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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America by Stacy Schiff
RRP: £22.99£13.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805080094Author Stacy SchiffFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Owl Books,U.S.Publisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 213mm... -
Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
RRP: £10.99£6.23Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Deborah Harkness returns to the spellbinding world she created in A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES with an unconventional love story. From human to vampire...Marcus Whitmore was made a vampire in the eighteenth century... -
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
RRP: £18.99£14.61The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life, he carries the reader through Washington's troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and... -
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
RRP: £14.99£9.76During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers. America's first great publicist, he carefully crafted his... -
1776: America and Britain at War by David McCullough
RRP: £16.99£12.28America's most acclaimed historian presents the intricate story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. 1776 tells two gripping stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colonies became the United States, and how the British Empire... -
The War for American Independence, 1775-1783 by Jeremy Black
RRP: £14.99£11.28The bitter and often bloody fight which accompanied the emergence of the United States of America as an independent force on the world stage has always been a subject of much debate and controversy. Historian Jeremy Black challenges many traditional... -
The Revolutionary Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff
RRP: £30.00£18.81A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times), Top 10 Books of 2022 (Fresh Air), and One of Oprah Daily's Favourite Books of 2022: A revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winner... -
John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek
RRP: £19.99£14.68Updated edition of the authoritative single-volume biography of John F. Kennedy. Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, prize-winning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing... -
The Age of Revolutions: And the Generations Who Made It by Nathan Perl-Rosenthal 9781541603196
RRP: £30.00£18.81A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in handThe revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over... -
Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder by Christian Parenti
RRP: £20.00£13.34In retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton-sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron... -
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence by Digby Smith
RRP: £19.99£15.28The 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... -
German Troops in the American Revolution (1): Hessen-Cassel by Donald M. Londahl-Smidt
RRP: £11.99£8.43During the American Revolution (1775-83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America, continuing a long-established relationship between Britain and various German... -
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson 9780141022000
RRP: £18.99£14.01'Riveting ... this will be his masterpiece' - Andrew Roberts, The New York Times'For big, bold and compelling, it is impossible to ignore Kissinger' - John Bew, New Statesman, Books of the Year 'This is a superb history of the modern world as well as a... -
Thomas Paine Reader by Thomas Paine
RRP: £12.99£9.09This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of... -
British Army Uniforms of the American Revolution 1751 - 1783 by Carl J. Franklin 9781473886667
RRP: £19.99£18.62Based on contemporary records and paintings, this book identifies each cavalry and infantry regiment and illustrates changes in uniforms, their facing colours and the nature and shape of lace worn by officers, NCOs and private soldiers from 1751 to 1783... -
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan 9781541730335
RRP: £25.00£15.95Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a soldier, statesman, idealist, philanthropist,... -
The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution by Andrew M. Wehrman
RRP: £26.50£23.55Now an LA Times Book Prize finalist: a timely and fascinating account of the raucous public demand for smallpox inoculation during the American Revolution and the origin of vaccination in the United States.Finalist of the LA Times Book Prize for History... -
Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence by Alan Gilbert
RRP: £13.00£12.00We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American population - African Americans would still be bound in... -
Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President by Robert Dallek
RRP: £16.99£12.28Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has condensed his two-volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available.Based on years of research... -
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings by Thomas Paine
RRP: £6.99£5.13`An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot . . . it will march on the horizon of the world and it will conquer.' Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read... -
The Federalist Papers by James Madison
RRP: £12.99£10.95Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely... -
Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence by Bill O'Reilly
£23.19The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's mega-bestselling Killing series transports readers to the most important era in our nation's history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin... -
The Penobscot Expedition: Commodore Saltonstall and the Massachusetts Conspiracy of 1779 by George E. Buker 9781608933563
RRP: £12.99£9.36In 1779 the fledgling U.S. naval fleet suffered a catastrophic defeat against the British in the waters of the Penobscot Bay, losing forty ships in a battle that was expected to be a sure victory for the Americans. Commodore Dudley Saltonstall was blamed... -
Rebels and Patriots by Michael Leck
RRP: £12.99£9.70From the first shots at Jumonville Glen to the surrender at Appomattox, Rebels and Patriots allows you to campaign with Wolfe or Montcalm, stand with Tarleton at Cowpens or Washington at Yorktown, or don the blue or grey to fight for Grant or Lee. From... -
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 by Alan Taylor 9780393354768
RRP: £15.99£14.46Often understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution grows in this masterful history like a ground fire overspreading Britain's mainland colonies, fuelled by local conditions and resistant to control. Emerging from the rivalries of... -
Letter from America: 1946-2004 by Alistair Cooke
RRP: £12.99£9.09A defining collection from Alistair Cooke's legendary BBC Radio broadcasts, guiding us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United States'No one else succeeded in explaining to the English-speaking world ... the idiosyncrasies of a country... -
Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World by Richard Middleton
RRP: £25.00£21.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300196801Author Richard MiddletonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough 9781501168703
RRP: £12.99£8.18As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of... -
The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction by R. B. Bernstein
RRP: £8.99£6.45The Founding Fathers is a concise, accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as "the Founding Fathers"--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic... -
Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 by Mary Beth Norton 9780801483479
RRP: £17.99£13.61First published in 1980 and recently out of print, Liberty's Daughters is widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the Revolution itself.About the AuthorMary Beth Norton is Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History... -
The American Republic: Primary Sources by Bruce Frohnen 9780865973336
RRP: £10.95£10.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973336Author Bruce FrohnenFormat PaperbackPage Count 724Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1751g -
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin 9781453606124
RRP: £8.95£8.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453606124Author Benjamin FranklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose 9780553383294
RRP: £18.00£11.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The National Review Best Book 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780553383294Author Alexander RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div... -
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
RRP: £18.00£11.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize (History) 2001.Book InformationISBN 9780375705243Author Joseph J. EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House... -
American History: A Very Short Introduction by Paul S. Boyer
RRP: £10.49£7.44This brief history of America will span the earliest migrations to the present, reflecting Paul S. Boyer's interests in social, intellectual, and cultural history, including popular culture and religion. It will reflect his personal view of American... -
American Colonies: The Settlement of North America to 1800 by Alan Taylor 9780142002100
RRP: £16.99£12.28AMERICAN COLONIES starts with the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent and environs with the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait 15,000 years ago. It ends in around 1800 when the rough outline of the contemporary North... -
Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America by Jordan E. Taylor
RRP: £33.00£28.96Fundamentally reshapes our understanding of the causes of the American Revolution and the pivotal role foreign news and misinformation played in driving colonists to revolt.Runner-up of the Journal of The American Revolution Book of the Year Award by the... -
Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past by Kevin M Kruse
RRP: £25.00£15.95The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperilling our... -
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff 9780195315882
RRP: £19.99£15.28The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. ... -
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 9780143034759
RRP: £23.00£16.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Book and George Washington Book Prize and New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year and Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year - Adult and Sons of...