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Bath: City on Show by Brown Dan 9780752456744
RRP: €15.46€11.45Bath: City on Show provides a unique and fascinating blend of historical images and contemporary photography, contrasting a World Heritage city as depicted over several hundred years with how it is seen through the lens today. Talented local... -
Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 by Linda Colley 9780300152807
RRP: €21.41€18.79How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire... -
The 43 Group: Battling with Mosley's Blackshirts by Morris Beckman 9780752499420
RRP: €11.89€8.98Oswald Mosley decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim 'not enough Jews were burned at Belsen'. Enter the 43 Group. In a ferocious, bloody and brilliantly covert five-year... -
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society by Bill Bryson
RRP: €17.84€11.54Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated... -
Glorious Goodwood: A Biography of England's Greatest Sporting Estate by James Peill 9781472128256 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.84€6.76'Delightful' A HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR / BOOK OF THE WEEK, Daily Mail'Goodwood curator James Peill writes with a wonderfully light touch . . . The Goodwood story is extraordinary and rightly celebrated' Country LifeThe history of Goodwood, England's... -
Glorious Goodwood: A Biography of England's Greatest Sporting Estate by James Peill
RRP: €17.84€11.66'Delightful' A HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR / BOOK OF THE WEEK, Daily Mail'Goodwood curator James Peill writes with a wonderfully light touch . . . The Goodwood story is extraordinary and rightly celebrated' Country LifeThe history of Goodwood, England's... -
Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality and Hitler's Lightning War - France, 1940 by Lloyd Clark
RRP: €15.46€10.19The German campaign in France during the summer of 1940 was pivotal to Hitler's ambitions and fundamentally affected the course of the Second World War. Having squabbled about fighting methods right up to the start of the campaign, the German forces... -
Petersfield At War by David W. Jeffery 9780750936729 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.84€2.45The small Hampshire town of Petersfield saw little direct conflict during the Second World War, yet its story reflects all the anxieties and concerns of Britain's inhabitants during that period: food shortages, evacuees, blackout restrictions, family... -
Petersfield At War by David W. Jeffery
RRP: €17.84€13.74The small Hampshire town of Petersfield saw little direct conflict during the Second World War, yet its story reflects all the anxieties and concerns of Britain's inhabitants during that period: food shortages, evacuees, blackout restrictions, family... -
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales: Ancient Wisdom, Fables & Folkore by Dr. Sarah Dunnigan
€13.10Scottish folk and fairy tales are full of mischief and malevolence, with spirits and goblins, bogles, witches, kelpies and mer-folk lurking in every corner of the land, behind every tree and craggy rock at midnight. In these pages lurk the Fairy queen,... -
The Little Book of Suffolk by Neil Storey
RRP: €11.89€9.72The Little Book of Suffolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Suffolk folk or anyone who knows and loves... -
King's Mistress, Queen's Servant: The Life and Times of Henrietta Howard by Tracy Borman
RRP: €13.08€9.25Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. She was also, as Tracy Borman's wonderfully readable biography reveals, a dedicated patron of the arts; a lively and talented intellectual in her... -
The Country Houses of Shropshire by Gareth Williams
RRP: €113.05€107.91A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them. Shropshire is the largest English inland county, and has a wide variety of... -
The Country House Library by Mark Purcell
RRP: €35.70€35.34Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete... -
A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth
RRP: €13.08€9.25THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A TIPPLE . . . OR TWO . . . OR TEN! Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. Tracing... -
The March of the Women: A Revisionist Analysis of the Campaign for Women's Suffrage, 1866-1914 by Martin Pugh 9780199250226
€85.18This book is the first comprehensive study of the campaign for women's suffrage to appear for over thirty years. It challenges the widely-held assumption that the Victorian suffragists underwent a decline during the 1890s, and sets out to prove that, on... -
Victorian Gothic House Styles by Trevor Yorke 9781846743047
RRP: €9.46€7.87Gothic style transformed the urban landscape from the mid 19th century. In this new book, discover how leading architects reinterpreted Medieval buildings to create a dynamic style which spread from Victorian England to the other side of the Atlantic. ... -
The Little Book of Wiltshire by Dee Vardera 9780750994217
RRP: €15.46€11.45The Little Book of Wiltshire is a compendium of fascinating information about the county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Wiltshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns and countryside,... -
Mary I: England's Catholic Queen by John Edwards
RRP: €22.60€19.73A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign The lifestory of Mary I-daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon-is often... -
The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages (TPB) (GRP) by Miri Rubin
RRP: €20.22€14.61There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V, the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power,... -
Animal Farm: GCSE 9-1 set text student edition (Collins Classroom Classics) by George Orwell
€3.77Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR; CXCLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature; CSEC English BFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2024 This edition of Animal Farm is perfect for GCSE-level students, with the complete novel, engaging... -
Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography by Claire Harman 9780241964439
RRP: €19.03€13.82Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 'One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years' Sarah Waters The poet Sylvia Townsend Warner rose to sudden fame with the publication of her classic feminist novel Lolly... -
Roaming Midsomer: Walking and Eating in the Murderous Heart of England by Martin Andrew
RRP: €15.46€11.45Roaming Midsomer is the perfect follow-up to the successful Exploring Midsomer, which enticed lovers of Midsomer Murders and rural England to go and enjoy the beautiful 'Midsomer' for themselves. This compilation of interesting and pleasant walks offers... -
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe
RRP: €17.84€13.51Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist... -
Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction by Marc Mulholland
RRP: €10.70€7.68From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict - Catholic against Protestant, Republican against Unionist. The traumas of... -
The Bletchley Girls: War, secrecy, love and loss: the women of Bletchley Park tell their story by Tessa Dunlop
RRP: €15.46€10.23'Lively...in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women's own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service' New Statesman'Dunlop is engaging in her personal approach. Her obvious feminine empathy with the venerable ladies she spoke to gives... -
Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain: Oral Histories 1930s-Present Day by Dr Eithne Nightingale 9781350332607
RRP: €21.41€19.10Almost half the people displaced worldwide are under 18, yet their voices are rarely heard. This book records the experiences of children arriving in Britain from Hitler's Europe in the 1930s to those escaping war in Ukraine in 2022. It follows the... -
Ledbury: People and Parish before the Reformation: England's Past for Everyone by Sylvia Pinches
RRP: €17.84€13.74Ledbury is a small town in the lush Herefordshire countryside. How did it come to be here and who and what shaped its development? This volume explores a quiet corner of England from the earliest times until the middle of the 16th century. Hunters,... -
Celtic Scotland by Ian Armit
€22.87This authoritative and handsomely illustrated book is aimed at the general reader who wants to know about the mysteriouspeople who inhabited Scotland from the Bronze Age onwards. They created wonderful works of art in gold and silver and theirbrochs and... -
AQA GCSE History: Norman England, 1066-1100 by Helena Clarke
€24.80Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Create a stimulating, well-paced teaching route through the 2016 GCSE History specification using this tailor-made series that draws on a legacy of... -
Culloden: Great Battles by Murray Pittock 9780199664078
RRP: €26.76€18.97The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite... -
The French in London by Isabelle Janvrin 9781908524652
RRP: €15.46€10.33Ever since 1066 there has been a substantial French presence in London. It is now said to be the sixth most populous French city and this book illustrates, explains, and exposes how this came about over more than a 1000 years. Full of individual stories... -
Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000 by Peter Clarke 9780141011752 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€3.00Peter Clarke brilliantly challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. Adopting a wide perspective, he examines the political. social and economic changes that transformed Britain. He looks at how jobs and... -
Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000 by Peter Clarke
RRP: €15.46€10.82Peter Clarke brilliantly challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. Adopting a wide perspective, he examines the political. social and economic changes that transformed Britain. He looks at how jobs and... -
The Victorian Schoolroom by Trevor May 9780747802433 [USED COPY]
RRP: €8.32€5.01There was a tremendous expansion of education in England and Wales during the nineteenth century. A combination of voluntary effort and government action led to the introduction of a system of elementary education for the working class. This book... -
The Great British Tree Biography by Mark Hooper
RRP: €20.22€14.13Inspired by the history of Britain, from the tree under which the first trade union was formed to the branches from which outlaws were hanged, The Great British Tree Biography details the fascinating stories associated with trees throughout... -
Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth by Mike Ingram 9781912866502
RRP: €35.64€25.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866502Author Mike IngramFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Times: The Joy of Railways: Remembering the golden age of trainspotting by Julian Holland
RRP: €35.70€22.32A beautiful treasury of railway memorabilia Journey back to the 1950s and '60s with this nostalgic look at Britain's railways in their glory days. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a unique collection of photographs, train spotting... -
Somme by Lyn Macdonald
RRP: €15.46€10.822016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who... -
Jacob's Ladder by Michael Ashcroft 9781785904875
RRP: €23.80€17.71Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of the most prominent and controversial figures in contemporary British politics. He is a man who divides opinion in his own party, in Parliament and across the country. An arch-Brexiteer with significant business interests and...