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The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror by Joseph A. McCullough
RRP: €29.75€21.44As the wars of Napoleon ravage Europe, chaos and fear reign and the darkness that once clung to the shadows has been emboldened. Supernatural creatures - vampires, werewolves, ghouls, and worse take advantage of the havoc, striking out at isolated farms,... -
Inside The Third Reich by Albert Speer
RRP: €20.22€14.21The classic eye-witness account of Nazi Germany, by Hitler's Armaments Minister and right-hand man.'Inside the Third Reich is not only the most significant personal German account to come out of the war but the most revealing document on the Hitler... -
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
RRP: €13.08€9.25On 1 May 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. The passengers - including a record number of children and infants - were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around... -
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
RRP: €13.08€8.71'I beseech you to read this account' - Christopher HitchensA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his... -
Poetry of the First World War by Marcus Clapham
RRP: €13.08€9.44The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history and produced horrors undreamed of by the young men who cheerfully volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas. Whether in the patriotic enthusiasm of Rupert... -
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
RRP: €15.46€10.19Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a million dollar contract when, in 2001, al-Qaeda launched terrorist attacks against his country. Driven by... -
Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hilter's Most Brilliant General by Erich Manstein 9780760320549
RRP: €26.18€17.80Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich... -
Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling 9781538729663
RRP: €17.84€13.88In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,469-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of Navy SEALs struggled to take... -
Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II by Juan Garcia Pujol
RRP: €11.89€8.65Garbo was the British codename of Joan Puyol Garcia, perhaps the most influential spy of the Second World War. By feeding false information to the Germans on the eve of the D-Day landings he ensured Hitler held troops back that might otherwise have... -
Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II by Colin Smith
RRP: €17.84€13.03Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had... -
Japan's Infamous Unit 731: First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program by Hal Gold
RRP: €13.08€8.81This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China during WWII.Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far... -
The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings
RRP: €22.60€15.66'Excellent' Financial Times'Stirring, impressively detailed' Time magazineThe Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and... -
A Savage War Of Peace by Alistair Horne
RRP: €17.84€12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172186Author Alistair HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
The Boy from Block 66: The Children Saved from the Death March by the Buchenwald Camp Resistance by Limor Regev 9781802472509
RRP: €11.89€8.09January, 1945. 14-year-old Moshe Kessler steps off the train at Buchenwald concentration camp. Having endured the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, lost touch with his entire family, and survived the death march in the freezing European winter, he has seen... -
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
RRP: €23.80€16.36SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 WINGATE LITERARY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE TIMES, THE... -
Narvik 1940: The Battle for Northern Norway by David Greentree
RRP: €19.03€13.82In early 1940, a battle raged to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway - with changing fortunes until the very end. This highly detailed book covers both the naval battles and the individual Norwegian, British, Polish, French and... -
Stanford Tuck: Hero of the Battle of Britain: The Life of the Great Fighter Ace by Helen Doe 9781911667919
RRP: €29.75€20.97The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real... -
The Origins of the Second World War by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: €13.08€9.25A.J.P. Taylor's bestselling The Origins of the Second World War overturns popular myths about the outbreak of war.One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor... -
Life Under Fire: How to Build Inner Strength and Thrive Under Pressure by Jason Fox
RRP: €10.70€7.68THE EXTRAORDINARY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Take control of your life, build resilience and learn to thrive in any situation with the powerful and inspiring new book from the number one bestselling author of Battle Scars.In Life Under Fire, ex-Special... -
World War II Fighter Planes Spotter's Guide by Tony Holmes
RRP: €9.51€6.89World War II saw pilots from around the world battling in the skies over Europe, Asia and Africa, with victory resting upon their nerve, skill and the capabilities of some of history's most iconic aircraft. In the chaos of battle, it was vital that they... -
Major and Mrs.Holt's Battlefield Guide to Ypres Salient by Tonie Holt 9780850525519
RRP: €20.22€15.09Covering the important WW1 Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the well-known and most important sites of the area. This book, part of a new series of guides, is... -
Unholy Trinity by Mark Aarons 9780312181994
RRP: €29.75€18.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312181994Author Mark AaronsFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 612g -
The Story of the Second World War For Children: 1939-1945 by Peter Chrisp
RRP: €13.08€7.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783124503Author Peter ChrispFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group -
World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45: Identification Guide by David Porter
RRP: €23.79€16.72Illustrated with detailed artworks of American, British, Canadian, Australian, French, Polish and other Western Allied nations tanks and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45:... -
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad
RRP: €20.22€14.61'Masterly ... a book of resounding importance for appraising our global future as well as understanding our past' Richard Davenport-Hines, The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year'A masterful survey that will set the standard for Cold War... -
Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940-1949 by Erhard Steiniger
RRP: €29.75€21.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784386184Author Erhard SteinigerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Greenhill BooksPublisher Greenhill BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day: My Autobiography - The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller by Captain Tom Moore
RRP: €13.08€9.25Embark on an enchanting journey into our country's past hundred years through the remarkable life of Captain Sir Tom MooreTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A wonderful life story with lessons for us all . . . beautifully written' DAILY... -
Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings by Craig L. Symonds 9780199986118
RRP: €29.74€28.23D-Day--June 6, 1944--is seared into popular consciousness: 160,000 Allied troops landed along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy, suffering devastating losses in an invasion that would eventually lead to the... -
Berlin: The Downfall: 1945 by Antony Beevor
RRP: €15.46€10.82THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ON THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH'Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death-throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'An irresistibly compelling... -
Dreams of Peace: A gripping wartime family saga by Rowena Summers 9781804365755
RRP: €11.89€7.95The war is drawing to a close, but life for the Caldwell sisters is far from peaceful...Still waiting for her fiance, James, to return from fighting in North Africa, Imogen focuses her attention on driving for the Auxiliary Territorial Service General... -
The Korean War: An Epic Conflict 1950-1953 by Max Hastings
RRP: €22.60€15.66The Korean War is journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings' compelling account of the forgotten war.'The best narrative history of the Korean conflict' - GuardianOn 25 June 1950 the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of... -
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty by Ben Macintyre
RRP: €15.46€10.09The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'. Adam Worth was the greatest master... -
Crete: The Battle and the Resistance by Antony Beevor
RRP: €17.84€11.66Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete - reissued with a new introduction.'The best book we have got on Crete' ObserverThe Germans expected their... -
Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger
RRP: €11.89€8.46Presenting the desperate conflict of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier, Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel is translated by Michael Hofmann in Penguin Modern Classics.'As though walking through a deep dream, I saw steel... -
The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916 by Martin Middlebrook
RRP: €15.46€10.82The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words - Guardian'For some reason nothing seemed to happen to us at first; we strolled along as though walking in a park. Then, suddenly, we were in the midst... -
The Hunt: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban Warlord by Andy McNab
RRP: €22.60€13.72From master storyteller Andy McNab, this is the opening book in an adventure-filled and action-packed new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions. 'McNab's first major non-autobiographical work of non-fiction ... -
Blood in the Trenches: A Memoir of the Battle of the Somme by A Radclyffe Dugmore 9781399024396
RRP: €17.84€13.03Written by Captain A. Radclyffe Dugmore of the Kings Own Light Infantry, this personal memoir provides an excellent account of the Great War up to the Battle of the Somme. A wide ranging and perceptive relation of events, Radclyffe Dugmores pedigree as a... -
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 by Fergal Keane
RRP: €17.84€11.54Winner of the British Army Military Book of the Year 2011 The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history - fought at a major turning point of the Second World War. Kohima. In this remote Indian village near the border... -
The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough 9781789544688
RRP: €14.28€10.04The second volume of a new narrative history of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, by an expert on the Third Reich. 'This book is like a time machine because McDonough writes so vividly' History of War 'McDonough writes clearly and readably with... -
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spencer
RRP: €13.08€7.76THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON 'A brilliant read ... Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ ...