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British Tank Crewman 1939-45 by Neil Grant
RRP: $19.34$14.13Great Britain had introduced the tank to the world during World War I, and maintained its lead in armoured warfare with the 'Experimental Mechanised Force' during the late 1920s, watched with interest by German advocates of Blitzkrieg. Despite these... -
Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire by Henrietta Lidchi 9781526163622
RRP: $32.25$28.42At a time of heightened international interest in the colonial dimensions of museum collections, Dividing the Spoils provides new perspectives on the motivations and circumstances whereby collections were appropriated and acquired during colonial... -
The Green London Way: Walking the City's History and Wildlife by Bob Gilbert 9781907103452
RRP: $18.06$17.36The Green London Way is an alternative approach to the exploration of London. The book describes a hundred mile walk circling the capital, but, uniquely, also offers insightful histories of London's people and a commentary on its abundant local wildlife... -
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain by Stephen Taylor
RRP: $16.76$11.04Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as... -
Divided Kingdom: A History of Britain, 1900 to the Present by Pat Thane
RRP: $33.53$30.46How has the UK evolved into the country it is today? This clear, comprehensive survey of its history since 1900 explores the political, economic, social and cultural changes which have divided the nation and held it together, and how these changes were... -
Central Birmingham 1920-1970: Images of England by Keith Turner
RRP: $16.76$12.41This companion volume to Central Birmingham 1870-1920 captures the changing face of the city over a further half century using a selection of nearly 200 old photographs, many of which have never before been published. The book portrays not just the... -
Pride & Passion in Bury by Eamon Kavanagh
$20.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911625Author Eamon KavanaghFormat PaperbackPage Count 329Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Hackney from Stamford Hill to Shoreditch by Gavin Smith 9780752418186
RRP: $19.34$14.90Hackney from Stamford Hill to Shoreditch in old photographsBook InformationISBN 9780752418186Author Gavin SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd -
Tewkesbury 1471 by Steven Goodchild
RRP: $19.34$14.13On 4 May 1471 the forces of Lancaster under the Duke of Somerset and those of York under Edward IV clashed at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire in one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses. Edward's overwhelming victory secured for him the throne... -
The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell 9780140436624
RRP: $32.25$24.02In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed... -
The Intelligence War against the IRA by Thomas Leahy
RRP: $30.95$24.56The exposure of two senior republicans as informers for British intelligence in 2005 led to a popular perception that the IRA had 'lost' the intelligence war and was pressurised into peace. In this first in-depth study across the entire conflict, Thomas... -
British Battles 493-937: Mount Badon to Brunanburh by Andrew Breeze 9781839980701
RRP: $32.25$30.68British Battles 493-937 deals with thirteen conflicts, either locating them correctly or explaining some of their aspects which have puzzled historians. They include the following: Mount Badon (493) at Braydon, Wiltshire; battles of the British hero... -
The First Bohemians: Life and Art in London's Golden Age by Vic Gatrell
RRP: $21.92$15.84The colourful, salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden - the creative heart of Georgian London - from Wolfson Prize-winning author Vic GatrellSHORT-LISTED FOR THE HESSELL TILTMAN PRIZE 2014In the teeming, disordered, and sexually... -
Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides by David Yeadon
RRP: $12.89$8.57For many armchair travelers the Outer Hebrides of Scotland epitomize the beauty and remoteness of island life. And the most dramatic of all the Hebrides is Harris, where the legendary Harris Tweed is woven by local crofters, reflecting the strength,... -
Landscape and Englishness by David Matless 9781780235813
RRP: $15.47$15.42Landscape has been central to definitions of Englishness for centuries. David Matless argues that landscape has been the site where English visions of the past, present and future have met in debates over questions of national identity, disputes over... -
Wiltshire Folk Tales by Kirsty Hartsiotis
RRP: $16.76$12.41These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties are vividly retold by local storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, these thirty stories from Wiltshire reflect the wisdom of the county... -
The Jacobites: Britain and Europe, 1688-1788 2nd Edition by Daniel Szechi
RRP: $32.25$23.12The product of forty years of research by one of the foremost historians of Jacobitism, this book is a comprehensive revision of Professor Szechi's popular 1994 survey of the Jacobite movement in the British Isles and Europe. Like the first edition, it... -
King Stephen and the Anarchy: Civil War and Military Tactics in Twelfth-Century Britain by Chris Peers 9781473863675
RRP: $25.79$18.42The Anarchy, the protracted struggle between Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda for the English crown between 1135 and 1154, is often seen as a disastrous breakdown in one of the best-governed kingdoms of medieval Europe. But perhaps the impact of... -
Culloden: Great Battles by Murray Pittock
RRP: $16.76$11.73The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite... -
Insanitary City: Henry Littlejohn and the Condition of Edinburgh by Paul Laxton 9781859362204
RRP: $32.24$26.32Dr Henry Littlejohn's Report on the Sanitary Condition of Edinburgh (1865) was a landmark in urban management and public health administration. The Lancet described it as 'monumental'. The Report had a significance far beyond the boundaries of Edinburgh... -
Southern Region Electro Diesel Locomotives and Units: A Pictorial Survey by David Cable 9781526720610
RRP: $38.70$18.03The electro-diesel locomotives and multiple units used by the Southern Region of British Railways, were unique to this region. The locomotives of class 73 were used extensively throughout the region, in particular on Gatwick Express services, as well as... -
Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past by James Stourton 9781838933173
RRP: $19.34$14.13What is heritage? When was it invented? What is its place in the world today? What is its place tomorrow? Heritage is all around us: millions belong to its organisations, tens of thousands volunteer for it, and politicians pay lip service to it. When... -
Notelets of Filth: A Companion Reader to MLM's Emilia by Laura Kressly
RRP: $45.14$39.80This collection of short, accessible essays serves as a supplementary text to Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's play, Emilia. Critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences, this innovative and ground-breaking show is a speculative history, an imaginative... -
Mixing It: Diversity in World War Two Britain by Wendy Webster 9780198735762
$49.38During the Second World War, people arrived in Britain from all over the world as troops, war-workers, nurses, refugees, exiles, and prisoners-of-war-chiefly from Europe, America, and the British Empire. Between 1939 and 1945, the population in Britain... -
A History of Ireland in 100 Episodes: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Ireland by Jonathan Bardon 9780717190003
RRP: $28.37$20.14A sweeping, accessible history of Ireland adapted from Dr Jonathan Bardon's BBC series This authoritative and comprehensive history of Ireland, written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and completed by his former editor Fergal Tobin, covers the entire history of... -
A History of Norfolk by Chris Barringer 9781859362334
RRP: $32.25$24.02The story of Norfolk and its people began almost a million years ago on the foreshore at Happisburgh. It has a history stretching back into the dimmest mists of time, across whose soil some of our most celebrated national fi gures have walked - from... -
VCs of the First World War: Arras and Messines 1917 by Gerald Gliddon 9780752466040
RRP: $12.89$9.74For much of the First World War, the opposing armies on the Western Front were at a stalemate, with an unbroken line of fortified trenches stretching from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. The Allied objective after the bloody Battle of the Somme... -
Prince Harry: The Inside Story by Duncan Larcombe 9780008196486
RRP: $15.47$11.61** Now updated to cover Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement. ** Prince Henry of Wales has emerged as the unexpected jewel in the crown of the modern British monarchy. Despite his unruly antics, for which he's made headlines all over the world, Harry has... -
Shaping the Nation: England 1360-1461 by Gerald Harriss
$75.21The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses... A succession of dramatic social and political events reshaped England in the period 1360 to 1461. In his lucid and penetrating account of this formative period, Gerald... -
Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England by Dan Jones
RRP: $11.60$8.321215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history - saw England engulfed by crisis. Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the... -
A University Education by David Willetts
RRP: $25.79$18.94Universities have a crucial role in the modern world. In England, entrance to universities is by nation-wide competition which means English universities have an exceptional influence on schools--a striking theme of the book. This important book first... -
Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape by Jeremy Harte
RRP: $25.80$18.43According to legend, the English landscape - so calm on the surface - is really the Devil's work. Cloven Country tells of rocks hurled into place and valleys carved out by infernal labour. The Devil's hideous strength laid down great roads in one night,... -
Sport and Ireland: A History by Paul Rouse
RRP: $38.04$35.02This is the first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. Sport and Ireland demonstrates that there are aspects of Ireland's sporting history... -
The Railway Navvies: A History of the Men who Made the Railways by Terry Coleman
RRP: $16.76$11.73This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways - the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank and brawled their way across nineteenth-century England. Preached at and plundered, sworn at and swindled, this anarchic... -
County Durham Folk Tales by Adam Bushnell 9780750981507
RRP: $12.89$9.74Storyteller and author Adam Bushnell brings together stories from the rugged coastlines, limestone cliffs, remote moorland, pastoral dales and settled coalfields of County Durham. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet the evil fairies of... -
Scotland by Douglas Skelton
RRP: $12.89$8.77For a country with a relatively small population, Scotland has had a massive impact on the world. This intriguing miscellany uncovers the culture surrounding its shores, and celebrates the many characters, legends, firsts and inventions that have shaped... -
Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition by Sian Evans
RRP: $16.76$11.09'ENORMOUS FUN' GUARDIAN'SO ENTERTAINING' THE TIMES'GOSSIPY, LIGHT AND FUN' TLSQueen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor, who went on to become the first female MP, and Mrs... -
The Tyne Bridge: Icon of North-East England by Paul Brown
RRP: $21.92$19.75The Tyne Bridge, opened in 1928 by King George V, is one of Britain's most iconic structures, a Grade II* listed building. Linking Newcastle and Gateshead, this symbol of Tyneside and the region is also a monument to the Tyne's industrial past. Paul... -
Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of African London by Jimi Famurewa
RRP: $24.50$18.82A journey into the extraordinary, vibrant world of Black African London which is shaping modern Britain. What makes a Londoner? What is it to be Black, African and British? And how can we understand the many tangled roots of our modern nation without... -
Croydon and Waddon by Raymond Wheeler 9780752443010
RRP: $19.34$14.90All aspects of everyday life are recorded here, from shops, businesses, churches and schools to work and leisure, day trips and days off. The landscapes and landmarks of the town and its surrounding areas are captured in this valuable historical record...