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Queen Victoria: Essential Biographies by Elizabeth Longford
RRP: £10.99£8.47Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. In this concise biography, Lady Longford, long recognised as an authority on the subject, gives a full account of Queen Victoria's life and provides her unique assessment of the monarch... -
Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art by Andrew Stewart 9780521618359
RRP: £16.99£15.51What was the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art? What were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This book introduces students to these questions and guides them towards the answers. Andrew Stewart examines Greek architecture, painting, and... -
East London for Mosley: The British Union of Fascists in East London and South-West Essex 1933-40 Thomas P. Linehan 9780714642680
RRP: £58.99£51.49Between 1932 and 1940 the British Union of Fascists established a vigorous and active presence in East London and South West Essex. This text considers the emergence, development and character of local Mosleyite fascism from a perspective sensitive to... -
Public and Popular History Jerome De Groot (University of Manchester, UK) 9781138110199
RRP: £43.99£38.74This interdisciplinary collection considers public and popular history within a global framework, seeking to understand considerations of local, domestic histories and the ways they interact with broader discourses. Grounded in particular local and... -
Duddingston: its story in 50 objects by Jacquetta Megarry 9781898481881
RRP: £12.99£11.01Duddingston is less than two miles from central Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Yet it has its own identity, and in 2019 it celebrates 60 years of its own conservation society. It has several outstanding grade-A Listed Buildings, including 12th... -
The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe by Daniel Goffman 9780521459082
RRP: £30.99£27.40Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded as a place apart, inextricably divided from the West by differences of culture and religion... -
Cottage Gardens and Gardeners in the East of Scotland, 1750-1914 by Catherine Rice 9781783276622
RRP: £95.00£91.79This pioneering study tells the story of the emergence of rural workers' gardens during a period of unprecedented economic and social change in the most dynamic and prosperous region of Scotland. Much criticised as weed-infested, badly cultivated and... -
Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits by Colin Spoelman 9781419720215
£17.72Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits. The book presents 50... -
The War of the Jews: : The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem (Complete Edition, 7 Books) by Flavius Josephus 9788562022289
£17.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788562022289Author Flavius JosephusFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Iap - Information Age Pub. Inc.Publisher Iap - Information Age Pub. Inc... -
Old Dalbeattie and Palnackie by Bernard Byrom 9781840334937
RRP: £7.99£7.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334937Author Bernard ByromFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm -
The Essays of Elia: Classic Articles on English Culture, Religion, History and Society in the early 1800s (Hardcover) by Charles Lamb 9780359746743
RRP: £29.10£25.91This edition of The Essays of Elia reproduces Charles Lamb's classic reflections on English culture, faith and social life as it stood in the early 19th century. A much-loved figure of his time, Charles Lamb published numerous reflections on the changing... -
The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border by John Sadler 9781398119628
RRP: £11.99£8.09The 2014 Scottish independence debate and the re-ignition of the SNP’s call for a second vote in the wake of Brexit ‒ and indeed Brexit itself ‒ begs a reappraisal of what nationality and borderer identity actually mean in the twenty-first century and... -
The North East Coast: Historic Tales from Grace Darling to the Mauretania by Ken Smith 9781739223304
£10.23The North East Coast presents a selection of true-life accounts from the region's fascinating maritime and seafaring history. Including some of the best stories from his previous books, Newcastle author Ken Smith throws the spotlight on such exciting... -
Arc of Feeling: The History of the Swing by Javier Moscoso 9781789146936
RRP: £25.00£18.09In Arc of Feeling Javier Moscoso investigates the pleasure of oscillation and explores the surprising history of the swing through its meanings and metaphors, noting echoes and coincidences in remote times and places, from the witch’s broom to aerial... -
Looking Back at Crawley by Karen Dunn 9781780914008
£15.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914008Author Karen DunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
In the Footsteps of Longshanks: (The Places and People of Edward I) by Brian Dingle
RRP: £18.99£14.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800162129Author Brian DingleFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers -
Scotland's Lost Industries by Michael Meighan 9781445609171
RRP: £20.00£13.74Until the 1960's The Clyde was synonymous with shipbuilding with many yards dotted on both sides of the river all the way from Glasgow to Greenock. Today they have all but gone, waterside apartments, exhibition centres and light industrial units taking... -
The Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century, Legislation and its Limits Patrick Wormald (University of Oxford) 9780631227403
RRP: £47.95£42.51'This volume, originally intended asthe first of two comprising The Making of English Law, provides the first full-length account of the Old English law-codes for over eighty years, and the first that has ever been published in the English language. It... -
The Routledge History of Disability by Roy Hanes
RRP: £43.99£38.84The Routledge History of Disability explores the shifting attitudes towards and representations of disabled people from the age of antiquity to the twenty-first century. Taking an international view of the subject, this wide-ranging collection shows that... -
The Strategy of the Genes C.H. Waddington 9781138998131
RRP: £45.99£40.44First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts... -
Images of Mullingar by Ruth Illingworth 9781845889258
RRP: £16.99£13.13Images of MulligarBook InformationISBN 9781845889258Author Ruth IllingworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Nonsuch PublishingPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Scottish Battles by John Sadler
RRP: £14.95£10.05Scottish history has been shaped and defined by a series of great battles. John Sadler gives the first full military history of Scotland for many years. From Mons Graupius to Culloden, he shows how terrain and politics shaped the campaigns and decisive... -
Food In Global History by Raymond Grew 9780813338842
RRP: £49.99£23.48Social scientists study food in many different ways. Historians have most often studied the history of specific foods; anthropologists have emphasized the role of food in religious rituals and group identities; sociologists have looked primarily at food... -
Suffolk Murders by Mark Mower 9780752449050
RRP: £14.99£11.72Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Suffolk. Mark Mower unveils a catalogue of true crime stories from the county's history. Comprehensively researched using original records... -
Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 by Peter Hinchcliffe 9780415440172
RRP: £36.99£32.53This third edition of Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 analyzes the nature of conflict in the Middle East, with its racial, ethnic, political, cultural, religious and economic factors. Throughout the book Peter Hinchcliffe and Beverley... -
Brighouse & District by Christopher Helme 9780752435770
RRP: £12.99£9.87This fascinating collection of over 200 archive photographs illustrates some of the historical developments which have shaped the town of Brighouse and its surrounding communities. The Industrial Revolution and the coming of the Canal Age brought new... -
Watch My Tracer by Keith Chisnall 9780620784023
RRP: £25.00£19.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620784023Author Keith ChisnallFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Keith ChisnallPublisher Keith ChisnallWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
A History of Webheath by Elizabeth Atkins
£9.20A History of Webheath begins with its origins in around 1250 and includes its time within the Forest of Feckenham. The boundaries of the parish, which have been altered over the years, once covered a far greater area, extending down through Upper... -
Sayajirao Gaekwad III: The Maharaja of Baroda by Uma Balasubramaniam 9789353337926
RRP: £13.00£9.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353337926Author Uma BalasubramaniamFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. -
Royton by Frances Stott
RRP: £14.99£11.72These images will awaken nostalgic memories in people who have lived or worked in Royton, as well as providing a valuable resource for anybody interested in the history of the area.Book InformationISBN 9780752435169Author Frances StottFormat... -
A Grim Almanac of Sussex by W. H. Johnson 9780752465098
RRP: £17.99£13.84W.H. Johnson digs deep into Sussex's past, presenting the reader with centuries of criminality and vice, of wretched living conditions and blind fate which so often leads to appalling consequences. A Grim Almanac of Sussex chronicles the darker side of... -
The Commer Story by Geoff Carverhill
RRP: £29.95£24.92The Commer Story charts the evolution and history of one of Britain's principal commercial vehicle manufacturers. This fascinating book is not just the history of one vehicle marque, but the story of a company that underwent several name changes, as it... -
The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union by Richard Sakwa 9780415122900
RRP: £39.99£35.46Through sources and documents, The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union by Richard Sakwa places the Soviet experience in historical and comparative context. The author introduces each source in this volume fully and provides commentary and analysis.Using... -
A Grim Almanac of Nottinghamshire by Kevin Turton
RRP: £17.99£13.64In 1826 'resurrection men' stole thirty bodies from the graveyard of St Mary's Church in Nottingham to sell to unscrupulous medical establishments in London. It emerged they had been shipping their cargo to the capital in wicker baskets booked aboard... -
The Cistercian Order in Medieval Europe: 1090-1500 by Emilia Jamroziak
RRP: £41.99£40.71The Cistercian Order in Medieval Europe offers an accessible and engaging history of the Order from its beginnings in the twelfth century through to the early sixteenth century. Unlike most other existing volumes on this subject it gives a nuanced... -
The British Fiscal-Military States, 1660-c.1783 Aaron Graham 9781032402499
RRP: £39.99£35.33The concept of the 'fiscal-military state', popularised by John Brewer in 1989, has become familiar, even commonplace, to many historians of eighteenth-century England. Yet even at the time of its publication the book caused controversy, and the essays... -
Women and the First World War by Susan R. Grayzel 9780582418769
£39.11Women and the First World War provides an introduction to the experiences and contributions of women during this important turning point in history. In addition to exploring women's relationship to the war in each of the main protagonist states, the book... -
William the Silent and the Dutch Revolt: Comparative Starting Points and Triggering of Insurgencies Nick Ridley (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) 9780367623616
RRP: £37.99£33.38William the Silent and the Dutch Revolt examines the first stages of the Dutch struggle against Spanish rule during the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The book analyses the causes of growing discontent in the Netherlands and the various stages... -
Time in Maps: From the Age of Discovery to Our Digital Era by Karen Wigen
RRP: £39.00£38.63The new field of spatial history has been driven by digital mapping tools, which can readily show change over time in space. But long before this software was developed, mapmakers around the world represented time in sophisticated and nuanced ways in... -
A Grim Almanac of Devon by John van der Kiste
RRP: £18.99£14.32The history of Devon is full of dark deeds and horrible happenings. Among the county's more macabre claims to fame are England's first documented serial killer, Robert de Middlecote, the murderous monk, believed to have been executed in 1329; the hanging...