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A Dictionary of British History by John Cannon 9780199550371
RRP: £16.49Booksplease Price: £11.76Who was the first King of England? What prompted the Cat and Mouse Act? When was Wembley stadium demolished? Where did the Rebecca riots take place? How long did the Hundred Years War last? Containing more than 3,800 authoritative entries written by... -
Myths & Legends: An illustrated guide to their origins and meanings by Philip Wilkinson
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.03Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide.What did Japanese mythology say about the beginning of the Universe? How did Oedipus become the classic tragic hero in Greek... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt by Bill Manley
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.77From its humble origins as a cluster of rival chiefdoms along the banks of the Nile, ancient Egypt rose to become one of the most advanced civilizations of its time. This atlas traces its turbulent history and remarkable cultural development, from the... -
75 Years of Balls: The History of the Imperial Poona Yacht Club by Jeremy Atkins 9780950917955
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £9.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780950917955Author Jeremy AtkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Jeremy AtkinsPublisher Jeremy AtkinsWeight(grams) 127g -
100 Great Black Britons by Patrick Vernon
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.98'An empowering read . . . it is refreshing to see somebody celebrate the role that black Britons have played in this island's long and complicated history'DAVID LAMMY, author of Tribes, in 'The best books of 2020', the Guardian'Timely and so important . ... -
The Concorde Story: Seventh Edition by Christopher Orlebar
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.40This fully revised edition of The Concorde Story, is a complete history of Concorde, seen through the eyes of former Concorde pilot Christopher Orlebar. This new edition includes the after-story of the aircraft, including a list of where surviving... -
A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases Christopher Coredon 9781843841388
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.85The first dictionary of medieval terms intended for the non-specialist with an interest in the medieval world. An interest in the middle ages often brings the non-specialist reader up short against a word or term which is not understood or only... -
Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal--The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War by Joseph Wheelan 9780306824593
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £26.50The first U.S. offensive of World War II began with no fanfare early August 7, 1942. But, before it ended six months later with the first U.S. land victory, Guadalcanal was a household name. There, marines faced bloody banzai attacks in the stifling... -
A Less Boring History of the World by Dave Rear
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.56Refreshes the parts other history books can't reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not... -
An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409 by David Mattingly
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.56Part of the Penguin History of Britain series, An Imperial Possession is the first major narrative history of Roman Britain for a generation. David Mattingly draws on a wealth of new findings and knowledge to cut through the myths and misunderstandings... -
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy 9780750932042
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.34Just what was so great about Peter, Catherine, Frederick and Alexander? What did Cleopatra see to admire in the fat man with a beard, Mark Anthony? Why do people suffer from Montezuma's revenge? This light-hearted romp through history sets off with the... -
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence by Digby Smith
Booksplease Price: £24.44The uniforms of the fighting men of the American War of Independence are a vivid illustration of the difficulties and complexities of the conflict, and this book brings together for the first time a sweeping survey of what they should have worn, what... -
Complete Victoria Cross by Kevin Brazier 9781473843516
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.86This fully revised paperback edition of the complete chronological record of VC holders is an essential work of reference for every student of military history. All the British and Commonwealth servicemen who have been awarded the highest honour for... -
Typewriter: The History, The Machines, The Writers by Tony Allan 9781627950343
Booksplease Price: £10.06Personal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up, to Tom Hanks's bestselling app that recreates the manual... -
World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know Ian Crofton 9780857380753
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.79People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, World History: 50 Key Milestones You Really... -
Ship Spotter's Guide Angus Konstam 9781472808691
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £4.96Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, naval ships of all sizes have revolutionized warfare. From the Viking longship, pirate ships and super dreadnoughts to today's nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers, naval warfare has proved to be an essential... -
The A to Z of France by Gino G. Raymond 9780810872066
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £39.16From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul... -
The Complete Guide to Flags of the World, 3rd Edition Brian Johnson Barker 9781504800075
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.88This comprehensive guide to the flags of the world, now available in a completely updated edition, provides concise, accurate coverage of every country in the world, giving the history, meaning, and symbolism of national flags, together with large-scale... -
A Charlotte Mason Book of Centuries by Living Book Press 9781925729849
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925729849Author Living Book PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Living Book PressPublisher Living Book PressWeight(grams) 458g -
The Fall of the Philippines 1941–42 by Clayton K. S. Chun 9781849086097
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.14A highly illustrated account of the fall of the Philippines in 1941-42, one of the least covered campaigns of World War II.In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched an attack on the Philippines to eliminate the United States'... -
Palaeography for Family and Local Historians by Hilary Marshall
RRP: £22.50Booksplease Price: £16.43Family and Local Historians frequently encounter the challenge posed by the writing, and sometimes the translation, of the records which might most enable them to make further progress with their research. Many pamphlets, booklets and even books have... -
A Little History of the World E. H. Gombrich 9780300108835
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.19The international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages "All stories begin with 'Once upon a time.' And that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time." So begins A Little... -
Historical Research Using British Newspapers by Denise Bates
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.27Thanks to digitisation, newspapers from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century have become an indispensable and accessible source for researchers. Through their pages, historians with a passion for a person or a place or a time or a topic can... -
Great Cities: The Stories Behind the World's most Fascinating Places by DK
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.40Explore the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metropolises, cities have marked the progress of civilisation. Written in the form of illustrated "biographies",... -
The Princeton Guide to Historical Research by Zachary Schrag 9780691198224
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £17.61The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first centuryThe Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age,... -
On this Day in the Wars of the Roses by Dan Moorhouse 9781838447106
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838447106Author Dan MoorhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Dan MoorhousePublisher Dan MoorhouseWeight(grams) 152g -
Medicine: The Definitive Illustrated History by DK
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.20See the greatest medical breakthroughs come to life through superb illustrations!From ancient herbal medicine to traditional Chinese medicine, take a visual tour throughout the history of medicine with this comprehensive medical reference book.Discover... -
Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November): The History of Britain in Bite-Sized Chunks by Judy Parkinson
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £5.81'Claiming there are only 150 key things you really need to know that have shaped in the story of Britain, this book delivers them in easy to swallow, bite-sized chunks' - Best of British____________________A bestseller in 2008, Remember Remember has... -
The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization by Graham Shipley 9780521731508
Booksplease Price: £62.00The Cambridge Guide to Classical Civilization provides an authoritative survey of the classical world, combining the traditional strengths of classical subjects with new approaches examining the social and cultural features of the ancient Greek and Roman... -
The Royal Navy Officer's Pocket-Book by Brian Lavery
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.30""The art of command is...to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.' A Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943', has found... -
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P. H. Reaney 9780192806635
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.57Did you know that Batts, may have had stout ancestors? That Dennes could be descended from swineherds? That Herons might come from thin men with long legs? How much do you know about the origin of your own surname? This fascinating dictionary covers... -
Small Unit Tactics and Raids: Two Illustrated Manuals by Matthew Luke 9781734888034
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £43.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734888034Author Matthew LukeFormat HardbackPage Count 572Imprint Matthew Luke PublishingPublisher Matthew Luke PublishingWeight(grams)... -
A History of the World in 10 Dinners: 2,000 Years, 100 Recipes by Victoria Flexner 9780847873456
RRP: £42.50Booksplease Price: £26.45For every lover of food culture, this scrupulously researched and accessible cookbook presents one-of-a-kind dinner parties inspired by seminal moments in culinary history.In ten chapters-each an important moment in food history, from Ancient Rome to... -
1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.44In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and... -
World Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles Forty George 9780754833512
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £21.00This book is an authoritative history and directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as ARVs (armoured recovery vehicles), tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies, and AFVs such as armoured cars,... -
The Kings and Queens of Britain by John Cannon
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £10.00This authoritative and accessible guide to the British monarchy spans the Romano-British rulers of 55 BC to the present day House of Windsor. Generously illustrated with maps, photos, paintings, and genealogies, it contains a wealth of information on the... -
100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present by Paul K. Davis 9781576070758
Booksplease Price: £79.67Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.-A.D. 1991. What if the Saxons had triumphed over the Normans in the Battle of Hastings?... -
A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945 by Joe Bamford 9781781550960
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.72A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945 covers the station's history during the period that the RAF was on the offensive against the Luftwaffe. Having been badly damaged during the Battle of Britain and the only airfield to have been put out of... -
Historical Dictionary of Logic by Harry J. Gensler 9780810855311
RRP: £97.00Booksplease Price: £76.31This one-volume encyclopedia of logic introduces the central concepts of the field in a series of brief, non-technical, cross-referenced dictionary entries. The 352 alphabetically arranged entries give a clear, basic introduction to a very broad range of... -
Roman Centurions 31 BC-AD 500: The Classical and Late Empire Raffaele D'Amato (Author) 9781849087957
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.27In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the tough, professional warriors who led from the front,...