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The Weaker Vessel by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: £16.99£11.94Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England.Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent... -
The Tudor Housewife by Alison Sim
RRP: £12.99£8.17The political and military history of the sixteenth century is well known, and much written about, but what of the thousands of women who have, for the most part, eluded the historian's pen? The Tudor Housewife aims to answer this question, providing a... -
The Man Behind the Tudors: Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by Kirsten Claiden-Yardley 9781526745538
RRP: £19.99£14.28Thomas Howard, 2nd duke of Norfolk, lived a remarkable life spanning eighty years and the reigns of six kings. Amongst his descendants are his granddaughters, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and his great-granddaughter, Elizabeth I. The foundations of... -
The Adoption Papers by Jackie Kay
RRP: £10.99£7.40Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter. The Adoption Papers won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. In 2022 The Adoption... -
Mallard: The Story of Britain's Most Magnificent Locomotive by Robin Jones
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658214Author Robin JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 596gDimensions(mm) 246mm *... -
Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney by Kate Kennedy
RRP: £35.00£28.14The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylumIvor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the... -
The Castle: A History by John Goodall
RRP: £19.99£17.37A vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of... -
Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Ree
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Astonishing ... enjoy its riches slowly, and savour every generous, erudite and undogmatic page' Boyd Tonkin, Financial Times'We English men have wits,' wrote the clergyman Ralph Lever in 1573, and, 'we have also framed unto ourselves a language... -
A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire by Neil Storey 9780752457680
RRP: £14.99£11.55A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, strange occurrences and heinous homicides, this almanac... -
Field of Shadows: The English Cricket Tour of Nazi Germany 1937 by Dan Waddell
RRP: £10.99£7.77Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. And Berlin in 1937 was not a time to be going against the Fuhrer's wishes. But hot on the heels of the 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix... -
The Mercenary River: Private Greed, Public Good: A History of London's Water by Nick Higham
RRP: £22.00£19.69Anyone interested in the real London needs to read this. - Andrew MarrNo city can survive without water, and lots of it. Today we take the stuff for granted: turn a tap and it gushes out. But it wasn't always so. For centuries London, one of the largest... -
This is Tomorrow: An Artist's History of Britain by Michael Bird
RRP: £30.00£14.97A compelling and lively history that examines the lives of British artists from the late-19th century to today. In This is Tomorrow Michael Bird takes a fresh look at the 'long twentieth century', from the closing years of Queen Victoria's reign to... -
The Little History of Kent by Susan McGowan 9780750990066
RRP: £14.99£11.55Kent has been the gateway to Britain since prehistoric man first set foot on our soil. Its people have repelled invaders including Julius Caesar, the Vikings and William the Conqueror, while welcoming migrants from countries such as France, Austria and... -
Stephen and Matilda's Civil War: Cousins of Anarchy by Matthew Lewis 9781526718334
RRP: £25.00£18.02The Anarchy was the first civil war in post-Conquest England, enduring throughout the reign of King Stephen between 1135 and 1154. It ultimately brought about the end of the Norman dynasty and the birth of the mighty Plantagenet kings. When Henry I died... -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
RRP: £12.99£8.63As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
Manchester at War 1939-45 by Glynis Cooper 9781473875753
RRP: £12.99£9.09Few could believe that within twenty years of the war to end all wars being won the world was once more at war. Veterans of the Great War feared going through the same horrific experience again and, even worse, many knew that this time their children... -
Roger Casement: 16Lives by Angus Mitchell
RRP: £16.99£13.09A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into... -
James II by John Miller 9780300087284
RRP: £18.99£16.18James II (1633-1701) lacked the charisma of his father, Charles I, but shared his tendency to dismiss the views of others when they differed from his own. Failing to understand his subjects, James was also misunderstood by them. In this highly-regarded... -
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew by A. N. Wilson 9780099451877 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.99£8.64When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power... -
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £20.99£14.94When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power... -
The Thousand Year Old Garden: Inside the Secret Garden at Lambeth Palace by Nick Stewart Smith
RRP: £16.99£12.94"A fascinating and intimate portrait of a garden over time ... Reading is like being given a rusty key to a beautiful secret garden." - Ben Dark, Author of The GroveHidden away behind high stone walls in the centre of London is Lambeth Palace Garden, a... -
The Earlier Tudors 1485-1558 by J. D. Mackie 9780198217060 [USED COPY]
RRP: £172.50£6.10This classic volume in the renowned Oxford History of England series examines the birth of a nation-state from the death throes of the Middle Ages in North-West Europe. John D. Mackie describes the establishment of a stable monarchy by the very competent... -
Old Greenock by Joy Monteith
RRP: £21.95£19.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333145Author Joy MonteithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly 9781785781889
RRP: £10.99£7.32'A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.' Caroline Criado-Perez, GuardianAlmost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong. Her novels don't... -
Dumfries & Galloway Folk Tales by Tony Bonning
RRP: £12.99£9.62Storyteller Tony Bonning brings together stories from one of the most enigmatic regions of Scotland: a land hemmed in by rivers and mountains; a land that vigorously maintained its independence, and by doing so, has many unique tales and legends. Here... -
The Oxford History of the British Army by David Chandler 9780192803115
RRP: £20.99£14.94From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf Campaign, from the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, this stimulating and informative book recounts the history of the British army from its medieval... -
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India by Christian Wolmar
RRP: £12.99£8.56India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its exploitation and reflect its ambition. But, by building India's railways, Britain radically changed the nation and unwittingly planted the seed... -
Power and Propaganda: Scotland 1306-1488 by Katie Stevenson
RRP: £23.99£21.85How did the later medieval kings of Scotland manipulate their power and alliances after the Wars of Independence? Power and Propaganda is a thematic reflection on the political history of late medieval Scotland, that considers the ways in which power... -
The Penguin History of Britain: New Worlds, Lost Worlds:The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1630 by Susan Brigden
RRP: £16.99£12.28No period in British history today retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. The leading figures of the time have become almost mythical, and the terrors and grandeurs of Tudor Britain have resonance with even the least historically... -
Old Ballynahinch by Rose Jane Leslie 9781840335811
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335811Author Rose Jane LeslieFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)... -
Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book 1939-1945 by Martin Middlebrook 9781783463602
RRP: £30.00£21.95Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win the war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous... -
Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650: An Introduction to the Reading of Documents by Grant Simpson
RRP: £20.00£14.05Reading original documents is the only way to achieve a sound basis in historical studies and to acquire a true perspective on cultural evolution. Much modern research has been applied to Scotland's history, but until this volume there has been no... -
OCR A Level History: From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846 by Mike Wells
£31.89Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resource.Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this... -
Cavalier: The Story Of A 17th Century Playboy by Lucy Worsley
RRP: £14.99£9.80William Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular image of a cavalier. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in... -
Bordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire by Nadine El-Enany
RRP: £14.99£10.95(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonial resistance. In announcing itself as postcolonial through immigration and nationality laws passed in the... -
Stonehenge: A Brief History by Professor Mike Parker Pearson
RRP: £19.99£16.70Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous monuments. Who built it, how and why are questions that have endured for at least 900 years, but modern methods of investigation are now able to offer up a completely new understanding of this iconic stone... -
The Eleanor Crosses: The Story of King Edward I's Lost Queen and her Architectural Legacy by Decca Warrington 9781909930650
RRP: £14.99£13.64The Eleanor Crosses begins in November 1290 with the untimely death in a Lincolnshire village of Queen Eleanor of Castile, beloved consort of King Edward I of England. A sombre journey of more than 200 miles must follow, to transport the queen's body to... -
Southampton at War 1939 - 1945 by John J. Eddleston 9781473870543
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the Great War of 1914-1918, Southampton played a vital role in the war effort. Designated as Port Number One it saw hundreds of thousands of men and many tons of equipment sail for the fields of Belgium and France. The Second World War was a... -
Sidmouth by Les Berry
RRP: £12.99£9.62When the future Queen Victoria arrived in Sidmouth in the early years of the last century many of the fine buildings which grace the modern town had just been built. Since then the resort has acquired an air of general respectability which the twentieth... -
The Little Book of Essex by Dee Gordon
RRP: £9.99£8.17The Little Book of Essex is packed full of entertaining bite-sized pieces of historic and contemporary trivia that come together to make essential reading for visitors and locals alike. It can be described as a compendium of frivolity, a reference book...