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Arras Counter-Attack 1940 by Tim Saunders 9781473889125
RRP: $25.33$17.73On 21 May 1940 during the ill-fated Dunkirk Campaign the British launched an operation spearheaded by two tank regiments to help secure the city of Arras. This was the only significant armoured operation mounted by the British during the campaign. ... -
12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend by Massimiliano Afiero
RRP: $48.65$33.60Created in 1943 from members of the Hitler Youth born in 1926, the division was attached to I SS Panzer Corps in March 1944 and transferred to Normandy. Based around Caen, it was intended to repel a possible and expected invasion from the sea. When the... -
The Battle for Heraklion. Crete 1941: The Campaign Revealed Through Allied and Axis Accounts by Yannis Prekatsounakis
RRP: $48.75$35.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336011Author Yannis PrekatsounakisFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Avignon and Its Papacy, 1309-1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society by Joelle Rollo-Koster 9780810894990
RRP: $58.50$54.64With the arrival of Clement V in 1309, seven popes ruled the Western Church from Avignon until 1378. Joelle Rollo-Koster traces the compelling story of the transplanted papacy in Avignon, the city the popes transformed into their capital. Through an... -
The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750: Volume II: Cultures and Power by Hamish Scott 9780198820574
RRP: $79.93$78.96This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and... -
Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Belgian Nuns and their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis by Suzanne Vromen 9780199739059
RRP: $46.78$31.55In the terrifying summer of 1942 in Belgium, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe haven for their children. As Suzanne Vromen reveals in Hidden Children of the Holocaust , these children found... -
Rethinking Modern European Intellectual History by Darrin M. McMahon 9780199769247
RRP: $96.51$67.35In relative terms, intellectual history is currently enjoying a moment of prominence and self-confidence greater than it has known in decades. Yet surprisingly for a field whose practitioners pride themselves on intellectual self-awareness, its star may... -
Traces of Vermeer by Jane Jelley 9780198789727
RRP: $56.53$40.33Johannes Vermeer's luminous paintings are loved and admired around the world, yet we do not understand how they were made. We see sunlit spaces; the glimmer of satin, silver, and linen; we see the softness of a hand on a lute string or letter. We... -
Fips Legendary U-boat Commander by Geoffrey Brooks 9780850526943
RRP: $33.05$23.91Weuner Furbringer (Fips) became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders in WW1 through a blend of skill, daring and, by his own typically modest admission, sheer luck. This vivid memoir, never before published in English, makes compelling reading... -
Panzerwaffe on the Battlefield 4 (Vol.25) by Jon Feenstra 9786156602220
RRP: $50.68$35.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786156602220Author Jon FeenstraFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft. -
The Antechamber: Toward a History of Waiting by Helmut Puff 9781503637023
RRP: $46.78$40.64Helmut Puff invites readers to visit societies and spaces of the past through the lens of a particular temporal modality: waiting. From literature, memoirs, manuals, chronicles, visuals, and other documents, Puff presents a history of waiting anchored in... -
The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq by Edward Seymour Forster
$44.44A native of western Flanders, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq served in several posts as diplomatic representative for the Habsburg ruler Ferdinand I (King of Bohemia and Hungary, 1526--64, and Holy Roman Emperor, 1556--64). Busbecq's most famous mission was... -
Battle for the Bocage, Normandy 1944: Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles and Villers Bocage by Tim Saunders
RRP: $48.75$47.99This is the story of the fighting in Normandy by the veteran desert formations brought back by Montgomery from the Mediterranean in order to spearhead the invasion; 50th Infantry and 7th Armoured divisions, plus 4th Armoured Brigade. Heavily reinforced... -
Verdun 1917: The French Hit Back by Christina Holstein 9781526717085
RRP: $33.13$23.95Unlike the popular view, the French army did not cease offensive operations after the disastrous Nivelle Offensive of spring 1917 and the subsequent mutinies. Nor did the fighting at Verdun come to an end in 1916. The successful French counter... -
European Integration: A Political History by Mark Gilbert 9781538106815
RRP: $68.25$63.36Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the European Union. Mark Gilbert offers a clear and balanced narrative of European integration since its inception to the present, set in the wider... -
The Origins of Oxford Street Names by Ann Spokes Symonds 9781899536993
$26.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899536993Author Ann Spokes SymondsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Robert Boyd PublicationsPublisher Robert Boyd PublicationsDimensions(mm) 248mm *... -
Women on the Margins: Three Seventeenth-Century Lives by Natalie Zemon Davis
RRP: $54.50$45.34As she did in The Return of Martin Guerre, Natalie Zemon Davis here retrieves individual lives from historical obscurity to give us a window onto the early modern world. As women living in the seventeenth century, Glikl bas Judah Leib, Marie de... -
In War's Wake: Europe's Displaced Persons in the Postwar Order by Gerard Daniel Cohen 9780190840808
RRP: $67.26$50.23The end of the Second World War in Europe gave way to a gigantic refugee crisis. Thoroughly prepared by Allied military planners, the swift repatriation of millions of former forced laborers, concentration camp inmates and prisoners of war nearly brought... -
24 Hours at the Somme by Robert J. Kershaw
RRP: $29.23$21.35The first day of the Somme has had more of a widespread emotional impact on the psyche of the British public than any other battle in history. Now, 100 years later, Robert Kershaw attempts to understand the carnage, using the voices of the British and... -
Hitler's Flemish Lions: The History of the SS-Freiwilligan Grenadier Division Langemarck (Flamische Nr. I) by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: $25.33$18.76Motivated by anti-communist zeal and a burning desire for Flemish self-rule, the men of the SS Langemarck answered Himmler's call to arms and earned a reputation for steadfastness in battle from friend and foe alike, right through to their eventual... -
For Orange and the States: The Army of the Dutch Republic, 1713-1772, Part I: Infantry by Marc Geerdink-Schaftenaar 9781911512158
RRP: $38.90$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512158Author Marc Geerdink-SchaftenaarFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Anglo-Florentines: The British in Tuscany, 1814-1860 by Diana Webb
RRP: $48.73$43.25This book gives a fuller picture than has hitherto been attempted of the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and... -
Honours of War by Keith Flint 9781472808097
RRP: $25.33$23.38The Seven Years' War was the pinnacle of 18th-century warfare, with dramatic campaigns and battles, famous leaders, and wide variety of colourful uniforms. Compared with the later Napoleonic Wars, tactics were simpler, armies more professional, and... -
Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art by Dan Franck 9780802139979
RRP: $27.28$24.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802139979Author Dan FranckFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 2 by Joseph Jung 9781032152288
RRP: $77.98$68.37The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the 19th Century tells the improbable story of how a small, backward, mountainous agricultural country with almost no raw materials became an industrial powerhouse, a hub of innovation, a touristic mecca and a... -
Attack on the Scheldt: The Struggle for Antwerp 1944 by Graham A Thomas 9781526781482
RRP: $29.23$21.35During the Allied advance across northwest Europe in 1944, the opening up of the key port of Antwerp was a pivotal event, yet it has been neglected in histories of the conflict. The battles in Normandy and on the German frontier have been studied often... -
The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1 by Joseph Jung 9781032152264
RRP: $77.98$68.37The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the 19th Century tells the improbable story of how a small, backward, mountainous agricultural country with almost no raw materials became an industrial powerhouse, a hub of innovation, a touristic mecca and a... -
English Uprising: Brexit and the Mainstreaming of the Far-Right by Paul Stocker 9781911545101
RRP: $29.23$19.11'Brexit' reflected perhaps the biggest vote of no confidence in the political establishment in modern British history. But how did we get here? Paul Stocker examines how ideas of the far right-always a fringe movement in Britain-have become part of the... -
In the Footsteps of the Gods: Travellers to Greece and the Quest for the Hellenic Ideal by David Constantine
RRP: $23.38$17.71In the Footsteps of the Gods traces the ways in which the constantly changing ideal image of ancient Greece, its art, politics and culture, inspired those who travelled there. Gladiators and goddesses, philosophers and poets, epic battles and... -
Fontenoy 1745: Cumberland's bloody defeat by Michael McNally
RRP: $33.13$27.50A disputed succession to the Austrian throne led to general war between the leading powers of Europe in 1740, with France, Spain and Prussia on one side, and Britain, Habsburg Austria and the Dutch Republic on the other. While fighting occurred across... -
Armoured Warfare in the Battle of the Bulge 1944-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Anthony Tucker-Jones 9781526701756
RRP: $29.23$23.30The Battle of the Bulge took the Allied armies by surprise in 1944/. It was a result of the extraordinary recovery of Hitler's panzer divisions following crushing defeats on the Eastern and Western fronts. In a daring offensive he hoped his panzers would... -
The Italian Invert: A Gay Man's Intimate Confessions to Emile Zola by Michael Rosenfeld
RRP: $48.75$41.32"Each of us has his tastes inscribed in his brain and heart; whether he fulfills his urges with regret or with joy, he must fulfill them. He should let others act according to their own nature. It's fate that creates us and guides us throughout our... -
Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland 1900-2012 by Steve Bruce
RRP: $46.78$42.61Steve Bruce explores Scotland's transformation from the largely devout Presbyterian country of 1900, with the church as a major social force, to the diverse, more secular society of today, when less than 10 per cent of Scots attend church. He bases his... -
The Trial of Joan of Arc by Daniel Hobbins
RRP: $46.70$39.12No account is more critical to our understanding of Joan of Arc than the contemporary record of her trial in 1431. Convened at Rouen and directed by bishop Pierre Cauchon, the trial culminated in Joan's public execution for heresy. The trial record,... -
From Churchill's War Rooms: Letters of a Secretary 1943-45 by Joanna Moody
RRP: $21.43$16.09Published for the first time, this illuminating and poignant correspondence offers a rare insight into the workings of the Cabinet War Rooms towards the end of the Second World War, and documents the rich wartime experiences of a woman with exclusive... -
The Vagabond and the Princess: Paddy Leigh Fermor in Romania by Alan Ogden 9781910533352
RRP: $23.38$16.17Invention, passion, war and exile are but some of the elements in this revealing new insight into Paddy Leigh Fermor's many Romanian journeys. Starting with the `great trudge' on foot through Romania in 1934 and ending in 1990 with his assignment for... -
Cricket in Wales: An Illustrated History by Andrew Hignell 9780708321645
RRP: $9.73$8.66This book is an illustrated history of cricket in Wales, tracing the evolution of, and the fundamental role of the game in the culture and social history of the Principality. Indeed, cricket was the first team game to be played in Wales, with the first... -
Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery, 1756-1838 by Iain Whyte 9780748624331
RRP: $60.45$55.95Although much has been written about Scottish involvement in slavery, the contribution of Scots to the abolition of black slavery has not yet been sufficiently recognised. This book starts with a Virginian slave seeking his freedomin Scotland in 1756 and... -
Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017 Simon Reid-Henry 9781473670570
RRP: $29.23$16.65'A dense narrative and a wealth of examples' Literary Review'Reid-Henry narrates this story with elegance and gusto' Washington Post'[Reid-Henry] conveys an important message: Individual political action must become accountable to society's interests'... -
Dockers' Stories from the Second World War by Henry T. Bradford 9780752456881
RRP: $25.33$18.76Dockers' Stories from the Second World War is a collection of several true stories, drawn from Henry Bradford's time as a Registered Docker in the Port of London. Men were often killed and injured during their every-day work on the docks; nonetheless,...