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Skegness Through the Years by Skegness U3a Local History Society 9781539695042
RRP: $12.26$10.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539695042Author Skegness U3a Local History SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace... -
Gloucestershire Folk Tales by Anthony Nanson
RRP: $12.89$9.74Gloucestershire's stories go back to the days of Sabrina, spirit of the Severn, and the Nine Hags of Gloucester. Tales tell of sky-ships over Bristol, the silk-caped wraith of Dover's Hill, snow foresters on the Cotswolds, and Cirencester's dark-age... -
Power and Identity in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Rees Davies by Huw Pryce 9780199285464
RRP: $177.38$153.38Collecting sixteen thought-provoking new essays by leading medievalists, this volume celebrates the work of the late Rees Davies. Reflecting Davies' interest in identities, political culture and the workings of power in medieval Britain, the essays range... -
Battle of the Odon by Georges Bernage 9781473857612
RRP: $32.25$24.79The Battle of the Odon evokes the clash between the British Army and the II SS-Panzer Korps, as they attacked across the Odon Valley during Operation "Epsom" in June 1944. Using contemporary photographs and documents, this book provides day-by-day... -
Thatcher and Sons: A Revolution in Three Acts by Simon Jenkins 9780141006246
RRP: $20.63$14.98Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Paras: The Inside Story of Britain's Toughest Regiment. by John Parker 9781857828009 [USED COPY]
RRP: $10.31$2.95Formed at the personal insistence of Winston Churchill after the Nazi Blitzkrieg of Western Europe, the Parachute Regiment quickly acquired a formidable reputation as tough, fearless soldiers; it was the Germans themselves who christened then the 'Red... -
Paras: The Inside Story of Britain's Toughest Regiment. by John Parker
$16.27Formed at the personal insistence of Winston Churchill after the Nazi Blitzkrieg of Western Europe, the Parachute Regiment quickly acquired a formidable reputation as tough, fearless soldiers; it was the Germans themselves who christened then the 'Red... -
Burke and Hare by Owen Dudley-Edwards
RRP: $19.34$12.64In a boarding house in West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord rent. Instead of burying the body, the landlord, William Hare, and his friend, William Burke, fill the coffin with bark and sell the corpse to Dr. Robert... -
Beyond Empire by John T. Ducker
$57.44Beyond Empire looks at three decades of British colonial administration to assess the capacity of the independent governments of Africa to achieve independence. A wealth of archival material and a unique review of British press over those decades brings... -
No Future: Punk, Politics and British Youth Culture, 1976-1984 by Matthew Worley
RRP: $25.79$19.89'No Feelings', 'No Fun', 'No Future'. The years 1976-84 saw punk emerge and evolve as a fashion, a musical form, an attitude and an aesthetic. Against a backdrop of social fragmentation, violence, high unemployment and socio-economic change, punk... -
Britain's War Against the Slave Trade: The Operations of the Royal Navy s West Africa Squadron, 1807 1867 by Anthony Sullivan 9781399000017
RRP: $19.34$18.43Long before recorded history, men, women and children had been seized by conquering tribes and nations to be employed or traded as slaves. Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Arabs were among the earliest of many peoples involved in the slave trade, and across... -
The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race by James Cracknell 9781843545125
RRP: $23.21$16.71'Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.' The TimesWhen James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of... -
England Under the Stuarts by G. M. Trevelyan
RRP: $25.79$22.82'While Germany boasts her Reformation and France her Revolution, England can point to her dealings with the House of Stuart.' - G.M. Trevelyan, from the IntroductionEngland Under the Stuarts is an outstanding and highly engaging account of English... -
Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: $14.18$10.02From the bestselling author of The English comes Empire, Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr.The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from... -
Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India by Stanley Wolpert 9780195393941
RRP: $27.72$17.20Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947-condemned as a "shameful flight" by Winston Churchill-had a truly catastrophic effect on South Asia, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead in its wake and creating a... -
Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture by Ian Cobain 9781846273346
RRP: $12.89$8.64The official line is clear: the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutable: when faced with potential threats to our national security, the gloves always come off. Drawing on previously... -
The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England by Janina Ramirez
RRP: $19.34$14.13From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina'Ramirez blasts a powerful spotlight into the so-called Dark Ages' - Dan SnowSkulduggery, power struggles and politics, The Private Lives of the Saints offers an original and fascinating re-examination of... -
Housing in Urban Britain 1780-1914 by Richard Rodger 9780521557863
RRP: $33.53$28.37Why did slums and suburbs develop simultaneously? Did the capitalist system produce these, and were class antagonisms to blame? Why did the Victorians believe there was a housing problem, and who or what created it? What housing solutions were attempted,... -
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother by Hugo Vickers
RRP: $21.92$15.84Harold Nicolson called her 'the greatest Queen since Cleopatra', while Cecil Beaton called her 'a marshmallow made on a welding machine'. Stephen Tennant said: 'She looked everything that she was not: gentle, gullible, tenderness mingled with... -
Convicts in the Colonies: Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia by Lucy Williams 9781526756312
RRP: $16.76$14.13In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported beyond the seas'. These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in... -
Glasgow by Irene Maver
RRP: $30.95$28.70Glasgow is enshrined in the popular consciousness as a city of multiple and often contradictory identities. The 'Second City of Empire', the 'Venice of the North', 'Red Clydeside' and the 'Merchant City' are a few of the phrases that have been used to... -
Voices of North and South Ockendon by Cecilia Pyke 9780752499185
RRP: $16.76$12.41This warm and nostalgic collection of memories reveals the fascinating history of North and South Ockendon before, during and after the Second World War. The 1930s saw great change in South Ockendon as London Land Company, London County Council and Essex... -
A-Z Secret Birmingham Walks by A-Z maps
RRP: $9.02$6.19Discover hidden gems around Birmingham with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by local experts,... -
Normanton by Bryan Fraser 9780752415031
RRP: $16.76$12.41This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752415031Author Bryan... -
The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Sir Winston S. Churchill 9780486474748
RRP: $18.69$11.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486474748Author Sir Winston S. ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Pie At Night: In Search of the North at Play by Stuart Maconie
RRP: $19.34$14.13Factory, mine and mill. Industry, toil and grime. Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place. But, more than possibly anywhere else, the North has always known how to get dressed up, take itself out on the town... -
Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: $14.18$10.02Edward VI died a teenager in 1553, yet his brief reign would shape the future of the nation, unleashing a Protestant revolution that propelled England into the heart of the Reformation. This dramatic account takes a fresh look at one of the most... -
A Grim Almanac of South Yorkshire by Kevin Turton 9780752456782
RRP: $23.21$17.60A Grim Almanac of South Yorkshire is a collection of stories from the county's past, some bizarre, some fascinating, some macabre, but all equally absorbing. Revealed here are the dark corners of the county, where witches, body snatchers, highwaymen and... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire by Nigel Dalziel
RRP: $21.92$15.84The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles, through its ascendancy in Victorian times, to its ultimate collapse in the mid-20th century. It... -
The The Slow Downfall of Margaret Thatcher: The Diaries of Bernard Ingham by Bernard Ingham 9781785904783
RRP: $25.80$16.29Branded `the rough-spoken Yorkshire Rasputin', Bernard Ingham served as Margaret Thatcher's press secretary for virtually all of her eleven-year premiership, adroitly steering the government's relationship with the media - and the Prime Minister's... -
Cider Country: In Search of a Forgotten History by James Crowden
RRP: $24.50$16.91'James Crowden is Britain's best cider writer ... Cider Country is the book we've all been waiting for.' Oz Clarke Join James Crowden as he embarks on a journey to distil the ancient origins of cider,... -
The Last Rising: The Newport Chartist Insurrection of 1839 by David J. V. Jones 9781783160099
RRP: $16.76$12.51The Chartist movement is a core area of study in many history syllabuses. This new edition of a book first published in 1999, details the last of the Chartist insurrections in 1839. It looks at the full story of the rising, its origins and its aftermath,... -
The London Nobody Knows by Geoffrey Fletcher
RRP: $16.76$12.41Geoffrey Fletcher's London was not the big landmarks, but rather 'the tawdry, extravagant and eccentric'. He wrote about parts of the city no-one ever had before. This could be an art nouveau pub, a Victorian music hall, a Hawksmoor church or even a... -
Isaac Newton by James Gleick 9780007163182
RRP: $14.18$9.35From 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... -
Letters on England by Francois Voltaire
RRP: $16.76$11.73Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French... -
Haunted Whitby by Alan Brooke 9780752449258
RRP: $16.76$12.41The ruins of Whitby Abbey provide an ideal setting for ghost stories. Many ghostly experiences in the abbey grounds feature here, including an account of treasure hunters who were in search of rich pickings and were disturbed by an unimpressed spectre... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer
RRP: $25.80$18.43How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Cork Folk Tales by Kate Corkery 9781845885182
RRP: $16.76$12.41As the home of the famous Blarney Stone it is perhaps not surprising that the stories of County Cork could fill many libraries. Among its vast archive of myth and legend are tales of the Goddess Cliona, The Hag of Beara and the Giant Mac Mahon and the... -
Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme by Cliff 9780752421629
RRP: $19.34$14.90This fascinating collection of almost 200 photographs explores the areas of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme. One rural, isolated farming settlements, the growth and expansion of these areas has largest been the result of two daring schemes, the Bridgwater... -
Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair by Iain McLean 9780198295297
$72.61This engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical...