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The Quest For Mary Magdalene: History & Legend by Michael Haag
RRP: £12.99£9.09Mary Magdalene is a larger figure than any text, larger than the Bible or the Church; she has taken on a life of her own. She has been portrayed as a penitent whore, a wealthy woman, Christ's wife, an adulteress, a symbol of the frailty of women and an... -
Ghosts & Gravestones of Haworth by Philip Lister
RRP: £14.99£11.55Join local guide Phil Lister on a tour of Haworth's dark and ghostly side: meet the ghost of Room 7 at the Old White Lion, the Grey Lady of Weavers Restaurant and Ponden Hall's harbinger of doom, Old Greybeard. Tour the famous graveyard, in use for over... -
Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Remembered by Stephen Humphrey 9780752433165
RRP: £12.99£9.62There are few areas of London that have changed in recent decades as much as the dockside areas of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. As the importance of London as a shipping port declined in the post-war years many of the city's docklands began to see changes... -
Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh by Anna Beer 9781786076700
RRP: £10.99£7.77A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year A writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time. The fifth son of a Devonshire gentleman, he rose to become Queen Elizabeth's... -
The Isle of Thanet: From Prehistory to the Norman Conquest by Gerald Moody 9780752446899
RRP: £17.99£13.64The Isle of Thanet is located at the eastern tip of Kent and was once separated from the East Kent mainland by the Wantsum channel. With its unique position which made it part of a key trade route in the Romano-British period, the island has a long and... -
Christmas at War - True Stories of How Britain Came Together on the Home Front: True Stories of How Britain Came Together on the Home Front by Caroline Taggart
RRP: £8.99£6.22No turkey. No fruit to make a decent pudding. No money for presents. Your children away from home to keep them safe from bombing; your husband, father and brothers off fighting goodness knows where. How in the world does one celebrate Christmas? That was... -
On This Day: The History of the World in 366 Days by Bounty Bounty 9780753733387 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.80A day-by-day collection of over 6000 events, trivia, quotations, news items, anniversaries and birthdays for every day of the year. Presented as headlines and articles, quotes and diary entries, this book will tell you on what day Martin Luther King Jr... -
Chillingham: Its Cattle, Castle and Church by Paul Bahn 9781781555224
RRP: £20.00£14.69The first comprehensive book about Chillingham in Northumberland-its unique wild cattle, its historic castle and church, and the family associated with them since the twelfth century. Julius Caesar admired the cattle's ancestors for their brute strength,... -
Mastered By Love: Number 8 in series by Stephanie Laurens
RRP: £9.99£6.80The men of the Bastion Club proved their bravery secretly fighting for their country. Now their leader faces that most dangerous mission of all: finding a bride.As the mysterious leader of the Bastion Club known as 'Dalziel', Royce Varisey, 10th Duke... -
The High Girders by John Prebble
RRP: £9.99£6.80'A tale of irresponsibility and inexperience' THE TIMES'Graphically written with a sense of dramatic construction' SCOTSMANOn December 28th 1879, the night of the Great Storm, the Tay Bridge collapsed, along with the train that was crossing, and everyone... -
Essex Dialect: A Selection of Words and Anecdotes from Around Essex by Camilla Zajac 9781902674674
£7.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902674674Author Camilla ZajacFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books -
Scottish Proverbs by Colin S.K Walker
RRP: £6.99£4.84Proverbs, once described as 'the wisdom of many and the wit of one', offer unique insights the way of life and the social mores of past generations. This book features an introduction which explores the role of proverbs in Scottish culture and over... -
Against the Galileans by Julian the Galilean 9781960069054
RRP: £5.99£4.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960069054Author Julian the GalileanFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Dalcassian Publishing CompanyPublisher Dalcassian Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Revolutionary Russia: New Approaches to the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Rex A. Wade 9780415307482
RRP: £36.99£32.53This collection presents the major recent writings on the Russian Revolution and its context. It brings together key texts to illustrate new interpretive approaches and covers the central topics and themes. Together, the chapters in this volume form a... -
Enfield: Britain in Old Photographs by Alan Dumayne 9780752452166
RRP: £14.99£14.10The London Borough of Enfield, which includes the former boroughs of Southgate and Edmonton, came into being in 1965. This selection of superb photographs gives an unforgettable impression of the recent history of these areas, and shows how they... -
Haunted Maidstone by Neil Arnold 9780752459226
RRP: £12.99£9.62For the first time, the historic town of Maidstone gives up its darkest and eeriest secrets. Including previously unpublished accounts of ghostly activity and re-examining classic cases, this is a treasure trove of original material and atmospheric... -
Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV by Joe Moran
RRP: £12.99£9.45But what does your furniture point at?' asks the character Joey in the sitcom Friends on hearing an acquaintance has no TV. It's a good question: since its beginnings during WW2, television has assumed a central role in our houses and our lives, just as... -
Boudica by Vanessa Collingridge
RRP: £16.99£12.28Boudica has been immortalised throughout history as the woman who dared take on the Romans - an act of vengeance on behalf of her daughters, tribe and enslaved country. Her known life is a rich tapestry of wife, widow, mother, queen and Celtic... -
It's My Life! 1960s Newcastle by Anna Flowers 9781857951387
£10.38The 1960s. It was the decade that began in black and white and ended in colour. In Newcastle, as elsewhere, it was a time when everything was possible and everything was changing. From the Club A'Go Go to the new highrise flats people were on the move... -
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 by P. J. Cain 9781138817739
RRP: £54.99£53.48A milestone in the understanding of British history and imperialism, this ground-breaking book radically reinterprets the course of modern economic development and the causes of overseas expansion during the past three centuries. Employing their concept... -
The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations by Frances F. Berdan
RRP: £18.00£12.96In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan casts fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths and human sacrifice. While often... -
Five Patients by Michael Crichton
RRP: £9.99£7.11ER has become the most succesful television series in the world since CHARLIE'S ANGELS. Michael Crichton created the series from his own experiences as a medical doctor in the emergency rooms, operating rooms and wards of Massachusetts General Hospital... -
Celtic Hand Stroke by Stroke (Irish Half-Uncial from "The Book of Kells"): An Arthur Baker Calligraphy Manual by Arthur Baker
RRP: £6.49£4.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486243368Author Arthur BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 175gDimensions(mm)... -
Bargaining with the Devil by Robert Mnookin
RRP: £18.99£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416583332Author Robert MnookinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 214mm *... -
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450 by Juliet Barker 9780349122021
RRP: £12.99£7.51Author 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: £12.99£2.29Author 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... -
Bloody British History: Southampton by Penny Legg 9780752471105
RRP: £9.99£7.55The people of Southampton have had a lot to put up with over the centuries. If the Danes of French weren't attacking it, pirates from further along were. Treasonous plots were hatched behind its ancient walls and mutiny hit its shipping. This book looks... -
The Little Book of Norwich by Neil Storey
RRP: £14.99£11.55Norwich is a city that has seen it all. Its citizens have been murdered with poisoned dumplings, royalty and rogues have walked the same cobbled streets, and rioters have mustered outside its city gates. Quirky details and local anecdotes abound as this... -
Titanic: A Survivor's Story by Archibald Gracie
RRP: £9.99£7.55Here is a survivor's vivid account of the greatest maritime disaster in history. The information contained in Gracie's account is available from no other source. He provides details of those final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the... -
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
RRP: £14.99£10.20An abridged edition of Edward Gibbon's THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, which compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into a single epic narrative.Famously sceptical about Christianity, unexpectedly sympathetic to the barbarian... -
Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany by Lyndal Roper 9780300119831
RRP: £22.00£21.91A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them From the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust, the witch has been a powerful figure of the Western imagination. In the sixteenth and seventeenth... -
Corridors: Passages of Modernity by Roger Luckhurst 9781789140538
RRP: £30.00£29.49We spend our lives moving through passages, hallways, corridors, and gangways, yet these channeling spaces do not feature in architectural histories, monographs, or guidebooks. They are overlooked, undervalued, and unregarded, seen as unlovely parts of a... -
Capitalism: A Short History by Jurgen Kocka 9780691178226
RRP: £16.99£11.89In this authoritative and accessible book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism within a global perspective from its medieval origins to the 2008 financial crisis and beyond. From early... -
The Lost Coast of Norfolk by Neil R. Storey
RRP: £16.99£12.94In this latest volume by Neil R. Storey we encounter some of the personalities, folklore, events, disasters, heroes and villains that have become interwoven into the rich tapestry of Norfolk's coastal past.About the AuthorNeil Storey is Norfolk's... -
The French Revolution: From its Origins to 1793 by Gary Kates
RRP: £14.99£13.58Internationally renowned as the greatest authority on the French Revolution, Georges Lefebvre combined impeccable scholarship with a lively writing style. His masterly overview of the history of the French Revolution has taken its rightful place as the... -
The Forth Bridge: A Picture History by Sheila MacKay
RRP: £14.99£10.20At the time of its construction, the Forth Bridge was the largest bridge in the world, and to this day it remains a breathtaking monument to the vision and confidence of the Victorian age which created it. For seven years, thousands of men from all over... -
To War With the Walkers: 'Once read, never forgotten' -The Times by Annabel Venning 9781473679306 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.29**DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019****SUNDAY TELEGRAPH CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019**'So blissfully good that I'd give it to a reader of any age . . . deeply touching, unforgettable family memoir'ALLISON PEARSON, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Uplifting and... -
To War With the Walkers: 'Once read, never forgotten' -The Times by Annabel Venning
RRP: £20.00£10.32**DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019****SUNDAY TELEGRAPH CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019**'So blissfully good that I'd give it to a reader of any age . . . deeply touching, unforgettable family memoir'ALLISON PEARSON, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Uplifting and... -
A History of Southend by Ian Yearsley 9781860776458
RRP: £17.99£13.64SOUTHEND has a complex and surprisingly interesting history. From 18th-century origins as the `South End' of Prittlewell Parish, it has grown over 300 years to swallow up six separate parishes: Prittlewell, Southchurch, Leigh, Eastwood,North Shoebury and... -
Exploring Midsomer: The Towns and Villages at the Murderous Heart of England by Chris Behan 9780752462233
RRP: £12.99£9.62Since it was first broadcast on British television in 1997, Midsomer Murders has become one of the most-beloved detective dramas on television, instantly recognisable for its attractive backdrop at the heart of rural England. The real towns and villages...