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Russian Roulette: How British Spies Defeated Lenin Giles Milton 9781444737042
RRP: £12.99£8.83'It reads like fiction, but it is, astonishingly, history' THE TIMESIN 1917, AN ECCENTRIC BAND OF BRITISH SPIES IS SMUGGLED INTO NEWLY SOVIET RUSSIA.Their goal is to defeat Lenin's plan to destroy British India and bring down the democracies of the West... -
Demonology and Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Europe by Julian Goodare
RRP: £37.99£33.38Demonology - the intellectual study of demons and their powers - contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches. But how exactly did intellectual ideas relate to prosecutions? Recent scholarship has shown that some of the demonologists' concerns... -
Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan by Shrabani Basu
RRP: £10.99£8.47This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of an Indian prince, Tipu Sultan (the Tiger of Mysore), who became a British secret agent for SOE during World War II. Shrabani Basu tells the moving story of Noor's life, from her birth in... -
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis 9781786079954
RRP: £20.00£13.50'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,... -
Medieval Medicine: Its Mysteries and Science Toni Mount 9781445655420
RRP: £10.99£7.46Conjuring up a time when butchers and executioners knew more about anatomy than university-trained physicians, the phrase 'medieval medicine' sounds horrific to those of us with modern ideas on hygiene, instant pain relief and effective treatments. In... -
The Old English Game Fowl: Chicken Breeds Book 34 by Herbert Atkinson 9781533416483
RRP: £9.99£8.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533416483Author Jackson ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Industrial Unionism by William Z Foster 9780359183418
RRP: £10.25£8.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359183418Author William Z FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm -
Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII by Gareth Russell
RRP: £16.99£11.47SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour - secrets were impossible to keep. In this thrilling reappraisal of Henry... -
Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps by Helen Morgan
RRP: £14.99£10.06In September 1847 coloured squares of paper were stuck to envelopes and used to send out admission cards to a fancy-dress ball on the tropical island of Mauritius. No-one at the party would have guessed that the envelopes bearing these stamps would one... -
Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland by James Crawford
RRP: £22.00£15.11From the presenter of BBC One's Scotland from the Sky You scramble up over the dunes of an isolated beach. You climb to the summit of a lonely hill. You pick your way through the eerie hush of a forest. And then you find them. The traces of the past... -
The Last Crusaders: East, West and the Battle for the Centre of the World by Barnaby Rogerson
RRP: £14.99£10.05The Last Crusaders is about the titanic contest between Hadsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the last great conflict between East and West - the battles that were fought and the men who led the armies... -
Queen Victoria's Children by John van der Kiste 9780752454726
RRP: £9.99£7.77Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. Inevitably, as they married into European royal families their loyalties were divided and their lives dominated by... -
The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of History by John Tosh
RRP: £35.99£32.09Well-written and engaging, this book deals with complex and wide-ranging material in a clear and accessible way and is up-to-date with current historiographical trends, such as digital history which students need to know about. It also includes a... -
A Century of the Potteries: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by Alan Taylor
RRP: £9.99£7.77This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in The Potteries during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the... -
War Paths: Walking in the Shadows of the Clans by Alistair Moffat
RRP: £18.99£12.83Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans and their definitive conflicts. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. As he recounts the military prowess of the... -
Singapore Then and Now (R) by Vaughan Grylls
RRP: £14.99£10.96Singapore Then and Now brings together rare archival images of this global city-state and matches them with specially commissioned photos of the same sites as they appear today. Vaughan Grylls (author/photographer of Oxford Then and Now, Cambridge Then... -
Runes Illustrated by Rachel Newcombe 9781838863197
RRP: £29.99£20.92An alphabet developed by Germanic and Nordic peoples during ancient times, runes were used to represent both simple things and more complex concepts, providing a written form of communication before the latin alphabet was adopted. Today, reading runes... -
Apollo's Angels: A History Of Ballet Jennifer Homans 9781847082565
RRP: £22.50£15.65Apollo's Angels is a major new history of classical ballet. It begins in the courts of Europe, where ballet was an aspect of aristocratic etiquette and a political event as much as it was an art. The story takes the reader from the sixteenth century... -
The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money by Frederik Obermaier
RRP: £10.99£7.99From the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting 11.5 million documents sent through encrypted channels. The secret records of 214,000 offshore companies. The largest data leak in history. In early 2015, an anonymous... -
Women of the Hebrides | Ban-eileanaich Innse Gall: Stories of Strength and Courage by Joni Buchanan 9781789071443
RRP: £26.00£21.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789071443Author Joni BuchananFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint AcairPublisher Acair -
London's Lost Rivers: a beautifully illustrated guide to London's secret rivers Paul Talling 9781847945976
RRP: £14.99£11.11Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today. With individual maps to show the course of... -
Early Christian Creeds by J.N.D. Kelly 9780582492196
£52.56A comprehensive study of the rise, development and use of credal formulaines in the creative centuries of the Church's history.About the AuthorJ.N.D. Kelly Principal of St Edmund Hall, OxfordReviews'J N D Kelly's classic work xxx; every promise of... -
The Old Man and the Gun: And Other Tales of True Crime by David Grann 9781471181665
RRP: £7.99£5.41'Beautifully told by David Grann, one of the best true-crime writers around... Nuanced and gripping' Evening StandardNow a major film starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek and Casey Affleck, The Old Man and the Gun is joined by two other riveting... -
The Emperor's Exile (Eagles of the Empire 19): The thrilling Sunday Times bestseller by Simon Scarrow
RRP: £20.00£18.30From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a thrilling new adventure in Simon Scarrow's acclaimed Eagles of the Empire series. Perfect for readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF SIMON SCARROW'S BOOKS!'I could not put it... -
The Summer Isles: A Voyage of the Imagination Philip Marsden 9781783783007
RRP: £9.99£6.72In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the Summer Isles, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance. On the way, he must navigate the... -
The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors by Ed Conway 9780349139616
£16.94The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all-too familiar. But the summit at Bretton Woods in 1944 was the only time countries from around the world have agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary... -
The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors by Ed Conway 9780349139616 [USED COPY]
RRP: £13.99£8.99The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all-too familiar. But the summit at Bretton Woods in 1944 was the only time countries from around the world have agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary... -
Engaging with AQA GCSE (9-1) History: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship Period study Dale Banham 9781510458918
£19.76Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Trust the power of cognitive science to help students to understand more, remember more and feel more confident about their exams.Dale Banham is not your... -
All the Queen's Jewels, 1445-1548: Power, Majesty and Display by Nicola Tallis
RRP: £25.99£22.38From Margaret of Anjou to Katherine Parr, All the Queen's Jewels examines the jewellery collections of the ten queen consorts of England between 1445-1548 and investigates the collections of jewels a queen had access to, as well as the varying contexts... -
Engaging with AQA GCSE (9-1) History: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603 British depth study Dale Banham 9781510458949
£19.76Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Trust the power of cognitive science to help students to understand more, remember more and feel more confident about their exams.Dale Banham is not your... -
English Mediaeval Pilgrimage by D. J. Hall
RRP: £31.99£28.33Originally published in 1965, English Medieval Pilgrimage provides a detailed overview of the history of pilgrimage during the medieval period. The book looks at how the process of pilgrimage was more than a religious exercise, acting as a custom, a... -
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022: A celebration of her life and reign by Brian Hoey
RRP: £9.99£6.96Long did she reign and peacefully may she rest: this beautiful and thoughtful tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the life of a remarkable woman whose 70 years on the throne made her the longest-reigning monarch in British History. ... -
Haunted York by Rupert Matthews
RRP: £14.99£11.72This is a terrifying collection of true-life tales of ghosts, poltergeists and spirits of all kinds in the streets, buildings and graveyards of York. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, Haunted York contains a chilling range of ghostly... -
Write Cut Rewrite: The Cutting Room Floor of Modern Literature by Dirk Van Hulle 9781851246182
RRP: £40.00£30.90Imagine looking over the shoulder of your favourite author and witnessing the moment they begin writing the opening chapter of their best-loved novel. What you might see is that the author has to write, cut and rewrite their words, often many times, in... -
Paw Tracks in the Moonlight by Denis O'Connor
RRP: £10.99£7.61When Denis O'Connor rescues a three-week-old kitten from certain death during a snowstorm, little does he know how this tiny creature will change his life forever. Against all odds the kitten - who he names Toby Jug - survives and forms an unusually... -
King's Counsellor: Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles edited by Duff Hart-Davis Sir Alan Lascelles 9781474618205
RRP: £16.99£12.11The diaries of 'Tommy' Lascelles - as featured in the Netflix hit THE CROWN 'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' Spectator'Fascinating ... as much a contribution to royal legend as to the history of the war' Daily TelegraphAs Assistant... -
The Rivers of Cumbria by Beth & Steve Pipe 9781398101159
RRP: £15.99£10.85Cumbria has been explored in many books over the years, but very little has been written about its rivers and yet, without them, the county would not have evolved in the way that it has. From the high fells to the extensive coastline, these rivers... -
The Outer Hebrides: A Historical Guide by Mary MacLeod Rivett
RRP: £12.99£8.80The Outer Hebrides lie 40 miles to the west of mainland Scotland, forming a barrier to the North Atlantic. Culturally distinct from early prehistory, the islands contain a wealth of historical and archaeological monuments, including the standing stones... -
MY BACK PAGES: An undeniably personal history of publishing 1972-2022: 2022 by Richard Charkin 9781739265731
RRP: £20.00£16.69Richard Charkin's experience as a publisher is unique among his generation. Over the past half century he has been (at different times) a scientific and medical publisher, a journal publisher, a digital publisher and a general publisher. He has worked... -
Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast - Shortlisted for the 2021 Cundill History Prize - Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize by Marjoleine Kars
RRP: £20.00£13.10Winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping human story' Washington Post '[An] epic history ... a sweeping, thoughtful narrative' Los Angeles Times On Sunday...