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Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord Colm McNamee 9781780275949
RRP: $23.08$15.83The life of Robert Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, briefly 'king of summer' and then a desperate fugitive who nevertheless returned from exile to recover the kingdom he claimed, Bruce became... -
The Mountain Men: The Dramatic History And Lore Of The First Frontiersmen by George Laycock 9781493018826
RRP: $25.18$19.24To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and... -
The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora by Billy Kay
RRP: $27.28$19.61'Thaim wi a guid Scots tongue in their heid are fit tae gang ower the warld' In The Scottish World, renowned broadcaster Billy Kay takes us on a global journey of discovery, highlighting the extraordinary influence the Scots have had on communities and... -
A Century of Stockton-on-Tees: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by Charlie Emett
RRP: $31.48$24.61A Century of Stockton-on-Tees offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during a century of unprecedented change. Many aspects of Stockton-on-Tees' recent... -
Enchanting Pleasures by Eloisa James
RRP: $20.98$14.70Gabrielle Jerningham cherishes the portrait of her betrothed, the perfect Peter Dewland...until she meets his commanding older brother Quill. But it is Peter to whom she has been promised. And how can she possibly transform her voluptuous, outspoken... -
History of Writing by Steven Roger Fischer
RRP: $31.50$23.02From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book... -
Stonehenge: Exploring the greatest Stone Age mystery by Mike Parker Pearson 9780857207326
RRP: $27.28$17.66Our knowledge about Stonehenge has changed dramatically as a result of the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009), led by Mike Parker Pearson, and included not only Stonehenge itself but also the nearby great henge enclosure of Durrington Walls. This... -
Cracked Eggs and Chicken Soup - A Memoir of Growing Up Between The Wars: A Memoir of Growing Up Between The Wars by Norman Jacobs
RRP: $16.78$12.14In this revealing memoir of childhood, the author shows not only what affected his family, but also reveals a large slice of social history concerning the lives of all ordinary working-class people struggling to live in the slums of the East End of... -
The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World by Paul Morland
RRP: $27.28$18.54'Superbly explained' Washington Post'Fascinating' Sunday Times'Engrossing' Evening StandardEvery phase since the advent of the industrial revolution - from the fate of the British Empire, to the global challenges from Germany, Japan and Russia, to... -
I Believe In Yesterday: A 2000 year Tour through the Filth and Fury of Living History by Tim Moore
RRP: $35.68$25.79In 1989, Tim Moore moved into the last house in Chiswick with an outside toilet. Intrigued by a subsequent encounter with an elderly former resident, he finds himself inspired to travel back to the land before now, experiencing the hardships and... -
Melton Constable to Yarmouth Beach by Richard Anderson 9781906008031
$42.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008031Author Richard AndersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressDimensions(mm) 240mm * 175mm * 12mm -
The War On Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe by R. I. Moore
RRP: $25.18$18.19The war on heresy obsessed medieval Europe in the centuries after the first millennium. R. I. Moore's vivid narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of those who declared and conducted the war: what were the beliefs and practices they saw as... -
The Eighties: One Day, One Decade by Dylan Jones
RRP: $23.08$16.78One Day: Saturday 13 July 1985, nearly two billion people woke up with one purpose. Nearly a third of humanity knew where they were going to be that day. Watching, listening to, attending: Live Aid. One Decade: Britain in the Eighties was different. The... -
32 Counties: The Failure of Partition and the Case for a United Ireland Kieran Allen 9780745344171
RRP: $35.68$24.59'This is Irish history seen anew, from below, bristling with practical lessons for working-class struggle today' - Eamonn McCann The 32 counties of Ireland were divided through imperial terror and gerrymandering. Partition was borne from a Tory... -
Crown of Thorns: The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943 by Stephane Groueff 9781568331140
RRP: $52.50$39.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568331140Author Stephane GroueffFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 154mm... -
A People's Church: A History of the Church of England by The Revd Dr Jeremy Morris
RRP: $27.28$19.61'A masterly, vivid and original sketch, not just of the history but of the culture (or cultures) of the Church of England across nearly five centuries.' Rowan Williams, poet and former Archbishop of Canterbury It is hard to comprehend the last 500... -
Mary Tudor by Judith M. Richards
RRP: $79.78$70.10Mary Tudor is often written off as a hopeless, twisted queen who tried desperately to pull England back to the Catholic Church that was so dear to her mother, and sent many to burn at the stake in the process. In this radical re-evaluation of the first... -
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450 by Juliet Barker 9780349122021
RRP: $27.28$16.21Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign... -
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450 by Juliet Barker 9780349122021 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign... -
The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194: The Normans in Sicily Volume II by John Julius Norwich
RRP: $27.28$18.48When on Christmas Day, 1130, Roger de Hauteville was crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was fantastically cosmopolitan; and to... -
Lmh Official Dictionary Of Jamaican History: A Guide to Jamaican Historical Facts: Jamaica 50 Edition by L.Mike Henry 9789768202970
RRP: $12.58$9.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768202970Author L. Mike HenryFormat HardbackPage Count 58Imprint LMH PublishingPublisher LMH PublishingWeight(grams) 119g -
The Highlands and Islands Colouring Book: Past and Present by The History Press 9780750968010
RRP: $27.28$20.73The Highlands and Islands of Scotland have charmed visitors for centuries, and this collection of intricate illustrations is a celebration of this ancient landscape's unique appeal. Featuring a range of vistas, from majestic mountains and picturesque... -
Cromwell'S Major-Generals: Godly Government During the English Revolution by Christopher Durston 9780719060656
RRP: $41.98$36.98The first full-scale study of the rule of Cromwell's major-generals over England and Wales during 1655 and 1656. This is a period which had a dramatic impact upon contemporaries and has remained a powerful symbol of military rule down to the present day... -
Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard 9781250283320
RRP: $56.68$36.88Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and... -
Bloody British History: Buckinghamshire by Eddie Brazil
RRP: $20.98$16.32Black death at Bletchley! Pustules and pest houses. Burnt at the stake! Lollards tortured and hanged. French kings and guillotines! Exiled King Louis XVIII at Hartwell House. Farmhouse of thieves! The amazing true story of the Great Train Robbery... -
Northumberland Rocks: 50 Extraordinary Rocky Places That Tell The Story of the Northumberland Landscape by Ian Jackson
RRP: $25.20$20.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916237674Author Ian JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Northern HeritagePublisher Northern Heritage Services -
The Somme by Robin Prior
RRP: $25.18$21.86Published in a new edition on the centenary of the seismic battle, this book provides the definitive account of the Somme and assigns responsibility to military and political leaders for its catastrophic outcome. "A magisterial piece of scholarship. . . ... -
Berlin Then and Now (R): Damals und Heute by Nick Gay
RRP: $42.00$30.56Berlin Then and Now captures the stark contrast between what came before and after the great conflicts of the twentieth century, using archival photographs of the city's grand buildings, monuments, and boulevards alongside modern views of the same scenes... -
Germany 1945: From War to Peace by Richard Bessel 9781416526193
RRP: $23.08$15.14In 1945, Germany experienced the greatest outburst of deadly violence that the world has ever seen. Germany 1945 examines the country's emergence from the most terrible catastrophe in modern history. When the Second World War ended, millions had been... -
Romney Marsh: Survival on a Frontier by Jill Eddison 9780752414867
RRP: $52.50$39.52It brings together the recent work of archaeologists, historians and geographers, and presents an up-to-date interpretation of the area. With numerous illustrations (many in full colour), this book will delight and inform anyone interested in Romney... -
The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard 9780060845797
$23.96Much more personal than standard corporate histories, David Packard's The HP Way provides insights into managing and motivating people and inspiration for would-be entrepreneurs. This bestselling classic joins the Collins Business Essentials line-up with... -
The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick
RRP: $23.08$15.98'An author who makes history come gloriously alive' The Times'Meticulous research and strong storytelling' Woman & Home 'A sumptuous ride' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph**********************Eleanor of AquitaineA loving mother. A betrayed wife. A queen... -
Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens Lisa Hilton 9780753826119
RRP: $27.28$18.54England from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.England's medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages... -
Paris. Portrait of a City by Jean-Claude Gautrand 9783836502931
RRP: $105.00$80.64A city built on two millennia of history, Paris is entering the third century of its love story with photography. It was on the banks of the Seine that Niepce and Daguerre officially gave birth to this new art that has flourished ever since, developing a... -
Wigan: Fifty Golden Years by "Wigan Observer"
$33.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780915036Author "Wigan Observer"Format PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Primrose Hill: A History by Martin Sheppard 9781859362228
RRP: $52.50$37.84Primrose Hill exercises a hold upon the imagination of everyone who climbs it. The site of William Blake's vision of the sun, and the subject of one of W.H. Auden's earliest poems, it is a green sanctuary offering superb and ever-changing views over... -
Nepal Nexus, The: An Inside Account of the Maoists, the Durbar and New Delhi by Sudheer Sharma 9780143456193
RRP: $31.40$22.07This fast-paced and comprehensive account of Nepal today traces the recent past and the present of Nepali politics and geopolitics from the vantage point of an insider who had a ringside view of the developments of the last two decades. This was a... -
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain by Charlotte Higgins
RRP: $23.08$16.78**NOW A HIT STAGE PRODUCTION**Take a journey around the archaeological and cultural remains of Roman Britain with the award-winning author of Greek Myths. This is a book about the encounter with Roman Britain: about what the idea of 'Roman Britain' has... -
Tudor Rebellions by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: $50.38$48.34Tudor Rebellions, now in its seventh edition, gives a chronological account of the major rebellions against the Tudor monarchy in England from the reign of King Henry VII until the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603.The book throws light on some of the... -
The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 9781780747668
RRP: $27.28$19.61Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the...