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The Viking Diaspora by Judith Jesch 9781138020795
RRP: $85.78$82.41The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East as a form of 'diaspora'. It discusses the ways in which... -
Bretons and Britons: The Fight for Identity by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: $58.50$42.80What is it about Brittany that makes it such a favourite destination for the British? To answer this question, Bretons and Britons explores the long history of the Bretons, from the time of the first farmers around 5400 BC to the present, and the very... -
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf
RRP: $48.75$32.72Chosen as a BOOK OF THE YEAR in The Times, The Spectator, Prospect, Sunday Times, Economist, New Statesman, Telegraph, Financial Times, TLS, New York Times, and Washington Post. 'This is ridiculous. No book about German philosophy has any right to be... -
Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230 by Dr. Richard Oram
RRP: $50.68$45.84This volume centres upon the era conventionally labelled the 'Making of the kingdom', or the 'Anglo-Norman' era in Scottish history. It seeks a balance between traditional historiographical concentration on the 'feudalisation' of Scottish society as part... -
Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain by Padraic X. Scanlan 9781472142337
RRP: $25.33$16.77'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking'Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history'Mihir Bose, Irish Times'Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and... -
Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons by Francis Pryor
RRP: $25.33$17.73Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins. The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is one of the most enduring in Britain's history, spanning... -
The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire by Andrew Wheatcroft
RRP: $25.33$17.73The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons - responsible for a 'long history of atrocities'; and, at the other, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways,... -
The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling's Flemish Heartlands by Harry Pearson
RRP: $23.38$17.24SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'A joy.' - Ned Boulting Every nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires. In... -
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel
RRP: $29.23$19.11The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered invention. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders. Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology,... -
The English Chartered Trading Companies, 1688-1763: Guns, Money and Lawyers by Michael Wagner 9781032401881
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies which were active during the period 1688-1763: The East India Company, the Royal African Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, The Levant Company, and the Russia... -
The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them by Linda Yueh
RRP: $42.90$30.46'A masterclass in spotting the early signs of a crisis' Nouriel Roubini'This is the historical perspective we need' John Kay'A first point of entry for anybody who wants to learn how the world sleep-walked into multiple crashes' Daron... -
The History of Europe in Bite-Sized Chunks by Jacob F Field
RRP: $15.58$6.84An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas and disasters that have shaped our continent.The book... -
The King is Dead by Suzannah Lipscomb
RRP: $19.48$13.86On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped and sealed. The will confirmed the line of succession as Edward, Mary and Elizabeth; and,... -
Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City by Russell Shorto
RRP: $25.33$9.18Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities have. Sweeping across the city's colourful thousand year... -
John Grundy's History of Newcastle by John Grundy 9781857951646
$29.80* Where did the Roman bridge at Newcastle actually lead to? * What did St Wilfred choose as a holiday souvenir from his trip to Rome? * Why did medieval Newcastle need town walls? * How was Newcastle reviewed on the 17th century version of Trip Advisor?... -
Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction by Steven Beller
RRP: $17.53$12.89Antisemitism, as hatred of Jews and Judaism, has been a central problem of Western civilization for millennia, and its history continues to invite debate. This Very Short Introduction untangles the history of the phenomenon, from ancient religious... -
Europe in the High Middle Ages: The Penguin History of Europe by William Chester Jordan
RRP: $25.33$17.73'The most accessible, up-to-date introduction to its subject ... does full justice to the multifarious forces at work in high gothic Europe' Daily TelegraphThe years from AD 1000 to the beginning of the fourteenth century were the most formative... -
Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor
RRP: $48.75$42.08***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*** In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew... -
Cauld Blasts and Clishmaclavers: A Treasury of 1,000 Scottish Words by Robin A. Crawford
RRP: $19.48$12.97A celebration of the irreplaceable magic of language. Here is the evocative vocabulary, wit and wisdom of the Scots language - in 1,000 gems.Book InformationISBN 9781783964789Author Robin A. CrawfordFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Elliott &... -
Reflections on The Revolution in France And Other Writings by Edmund Burke
RRP: $33.13$25.90Amid the 18th century's golden generation that included his companions Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson and Edward Gibbon, Burke's controversial mixture of conservative and subversive theories made him first a marginal figure, and finally a revered theorist -... -
Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada by Elizabeth Drayson
RRP: $23.40$16.46The essential history of an iconic European city, by Cambridge academic Elizabeth Drayson. 'An admirable achievement... [Drayson has] expertise as a scholar and command as a storyteller' BBC History Magazine 'A glittering homage to one of the... -
The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare by Paul Strathern
RRP: $48.75$32.35'Enlightening and fascinating' John Banville, Wall Street JournalThrough the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul... -
Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: Overlord by Warlord Games
RRP: $48.75$36.82From the scaling of Pointe-du-Hoc and the assault on Pegasus Bridge, to the landings on the Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to take command of the Allied Forces or those of the defending... -
The Myth of the Jacobite Clans: The Jacobite Army in 1745 by Professor Murray Pittock 9780748627578
RRP: $54.58$44.09The Myth of the Jacobite Clans was first published in 1995: a revolutionary book, it argued that British history had long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and... -
Refilling Haig’s Armies: The Replacement of British Infantry Casualties on the Western Front, 1916-1918 by Alison Hine 9781912390700
RRP: $68.25$47.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390700Author Alison HineFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge by Peter Schrijvers
RRP: $25.33$22.35A new telling of the brutal siege of Bastogne, where vastly outnumbered American forces held off a savage German onslaught and sealed the fate of the Third Reich Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of... -
A Concordance to Conrad's Under Western Eyes by David Leon Higdon 9780367893941
RRP: $58.48$51.95Originally published in 1983, this volume follows others in the series. The user is provided with a Verbal Index, citing each type and its location, a Word Frequency Table, and a Field of Reference. This volume is part of a series which produced verbal... -
A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day by Friso Wielenga 9781350379596
RRP: $48.73$42.76Friso Wielenga's detailed history of the Netherlands traces its political development from independence to today, incorporating significant explorations of culture, economics, international relations, colonisation and decolonisation in the process. It... -
Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: Scenes from the Paris Life of Nancy Cunard by Anne de Courcy
RRP: $42.90$30.46Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, said to have inspired half the poets and novelists of the twenties. Born into a life of wealth and privilege, yet one in which she... -
Access to History: The Middle East 1908-2011 Second Edition by Michael Scott-Baumann
$49.16Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
European Medieval Tactics 1: The Fall and Rise of Cavalry 450-1260 by David Nicolle
RRP: $29.23$21.35After the fall of the Western Roman Empire there was a decline in 'professional' cavalry forces, and infantry dominated in the Germanic successor 'barbarian' kingdoms. In the Carolingian and Norman periods from the 9th to the 11th centuries, the cavalry... -
St Kilda: The Last and Outmost Isle by Angela Gannon
RRP: $37.03$27.28In 1527 Hector Boece, the first Principal of King's College Aberdeen, wrote in his extensive History of the Scottish People of an island of rocky crags and prehistoric sheep, which could only be reached through extreme danger to life. It was, he... -
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 by Alistair Horne
RRP: $21.43$15.15The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. The battle of Verdun lasted ten... -
Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline by Angus Konstam 9781472855671
RRP: $33.13$23.95A fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline. Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis' side. It sat astride the direct sea route between Italy and... -
The Dutch Resistance 1940-45: World War II Resistance and Collaboration in the Netherlands by Klaas Castelein
RRP: $27.28$19.01Describes and illustrates the full range of Dutch resistance groups and German and collaborationist counter-resistance groups during the Nazi occupation in 1940-45. The Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II followed a complex course,... -
Waffen-SS Dutch & Belgian Volunteers by Ian Baxter
RRP: $29.23$21.35Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, numerous Dutchmen, Belgians and Danes volunteered for the Waffen-SS. The largest division, SS Volunteer Legion Netherlands operated in Yugoslavia and then Northern Russia. It was later re-designated 23rd... -
Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c. 1100-1707: Volume 3: Readings, c. 1100 - c. 1500 by Bob Harris
RRP: $37.03$33.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845860059Author Bob HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Discovery PressPublisher Dundee University Press Ltd -
The Jacobites: Britain and Europe, 1688-1788 2nd Edition by Daniel Szechi
RRP: $48.75$34.94The product of forty years of research by one of the foremost historians of Jacobitism, this book is a comprehensive revision of Professor Szechi's popular 1994 survey of the Jacobite movement in the British Isles and Europe. Like the first edition, it... -
Lotharingia: A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries In-Between by Simon Winder
RRP: $25.33$17.59A Sunday Times History Book of the YearShortlisted for The Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award'No Briton has written better than Winder about Europe' - Sunday TimesIn AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great Emperor Charlemagne met at... -
How To Be a Liberal: The Story of Liberalism and the Fight for its Life by Ian Dunt
$37.13Liberalism is under attack. From the rise of nationalism and populism to the decline of trust in institutions, liberals are facing unprecedented challenges. But what does it mean to be a liberal in the 21st Century? And how can we defend the values that...