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Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessy 9780141004099 [USED COPY]
RRP: €23.79€2.80Winner of the Orwell Prize The second part of Peter Hennessy's celebrated Post-War Trilogy, Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence.'If the Gods gossip,... -
Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessy
RRP: €23.79€17.47Winner of the Orwell Prize The second part of Peter Hennessy's celebrated Post-War Trilogy, Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence.'If the Gods gossip,... -
The 1930s House Explained by Trevor Yorke 9781846740022
RRP: €10.70€8.81This is a guide to the style of houses built in the 1930s. Tradition continued to dominate the outside while inside art deco was all the rage. It contains many photographs and detailed drawings.About the AuthorTrevor Yorke is an experienced author and... -
East End Neighbourhoods by Brian Girling 9780752435190
RRP: €20.22€15.40The River Thames, with its docks, wharves and associated industries, has been a source of livelihood for generations of East Enders living in the historic riverside neighbourhoods of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Stepney, Poplar and adjacent areas... -
Merthyr, The Crucible of Modern Wales by Joe England
RRP: €22.60€16.20Merthyr Tydfil was the town where the future of a country was forged: a thriving, struggling surge of people, industry, democracy and ideas. It was the iron making capital of the world, and would become the crucible of modern Wales. The major figures... -
Welsh at Mametz Wood, The Somme 1916, The by Jonathan Hicks 9781784612382 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€4.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784612382Author Jonathan HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Welsh at Mametz Wood, The Somme 1916, The by Jonathan Hicks
RRP: €15.46€11.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784612382Author Jonathan HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
The House By The Thames: And The People Who Lived There by Gillian Tindall
RRP: €15.46€10.82Just across the River Thames from St Paul's Cathedral stands an old and elegant house. Over the course of almost 450 years the dwelling on this site has witnessed many changes. From its windows, people have watched the ferrymen carry Londoners to and... -
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson 9780241958049 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€3.15In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm.Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century, and discover a... -
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: €15.46€10.82In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm.Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century, and discover a... -
The Swordfish and the Star: Life on Cornwall's most treacherous stretch of coast by Gavin Knight
RRP: €13.08€8.47The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He catches the stories of a whole community,... -
Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland by James Crawford
RRP: €26.18€17.98From the presenter of BBC One's Scotland from the Sky You scramble up over the dunes of an isolated beach. You climb to the summit of a lonely hill. You pick your way through the eerie hush of a forest. And then you find them. The traces of the past... -
You Don't Want to Know: the grisly, macabre and most forgotten moments from history, science and beyond by James Felton
RRP: €15.46€10.23With his trademark brand of bulldozer-banter, Twitter legend James Felton guides you through the most morbidly fascinating facts you'll then wish you could forget.Ever wondered why the chainsaw was invented?* How authorities dealt with a beached whale... -
Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre by Kim Wagner
RRP: €15.46€13.64A 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: €29.75€21.44Get 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... -
Great Western, Pannier Tank Classes: An Overview of Their Design and Development by David Maidment 9781526734518
RRP: €47.60€36.64This is the tenth book by David Maidment in the Locomotive Portfolio' series and covers the large number of designs from 1860 onwards of 0-6-0 saddle tanks built for both the Great Western Railway and the independent railway companies in South Wales,... -
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources by Asser
RRP: €15.46€10.82Asser'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... -
No Middle Path: The Civil War in Kerry by Owen O’Shea
RRP: €17.84€15.86Apologies 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: €19.03€14.58Unseen 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: €13.08€8.63From 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: €16.65€15.05This 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: €11.89€8.46On 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: €23.79€17.47An 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: €15.46€3.37This 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: €15.46€11.45This 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: €15.46€10.09An 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
€24.44With 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: €10.12€8.52Apologies 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)... -
Rewriting the Troubles: War and Propaganda, Ireland and Algeria by Patrick Anderson 9783949573026
RRP: €21.42€18.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783949573026Author Patrick AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 379Imprint Greenisland PressPublisher Elsinor Verlag e.K.Weight(grams) 539g -
The Victorian Master Criminal: Charles Peace and the Murders of Cock and Dyson by David C. Hanrahan 9780750962971
RRP: €20.22€15.40On 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... -
A History Book for Scots: Selections from the Scotichronicon by Walter Bower 9781906566593
RRP: €20.22€14.38Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon - 'a history book for Scots'. It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the... -
Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Earl Charles Spencer
RRP: €13.08€8.81How 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: €11.89€8.15Roman 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: €17.84€15.51Historian 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: €23.80€3.15This 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: €23.80€18.20This 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: €15.46€10.23'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: €10.70€2.49Apologies 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 -
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England by Rory Muir 9780300273311
RRP: €15.46€13.64A 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... -
The Naked Hermit: A Journey to the Heart of Celtic Britain by Nick Mayhew-Smith
RRP: €27.36€19.85Descending 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...