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Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre by Kim Wagner
RRP: £12.99£11.46A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire: the Amritsar Massacre"Amritsar 1919 chronicles the run up to Jallianwala Bagh with spellbinding, almost minute-by-minute focus. . . . Mr. Wagner's achievement is... -
A Little History of British Gardening by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £25.00£18.02Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges.Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores?Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively... -
The Naked Hermit: A Journey to the Heart of Celtic Britain by Nick Mayhew-Smith
RRP: £22.99£16.68Descending into the darkness of a long-abandoned hermit's cave, wading naked into an icy sea to pray, spending the night on a sacred mountain, Nick Mayhew-Smith recounts an extraordinary one-man mission to revive the ancient devotions of Britain's most... -
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources by Asser
RRP: £12.99£9.09Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Composed by a monk of St David's in Wales who became Bishop of Sherborne in Alfred's service and worked with him in his efforts to revive... -
The Violence of Colonial Photography by Daniel Foliard
RRP: £16.99£12.88SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING 2023The late nineteenth century witnessed a rapid increase in colonial conflicts throughout the French and British empires. It was also the period in which the first... -
Edmund Burke: The Visionary who Invented Modern Politics by Jesse Norman
RRP: £12.99£8.48Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains. Philosopher, statesman, and founder of modern... -
No Middle Path: The Civil War in Kerry by Owen O’Shea
RRP: £14.99£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374531Author Owen O'SheaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Unseen Hastings and St Leonards: Britain in Old Photographs by Frederick Crouch 9780750967488
RRP: £15.99£12.25Unseen Hastings and St Leonards features 250 views including previously unpublished photographs that will appeal to everyone with an interest in the history of Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea. Accompanied by informative captions, many of these rare... -
Isaac Newton by James Gleick 9780007163182
RRP: £10.99£7.25From one of the best writers on science, a remarkable portrait of Isaac Newton. The man who changed our understanding of the universe, of science, and of faith. Isaac Newton was the chief architect of the modern world. He answered the ancient... -
The Gardens of the British Working Class by Margaret Willes
RRP: £13.99£12.65This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted, and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries, from the earliest... -
The King is Dead by Suzannah Lipscomb
RRP: £9.99£7.11On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped and sealed. The will confirmed the line of succession as Edward, Mary and Elizabeth; and,... -
The I.R.A. by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £19.99£13.73An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive... -
Around Ascot by Reg Morris 9780752415734 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.83This compilation of over 200 photographs provides a fascinating insight into the area surrounding Ascot. Covering a five-mile radius from the 'Starting Gate' at Ascot, this book illustrates the humble origins of a piece of heathland which went on to gain... -
Around Ascot by Reg Morris
RRP: £12.99£9.62This compilation of over 200 photographs provides a fascinating insight into the area surrounding Ascot. Covering a five-mile radius from the 'Starting Gate' at Ascot, this book illustrates the humble origins of a piece of heathland which went on to gain... -
Inside Story: Politics, Intrigue and Treachery from Thatcher to Brexit by Philip Webster
RRP: £12.99£8.48An insider's account of the great political stories over the past three decades years, illustrated with Peter Brookes' iconic cartoons. Philip Webster covered politics for The Times newspaper for 43 years, including... -
Dublin: The View From Above by Dennis Horgan
£20.54With his first book Dennis Horgan showed he is an aerial photographer of exceptional talent. His aerial photographs are absorbing as they give a new bird's-eye-view of well-known buildings, streets, monuments, the suburbs and countryside. Here he has... -
The Oxford of Inspector Morse: The Original and Best Selling Guide - Covering Every Inspector Morse, Lewis & Endeavour Episode: 25th Anniversary Edition by Antony Richards 9781901091038
RRP: £8.50£7.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901091038Author Antony RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Irregular Special PressPublisher Baker Street StudiosWeight(grams)... -
The Victorian Master Criminal: Charles Peace and the Murders of Cock and Dyson by David C. Hanrahan 9780750962971
RRP: £16.99£12.94On 2 August 1876, a young policeman named Constable Nicholas Cock was shot dead while walking 'the beat' at Whalley Range, Manchester. A few months later, on the evening of 29 November 1876, Arthur Dyson, an engineer, was murdered in his own backyard at... -
Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Earl Charles Spencer
RRP: £10.99£7.40How two men brought about the defeat of Louis XIV's previously unbeaten army and saved Europe from French domination - A Sunday Times BestsellerBy the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies dominated Europe. France defeated every alliance formed against... -
Roman Woman: Everyday Life in Hadrian's Britain by Lindsay Allason-Jones
RRP: £9.99£6.85Roman Britain is vividly portrayed in this fascinating and authentically detailed story about a year in the life of an ordinary woman and her family.The year is AD 133. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome and all its vast empire, including Britannia. The greater... -
Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe by John Buckley
RRP: £14.99£13.03Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and... -
The Anglo-Saxons by James Campbell 9780140143959 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.65This survey, an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England looks at political history, and religious, cultural, social, legal and economic themes are woven in. Throughout the book the authors make use of original sources such as chronicles,... -
The Anglo-Saxons by James Campbell
RRP: £20.00£15.29This survey, an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England looks at political history, and religious, cultural, social, legal and economic themes are woven in. Throughout the book the authors make use of original sources such as chronicles,... -
Magna Carta: The True Story Behind the Charter by David Starkey
RRP: £12.99£8.60'A soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta...his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining.' Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday'I thoroughly enjoyed this book... -
Lifting the Latch: A Life on the Land - Based on the Life of Mont Abbott of Enstone, Oxfordshire by Sheila Stewart 9780953221332 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953221332Author Sheila StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Day BooksPublisher Day Books -
Lifting the Latch: A Life on the Land - Based on the Life of Mont Abbott of Enstone, Oxfordshire by Sheila Stewart 9780953221332
RRP: £8.99£8.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953221332Author Sheila StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Day BooksPublisher Day Books -
The History of 30 Assault Unit: Ian Fleming's Red Indians by Craig Cabell
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Second World War spawned a plethora of crack special forces units (Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SBS, Phantom and Commandos) but 30 Assault Unit remains, even today, far more secretive and exclusive than the others. Formed by Ian Fleming, who was... -
The Moor: A journey into the English wilderness by William Atkins
RRP: £12.99£8.56Shortlisted for the 2015 Wainwright Prize In this journey across England's most forbidding and mysterious terrain, William Atkins takes the reader from south to north, exploring moorland's uniquely captivating position in our history, literature and... -
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England by Rory Muir 9780300273311
RRP: £12.99£11.46A portrait of Jane Austen's England told through the career paths of younger sons-men of good family but small fortune In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had... -
Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Kenneth O. Morgan 9780192853974 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£3.22First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century Britain examines the forces of consensus and of conflict in twentieth-century Britain. The account covers... -
Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Kenneth O. Morgan
RRP: £8.99£6.45First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century Britain examines the forces of consensus and of conflict in twentieth-century Britain. The account covers... -
One Hundred Letters From Hugh Trevor-Roper by Richard Davenport-Hines 9780198703112
RRP: £28.99£21.20The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper's life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a... -
An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War by Timothy Venning 9781473827820
RRP: £19.99£6.92With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and discusses how they might so... -
The British History Puzzle Book: From the Dark Ages to Digital Britain in 500 challenges and teasers by Philip Parker 9780712354400
RRP: £14.99£11.35A spectacular, puzzle-fuelled, myth-busting journey through the hidden history of Britain in 500 questions. Britain's history is one of the richest and most complex in Europe. From the first Stone Age settlers, through the Roman occupation, the waves... -
A Brief History of London by Jeremy Black
RRP: £12.99£3.32As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic turmoil, London found itself at a turning point. This critical moment presents an opportunity to look back, with a distinctive perspective, a focus on London in... -
Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction by John Morrill 9780192854001 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.36First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain sets the Revolution into its political, religious, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural contexts. It... -
Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction by John Morrill
RRP: £8.99£6.45First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain sets the Revolution into its political, religious, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural contexts. It... -
London Thames Path: updated edition by David Fathers
RRP: £11.99£8.00David Fathers presents a unique and richly illustrated guide to the London section of the Thames Path, newly updated to reflect the city's ever-changing landscape. The iconic path, which stretches from the lost floodplains of Richmond all the way to the... -
Ellesmere Port by Pat O'Brien
RRP: £14.99£11.55This fascinating selection of old photographs of Ellesmere Port shows the town in fine detail, and some of the major changes it has seen over the last hundred years. The once busy port with its warehouses and ships is portrayed in its heyday. We see the... -
Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513: Henry VIII, James IV and the battle for Renaissance Britain by George Goodwin 9781780221366 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.20Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.