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The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation, 1800-2000 by Callum G. Brown
RRP: €45.21€39.72The Death of Christian Britain examines how the nation's dominant religious culture has been destroyed. Callum Brown challenges the generally held view that secularization was a long and gradual process dating from the industrial revolution. Instead, he... -
The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII by Retha M. Warnicke 9780521406772 [USED COPY]
RRP: €27.36€2.73The events which led to the execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen, in 1536 have traditionally been explained by historians in terms of a factional conspiracy masterminded by Henry's minister Thomas Cromwell. Retha Warnicke's fascinating and... -
The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII by Retha M. Warnicke
RRP: €27.36€22.46The events which led to the execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen, in 1536 have traditionally been explained by historians in terms of a factional conspiracy masterminded by Henry's minister Thomas Cromwell. Retha Warnicke's fascinating and... -
The Second World War Tank Crisis: The Fall and Rise of British Armour, 1919-1945 by Richard Taylor
RRP: €29.75€20.97British Second World War tanks performed so badly that it is difficult to bring to mind any other British weapon of the period that provokes such a strong sense of failure. Unfortunately, many of the accusations appear to be true - British tanks were in... -
Liverpool: The Story of a Football Club in 101 Lives by Anton Rippon 9781526767783
RRP: €17.84€13.03Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Headstart In History: Colonisation & Conflict 1750-1990 by Rosemary Rees
€37.70Aiming to provide challenge and stimulus for more able pupils, the "Headstart in History" books have high narrative content; extended writing opportunities and suggestions for further research; and links to websites, videos and historical fiction.Book... -
Gordon: The Origins of the Clan Gordon and Their Place in History by Ian Andsell 9781852172343
RRP: €4.75€3.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852172343Author Ian AndsellFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
The Idea of the Union: Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Realities and Challenges by John Wilson Foster
RRP: €15.46€14.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993560729Author John Wilson FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Belcouver PressPublisher Belcouver PressWeight(grams) 551g -
The Declaration of Arbroath: 'For Freedom Alone' by Edward J. Cowan
RRP: €11.89€7.97The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland's status as an independent sovereign state with the right to use... -
The King's Bed: Sex, Power and the Court of Charles II by Don Jordan
RRP: €14.27€4.18To refer to the private life of Charles II is to abuse the adjective. His personal life was anything but private. His amorous liaisons were largely conducted in royal palaces surrounded by friends, courtiers and literally hundreds of servants and... -
Images of Leicester by Leicester Mercury Group Ltd 9781859839195
€16.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859839195Author Leicester Mercury Group LtdFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
The Coalminers of Durham by Norman Emery 9780752450421
RRP: €23.80€17.90For as long as anyone can remember, coal has been the lifeblood of the communities of County Durham. In its heyday, in 1913, the region boasted 304 pits employing 165,246 people. Coalmining in Durham was recorded as early as the twelfth century and... -
A People's History of Walthamstow by James Diamond 9780750978996
RRP: €15.46€11.45Walthamstow is well known as the home of William Morris, a former greyhound racing track and the boy band East 17. It's also been home to communities of people for thousands of years. This history tells the unique story of Walthamstow from the area's... -
Brummie Kid by Graham V. Twist 9780752453910 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.84€2.69Brummie Kid is a fascinating recollection of the experience of growing up in the slums of Nechells and Aston. All the harshness of daily life is remembered here by local author Graham Twist. Despite hard living conditions and a distinct lack of money, a... -
People of Providence: Housing Estate and Some of Its Inhabitants by Tony Parker
RRP: €20.22€13.73Over a period of eighteen months Tony Parker interviewed the residents of an ordinary housing estate in South London. He listened to an assorted mixture of personalities - including a vagrant, two policemen, an often-convicted fence who was the mother of... -
Old Springburn by Andrew Stuart 9781872074122 [USED COPY]
RRP: €14.22€5.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074122Author Andrew StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 175mm * 4mm -
Old Springburn by Andrew Stuart 9781872074122
RRP: €14.22€12.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074122Author Andrew StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 175mm * 4mm -
Cannock Chase: The Second Selection by June Pickerill 9780752410760
RRP: €15.46€11.45This is the second volume of archive photographs featuring Cannock Chase. Its particular charm derives from the fact that it draws on the hidden treasure of local people's photographs and recollections. All aspects of life in the area are recalled:... -
Wolverhampton: A Century of Change by Alec Brew 9780752420653
RRP: €17.84€13.74This series of photos in the Images of England Series, this time by local author Alec Brew, depicts Wolverhampton, a central Midlands town. This collection covers the town centre as well as some of the surrounding areas, and records the changes that have... -
A Brief History of the Caribbean: Indispensable for Travellers by Jeremy Black
RRP: €11.89€8.09A concise history of the Caribbean's long and fascinating history, from pre-contact civilisations to the present day This is a concise history, intended for travellers, but of inestimable value to anyone looking for an overview of the Caribbean and its... -
Men and the Fields by Adrian Bell
RRP: €16.66€11.61Adrian Bell's travels through East Anglia and lowland Britain reflect a world on the brink of change. Published in 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, his down-to-earth descriptions of the countryside were shaped by his own life working the land... -
The Little Book of Oxfordshire by Paul Sullivan
RRP: €11.89€8.98The Little Book of Oxfordshire is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments,... -
The Wars of the Roses by Michael Hicks
RRP: €20.22€17.86The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were a major turning point in English history. But the underlying causes for the successive upheavals have been hotly contested by historians ever since. In this original and stimulating new synthesis, distinguished... -
Prehistoric Lancashire by David Barrowclough 9780752447087
RRP: €29.75€22.54What was life like for the prehistoric inhabitants of Lancashire? This is the first book to look at the history of the county from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age period. What emerges is a picture of a complex society that changed and developed with the... -
Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain by Nadine Akkerman
RRP: €17.84€15.86It would be easy for the modern reader to conclude that women had no place in the world of early modern espionage, with a few seventeenth-century women spies identified and then relegated to the footnotes of history. If even the espionage carried out by... -
The Vanished City: London's Lost Neighbourhoods by Tom Bolton
RRP: €15.46€10.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222290Author Tom BoltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor PressWeight(grams) 336g -
Cider Country: How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life by James Crowden
RRP: €11.89€7.90'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,... -
A Short History of the British Industrial Revolution by Emma Griffin 9781352003109
€31.45The industrial revolution stands out as a key event not simply in British history, but in world history, ushering in as it did a new era of sustained economic prosperity. But what exactly was the 'industrial revolution'? And why did it occur in Britain... -
Regiments of the Indian Army 1895-1947: The Indian Army of the Crown in Colour Paintings by ,Baudouin Ourari 9781911628958
RRP: €35.64€28.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628958Author Baudouin OurariFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
History of the Green Howards by Geoffrey Powell 9781473857971
RRP: €20.22€14.61Regimental histories abound, but few can be as stirring as this story of the fortunes of the famous Yorkshire-based Green Howards. Raised in 1688 in response to a call for loyal troops, the Green Howards have maintained their tradition of loyalty over... -
Negotiating Toleration: Dissent and the Hanoverian Succession, 1714-1760 by Nigel Aston
€127.951714 was a revolutionary year for Dissenters across the British Empire. The Hanoverian Succession upended a political and religious order antagonistic to Protestant non-conformity and replaced it with a regime that was, ostensibly, sympathetic to the... -
Early Modern England: A Social History, 1550-1760 by J. A. Sharpe 9780340577523
€47.02Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset
RRP: €17.84€10.61An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court.Elizabeth I ruled England in defiance of convention, exercising supreme authority in a man's world. With courage, brilliance and style, she reigned... -
This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton
RRP: €15.46€10.82WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWNAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'Fabulous, timely, a marvellous achievement' Spectator'A richly resonant work which recasts our understanding of the Elizabethan era' Daily TelegraphIn 1570, after plots... -
Wayward Women: Female Offending in Victorian England by Lucy Williams 9781473844872
RRP: €15.46€10.82We most often think of the Victorian female offender in her most archetypal and stereotypical roles; the polite lady shoplifter, stowing all manner of valuables beneath her voluminous crinolines, the tragic street waif of Dickensian fiction or the... -
Cornish Folk Tales for Children by Mike O'Connor 9780750984492
RRP: €11.89€8.98Join Jamie, the son of a travelling droll teller, as he journeys across Cornwall, a land steeped in myth and legend. Along the way you will hear mysterious and exciting tales like what happened when Bodrugan took his soldiers to capture Richard Edgcumbe,... -
The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron: 2022 by Christopher Tugendhat 9781913368531
RRP: €23.80€16.73The Conservative Party have been in power for 47 of the 65 years since the end of the Second World War. During that time the division within the party over Europe has been the enduring drama of British politics - from Churchill's decision not to join the... -
Execution: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain by Simon Webb
RRP: €20.22€15.40Judicial hanging is regarded by many as being the quintessentially British execution. However, many other methods of capital punishment have been used in this country; ranging from burning, beheading and shooting to crushing and boiling to death... -
Liverpool's Children in the 1950s by Pamela Russell
RRP: €20.22€18.16Full of the warmth and excitement of growing up in the 1950s, awakening nostalgia for times that seemed cosy and carefree with families at last enjoying peacetime, this book is packed with the experience of school days, playtime, holidays, toys, games,... -
Operators: On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service by James Rennie 9781781592625
€19.72Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the Operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off 14 Company prevent twelve. The...