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Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970 by David Edgerton 9780521672313
RRP: £43.99£37.56A challenge to the central theme of the existing histories of twentieth-century Britain, that the British state was a welfare state, this book argues that it was also a warfare state, which supported a powerful armaments industry. This insight implies... -
London Street Signs Map by Alistair Hall
RRP: £9.00£6.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912018864Author Alistair HallPage Count 2Imprint Blue Crow MediaPublisher Blue Crow MediaWeight(grams) 40gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 5mm -
Thomas Morley - Elizabethan Music Publisher by Tessa Murray
RRP: £80.00£77.01An essential book for scholars and students of renaissance music, as well as the history of music publishing and print. The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602) is best known as a leading member of the English Madrigal School,... -
How the Troubles Came to Northern Ireland by P. Rose 9780333949412
RRP: £89.99£89.87In a new book about Northern Ireland historian Peter Rose argues that if Harold Wilson's government in the late sixties had pursued a different policy the province might have been spared The Troubles. Wilson had promised the Catholics that they would be... -
The Story of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme: A New History of the Three Townships by Michael Billington 9780750987899
RRP: £19.99£15.02The townships of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme nestle neatly in a triangular area bordered on the south by the River Mersey, on the north-west by the River Irwell/Manchester Ship Canal and on the east by the M60 motorway. In this, the first substantial... -
The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327 by J.R. Maddicott
RRP: £31.49£29.84The Origins of the English Parliament is a magisterial account of the evolution of parliament, from its earliest beginnings in the late Anglo-Saxon period. Starting with the national assemblies which began to meet in the reign of King AEthelstan, it... -
Navigational Instruments by Dr. Richard Dunn
RRP: £8.99£6.45With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans has been crucial throughout human history. As seafarers attempted longer and longer voyages from the sixteenth century onwards in search of... -
1014: Brian Boru & the Battle for Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn
RRP: £11.99£9.00The date was Good Friday, April 23rd in the Year of Our Lord 1014. The most ferocious battle ever fought in Ireland was about to begin... In the three decades since Morgan Llyweyln wrote the bestselling novel Lion of Ireland, she has studied the... -
Dartmoor In Old Photographs by Tom Greeves 9780752431468
RRP: £12.99£8.32This fascinating volume of archive pictures recalls life as it once was on Dartmoor: the towns, the villages and the local people who lived and worked on the moor between the 1860s and 1950s. Illustrated with over 200 archive photographs and postcards,... -
Ruskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our World by Andrew Hill 9781843681755
RRP: £19.99£13.75The Ruskin Society Book of The Year. Who was John Ruskin? What did he achieve - and how? Where is he today? One possible answer: almost everywhere. John Ruskin was the Victorian age's best-known and most controversial intellectual. He was an art critic,... -
The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy by Ian Arthurson
RRP: £14.99£11.55Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York & Norfolk, the younger of the two sons of Edward IV imprisoned in the Tower of London by Richard III, and whose true fate is unknown to this day. He led... -
Forgotten Wars: The End of Britain's Asian Empire by Christopher Bayly
RRP: £16.99£12.28This extraordinary book is a vivid, highly original account of the creation of a new Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. It tells the definitive story of how India, Pakistan, Burma... -
The Rising (Centenary Edition): Ireland: Easter 1916 by Fearghal McGarry
RRP: £22.99£17.09The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin - it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen? What was the role of ordinary people in this extraordinary event? What motivated them and what were their aims?... -
Newhaven Court: Love, Tragedy, Heroism and Intrigue by Helen Murray
RRP: £17.99£14.87'This is the house by Cromer town ...'Built in 1884 as the grand summer home for the well-connected Locker-Lampson family, the red -brick, turreted mansion Newhaven Court once sat high on a windswept hill above Cromer. Before its dramatic destruction in... -
Kings & Queens of England: A Dark History: 1066 to the Present Day by Brenda Ralph Lewis
RRP: £19.99£14.65Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars;... -
Parties and People: England 1914-1951 by Ross McKibbin 9780199605170
RRP: £32.99£25.76The 'sequel' to his best-selling Classes and Cultures, Ross McKibbin's latest book is a powerful reinterpretation of British politics in the first decades of universal suffrage. What did it mean to be a 'democratic society'? To what extent did voters... -
Blind Jack of Knaresborough by Arnold Kellett
RRP: £14.99£11.55Jack Metcalf was blinded by smallpox at the age of six, but he did not let this stop him from leading an astonishing and adventurous life - becoming an expert horseman, gambler and guide. He eloped at the age of twenty-one; ran numerous enterprises;... -
Like Wolves on the Fold: the Defence of Rorke's Drift by Lieut. Col. Mike Snook 9781848325838
RRP: £16.99£12.28Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history. In the morning, a modern British army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable host at Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote border outpost on the... -
The Other Tudor Princess: Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII's Niece by Mary McGrigor 9780750966177
RRP: £12.99£9.62The Other Tudor Princess brings to life the story of Margaret Douglas, a shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor history - but who now takes centre stage in this tale of the bitter struggle for power during the reign of Henry VIII. Margaret is Henry's... -
The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year by Nick Groom
RRP: £14.99£10.95Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and runner-up for Countryfile Book of the Year. For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly... -
The Brief History of Lancashire by Stephen Duxbury 9780750985857
RRP: £9.99£7.55The Brief History of Lancashire starts, as all good histories should, with the beginning - the moment when the detritus of a dying star, spinning through the depths of the Milky Way, began to cool and coalesce, and rain - typically for Lancashire - began... -
Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy by Emma Griffin
RRP: £22.50£19.35The forgotten story of how ordinary families managed financially in the Victorian era-and struggled to survive despite increasing national prosperity"A powerful story of social realities, pressures, and the fracturing of traditional structures."-Ruth... -
Storied Ground: Landscape and the Shaping of English National Identity by Paul Readman 9781108424738
RRP: £30.99£27.17People have always attached meaning to the landscape that surrounds them. In Storied Ground Paul Readman uncovers why landscape matters so much to the English people, exploring its particular importance in shaping English national identity amid the... -
Soviet Bombers of the Second World War by Jason Nicholas Moore 9781781557167
RRP: £45.00£32.81Soviet bombers were a varied lot during the Second World War, ranging from single-engined biplanes such as the 1920's era Polikarpov U-2 to the excellent and modern twin-engined Tu-2 medium bomber. Although the use of four-engined strategic bombers was... -
The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age: Senior Service, 1800-1815 by Mark Jessop 9781526720375
RRP: £19.99£14.28In 1801 the newly forged United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland commenced life at war with France and her allies and remained so until 1815. After 1812 she had to shoulder the extra burden of a war against the United States of America. With conflict... -
Stuart Style: Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite by Maria Hayward
RRP: £47.50£40.64Winner of 'History Book of the Year' in Scotland's National Book Awards 2021 A brilliant book revealing the complex messages that Stuart fashion conveyed about individual rulers' personalities, and about kingship more broadly This is the first detailed... -
Gloves and Glove-making by Mike Redwood
RRP: £8.99£7.64From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions - insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles. Gloves have been used since prehistoric times, but in Britain their use as... -
Voices of Stanley by Jo Bath 9780752460376
RRP: £12.99£9.62Voices of Stanley is a remarkable compilation of oral history extracts drawn from the extensive Beamish Museum Audio Archive, recalling life in the area between 1880 and 1950. Vivid memories are recounted, including childhood and schooldays, work and... -
Worcestershire Railways: Britain's Railways in Old Photographs by Mike Hitches 9780752450575
RRP: £16.99£12.94The railways which operated in Worcestershire were controlled by the Midland Railway and the Great Western Railway, whose struggle for supremacy had considerable effect on the development of railways in the county. The most important route through the... -
The London LS: The Leyland National Bus in London Service by Matthew Wharmby
RRP: £25.00£13.95Dissatisfied with the reliability of its AEC Merlin and Swift single-deck buses, London Transport in 1973 purchased six Leyland Nationals for evaluation. Liking what it saw of this ultimate standard product, where even the paint swatch was of Leyland s... -
Glorious Goodwood: A Biography of England's Greatest Sporting Estate by James Peill 9781472128249
RRP: £25.00£16.78'Delightful' Daily Mail (Book of the Year)'Goodwood curator James Peill writes with a wonderfully light touch . . . The Goodwood story is extraordinary and rightly celebrated' Country LifeThe history of Goodwood, England's greatest sporting... -
Beside the Sea: Britain's Lost Seaside Heritage by Sarah Freeman
£13.23From the Victorian era to the early years of the 1960s, Summer in Britain meant a mass exodus, as millions of Britons boarded steam locomotives and charabancs to swap the drudgery of life in the country's industrial heartlands for the fleeting pleasures... -
The Spread the Happiness Approach: Happy Teachers, Happy Classrooms, Better Education: Happy Teachers, Happy Classrooms, Better Education by Shonette Bason-Wood
RRP: £29.99£27.04Both practical and inspiring, this book is designed to empower educators and school leaders to make clear and simple adjustments to their practice for a lasting impact on the happiness and well- being of staff and children and ultimately on academic... -
The Wild West in England by William F. Cody 9780803240544
RRP: £16.99£14.57Army scout, frontiersman, and hero of the American West, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was also a shrewd self-promoter, showman, and entrepreneur. In 1888 he published The Story of the Wild West, a collection of biographies of four well-known American... -
Queenship in Britain 1660-1837: Royal Patronage, Court Culture and Dynastic Politics by Clarissa Campbell Orr 9780719057700
RRP: £19.99£17.61Queenship in Britain 1660-1837 looks at the lives of successive Queens, Princesses of Wales and royal daughters, and considers how they used their powers of patronage and operated within the confines of royal family politics. With contributions from an... -
Yesterday's Cardiff Revisited: Britain in Old Photographs by Brian Lee 9780752465296 [USED COPY]
RRP: £13.99£5.89Following the success of Yesterday's Cardiff, Brian Lee has returned, accompanied by his daughter Amanda Harvey, to take the reader on a further pictorial journey through the Cardiff of yesteryear. Drawing on their detailed knowledge of the city's... -
Yesterday's Cardiff Revisited: Britain in Old Photographs by Brian Lee 9780752465296
RRP: £13.99£10.85Following the success of Yesterday's Cardiff, Brian Lee has returned, accompanied by his daughter Amanda Harvey, to take the reader on a further pictorial journey through the Cardiff of yesteryear. Drawing on their detailed knowledge of the city's... -
Ingenious Trade: Women and Work in Seventeenth-Century London by Laura Gowing
RRP: £34.99£30.09Ingenious Trade recovers the intricate stories of the young women who came to London in the late seventeenth century to earn their own living, most often with the needle, and the mistresses who set up shops and supervised their apprenticeships. Tracking... -
Promised Land: A Northern Love Story by Anthony Clavane
RRP: £16.99£12.28This is a book about football. It's about unconditional love for a club, even when it doesn't always seem to love you back. But it is also a book about much more than that.Anthony Clavane loves Leeds - certainly the football club, but also the city, and... -
The Tiger Moth Story by Alan Bramson
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809440Author Alan BramsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing