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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... -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks 9780715652374
RRP: €29.75€21.28As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
Haunted Weymouth by Alex Woodward
RRP: €17.84€13.74Who is the unseen lady that makes her presence chillingly felt to those who fail to bid her 'Good Morning'? What was the featureless dark shadow that terrified a curious young boy exploring a disused fort? From heart-stopping encounters with a Roman... -
The Little Book of Devon by John van der Kiste 9780752461670
RRP: €11.89€8.98Do you know? Which MP was the first woman to take her seat in parliament? Who was the man they could not hang? Which member of the Beatles lost his temper at a famous Devon landmark? A compendium of fascinating information about Devon past and present,... -
A Kingston Lacy Childhood: Reminiscences of Viola Bankes by Viola Bankes 9780946159338 [USED COPY]
RRP: €7.08€2.34Apologies 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 -
Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages that Changed History by Joanne Major 9781473863422
RRP: €23.79€16.99Almost 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... -
The G.I. Bride: A heart-warming saga full of tears, friendship and hope by Eileen Ramsay
RRP: €11.89€8.15If you love Donna Douglas' Nightingale Girls and the nurses of Nadine Dorries' Lovely Lane, be prepared to fall in love with April, Eugenie, Bess and Nancy as they band together to support each other through love, loss and scandal. In wartime, can new... -
Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring
RRP: €47.60€41.88This 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
RRP: €17.84€5.66WINNER 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... -
How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours by Harry Mount 9780670919147 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€2.73Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories.Q. Why are English train seats so narrow?A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first... -
How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours by Harry Mount
RRP: €15.46€10.82Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories.Q. Why are English train seats so narrow?A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first... -
Chief of Staff: Notes from Downing Street by Gavin Barwell
RRP: €23.80€17.48BOOK 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: €13.08€9.25Personal, 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: €23.80€17.01Throughout 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: €13.08€8.81'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: €19.03€14.58This 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: €11.89€10.42This, 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... -
To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape by Charles Spencer 9780008153663 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.73How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles,... -
The Diamond Queen: The Last Great Monarch? by Andrew Marr
RRP: €13.08€8.94Sunday 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... -
Great Western, 0-6-2 Tank Classes: Absorbed and Swindon Designed Classes by David Maidment 9781526752055
RRP: €35.70€26.12Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
London's Secret Square Mile by David Long
RRP: €15.46€11.45The streetscape of London's historic square mile has been evolving for centuries, but the City's busy commercial heart still boasts an extensive network of narrow passages and alleyways, secret squares and half-hidden courtyards.Using his wealth of local... -
Describing Women’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century England by Dr Elizabeth Spencer 9781837650347
RRP: €95.20€91.17Uncovers 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 Little Book of Herefordshire by David Vaughan 9780750993821
RRP: €15.46€11.45The 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: €17.84€12.73Matching 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...