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The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age by Leo Damrosch
RRP: €15.46€13.64The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernNamed one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review * A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 * A Kirkus... -
The Midwife by Susan Cohen
RRP: €9.51€7.44The midwife: medical professional, friend in a woman's hour of greatest need, potent social and cultural symbol. Though the role of midwife has existed since time immemorial, it is only since the Victorian era that it has been a recognised and regulated... -
Excellent Essex by Gillian Darley 9781910400678 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.84€3.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400678Author Gillian DarleyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Excellent Essex by Gillian Darley 9781910400678
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400678Author Gillian DarleyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
The History of the Port of London: A Vast Emporium of All Nations by Stone, Peter 9781399085229
RRP: €17.84€13.03The River Thames has been integral to the prosperity of London since Roman times. Explorers sailed away on voyages of discovery to distant lands. Colonies were established and a great empire grew. Funding their ships and cargoes helped make the City of... -
Isle of Wight from the Air by Jason Hawkes 9781841147789
RRP: €17.84€15.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841147789Author Jason HawkesFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
The Welsh in Liverpool: A Remarkable History by D. Ben Rees
RRP: €23.79€20.96This volume is the fruit of decades of research by the Revd D Ben Rees into the unique story of the Welsh people living in Liverpool and on the banks of the Mersey. It is a treasury of information about people and events in one of the most interesting... -
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem
RRP: €16.65€13.96The international bestseller that mesmerizingly charts quixotic journeys through London's past, Mudlark thrills Anglophiles and history lovers alike. Long heralded as a city treasure herself, beloved "Mudlark" Lara Maiklem tirelessly treks along the... -
Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages by Guy Halsall
RRP: €17.84€13.51King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied... -
Haunted Hampshire by Ruper Matthews
RRP: €19.03€14.58This well-researched book showcases almost 100 ghostly encounters from around Hampshire. The stories are arranged as a tour around Hampshire, guiding the reader on a journey through the New Forest, Winchester, Southampton, the edge of the Downs, the Test... -
Bizarre England: Discover the Country's Secrets and Surprises by David Long 9781782437611 [USED COPY]
RRP: €9.51€2.28An alternative journey around England, visiting the sights that are definitely not on the average tourist trail. In this charming book, David Long introduces the reader to some of the oddest and most interesting sights in England, such as: * Devon's... -
Kut 1916: The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq by Patrick Crowley
RRP: €22.60€17.52The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great... -
Warriors of the Word: The World of the Scottish Highlanders by Michael Newton
RRP: €29.75€26.41Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles... -
That Sweet Enemy: The British and the French from the Sun King to the Present by Robert Tombs
RRP: €29.75€22.16From Blenheim and Waterloo to 'Up Yours, Delors' and 'Hop Off You Frogs', the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry, misapprehension and suspicion. But it has also been a relationship of envy, admiration and affection. In the nearly two... -
Slavery in Early Mediaeval England from the Reign of Alfred until the Twelfth Century by David A. E. Pelteret 9780851158297
RRP: €35.69€25.93"At last a major topic in early medieval English history has found its author, who deals with it comprehensively and systematically."ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW "A landmark teatment...immensely enriches the debate about early medieval working... -
Bletchley Park Codebreakers by Ralph Erskine 9781849540780
RRP: €15.46€11.02The British codebreakers at Bletchley Park are now believed to have shortened the duration of the Second World War by up to two years. During the dark days of 1941, as Britain stood almost alone against the the Nazis, this remarkable achievement seemed... -
The Storm by Daniel Defoe
RRP: €15.46€10.82On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. Eyewitnesses reported seeing cows left stranded in the branches of trees and... -
September 1, 1939: A Biography of a Poem by Ian Sansom 9780007557233
RRP: €13.08€9.25This is a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. This is a book... -
Stoke City Match of My Life: Sixteen Stars Relive Their Greatest Games by David Lee
RRP: €11.89€4.86Sixteen Stoke City legends tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Potters fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts out for the... -
The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England by Alex Owen
RRP: €33.32€32.59A highly original study that examines the central role played by women as mediums, healers, and believers during the golden age of spiritualism in the late Victorian era, The Darkened Room is more than a meditation on women mediums-it's an exploration of... -
Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era by Andrew Scull
RRP: €36.89€33.75The Victorian Age saw the transformation of the madhouse into the asylum into the mental hospital; of the mad-doctor into the alienist into the psychiatrist; and of the madman (and madwoman) into the mental patient. In Andrew Scull's edited collection... -
The Grass Roots of English History: Local Societies in England before the Industrial Revolution by David Hey
€35.89In medieval and early modern Britain, people would refer to their local district as their 'country', a term now largely forgotten but still used up until the First World War. Core groups of families that remained rooted in these 'countries', often... -
Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770 by Emily Cockayne
RRP: €15.46€13.64A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences-traffic jams, noisy neighbors,... -
Diana: The Life and Legacy of the People's Princess by Brian Hoey
RRP: €15.46€10.27Fully illustrated with beautiful photographs, this special commemorative book by royal biographer Brian Hoey - who had the privilege of meeting Diana on several occasions - pays tribute to the life of this remarkable young woman. Diana, Princess of... -
Reading the Peak District Landscape by John Barnatt 9781848023796
RRP: €38.08€35.85The Peak District is a vital place with landscapes of great beauty from wild moorlands to walled fields around picturesque villages. There are few places in the world where such a rich history is visible in one relatively small but varied landscape. ... -
Northumbria: The Lost Kingdom by Paul Gething 9780752459707
RRP: €29.75€22.06Northumbria was one of the great kingdoms of Britain in the Dark Ages, enduring longer than the Roman Empire. Yet it has been all but forgotten. This book puts Northumbria back in its rightful place, at the heart of British history. From the impregnable... -
London's Truly Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn
RRP: €9.51€6.44More extraordinary but true stories from London's history. In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London's Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further foray into the weirder side of the capital, bringing us a... -
How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide by George Mikes 9780140081794
RRP: €11.89€8.46George Mikes has written many successful books on a variety of interesting subjects, but one so successful as those on the subject most central to his own experience: his adopted country. The first of these came out in 1946: the ever famous "How to be an... -
Engel's England: Thirty-nine counties, one capital and one man by Matthew Engel 9781846685729 [USED COPY]
RRP: €13.08€2.73England, says Matthew Engel, is the most complicated place in the world. And, as he travels through each of the historic English counties, he discovers that's just the start of it. Every county is fascinating, the product of a millennium or more of... -
Engel's England: Thirty-nine counties, one capital and one man by Matthew Engel
RRP: €13.08€9.25England, says Matthew Engel, is the most complicated place in the world. And, as he travels through each of the historic English counties, he discovers that's just the start of it. Every county is fascinating, the product of a millennium or more of... -
The Hidden Lives of Jack the Ripper's Victims by Robert Hume 9781526738608
RRP: €23.79€16.99Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly are inextricably linked in history. Their names might not be instantly recognisable, and the identity of their murderer may have eluded detectives and historians... -
Borrowed Time: The Story of Britain Between the Wars by Roy Hattersley
RRP: €15.46€10.23Called an uneasy peace, the twenty years between the wars were a time of turmoil - Britain saw a general strike and the worst economic crisis in its history, armed rebellion in Ireland and open revolt in India, a Prime Minister's resignation and the... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One: Not For Turning by Charles Moore 9780241573570
RRP: €47.60€35.69Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era.Charles Moore's biography... -
A History of Lancaster Castle by Colin Penny
RRP: €11.89€8.46LANCASTER CASTLE is one of Britain's major historic monuments. For over 900 years it has dominated the hilltop looking out over the river Lune and the city of Lancaster. Owned by Her Majesty the Queen in her role as Duke of Lancaster, the castle has a... -
The Great Wood: The Ancient Forest of Caledon by James Crumley
RRP: €11.89€7.97The Great Wood of Caledon - the historic native forest of Highland Scotland - has a reputation as potent and misleading as the wolves that ruled it. The popular image is of an impassable, sun-snuffing shroud, a Highlandswide jungle infested by wolf,... -
To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010 by T. M. Devine
RRP: €15.46€10.82Part of his trilogy on Scottish history, T. M. Devine's To the Ends of the Earth is a compelling account of the Scots as a 'global people', charting their forgotten role in the building of the modern world. The Scots are one of the world's greatest... -
Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London by Olivia Williams
RRP: €13.08€8.81Gin Glorious Gin is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the... -
Railway Empire: How the British Gave Railways to the World by Anthony Burton 9781473843691
RRP: €29.75€18.29The British were at the forefront of railway development for the first fifty years of the nineteenth century. Railway Empire tells the story of how the British gave railways to the world, not only in the empire, but also in other countries outside areas... -
Oxford Colleges by Annie Bullen
RRP: €8.93€6.43The University of Oxford offers 800 years of history: its 39 colleges are inextricably linked with the daily life of a busy city with beautiful buildings, cobbled lanes, and turrets and spires. Fully revised for 2019, and with a map to guide visitors,... -
Fight or Flight: Britain, France, and their Roads from Empire by Thomas F. Martin
RRP: €34.50€25.85Although shattered by war, in 1945 Britain and France still controlled the world's two largest colonial empires, with imperial territories stretched over four continents. And they appeared determined to keep them: the roll-call of British and French...