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Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland 9780349117171 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£5.21Tom Holland's bestselling account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC'Magisterial... told with great authority and a novelistic colour and verve' Books of the Year, Independent'Holland has a rare... -
Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles by Dominic Sandbrook
RRP: £18.99£13.15In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for the tumultuous changes of the decades to come. In NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at the dramatic story of affluence and... -
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar
RRP: £10.99£7.63A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller! - What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation... -
The Complete Angler by Andrea Gouveia 9781534887923
RRP: £7.64£6.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534887923Author Andrea GouveiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy Lower 9780544828698
RRP: £22.00£15.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544828698Author Wendy LowerFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin -
Born in the 30s by Tim Glynne-Jones 9781784047399 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99£1.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784047399Author Tim Glynne-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton 9780340696767
RRP: £12.99£8.60THE 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW FOREWORD FROM WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A book to read, reread, then read again to your children' Independent on Sunday 'Once embarked upon the journey of the book, one is loath, sometimes unable to turn back' Sunday... -
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton 9780340696767 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.26THE 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW FOREWORD FROM WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A book to read, reread, then read again to your children' Independent on Sunday 'Once embarked upon the journey of the book, one is loath, sometimes unable to turn back' Sunday... -
Born in the 40s by Tim Glynne-Jones 9781782128847 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99£2.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782128847Author Tim Glynne-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Professor Peter Frankopan
RRP: £30.00£20.17THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND FINANCIAL TIMES A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan... -
The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991 by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: £16.99£5.92THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of... -
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham
RRP: £12.99£9.09Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them. Curry is vivid, entertaining and delicious.'Fascinating and meticulously researched...layers historical fact with mouth-watering... -
The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East by Barnaby Rogerson 9781781257258
RRP: £25.00£18.02Recommended on The Rest is Politics and Empire 'A masterly engagement with the most delicate and important of subjects - filled with gentle empathy, learning and rare balance' Rory Stewart 'Rogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating'... -
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo 9780983610601
RRP: £17.95£13.49The original 1906 edition of The Book of Tea is one of the classic texts found on the desks of artists, poets, teaists and Zen Buddhists around the world. The book has been re-designed and expanded for a contemporary audience.You will discover the... -
End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin 9780141999289
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMESA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data' TLS'Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work' BloombergOne of the most... -
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power behind Five English Thrones by Thomas Asbridge 9781471196447
RRP: £10.99£7.00'A rip-roaring new life of Marshal ... [a] splendid account of a great medieval life' Dan Jones, author of Crusaders'A thoroughly entertaining account of England's most colourful and courageous medieval knight' Sunday Times Drawing upon an array of... -
Exploring Norfolk's Deep History Coast by John A. Davies 9781803991719
RRP: £15.99£12.25"Fascinating and illuminating - this book takes you on a trip to the seaside and back into the depths of the Ice Age, walking in the steps of our distant ancestors." - Professor Alice RobertsNorfolk's Deep History Coast is a place of unique... -
Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times by Eduard Habsburg 9781644138106
RRP: £16.50£12.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644138106Author Eduard HabsburgFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Sophia Institute PressPublisher Sophia Institute PressWeight(grams)... -
Exploring History Student Book 1: Monarchs, Monks and Migrants by Rosemary Rees
£23.34Content Covered: The Norman ConquestReligion in medieval England The CrusadesThe problems of medieval monarchsThe Black DeathMigrationBook InformationISBN 9781292218694Author Rosemary ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Pearson Education... -
Anneliese Michel A true story of a case of demonic possession Germany-1976 by Lawrence LeBlanc 9781090941183
RRP: £15.99£13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781090941183Author Lawrence LeBlancFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)... -
The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham 9780349104492 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.40In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by... -
The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham
RRP: £16.99£11.94In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by... -
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappe 9781786073419
RRP: £12.99£8.18Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017 A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel's most influential historians From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an... -
The Emperor's Exile (Eagles of the Empire 19): A thrilling new Roman epic from the Sunday Times bestseller by Simon Scarrow
RRP: £10.99£7.40The Sunday Times bestseller - 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 down' *****... -
Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson
RRP: £13.99£10.21Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in... -
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew Wilson 9781847398826
RRP: £10.99£7.00In the early hours of 15 April 1912, after the majestic liner Titanic had split apart and the 1,500 men, women and children struggled to stay alive in the freezing Atlantic, the sea was alive with the sound of screaming. Then, as the ship sank to the... -
Longitude by Dava Sobel 9780007214228 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.09The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong... -
Longitude by Dava Sobel
RRP: £9.99£6.52The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong... -
The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World by Arthur Herman 9781841152769 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.50'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have... -
The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World by Arthur Herman
RRP: £12.99£8.48'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have... -
How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev
RRP: £19.99£17.69'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called `path breaking,' `seminal,' `essential,' a `must read.' How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of... -
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves by Giles Milton 9780340794708 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£5.31This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of... -
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves by Giles Milton
RRP: £12.99£8.60This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of... -
Bodyline Autopsy: The full story of the most sensational Test cricket series: Australia v England 1932-33 by David Frith 9781854109316
RRP: £21.00£13.96In 1932, England's cricket team, led by the haughty Douglas Jardine, had the fastest bowler in the world: Harold Larwood. Australia boasted the most prolific batsman the game had ever seen: the young Don Bradman. He had to be stopped. The leg-side... -
Dartmoor 365: An exploration of every one of the 365 square miles in the Dartmoor National Park by John Hayward
RRP: £14.99£12.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916485310Author John HaywardFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Curlew PublicationsPublisher Curlew PublicationsWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Fingerprints Of The Gods by Graham Hancock
RRP: £22.99£17.28THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SENSATION THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEAD, FROM THE CREATOR OF NETFLIX'S ANCIENT APOCALYPSE 'One of the intellectual landmarks of the decade' Literary Review'Readers will hugely enjoy their quest in these pages of... -
The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty by Tracy Borman
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Borman approaches her topic with huge enthusiasm and a keen eye for entertaining...this is a very human story of a remarkable family, full of vignettes that sit long in the mind.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times'Tracy Borman's eye for detail is impressive;... -
On This Day in Politics: Britain's Political History in 365 Days by Iain Dale
RRP: £20.00£13.86Who became Britain's first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721?When was Karl Marx born?Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses?When did Big Ben first bong?When did the first British woman cast her vote? (Clue: It wasn't 1918.)Find the... -
Iowa Interstate Railroad: History Through the Miles by Barton Jennings 9780984986675
RRP: £19.99£13.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984986675Author Barton JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Techscribes, Inc.Publisher Techscribes, Inc.Weight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
With the Old Breed: The World War Two Pacific Classic by Eugene B. Sledge
RRP: £14.99£10.95The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFICThis was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islands...Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as a twenty-year-old new recruit to...