £12.99£9.37This book is part of a series, which combines the reminiscences of local people with old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN... -
South Manchester Remembered by Graham Phythian 9780752470023
RRP: £14.99£11.28South Manchester Remembered is a fascinating compilation of articles written by author and South Manchester Reporter columnist Graham Phythian. Take a nostalgic journey into South Manchester's colourful past with this rich collection of tales from bygone... -
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War by Claire Breay 9780712352079
RRP: £25.00£17.87The Anglo-Saxon period stretches from the arrival of Germanic groups on British shores in the early 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. During these centuries, the English language was used and written down for the first time, pagan populations... -
Emigre and Foreign Troops in British Service, 1803-15 by Rene Chartrand 9781855328594
£15.91Following his study of the astonishing range of French Royalist and foreign mercenary units employed by Britain in the period 1793-1802 (Men-at-Arms 328), the author describes often for the first time in an English language publication the part played by... -
Gothic Whitby by Colin Waters 9780752452913
RRP: £14.99£11.28This fascinating volume celebrates every aspect of Whitby's Gothic past. With a detailed exploration of the town's connection with Dracula (including historical events such as the beaching of the Dmitri and a visit to many of the book's most famous... -
A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles by Ned Palmer
RRP: £9.99£7.11THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards for 2019 'A beautifully textured tour around the cheeseboard' Simon Garfield 'Full of flavour' Sunday Times 'A delightful and informative romp' Bee... -
Weston-super-Mare Past and Present by Sharon Poole
RRP: £12.99£9.37The nineteenth century saw Weston-super-Mare grow from a tiny village of about 100 inhabitants to a thriving Victorian seaside resort of nearly 20,000 people. A further hundred years later it has a population of almost 70,000. Despite changing fortunes... -
Viking London by Thomas Williams
RRP: £14.99£9.70Viking Britain author Thomas Williams returns with a brief history of the interaction between the Vikings and the British to tell the story of the occupation of London. The Vikings remoulded the world, changed the... -
Access to History: Lancastrians, Yorkists and the Wars of the Roses, 1399-1509 Third Edition by Roger Turvey
£25.21Exam board: AQA; Pearson Edexcel; OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper... -
Castles in Wales - A Handbook by Gerald Morgan
£8.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847710314Author Gerald MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 175mm * 120mm * 16mm