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My Revision Notes: OCR AS/A-level History: England 1547-1603: the Later Tudors by Nicholas Fellows
RRP: £10.50£9.62Exam board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives: Their Design and Development by David Maidment 9781526752017
RRP: £30.00£21.95Churchward proposed a 5ft 8in wheeled 4-6-0 for mixed traffic duties in 1901 and it was seriously considered in 1905, but it took until 1936 before his successor, Charles Collett, realised the plan by persuading the GWR Board to replace many of the 43XX... -
Darganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri / Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia by Richard Suggett
£21.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871184532Author Richard SuggettFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of WalesPublisher Royal... -
The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People by Clive Aslet
RRP: £12.99£11.46The Story of the Country House is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the changing political and economic landscape. Clive Aslet reveals the captivating stories behind individual houses,... -
Edward III by W. Mark Ormrod
RRP: £25.00£21.92A landmark biography of the charismatic king beloved of fourteenth-century England Edward III (1312-1377) was the most successful European ruler of his age. Reigning for over fifty years, he achieved spectacular military triumphs and overcame grave... -
A Cornish Childhood: Autobiography of a Cornishman by Dr. Alfred Lestie Rowe 9781850221241
£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850221241Author Dr. Alfred Lestie RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint TruranPublisher Truran -
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... -
Parliament: The Biography (Volume I - Ancestral Voices) by Chris Bryant
RRP: £16.99£12.28The history of Parliament is the history of the United Kingdom itself. It has a cast of thousands. Some were ambitious, visionary and altruistic. Others were hot-headed, violent and self-serving. Few were unambiguously noble. Yet their rowdy... -
A Kingston Lacy Childhood: Reminiscences of Viola Bankes by Viola Bankes 9780946159338
£3.20 - £5.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946159338Author Viola BankesFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote PressDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 11mm -
Whatever Happened to the Real Black Country?: Black Country Chronicles 1939-1999 by Tom Larkin 9780750992602
RRP: £12.99£9.37Between the outbreak of the Second World War and the end of the century, life changed dramatically for the working-class people of the Black Country. Having survived the hardships of war, they found themselves facing a slew of social issues, all the... -
Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages that Changed History by Joanne Major 9781473863422
RRP: £19.99£14.28Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British Royal Family. The first part of this... -
Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring
RRP: £40.00£35.19This illustrated biography follows Nicholas Hilliard's long and remarkable life (c. 1547-1619) from the West Country to the heart of the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. It showcases new archival research and stunning images, many reproduced in color for... -
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed by Mike Ripley
£3.44 - £4.59WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an... -
Chief of Staff: Notes from Downing Street by Gavin Barwell
RRP: £20.00£14.69BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect'Fascinating and instructive... his decency and pragmatism shine through.' The Times'Candid, valuable and insightful.' ObserverSince the EU referendum of 2016, British politics has witnessed a barrage of... -
Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria 9780241989319
RRP: £10.99£7.77Personal, provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is, why it matters, and how we can put an end to it'Thoughtful and provocative... It is a must-read' Roxane Gay'A book to make you stop and think' Mishal... -
The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649 by N. A. M. Rodger
RRP: £20.00£14.29Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength -... -
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown by Alexander Larman 9781474623971
RRP: £10.99£7.40'This riotous and engaging biography has it all'GUARDIAN'As much fun to read as a good political thriller'WALL STREET JOURNALAt the outbreak of war, the British monarchy was in turmoil. Edward VIII had abdicated, leaving his brother Bertie to take on a... -
Cold War: East Anglia by Jim Wilson
RRP: £15.99£11.96This is the story of how the Cold War impacted on the people of East Anglia. Had nuclear conflict broken out, the region would have found itself as the target of a Soviet strike for the simple reason that it housed the launch pad for not only the British... -
Colonel Paddy: The Man Who Dared by Patrick Marrinan
RRP: £9.99£8.76This, the original biography of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO (3 Bars), Legion d Honneur, Croix De Guerre and Colonel Paddy to his contemporaries, is a lively account of his life and wartime exploits with the SAS. The classic story of... -
The People of Devon in the First World War by Dr. David Parker
RRP: £16.99£13.04Thematically divided, this fascinating study explores the experiences of many of Devon's people during the First World War: soldiers; aliens and spies (real and imagined); refugees; conscientious objectors; nurses and doctors; churchmen; the changing... -
Woodsmoke and Sage: The Five Senses 1485-1603: How the Tudors Experienced the World by Amy Licence
RRP: £20.00£15.11Traditionally history is cerebral: what did they believe, what did they think, what did they know?Woodsmoke and Sage is not a traditional book. Using the five senses, historian Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past,... -
The Diamond Queen: The Last Great Monarch? by Andrew Marr
RRP: £10.99£7.51Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, fully revised and updated with a new chapter.'Absorbing . . . particularly acute on the political aspects of constitutional monarchy, but he also writes perceptively about individual members of the Royal Family.' Daily... -
Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture by Joshua Levine
£1.93 - £2.57THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE EPIC TRUE STORY OF DUNKIRK - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN AND STARRING KENNETH BRANAGH, TOM HARDY AND MARK RYLANCE. ... -
Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras: True Stories of the Amazing Women of the North by Kate Fox
RRP: £9.99£6.64From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden. ... -
Great Western, 0-6-2 Tank Classes: Absorbed and Swindon Designed Classes by David Maidment 9781526752055
RRP: £30.00£21.95Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Paddington: Images of England by Brian Girling
RRP: £12.99£9.37In this intriguing new collection of old postcards and photographs, the Paddington of the past has been recreated through the images that were recognisable daily sights to those who have know the area during the twentieth century. From street scenes of... -
Describing Women’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century England by Dr Elizabeth Spencer 9781837650347
RRP: £70.00£67.24Uncovers sources from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy in the long eighteenth century. Descriptions of women's clothing increasingly circulated across textual genres and beyond in... -
The British Oak by Archie Miles
£6.09 - £8.12The British Oak is a comprehensive overview of everything that the iconic oak tree signifies to Britain and its people.Archie Miles explores the rise of oak woods since the last Ice Age, placing the tree in its biological, cultural and economic context... -
The Little Book of Herefordshire by David Vaughan 9780750993821
RRP: £12.99£9.37The Little Book of Herefordshire is a compendium full of information which will make you say, 'I never knew that!' Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Herefordshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its literary,... -
London Then and Now (R): Revised Second Edition by Vaughan Grylls
RRP: £14.99£10.70Matching archive photos with their modern viewpoint, London Then and Now gives a fascinating insight into the history of Europe's financial capital. London has changed rapidly in the last 150 years. The Luftwaffe helped modify many parts of... -
The Making of the English Landscape by W. G. Hoskins
RRP: £16.00£11.62W.G. Hoskins was one of the most original and influential British historians of the twentieth century. He realised that landscapes are the richest record we have of the past, and with his masterpiece, The Making of the English Landscape, he changed... -
Parliament: The Biography (Volume II - Reform) by Chris Bryant
RRP: £14.99£10.95Over the last two hundred years Parliament has witnessed and effected dramatic and often turbulent change. Political parties rose - and fell. The old aristocratic order passed away. The vote was won for the working classes and, eventually, for women... -
Lost Buildings of Birmingham by Roy Thornton
RRP: £14.99£11.28The lost buildings of Birmingham.Book InformationISBN 9780750950992Author Roy ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 170mm * 10mm -
The Strange Laws Of Old England by Nigel Cawthorne
RRP: £10.99£7.40Did you know that: It's against the law to check into a hotel in London under assumed names for the purpose of lovemaking? Under a statute of Edwards II all whales washed up on the shore belong to the monarch? Under a Tudor law Welshmen are not allowed... -
Britain in the 1920s by Fiona McDonald
RRP: £18.99£14.01The war was over, new technologies and fashions were springing up; it was to be the beginning of a new and prosperous era and all was to be bright and joyous in Britain again. In many ways it was: women were granted new freedoms and rights, motorcars... -
Devil's Advocate by John Humphrys
£2.82 - £11.61________________________For decades, John Humphrys has been at the beating heart of the BBC's news division.From the 9 O'Clock News desk to his marathon 32-year stint on the Today Programme, Humphrys has had a remarkable career as a journalist, steering... -
Bathgate by Bill Hendrie 9780752421254
RRP: £14.99£11.28From the 'House in the Midst of the Boar Wood' to its present position at the heart of Scotland's burgeoning 'Silicon Glen', Bathgate and it surrounds have played a subtly significant part in Scotland's history. The preceptory of the Knights of St. John,... -
Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs): The Quest for Fame by John Guy
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackHenry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a 'pillager of the... -
Haunted Cotswolds by Diz White 9780752454269
RRP: £12.99£9.37Spine-chilling tales of ghosts, ghouls and the undead have been gathered here from every corner of the Cotswolds, revealing in heart-stopping detail this region's unexplained events and the creepy elements that lurk just beneath its rolling hills and... -
British Royal Tombs by Aidan Dodson 9781843681182
RRP: £16.99£11.54Aidan Dodson's British Royal Tombs covers all the burials of the kings, queens (and lords protector) of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom, from the occupant of the great Sutton Hoo ship burial, to George VI, last Emperor of India, including of...