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NYE: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan by Nick Thomas-Symonds 9781350452046
€23.69Aneurin - Nye - Bevan was one of the pivotal Labour Party figures of the post-war era in Britain. As Minister for Health in Attlee's government, his role in the foundation of the National Health Service, the world's largest publically-funded health... -
Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life by Karen Dolby
RRP: €11.89€8.15A timely celebration of the many attributes our Queen brings to the nation - fortitude, stoicism, diplomacy, family values, sense of fun and style among them.Queen Elizabeth II - Britain's longest-serving monarch, Supreme Governor of the Church of... -
Snowdon by Robert Jones 9781854114211
RRP: €11.89€11.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854114211Format PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 275g -
Medieval Minds Pupil's Book Britain 1066-1500 by Jamie Byrom 9780582294981 [USED COPY]
RRP: €32.12€2.76Invokes curiosity and wonder to engage all pupils through arresting source material, thought-provoking enquiry and clear, vibrant pates. Supports development of thinking skills through progressive steps in each enquiry, which gradually build... -
Medieval Minds Pupil's Book Britain 1066-1500 by Jamie Byrom
€34.66Invokes curiosity and wonder to engage all pupils through arresting source material, thought-provoking enquiry and clear, vibrant pates. Supports development of thinking skills through progressive steps in each enquiry, which gradually build... -
The English Chartered Trading Companies, 1688-1763: Guns, Money and Lawyers by Michael Wagner 9781032401881
RRP: €47.59€41.72This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies which were active during the period 1688-1763: The East India Company, the Royal African Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, The Levant Company, and the Russia... -
Dornier Do 17 in the Battle of Britain: The 'Flying Pencil' in the Spitfire Summer by Chris Goss
RRP: €29.75€20.97Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
English Castles: England's most dramatic castles and strongholds (Collins Little Books) by Historic UK
RRP: €8.32€5.71The perfect stocking filler for lovers of English Castles. A handy guide to England's most dramatic castles and strongholds, many of which are open to visitors. Includes an eight-page map section showing the locations of castles covered in the... -
On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein
RRP: €13.08€9.25Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with personal testimony and urban myths, and interspersing these with maps and photography, On Brick Lane is a one-of-a-kind chronicle... -
God’s Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot by Alice Hogge 9780007156382 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.84€2.73A thrilling account of treachery, loyalty and martyrdom in Elizabethan England from an exceptional new writer. As darkness fell on the evening of Friday, 28 October 1588, just weeks after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, two young Englishmen... -
The Royal Wardrobe by Rosie Harte
RRP: €26.18€15.59'I loved this book!' - Alison Weir'[A] lively, gossipy forage through royal wardrobes' - Daily Mail'A sparkling history' - Dr Kate StrasdinPeek into the wardrobes of history's most fashionable royalsWhy did women wear such heavy and uncomfortable skirts... -
Philip Skippon and the British Civil Wars: The "Christian Centurion" by Ismini Pells
RRP: €47.59€41.72Philip Skippon was the third-most senior general in parliament's New Model Army during the British Civil Wars. A veteran of European Protestant armies during the period of the Thirty Years' War and long-serving commander of the London Trained Bands, no... -
The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation by Ian Cobain 9781846275852
RRP: €11.89€7.97'As British official records are still "going missing", the significance of Cobain's work only increases' David Olusoga, author of Black and British 'In an astonishing book, the writer Ian Cobain reveals the mass destruction of records and archives,... -
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins
RRP: €35.70€26.83**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2022**A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.'This book is dynamite' ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the MindSprawling... -
The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: €15.46€10.82The English see more ghosts than any other nation. From medieval times to the present day, stories have been told about ghosts who avenge injustice, souls who long for peace and spooks who just want to have fun. The English Ghost is a treasure trove of... -
Undercover by Joe Carter
RRP: €13.08€9.25A compelling true story of the reality of undercover police workFor over 20 years, Joe Carter has worked for the police as an undercover cop. Travelling the globe on different passports, fraternising with thieves and international drugs and arms dealers,... -
Tudor Fashion by Eleri Lynn
RRP: €32.73€28.43The paperback edition of this captivating story of Tudor dress, and the people who made and wore it The Tudors are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our curiosity and imagination. Their enduring popularity is... -
The Bonds of Family: Slavery, Commerce and Culture in the British Atlantic World by Katie Donington 9781526157515
RRP: €35.70€33.93Moving between Britain and Jamaica The bonds of family reconstructs the world of commerce, consumption and cultivation sustained through an extended engagement with the business of slavery. Transatlantic slavery was both shaping of and shaped by the... -
Scotland: A Concise History by Fitzroy Maclean
RRP: €13.08€8.33'The Scots', said a censorious English member of Parliament in 1607, 'have not suffered above two kings to die in their beds these two hundred years.' He may have exaggerated, but undeniably Scotland has had a rough and bloodstained history. It is a... -
The A-Z of Curious County Durham by Martin Dufferwiel 9780752493145
RRP: €17.84€13.74This book draws upon the varied history and unique heritage of the County Palatine of Durham, an ancient land of saints and warlords. It is a catalogue of curious tales, odd anecdotes and quirky characters from County Durham's past. Within its pages the... -
Suffolk Strange But True by Robert Halliday
RRP: €20.22€15.40Suffolk Strange But True describes many unusual, odd and extraordinary people, places and events from this fascinating county. Featured within these pages are tales of 'the fasting woman of Shottisham', who was alleged not to have eaten for five months;... -
St Peter's, Cardross: Birth, Death and Renewal by Diane Watters
RRP: €35.70€26.63The ruin of St Peter's College has sat on a wooded hilltop above the village of Cardross for more than three decades. Over that time, with altars crumbling, graffiti snaking across its walls and nature reclaiming its concrete, it has gained a mythical,... -
Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions by G. W. Bernard
RRP: €16.65€14.58A new look at Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn"Will certainly make readers think again about what we really know about Henry VIII's most controversial wife-and what we have merely become accustomed to believe we know about her."-Paul Hammer,... -
A History of Britain - Volume 3: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000 by Simon Schama
RRP: €35.70€25.41The final stage of Simon Schama's epic voyage around Britain spans centuries, crosses the breadth of the empire and covers a vast expanse of topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom.The Fate of the Empire asks crucial questions about... -
Cornish Folk Tales by Mike O'Connor
RRP: €15.46€11.45The ancient land of Cornwall is steeped in mysterious tradition, proud heritage and age-old folklore. Before books were widely available, wandering 'droll tellers' used to spread Cornish insight and humour to all parts of the Duchy - exchanging their... -
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: €20.22€13.73The six wives of Henry VIII- Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and catherine Parr- have become defined in popular sense not so much by their lives but by the the way their lives ended. But, as Antonia Fraser... -
A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire by Nicola Sly 9780752465814
RRP: €17.84€13.74A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from the county's past. There are murders and manslaughters, including the killing by Mrs Barber of her entire family in 1909 while temporarily insane, and the brutal murder of... -
The Knights Templar in Yorkshire by Diane Holloway
RRP: €21.41€16.23Where can you see an effigy of a Templar? What prompted King John to hand England over to an Italian? Who worked for the Templars in Yorkshire? The Knights Templar in Yorkshire answers all these questions and many more. This new book explores what... -
Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain by Richard Vinen
RRP: €29.75€19.67A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'A spirited attempt at uncovering the mystery of how Birmingham has managed for so long to stand at the centre of Britain's history without anyone noticing ... This absorbing book shows us how we did it'... -
Resources of Hope: Culture, Democracy, Socialism by Raymond Williams 9780860919438
RRP: €27.36€25.44Raymond Williams possessed unique authority as Britain's foremost cultural theorist and public intellectual. Informed by an unparalleled range of reference and the resources of deep personal experience, his life's work represents a patient, exemplary... -
My Revision Notes: OCR AS/A-level History: England 1547-1603: the Later Tudors by Nicholas Fellows
RRP: €12.50€11.45Exam 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: €35.70€26.12Churchward 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
€25.69Apologies 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: €15.46€13.64The 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,... -
Prostitution in Victorian Colchester: Controlling the uncontrollable by Jane Pearson
RRP: €22.60€20.21The decision to build a new army camp in the small market town of Colchester in 1856 was well received and helped to stimulate the local economy after a prolonged period of economic stagnation. Before long the Colchester garrison was one of the largest... -
Edward III by W. Mark Ormrod
RRP: €29.75€26.08A 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 [USED COPY]
RRP: €10.70€2.61Apologies 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 -
Battle Royal: The Wars of Lancaster and York, 1450-1462 by Hugh Bicheno 9781781859667 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.87England, 1454. A kingdom sliding into chaos. The mentally unstable King Henry VI, having struggled for a decade to contain the violent feuding of his magnates, loses his mind. Disgruntled nobles back the regal claims of Richard, Duke of York,... -
Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066 by Andrew Gimson
RRP: €17.84€13.03NEWLY 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: €20.22€14.61The 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...