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The Prince Who Beat the Empire: How an Indian Ruler Took on the Might of the East India Company by Moin Mir 9781445686929
RRP: $39.88$29.02An acclaimed history of empire and resistance: this is the moving story of the rebel prince who beat the world's most powerful corporation. The ships of the East India Company first docked at India's shores in Surat in the early 17th century. In time,... -
Accrington Old & New by Catherine Duckworth 9781859378069 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.50$27.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859378069Author Catherine DuckworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Frith Book Company Ltd.Publisher Frith Book Company Ltd. -
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos by Dava Sobel
RRP: $23.08$16.78The bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution in astronomy that changed the world. 'Lively, inventive ... a masterly specimen of close-range cultural history' Wall Street Journal ... -
The Lion Sleeps Tonight Rian Malan 9781611855838
RRP: $20.98$15.37For Rian Malan, the blessing of living in South Africa is that every day presents him with material whose richness astounds those who live in saner places. Twenty years after the publication of his bestseller My Traitor's Heart, he is still strongly... -
When She Dreams by . Amanda Quick
RRP: $20.98$14.70'Quick's ambitious novel, set during the golden age of Hollywood, sparkles with wit and clever plotting' Publishers WeeklyReturn to 1930s Burning Cove, California, the glamorous seaside playground for Hollywood stars, mobsters, spies, and a host of... -
The A-Z of Curious Bristol by Maurice Fells
RRP: $31.48$24.26Bristol's history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. This book explains why the vicar in one church goes on an annual trek to peer down a manhole; why captains of industry sing an eighteen-verse song in memory of Queen Elizabeth I;... -
The Book of Celtic Myths: From the Mystic Might of the Celtic Warriors to the Magic of the Fey Folk, the Storied History and Folklore of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales by Adams Media
RRP: $29.38$19.89Hear the tales of Gods, monsters, magic, and more! Warriors, poets, scholars, and visionaries--from the depths of time the ancient Celts have fascinated us. Their rich heritage lives on today. But who were they? From the Druids and fairies to King Arthur... -
Blowing Up Iberia: British, German and Italian Sabotage in Spain and Portugal by Bernard O'Connor 9780244550363
RRP: $52.48$46.58During the Second World War, the British military and intelligence agencies had plans in case Germany invaded Spain and Portugal. This involved training British and Spanish agents to be secretly infiltrated to undertake sabotage operations on important... -
Women Against Slavery: The British Campaigns, 1780-1870 by Clare Midgley 9780415127080
RRP: $79.78$70.10This comprehensive study of women anti-slavery campaigners fills a serious gap in abolitionist history. Covering all stages of the campaign, Women Against Slavery uses hitherto neglected sources to build up a vivid picture of the lives, words and actions... -
Aryans Charles Allen 9789357312684
RRP: $52.50$35.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357312684Author Charles AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hachette IndiaPublisher Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt LtdWeight(grams)... -
Postcard from the Cotswolds by Jan Dobrzynski 9780752459288
RRP: $27.28$20.73The steep western ridge of the Cotswolds has a commanding view of the Severn Valley, the Malvern Hills and the Forest of Dean. To the north is an equally impressive view of the Vale of Evesham, the Worcester plain and Bredon Hill. The source of many... -
Saundersfoot and Tenby: Pocket Images by Ken Daniels 9781845881771 [USED COPY]
$35.91A history of Saundersfoot & Tenby.Book InformationISBN 9781845881771Author Ken DanielsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nonsuch PublishingPublisher Nonsuch PublishingWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 124mm * 10mm -
Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt 9780393331998
RRP: $27.28$24.11How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human... -
Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower by David Baldwin
RRP: $20.98$14.11Elizabeth Woodville is a historical character whose life no novelist would ever have dared invent. She has been portrayed as an enchantress, as an unprincipled advancer of her family's fortunes and a plucky but pitiful queen in Shakespeare's histories... -
Railways' Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn 9781911042808 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.78$4.81A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history. Right from the very start, when George Stephenson's famous Rocket knocked over and killed a government minister at the... -
Railways' Strangest Tales Tom Quinn 9781911042808
RRP: $16.78$11.74A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history. Right from the very start, when George Stephenson's famous Rocket knocked over and killed a government minister at the... -
Dartmoor: Into the Wilderness by Michelle Dibb 9780752459295
RRP: $57.75$36.88Dartmoor is one of the few wilderness areas remaining in the UK - beautiful, mysterious and sometimes dangerous. From its rich, moss-covered ancient woodlands and rushing rivers to its sparse high moorland and bleak prison, Dartmoor has inspired artists,... -
The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean by John Freely 9781845111601
$37.11The Cyclades are the quintessential Greek isles, renowned for the beauty of their seascapes, their historical monuments and a unique way of life deeply rooted in the remote past of the Aegean. Over the course of more than 7,000 years the Cyclades have... -
Hyphens & Hashtags*: *The Stories behind the symbols on our keyboard by Claire Cock-Starkey
RRP: $27.28$21.29The punctuation marks, mathematical symbols and glyphs which haunt the edges of our keyboards have evolved over many hundreds of years. They shape our understanding of texts, calculations and online interactions. Without these symbols all texts would run... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera by Roger Parker 9780192854452 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.88$5.88In this lavishly illustrated volume the history and social context of opera is explored by a group of leading British and American scholars, under the editorship of Roger Parker. The core of the book is a historical survey of opera, from its beginnings... -
Born in Blackness: Africa and the Making of the Modern World by Howard W. French
RRP: $33.58$26.88In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the... -
Lancastrians and Yorkists: The Wars of the Roses D.R. Cook 9780582353848
$75.05This concise, lucid study charts the complex sequence of events we know today as the War of the Roses. In the thematic chapters of the third section the author assesses the motives and relationships of the principal actors; the real character and impact... -
Coastal Scotland by Stuart Fisher
RRP: $52.50$41.12With several thousand miles of coastline and nearly 800 islands, Scotland has the most diverse coast of the United Kingdom. From the wild waters around Cape Wrath to the serene beaches of the Silver Sands of Morar, via one of the world's largest... -
Dublin: The Making of a Capital City by Dr. David Dickson 9781861975867
RRP: $42.00$32.57Dublin has many histories: for a thousand years a modest urban settlement on the quiet waters of the Irish Sea, for the last four hundred it has experienced great - and often astonishing - change. Once a fulcrum of English power in Ireland, it was also... -
Scottish History - Heroes and Heroines 5 book pack: William Wallace; Robert Bruce; Mary Queen of Scots; Rob Roy; Bonnie Prince Charlie by David Ross 9781849345385
RRP: $41.90$30.41Scottish heroes and heroines pack of five books: The Story of William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, The Story of Robert the Bruce, The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Story of Rob Roy. Exciting stories with timelines at the back that show the... -
Northumberland Churches: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Reformation by Stan Beckensall
RRP: $33.58$22.79Northumberland was one of the greatest influences on the development of Christianity in Europe. Stan Beckensall guides the reader in words and full-colour pictures through the history of Northumberland's old churches, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the... -
Two Percent Townsend: a portrait of rural life in the Birdlip and Crickley Hill area of the Cotswolds in the 1940s, 50s and beyond by John Townsend 9781915067296
RRP: $18.88$13.97'As a child I think we lived on rabbit - boiled, roasted or stewed, it was a staple diet for many families ...' Birdlip, Cold Slad, Crickey Hill and the Air Balloon Inn: growing up in a hamlet of only six houses, John Townsend's humble childhood is... -
The Vietnam Wars by Marilyn Young 9780060921071
$26.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060921071Author Marilyn YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 328gDimensions(mm)... -
The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States Michael Haag 9781846684517
RRP: $20.98$15.37In 1187, nearly a century after the victorious First Crusade, Saladin captured Jerusalem. The Templars, headquartered on the Temple Mount, were driven from the city along with the Frankish population.The fall of Jerusalem was a turning point, the start... -
The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States by Michael Haag 9781846684517 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.81In 1187, nearly a century after the victorious First Crusade, Saladin captured Jerusalem. The Templars, headquartered on the Temple Mount, were driven from the city along with the Frankish population.The fall of Jerusalem was a turning point, the start... -
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume II: The New World by Sir Winston S. Churchill
RRP: $54.58$48.74"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of... -
What is Cultural History? Peter Burke (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) 9781509522217
RRP: $31.48$28.94What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its third edition, leading historian Peter Burke offers afresh his accessible account of the past, present and... -
Blame It on the Duke by Lenora Bell
RRP: $20.98$14.70'Georgette Heyer with a sexy twist' - Eloisa JamesHave you heard? The future Duke of Barrington has just been gambled away by his father. To an heiress!The delicious details thus far . . . Nicolas, Lord Hatherly, never intended to marry - nor add to the... -
Love and Deception: Philby in Beirut James Hanning 9781472155948
RRP: $27.28$18.54'James Hanning's book is excellent . . . The fascination of Love & Deception lies in the meticulously detailed account it gives of Philby's strange half-life in Beirut, where he was banished in 1956' Guardian Love & Deception is the extraordinary story... -
Richard I by John Gillingham 9780300094046
RRP: $52.50$44.77Neither a feckless knight-errant nor a king who neglected his kingdom, Richard I was in reality a masterful and businesslike ruler. In this wholly rewritten version of a classic account of the reign of Richard The Lionheart, John Gillingham scrutinizes... -
Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene B. Fluckey 9780252066702
RRP: $37.78$35.49The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper,... -
The Centenary Edition Raymond Williams: Who Speaks for Wales? Nation, Culture, Identity by Raymond Williams 9781786837066
RRP: $39.88$30.49In the words of Cornel West, Raymond Williams was 'the last of the great European male revolutionary socialist intellectuals'. A figure of international importance in the fields of cultural criticism and social theory, Williams was also preoccupied... -
Miss Tonks Turns to Crime M.C. Beaton 9781780333182
RRP: $20.98$14.70One cannot live of dignity alone!The poor relations banded together some time ago to run The Poor Relation Hotel in the hope their embarrassed relatives would buy them out, but as the hotel prospered, so they began to enjoy the fruit of their labour.But... -
Birmingham: The Fifties Revisited by Alton Douglas 9781858585260
$26.40The fifties was the decade that saw Birmingham getting back to its feet, shaking off the dust and demolition of the war years and slowly getting on with the business of "Life as normal". For that reason we've deliberately weighted the book in favour of... -
Bradford: Images of England by Gary Firth 9780752430195
RRP: $31.48$24.61This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752430195Author Dr Gary...