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The Traitor of Colditz: The Untold Story of Britain's Bravest Double Agent by Robert Verkaik
RRP: £9.99£5.96THE GRIPPING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant ... An amazing story, one I hadn't heard too much about' Dan SnowIT IS THE... -
The Cypress Maze by Fiona Valpy
RRP: £8.99£6.13In this haunting tale from the bestselling author of The Storyteller of Casablanca, Beatrice kept a wartime secret to protect the innocent. Now, could telling it set her free? Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice's dream of an... -
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Daniel Finkelstein
RRP: £25.00£14.69THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER 'An unforgettable epic of... -
Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-first Century by Tobias Buck 9781399604253
RRP: £25.00£16.38'[A] gripping and fascinating book' JAMES HOLLAND, DAILY TELEGRAPH, 5* review'A brilliant book . . . timely . . . gripping' RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVER'A thrilling read ' PHILIPPE SANDS, author of EAST WEST STREET***On 17 October 2019, in Hamburg's imposing... -
Miss Dior: A Wartime Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie
RRP: £20.00£14.46Miss Dior is a wartime story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal and 'a gripping story' (Antonia Fraser).*The New Look, a new Apple TV drama series starring Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior - in a role inspired by Justine Picardie's Miss Dior -... -
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
RRP: £10.99£7.40The #1 testimony book that every Christian needs to read. As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet watchmaker's family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others, and for the love of Christ. Despite the danger and threat of discovery,... -
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France by James Holland
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and... -
In Search Of Berlin: The Story of A Reinvented City by John Kampfner 9781838954819
RRP: £22.00£15.11A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023'A masterful portrait of one of the world's greatest cities... A must-read' PETER FRANKOPAN'Such a delightful read' KATJA HOYER, The Times'Berlin may well be Europe's most enigmatic city and John Kampfner is the... -
The Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes: The Death of the Sixth Army by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: £20.00£13.74Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using Friedrich Paulus's 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. The attack was supported by intense bombing that reduced much of the... -
World War II Map by Map by DK
RRP: £30.00£20.71Explore World War II in unprecedented detail with this compelling geographical guide.If you're interested in finding out more about one of the deadliest wars in history, then this war book is perfect for you. World War II Map by Map is an intricately... -
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel
RRP: £10.99£7.77Now a major film starring GEORGE CLOONEY, MATT DAMON, CATE BLANCHETT, BILL MURRAY, JOHN GOODMAN, HUGH BONNEVILLE, BOB BALABAN, JEAN DUJARDIN and DIMITRI LEONIDAS.What if I told you that there was an epic story about World War II that has not been told,... -
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben MacIntyre
RRP: £10.99£7.33THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERDiscover the incredible true story of WW2's most extraordinary spy - from the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor. 'His best book yet' The Times________________From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler... -
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre 9780241986974
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AND PERFECT GIFT FOR HISTORY BUFFS!'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph_____________________________FROM THE... -
SAS Great Escapes by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Riveting. Extraordinary. A real-life thriller.' - Dan SnowIn SAS Great Escapes, bestselling author Damien Lewis tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military... -
War Comes to the Dales: An uplifting, heart-warming and emotional World War Two rural saga by Betty Firth 9781804361924
RRP: £8.99£6.09'Heartwarming, moving, heartbreaking, powerful, and so much more.' Reader ReviewCan she help the village survive the war?April 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazine, the sleepy Yorkshire... -
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by Frank Murphy 9781783967353
RRP: £25.00£16.53The captivating story of WWII Airman Frank Murphy, who features in new TV miniseries Masters of the Air. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and undeniable courage, no words matter more... -
The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400739Author James HawesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm -
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
RRP: £10.99£7.40'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves'Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was... -
Spitfire Manual 1940 by Dilip Sarkar 9781848684362
RRP: £9.99£6.64How to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the War Office during the Second World War to aid pilots... -
Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£9.09'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians.' Sebastian Faulks'Holland's skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose.' The TimesShortlisted for the 2021 British Army Military Book of the... -
Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan
RRP: £14.99£9.80Previously published as PeacemakersBetween January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the leaders of the three great powers - Woodrow Wilson,... -
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.09The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2______________In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town . . . Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men... -
Judy: A Dog in a Million: From Runaway Puppy to the World's Most Heroic Dog by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.40The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell.Judy, a beautiful liver and white English pointer, and the only animal POW of WWII, truly was a dog in a million, cherished and adored by the... -
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton
RRP: £12.99£6.65'A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it!' ANTHONY HOROWITZSIX GENTLEMEN, ONE GOAL - THE DESTRUCTION OF HITLER'S WAR MACHINE.In the spring of 1939, a top secret organisation was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of... -
Irena's Gift: An epic World War II memoir of sisters, secrets and survival by Karen Kirsten 9781837700448
RRP: £9.99£6.80If we seal off the past, how will we ever know the truth? In 1942, in Nazi-occupied Poland, a Jewish child was smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto in a backpack. That child was Karen Kirsten's mother, but she knew nothing about this extraordinary event... -
Fallout: the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world by Lesley Blume
RRP: £14.99£9.53A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND VANITY FAIR New York Times bestselling author Lesley Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of the greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century - the true effects of the atom bomb -... -
Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.40One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader... -
The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII by Will Iredale
RRP: £14.99£9.80THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compelling... sensitive, colourful and moving' -- Saul David, Telegraph'Fascinating and utterly gripping' -- James Holland'Absorbing' -- Daily Mail Book of the... -
Defeat Into Victory: (Pan Military Classics Series) by William Slim
RRP: £16.99£12.18Field Marshal William Slim stands alongside Montgomery as the outstanding British field commander of World War II. Defeat Into Victory is his classic account of the Burma campaign: a story of retreat, attrition and final hard-fought victory over the... -
Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game by Andrew Hodges
RRP: £10.99£8.17The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Taken on by British Intelligence in... -
Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East by James Holland
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times'A first-rate popular history of a fascinating and neglected battle... a veritable page-turner' BBC HistoryIn February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops,... -
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 11 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning
RRP: £10.99£7.77Ordinary Men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the UK for the first time. It takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in detail its composition, its actions, andthe... -
Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945 by Halik Kochanski
RRP: £20.00£14.69*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2023**A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR*'The best book about the subject I have ever read' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesA sweeping history of occupation and resistance in war-torn Europe, from the acclaimed author of The... -
The Man who Never Was: The Remarkable True Story of Operation Mincemeat by Ewen Montagu
RRP: £12.99£9.37Now the subject of a major new film starring Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu in Operation Mincemeat.In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse wearing the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines was slipped into the waters off the south-west coast of... -
The History of The Raf and The Lancaster Bomber by Mike Lepine
RRP: £20.00£14.29THE HISTORY OF THE RAF AND THE LANCASTER BOMBER celebrates and commemorates over 100 years of the Royal Air Force. With access to rare RAF archives, Mike Lepine uses photographs and documents to bring the story of the people, planes and missions to life... -
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 by Harald Jahner 9780753557884
RRP: £13.99£9.75THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION******SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE******SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE***A Book of the YearThe Times * Sunday Times * Telegraph * New... -
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The most brilliant and fascinating book I have read in my entire life' Dan Snow'A huge contribution... remarkable' Antony Beevor, BBC RADIO 4'Extremely interesting ... a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched' Ian... -
Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts
RRP: £18.99£14.01THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, DAILY TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesA magnificently fresh and... -
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor
RRP: £14.99£10.20The bestselling author of STALINGRAD and BERLIN: THE DOWNFALL on the Spanish Civil War, drawing on masses of newly discovered material from the Spanish, Russian and German archives.The civil war that tore Spain apart between 1936 and 1939 and attracted... -
SAS Band of Brothers by Damien Lewis
RRP: £12.99£8.60The new SAS epic from bestselling military historian Damien LewisWe share the triumphs and tragedies of a group of elite soldier trailblazers as they commit daring raids behind enemy lines in 1944, manage an against the odds escape to victory, and then...