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Greyfriars Bobby: The Remarkable True Story of the World's Most Devoted Terrier by John Mackay 9781852173456
£3.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852173456Author John MackayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
The Historical Atlas of the British Isles by Alex Swanston
RRP: £19.99£16.50This atlas covers the history of the British Isles from earliest times to the present day.The first hunter-gatherers,who crossed into what would become our familiar islands by the land-bridge, and later followed by more familiar peoples the Celts,Angles,... -
Who Do the English Think They Are?: From the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit by Derek J. Taylor
RRP: £11.99£8.93The English are often confused about who they are. They say 'British' when they mean 'English', and 'English' when they should say 'British.' But when England, more than the rest of the UK, voted to leave the EU, polls showed national identity was a big... -
Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire by Richard Huscroft
RRP: £12.99£11.86This intriguing book tells the story of England's great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or... -
The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky 9781503635494
RRP: £11.99£8.71An incisive demonstration of how Orwell's body of work was defined by the four major conflicts that punctuated his life: World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Cold War. Few English writers wielded a pen so sharply as George Orwell,... -
George IV (Penguin Monarchs): King in Waiting by Stella Tillyard
RRP: £12.99£9.09George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king: as a pleasure-loving and rebellious Prince of Wales during the sixty-year reign of his father, George III, and for ten years as Prince Regent, when his father went mad. 'The days are very long... -
Directing the Tunnellers' War: The Tunnelling Memoirs of Captain H Dixon MC RE by Phillip Robinson 9781526714411
£24.73Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell: A Historical Guide to the Civil War by James Hobson 9781526734839
RRP: £12.99£8.32Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His actions and ideas still have political and social consequences today, and his... -
Flying Scotsman: The World's most famous steam locomotive: 2019 by Brian Sharpe
RRP: £14.99£9.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658023Author Brian SharpeFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm) 245mm *... -
Edward I by Michael Prestwich 9780300071573
RRP: £25.00£21.32Edward I-one of the outstanding monarchs of the English Middle Ages-pioneered legal and parliamentary change in England, conquered Wales, and came close to conquering Scotland. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as peacemaker during... -
Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin by Damian McBride 9781785908385
RRP: £14.99£11.13From 1999 to 2009, Damian McBride worked at the heart of the Treasury and No. 10. He was a pivotal member of Gordon Brown's inner circle before a notorious scandal propelled him out of Downing Street and onto the front pages. When he released his memoir... -
Around Lewisham & Deptford by John Coulter
RRP: £12.99£12.25Lewisham and Deptford have been a single borough since 1965, but they have very different histories. Deptford became an important shipbuilding centre after Henry VIII established a royal dockyard there; this attracted over heavy industry. Lewisham and... -
How Books, Reading and Subscription Libraries Defined Colonial Clubland in the British Empire by Sterling Joseph Coleman
RRP: £39.99£35.06How Books, Reading and Subscription Libraries Defined Colonial Clubland in the British Empire argues that within an entangled web of imperial, colonial and book trade networks books, reading and subscription libraries contributed to a core and peripheral... -
The Perilous Catch: A History of Commercial Fishing by Mike Smylie 9780752498003
RRP: £14.99£11.55For centuries Britain's commercial fishermen have ventured out into the ravages of the surrounding seas to bring fish back both to supply a home market and for export around the world. Fishing is one of history's most dangerous jobs, and when disasters... -
William Marshal: The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived by Robin Griffith-Jones
RRP: £6.00£4.44William Marshal, born about 1147, was the son of a minor lord who held the hereditary title of 'Marshal', or head of the king's security. He became a knight loyal to five kings, the most powerful man in the kingdom, the hero of Magna Carta and a saviour... -
Northfield Past & Present by Veronica Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.62This book includes a fascinating selection of previously unseen photographs drawn from the collections of local residents. Northfield has a beautiful conservation area about which much has been written, but the authors, John and Jean Smith, have... -
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: In Search of the Tudors' Most Notorious Queen by Susan Bordo 9781780745251
RRP: £12.99£9.09Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne's life and an illuminating look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is Anne so compelling? Why does she inspire such extreme... -
Constance Markievicz: Little Library 3 by John Burke 9780717184552
RRP: £9.99£7.11The third book in the Little Library series. When your collection is complete, you'll have a little library - and big knowledge! Discover the REVOLUTIONARY that was CONSTANCE MARKIEVICZ! Constance Markievicz grew up in Co. Sligo in the late 1800s... -
Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft & Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland by Emma Wilby
RRP: £42.50£39.25The confessions of Isobel Gowdie are widely recognised as the most extraordinary on record in Britain. Their descriptive power and vivid imagery have attracted considerable interest on both academic and popular levels. Among historians, the confessions... -
Glory in the Glen: A History of Evangelical Revivals in Scotland 1880-1940 by Tom Lennie
RRP: £12.99£8.83No nation on earth has a richer, more colourful, and more long-standing heritage of evangelical awakenings than Scotland - yet most people are unfamiliar with its dramatic legacy. Most historical studies stop at, or before, the Moody & Sankey Revival... -
WRNS: The Women's Royal Naval Service by Neil R. Storey
RRP: £8.99£6.45From cooks and clerks to weapons analysts and air mechanics, generations of women have served in the Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service or WRNS). The Royal Navy was the first of the UK armed services to admit women during the First World War with the... -
Around Bury St. Edmunds in Old Photographs: Britain In Old Photographs by Robert Halliday
RRP: £14.99£11.55This is a fascinating selection of images featuring the town of Bury St Edmunds along with many of its surrounding villages. Robert Halliday has collected together over 250 old photographs, and these, coupled with his informative captions, give an... -
Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Britain, 1933-1970: Their Image in AJR Information by Anthony Grenville
RRP: £19.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853038528Author Anthony GrenvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Lord Elgin and the Marbles by William St. Clair 9780192880536
£66.50`The British say they have saved the Marbles. Well, thank you very much. Now give them back.' Melina Mercouri, actress and politician Ever since the sculptures from the Parthenon arrived in England at the beginning of the last century, they have... -
The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels by Matthew Sweet 9780571234783 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29The Ritz, the Savoy, the Dorchester and Claridge's - during the Second World War they teemed with spies, con-artists, deposed royals and the exiled governments of Europe. And now, Matthew Sweet's West End Front is just as teeming with the incredible cast... -
The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels by Matthew Sweet
RRP: £12.99£8.56The Ritz, the Savoy, the Dorchester and Claridge's - during the Second World War they teemed with spies, con-artists, deposed royals and the exiled governments of Europe. And now, Matthew Sweet's West End Front is just as teeming with the incredible cast... -
Thomas White: Redesigning the Northern British Landscape by Deborah Turnbull
RRP: £39.99£36.67This volume aims to restore the reputation of Thomas White, who in his time was as well respected as his fellow landscape designers Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and Humphry Repton. By the end of his career, he had produced designs for at least 32 sites... -
Scandal of Colonial Rule: Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution by James Epstein 9780521176774
RRP: £25.99£21.99In 1806 General Thomas Picton, Britain's first governor of Trinidad, was brought to trial for the torture of a free mulatto named Louisa Calderon and for overseeing a regime of terror over the island's slave population. James Epstein offers a fascinating... -
Southwold: Britain in Old Photographs by John Miller 9780752454290
RRP: £14.99£11.55It is said, and not without some justification, that a picture is worth a thousand words. As it happens Southwold, very nearly England's most easterly town, is endlessly written about. Its charm, grace and pure magic have captivated writers and... -
Building Anglo-Saxon England by John Blair
RRP: £42.00£34.64Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of... -
The Secret History of Southend-on-Sea by Dee Gordon 9780752498041
RRP: £9.99£7.55The Secret History of Southend-on-Sea is full of intriguing information on the incredible residents, visitors and events that have played a part in Southend's story. Southend-on-Sea, the largest town in Essex, has had an amazingly rich history, and this... -
The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain’s Most Terrifying Prison by Nicholas Guyatt
RRP: £11.99£7.59'Beguiling.' The Times 'Compelling.' Wall Street Journal 'A vivid portrait.' Daily Mail Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and race. It's 1812 - Britain and America are at war. British... -
Women and Museums 1850-1914: Modernity and the Gendering of Knowledge by Kate Hill 9781526136671
RRP: £25.00£21.79This book recovers the significant contribution made by women to museums, not just in obvious roles such as workers, but also as donors, visitors, volunteers and patrons. It suggests that women persistently acted to domesticate the museum, by importing... -
A Hidden History of the Tower of London: England's Most Notorious Prisoners by John Paul Davis 9781526761767
RRP: £25.00£17.62Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilisation and... -
Britain's Secret War by Michael Smith 9780233003375 [USED COPY]
RRP: £30.00£2.80Britain's Secret War tells the astonishing story of how Britain's spies, boffins and special operations teams helped to win the Second World War. The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers in breaking the German Enigma cipher is estimated to have cut... -
The A-Z of Curious Essex: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Paul Wreyford 9780752489865
RRP: £14.99£11.55'Curious' is perhaps not the first word you would use to label Essex. But 'curiouser and curiouser' it becomes when you dig below the surface. Forget the popular image of Essex boy and girl. Come and meet larger-than-life characters, including the... -
The Women Who Shaped Politics: Empowering stories of women who have shifted the political landscape by Sophy Ridge
RRP: £10.99£7.40Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics. Never has the role of women in the political world ever been more on the news agenda, and Sophy has interviewed current and former... -
Coronation: The Crowning of Elizabeth II: 2023 by Hugo Vickers 9780957311961
RRP: £12.00£11.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957311961Author Hugo VickersFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote PressDimensions(mm) 198mm * 154mm * 12mm -
AQA GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Norman England, c1066-c1100 by Tim Jenner
£7.27Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the AQA GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of consolidation... -
John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning: The Life of John Wesley by Roy Hattersley
RRP: £12.99£8.60John Wesley led the Second English Reformation. His Methodist 'Connexion' was divided from the Church of England, not by dogma and doctrine but by the new relationship which it created between clergy and people. Throughout a life tortured by doubt...