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Fife Folk Tales by Sheila Kinninmonth 9780750967532
RRP: €15.46€11.45Storyteller Sheila Kinninmonth brings together stories from the coastal fishing villages, rushing rivers, magical green farmland and rolling hills of Fife. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet Scottish Kings and Queens, saints and sinners,... -
Murder: The Biography by Kate Morgan
RRP: €11.89€7.90THE CRIMES. THE STORIES. THE LAW 'Fascinating' - Sunday Times 'Masterful' - Judith Flanders 'A page-turning read' - Prof. David... -
Chalfont St Peter & Gerrards Cross by Colin Seabright 9780752424934
RRP: €17.84€13.74A history of Chalfont St Peter & Gerrards CrossBook InformationISBN 9780752424934Author Colin J. SeabrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Bring up the Bodies (The Wolf Hall Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel
RRP: €11.89€8.50Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction 'Simply exceptional...I envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' Daily Mail ... -
Secrets Of Churchills War Rooms Compact Ed by J. Asbury 9781912423149
RRP: €17.84€12.85This magnificent volume, now in a smaller paperback format, gives you exclusive access to behind the glass partition at Churchill War Rooms, bringing you closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war - but won it. Go behind closed doors... -
The Enchanted Glass: Britain and Its Monarchy by Tom Nairn 9781844677757
RRP: €33.31€25.29In this acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, Tom Nairn deftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Family is nothing more than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere tourist attraction. Instead, he argues that the monarchy is... -
Man and the Natural World: Changing Attitudes in England 1500-1800 by Keith Thomas
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Man and the Natural World, an encyclopaedic study of man's relationship to animals and plants, is completely engrossing ... It explains everything - why we eat what we do, why we plant this and not that, why we keep pets, why we like some animals and... -
Edward Elgar and His World by Professor Byron Adams 9780691134468
RRP: €38.08€29.94Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. He rose from humble beginnings and achieved fame with music that to this day is beloved by audiences in England, and... -
The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster by Helen Carr
RRP: €13.08€8.47War, revolution, treason and love - the thrilling tale of Sir John of Gaunt brought to life by medieval history's rising star. 'The Red Prince announces Helen Carr as one of the most exciting new voices in narrative history.' Dan Jones Son of... -
Literacy and Popular Culture: England 1750-1914 by David Vincent 9780521457712
RRP: €48.78€40.73In l750, half the population were unable to sign their names; by l9l4 England, together with a handful of advanced Western countries, had for the first time in history achieved a nominally literate society. This book seeks to understand how and why... -
The Domestic Revolution by Ruth Goodman
RRP: €23.80€16.64'Ruth is the queen of living history - long may she reign.'Lucy WorsleyA large black cast iron range glowing hot, the kettle steaming on top, provider of everything from bath water and clean socks to morning tea: it's a nostalgic icon of a Victorian way... -
Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum by Kathryn Hughes
RRP: €17.84€11.54'Victorians Undone is the most original history book I have read in a long while' Daily Mail A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking account of what it... -
Windward Family: An atlas of love, loss and belonging by Alexis Keir 9781909770713
RRP: €10.70€6.10'Deeply moving' David Lammy'Honest, poetic and deeply researched excellence.' Paterson Joseph'A beautiful ode to migration, love and all that we do for family.' Florence Ọlájídé'It took two decades for me to go in search of the parts of myself I had left... -
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between by Mike Parker
RRP: €23.80€15.87A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is a... -
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... -
Around Spondon by John Hughes 9781845881832
RRP: €7.13€5.69Around SpondonBook InformationISBN 9781845881832Author John HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nonsuch PublishingPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 160gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 124mm * 10mm -
Filton and the Flying Machine: Images of England by Malcolm M. Hall 9780752401713 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€2.69From trams and trains and buses to ... Concorde. This is a story in photographs of the erstwhile Victorian farming villages of Filton and Patchway in Gloucestershire, through their metamorphosis into the urban communities of the supersonic era. It... -
Filton and the Flying Machine: Images of England by Malcolm M. Hall 9780752401713
RRP: €15.46€11.45From trams and trains and buses to ... Concorde. This is a story in photographs of the erstwhile Victorian farming villages of Filton and Patchway in Gloucestershire, through their metamorphosis into the urban communities of the supersonic era. It... -
The Glorious First of June: Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror by Sam Willis 9781849160391
RRP: €20.22€13.73France, early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins and is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents, two vast French and British fleets meet in the mid-Atlantic... -
Defeating the Panzer-Stuka Menace: British Spigot Weapons of the Second World War by David Lister
RRP: €29.75€21.44Weapons of myth and scandal, that is the best way to describe the spigot weapons deployed by the British in the Second World War. Unlike conventional mortars, a spigot mortar does not have a barrel through with the round is fired. Instead, the general... -
The Country and the City by Raymond Williams
RRP: €15.46€10.82Taking inspiration from classic authors from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy, Williams shines a light on our society's changing views of the rural and industrial landscapes in which we work and live.Our collective notion of the city and country is... -
The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland: From Earliest Times to the Present Day by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: €29.75€22.16Compiled by a team of leading historians, this is a wonderfully rich, lavishly illustrated history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The reader is taken on a journey from prehistoric times to the present day, examining such topics as the spread... -
Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War: A New History of the Second World War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There by Max Arthur 9780091897352 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.84€2.73Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War: A New History of the Second World War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There by Max Arthur
RRP: €17.84€13.03The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during WW2. As in the highly-acclaimed Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Max Arthur and his team of researchers... -
The Yorkshire Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore by Arnold Kellett 9781858250168 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858250168Author Arnold KellettFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Smith SettlePublisher Smith Settle -
The Great British Speeches by Simon Heffer 9780857383273 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€3.1550 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history. The speechmakers are: King Henry V;... -
The Great British Speeches by Simon Heffer
RRP: €15.46€10.2350 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history. The speechmakers are: King Henry V;... -
Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography by Claire Harman 9780241964439
RRP: €19.03€13.82Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 'One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years' Sarah Waters The poet Sylvia Townsend Warner rose to sudden fame with the publication of her classic feminist novel Lolly... -
Titanic the Ship Magnificent - Volume One: Design & Construction by Bruce Beveridge 9780750968317
RRP: €89.25€68.15The largest, most luxurious ship in the world, lost on her maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg in mid-Atlantic, Titanic has become the stuff of legends. Built at the peak of the race between the British, French and Germans to build bigger and... -
Shakespeare's Restless World: An Unexpected History in Twenty Objects by Neil MacGregor
RRP: €17.84€13.03The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. Shakespeare's Restless World uncovers the extraordinary stories behind twenty objects from the period to re-create an age... -
Chichester: An Illustrated History by Ken Green 9781859838518
€16.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859838518Author Ken GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Radio Broadcasting: A History of the Airwaves by Gordon Bathgate
RRP: €17.84€13.032020 marks the centenary of Marconi's experimental transmissions and this book seeks to commemorate this anniversary. The book examines the history of radio and traces its development from theories advanced by James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz to... -
Oxford A Level History for AQA: Industrialisation and the People: Britain c1783-1885 by Sally Waller
€47.72Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, Industrialisation and... -
Yorkshire: There and Back by Andrew Martin
RRP: €23.80€16.36In Yorkshire: There and Back, Andrew Martin celebrates Britain's most charismatic county, looking back at the Yorkshire of his 1970s childhood and as it is today.Journeying to every historic corner, Martin writes affectionally about its past, present and... -
Poole Park: The People's Park by Geoffrey Budworth
RRP: €15.46€11.45Constructed on 90 acres of land donated by Lord Wimborne for the express purpose of building a People's Park, Poole Park has catered for the town's residents through the decades with a variety of features, including a freshwater lake and duck pond,... -
Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest by Susan Brigden
RRP: €23.80€16.49Thomas Wyatt (1503?-1542) was the first modern voice in English poetry. His poetry holds a mirror to the secret, capricious world of Henry VIII's court, and alludes darkly to events which it might be death to describe. In the Tower, twice, Wyatt was... -
Cambridgeshire - The Glorious County by Graham Uney 9781841148786
RRP: €17.84€15.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841148786Author Graham UneyFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Centurion Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual: 1946 to present by Simon Dunstan
RRP: €29.75€21.44An insight into the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the British Army's most successfull post-war tank, The Centurion is significant in the history of British armoured fighting vehicles as well as being one of the most important... -
The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End by Duncan Barrett
RRP: €11.89€7.90Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten. 'On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the... -
Hadrian's Wall by David J. Breeze
RRP: €17.84€13.03A penetrating and lucid history of the best-known and most spectacular monument to the Roman Empire in Britain. Taking into account new research findings about the building of the Wall, Breeze and Dobson include fascinating details about the Roman army,...