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British Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After by Norman Friedman
RRP: $97.50$68.68The Royal Navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the First World War, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the Second. This book tells the dramatic story of British coastal forces, both offensive and defensive, in... -
The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour
RRP: $29.23$21.35'Superb, beautifully written, touching and occasionally very funny' Andrew RobertsDavid Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its... -
Set Adrift Upon the World: The Sutherland Clearances by James Hunter 9781839830303
RRP: $29.23$21.00Winner of Saltire Scottish History Book of the Year They would be better dead, they said, than set adrift upon the world. But set adrift they were - thousands of them, their communities destroyed, their homes demolished and burned. Such were the... -
Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership by Victoria Glendinning
RRP: $21.43$14.14From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography. 'It's Succession in tailcoats and spats ... This is a vivid and... -
Flagship History - Britain 1783-1918 by Derrick Murphy
RRP: $52.63$28.88A revised and expanded edition of the bestselling Britain 1815-1918. Includes historical interpretations, document source questions, explanation of difficult words and concepts and a study skills section for exam preparation. Study... -
OCR A Level History: From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846 by Mike Wells
$62.19Exam 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... -
Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens by Lucile H. Brockway 9780300091434
$37.38This widely acclaimed book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerful nation. Lucile Brockway examines how... -
The Turning Point: A Year in the Life of Charles Dickens by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
RRP: $48.75$35.14*A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 PICK IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN*From the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice comes a major new biography of Charles Dickens, tracing the year that would transform his... -
Breaking the Maafa Chain by Anni Domingo
RRP: $19.48$13.86Breaking the Maafa Chain chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to America was an illegal but lucrative businessNineteenth century-Two sisters, Fatmata and Salimatu, are... -
Charles Dickens: The Man, The Novels, The Victorian Age Lucinda Hawksley 9780233006055
RRP: $39.00$26.81Charles Dickens is the definitive illustrated guide to the man and his works with images of documents from Dickens' personal archive written by one of descendants. It follows Dickens from early childhood, including his time spent as a child labourer, and... -
Curzon: Imperial Statesman by David Gilmour
RRP: $37.03$26.54'A fast-moving, entertaining and finely written story' Simon Schama'Masterly ... a remarkable portrait of a brilliant complex and tragic genius' William Dalrymple, Los Angeles TimesGeorge Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched ... -
Kings of Georgian Britain by Catherine Curzon 9781473871229
RRP: $38.98$27.85For over a century of turmoil, upheaval and scandal, Great Britain was a Georgian land. From the day the German-speaking George I stepped off the boat from Hanover, to the night that George IV, bloated and diseased, breathed his last at Windsor, the four... -
Britain at War with the Asante Nation 1823-1900: 'the White Man's Grave' by Stephen Manning
RRP: $38.98$27.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526786029Author Stephen ManningFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword MilitaryWeight(grams) 152g -
The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby: Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869 by Angus Hawkins 9780199605149
RRP: $107.25$106.70Lord Derby was the first British statesman to become prime minister three times. He remains the longest serving party leader in modern British politics, heading the Conservative party for twenty-two years from 1846 to 1868. He abolished slavery in the... -
Victorian London: The Life of a City 1840-1870 Liza Picard 9780753820902
RRP: $29.23$19.11From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London.Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this book is the product of the author's passionate... -
A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter 9780571372294
RRP: $25.33$16.69Wine and dine with Victorian London's literati in a heatwave in one of the first ever group biographies, introduced by Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting).Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and... -
Mr Horniman's Walrus: Legacies of a Remarkable Victorian Family by Clare Paterson
RRP: $39.00$26.62'This has everything I love in a book; drama, intrigue and a giant, stuffed mammal.' Sue PerkinsMr Horniman's Walrus tells the story of the rise and fall of three generations of a remarkable and dysfunctional Victorian family - the Hornimans - exploring... -
The Victorians Jeremy Paxman 9781846077449
RRP: $39.00$27.87Jeremy Paxman's unique portrait of the Victorian age takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, he tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that... -
Fifty Things You Need To Know About British History by Hugh Williams
RRP: $29.23$18.92What are the 50 key events you need to understand to grasp British history? If you could choose the 50 things that define British history, events of significance not only in themselves, but in their importance to wider themes running through... -
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy A. N. Wilson 9781782398318
RRP: $48.75$33.13Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail 'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'Enthralling' Daily Telegraph For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of... -
William IV (Penguin Monarchs): A King at Sea by Roger Knight
RRP: $9.73$7.41'He had brought nothing but trouble to the navy: how would he fare as King?'Known as the 'Sailor King', William IV was sent to join the navy by his father to discipline him, but instead became notorious for his calamitous years of service, his debts... -
Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Maxine Berg 9780199272082
RRP: $224.25$139.35Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the eighteenth century. It follows these goods, from china tea ware to all sorts of metal ornaments... -
The Murder of the Whitechapel Mistress: Victorian London's Sensational Murder Mystery by Neil Watson 9781399049740
RRP: $48.75$34.36Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Industry and Empire: From 1750 to the Present Day E J Hobsbawm 9780140257885
RRP: $29.23$21.35This outstanding history describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the... -
The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada, 1784-1855: Glengarry and Beyond by Lucille H. Campey 9781897045015
RRP: $38.98$37.44Glengarry, Upper Canada's first major Scottish settlement, was established in 1784 by Highlanders from Inverness-shire. Worsening economic conditions in Scotland, coupled with a growing awareness of Upper Canadas opportunities, led to a growing tide of... -
The King's Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby by Michael K. Jones 9780521447942
RRP: $79.93$74.37This is a study of the life of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and foundress of two Cambridge colleges. It is at once the first biography of Lady Margaret to explore the full range of archival sources, and one of the best-documented studies of any... -
A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain by Simon Goldhill 9780226527284
RRP: $46.80$44.91We can begin with a kiss, though this will not turn out to be a love story, at least not a love story of anything like the usual kind. So begins A Very Queer Family Indeed, which introduces us to the extraordinary Benson family. Edward White Benson... -
The London Town Garden, 1700-1840 by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan 9780300085389
RRP: $78.00$68.62Much has been written about London's terraced houses with their simple dignity, their economical use of space, and their sense of comfort and human scale. Yet the small gardens that lie before or behind the houses in this great city have until now been... -
Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper Neil Buttery 9781399084475
RRP: $39.00$27.87The great Elizabeth Raffald used to be a household name, and her list of accomplishments would make even the highest of achievers feel suddenly impotent. After becoming housekeeper at Arley Hall in Cheshire at age twenty-five, she married and moved to... -
Victoria (Penguin Monarchs): Queen, Matriarch, Empress by Jane Ridley
RRP: $13.63$10.00The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackQueen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial,... -
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire by Julie Kavanagh
RRP: $25.33$16.69ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2021'The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar, but Kavanagh recounts it with a great sense of drama... Kavanagh's account reminds me of the very best of true crime.' The Times (Book of the Week)On a... -
The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter by Matthew Dennison 9781789544701
RRP: $19.48$13.86Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the last-born - in 1866 - of Victoria and Albert's children, and she would outlive all of her siblings to die as recently as 1944. Her childhood coincided with her mother's extended... -
The Pinecone by Jenny Uglow
RRP: $33.13$22.58The Pinecone is set in the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, where a masterpiece in Victorian architecture stands - the strangest and most magical church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and... -
A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present Ellis Wasson (University of Delaware, USA) 9781118869017
RRP: $60.35$54.31Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession to the... -
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem
RRP: $27.28$22.35The 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... -
An Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys in Nature and Culture by Alison Bashford 9780241434321
RRP: $58.50$42.80In his early twenties, poor, racked with depression, becalmed in the Coral Sea on the seemingly endless survey mission of HMS Rattlesnake, hopelessly in love with Henrietta Heathorn, a young Englishwoman in Sydney, Thomas Henry Huxley was a nobody. And... -
One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 by Rosemary Ashton
RRP: $25.33$22.35A unique, colorful view of Victorian London when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured "the Great Stink" across one hot summer While 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the... -
A Cultural History of the British Empire by John MacKenzie
RRP: $48.75$40.79A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world As the British Empire expanded across the globe, it exported more than troops and goods. In every colony, imperial... -
Property and Politics 1870-1914: Landownership, Law, Ideology and Urban Development in England by Avner Offer 9780521129985
RRP: $60.43$55.93Landed and urban property exercised a powerful influence on social policy, urban development and national party politics in Victorian and Edwardian England. This book presents an innovative study of the economic, legal and social foundations of the... -
Victorian Scrapbook Robert Pole 9780954795498
RRP: $29.15$21.02The Victorian Era represents the cradle of our modern society - a time when social change and new technology heralded an industrialised economy. By the time of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, claims were proudly made of the progress since her...