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Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context by Mary T. Boatwright 9780197777008
RRP: £19.99£18.61The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were part of Rome's imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE, the Roman principate. Boatwright uses coins, inscriptions, papyri, material culture, and archaeology, as well... -
The Watchman's Widow: A dramatic and emotional Northern historical novel by Joanne Clague 9781800329522
RRP: £8.99£6.06She isn't looking for trouble - but trouble is coming to find her.Still grieving the death of her watchman husband in a terrorist attack during the Outrages, factory worker Rose is struggling to make ends meet when she encounters middle-class Annie, a... -
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal by Rebecca M. Herzig
RRP: £74.00£64.45Uncovers the history of hair removal practices and sheds light on the prolific culture of beauty From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available today,... -
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee
RRP: £9.99£7.48'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience ... and ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personality ... Whoop, whoop! If anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-funding... -
Female Innovators Who Changed Our World: How Women Shaped STEM by Green, Emma 9781526789693
RRP: £20.00£14.51We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics... -
A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War by Patricia Fara
RRP: £12.99£9.342018 marked a double centenary: peace was declared in war-wracked Europe, and women won the vote after decades of struggle. A Lab of One's Own commemorates both anniversaries by revealing the untold lives of female scientists, doctors, and engineers who... -
The Angel Makers: The True Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History by Patti McCracken 9780008579562
RRP: £10.99£7.46A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023 A Waterstones Best True Crime Book Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all... ... -
First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower 9780062439666
RRP: £9.99£6.84From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy... -
Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South by Deborah Gray White
RRP: £13.99£11.90Living with the dual burdens of racism and sexism, slave women in the plantation South assumed roles within the family and community that contrasted sharply with traditional female roles in the larger American society. This revised edition of Ar'n't I a... -
Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality by Josie Cox 9781419762987
RRP: £21.99£14.83In Women Money Power, financial journalist Josie Cox tells the compelling story of women's fight for financial freedom, the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality and the work that remains to be done."A bold, fascinating, and... -
The Girl from the Tyne: Emotions run high in this gripping family saga! by Melody Sachs 9781785762871
£13.45You can't choose your family. Melody Sachs brings us her gritty and charming World War II saga, for fans of Kitty Neale and Nadine Dorries. We promise you won't be able to put it down!When ballroom dancer Alice Rooney seduces Jack Wood, he soon finds... -
A Pinch of Salt: Escape to the Highlands with a story of love, loss and family this Christmas by Eileen Ramsay
RRP: £9.99£7.05For fans of Catherine Cookson comes Eileen Ramsay's tale of heartbreak, hope and family - the perfect read to curl up with this Christmas.'He saw the intelligence in her eyes and the beauty and strength of character in her face . . . 'Since the death of... -
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal 9780393357677
RRP: £15.99£12.68In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and favourite wife of the Emperor Jahangir who ruled the Mughal Empire. An astute politician as well as a devoted partner, she... -
Hearts And Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote by Jane Robinson
RRP: £9.99£7.32_______'A history book that should be read by all' - Stylist. Set against the background of the campaign for women to win the vote, this is a story of the ordinary people effecting extraordinary change. 1913: the last long summer before the war. The... -
Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra by Shareen Blair Brysac 9780195132694
RRP: £81.00£73.68"Resisting Hitler" is a biography of the only American woman to have been executed for treason against Germany during World War II. Mildred Harnack was born in Wiscinsin but moved to Germany with her husband in 1929 where she taught American literature... -
Scotland: Her Story: The Nation's History by the Women Who Lived It by Rosemary Goring
RRP: £12.99£8.80Scotland's history has been told many times, but never exclusively by its women. This book takes a unique perspective on dramatic national events as well as ordinary life, as experienced by women down the centuries. From the saintly but severe medieval... -
The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement by Laura Swan 9781629190082
RRP: £10.99£7.60The beguines began to form in various parts of Europe over eight hundred years ago. Beguines were laywomen, not nuns, and they did not live in monasteries. They practiced a remarkable way of living independently, and they were never a religious order or... -
On This Day She: Putting Women Back Into History, One Day At A Time by Tania Hershman
RRP: £25.00£17.79'A joyous and celebratory tribute to all those who battled to be heard, who fought for their achievements to be recognised and honoured, who simply kept going' Kate MosseThe tried and tested 'On This Day in History' format has elevated the stories of... -
The Women Who Saved the English Countryside by Matthew Kelly
RRP: £11.99£10.41A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and guarantees public access to green spaces. But... -
Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties by Rachel Cooke
RRP: £10.99£7.61In her apron and rubber gloves, a smile lipsticked permanently across her face, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful to have sloughed off. A homely compliant creature, she knows little or nothing of sex,... -
Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women by Elaine Farrell 9780241994320
RRP: £10.99£7.99The Number 1 Bestseller'A captivating account of lives previously ignored' Sunday Independent'An important, impeccably researched though eminently readable book that charts new territory' Irish Examiner* * *Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth... -
Lonely Planet In Her Footsteps Lonely Planet 9781838690458
RRP: £17.99£13.55Discover the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages. From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt and Empress Dowager Cixi's... -
Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah's Story by Margaret Hedley 9780750989886
RRP: £14.99£11.72The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who worked in the coal-mining industry during the Victorian period. There has been very... -
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: £14.99£9.78The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard... -
The Laws of Gartsherrie by A. J. Morris 9780993446801
£13.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993446801Author A. J. MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint McAlpine MediaPublisher McAlpine Media -
Bobby's War: An uplifting WWII saga of inspirational women on the homefront by Shirley Mann
RRP: £7.99£6.24Winner of the RNA romantic saga award 2021An inspiring and uplifting tale of women on the home front, for fans of Nancy Revell and Vicki Beeby. By the author of Lily's War. On the ground, the crowd of men stood with their mouths agape, watching the... -
Burial Rites: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick by Hannah Kent 9781035038626
RRP: £9.99£6.72Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and a BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe'Gripping, intriguing and unique' - Kate Mosse, author of The Burning ChambersNorthern Iceland, 1829. A woman... -
Drinking Like Ladies: 75 modern cocktails from the world's leading female bartenders; Includes toasts to extraordinary women in history Misty Kalkofen 9781631594182
RRP: £18.99£12.94Drinking Like Ladies is dedicated to the proposition that a woman's place is behind the bar. . . or in front of it. . . or really any place she pleases. Acclaimed bartenders Kirsten Amann and Misty Kalkofen have scoured the globe commissioning cocktail... -
Victoria: A Life by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £14.99£10.46'Writing about Queen Victoria has been one of the most joyous experiences of my life. I have read thousands (literally) of letters never before published, and grown used to her as to a friend. Maddening? Egomaniac? Hysterical? A bad mother? Some have... -
A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England by Vanessa Wilkie 9781982154288
RRP: £18.99£12.27This extraordinary true story transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, becomes one of the most powerful women in the country and establishes a powerful dynasty that endures to this day. Perfect... -
Army Girls: The secrets and stories of military service from the final few women who fought in World War II Tessa Dunlop 9781472282118
RRP: £10.99£7.61Army Girls is the intimate story of the final few women who served in World War II and are still alive to tell their tale. They were female soldiers in a war Britain wanted to fight without conscripting women. It was a vain hope, by December 1941 for the... -
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan by Amy Stanley
RRP: £9.99£7.21Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change'Compelling... Deeply absorbing'... -
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women Lady Antonia Fraser 9781474610926
RRP: £25.00£17.90'Before biography was fashionable, Antonia Fraser made the past popular' Guardian'As a pure storyteller, Antonia Fraser has few equals' Sunday TimesCAROLINE NORTON, a nineteenth-century heroine who wanted justice for women.Poet, pamphleteer and artist's... -
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega 9781324074465
RRP: £12.99£11.56What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about... -
Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning
RRP: £16.99£13.36The Whitbread Prize-winning biography of Vita Sackville-West. Vita Sackville-West was a vital, gifted and complex woman. A dedicated writer, she made her mark as poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, journalist and broadcaster. She was also one... -
Maiden Voyages: women and the Golden Age of transatlantic travel by Siân Evans
RRP: £25.00£17.03HOW THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL BETWEEN THE WARS TRANSFORMED WOMEN'S LIVES ACROSS ALL CLASSES - A VIVID CROSS SECTION OF LIFE ON-BOARD THE ICONIC OCEAN LINERS FROM BELOW DECKS TO THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE.'In this riveting slice of social history,... -
The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause by Susan Mattern 9780691216720
RRP: £16.99£11.94A surprising look at the role of menopause in human history-and why we should change the ways we think about itAre the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Susan Mattern says yes and, in The Slow Moon Climbs, reveals just how wrong we have been. From the... -
The Churchill Girls: The Story of Winston and Clementine's Daughters by Rachel Trethewey 9781803993263
RRP: £12.99£9.87Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill sisters - Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary - would have shone. But they were not in any other family, they were Churchills and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From... -
Queen's Sisters, The: The lives of the sisters of Elizabeth Woodville Sarah J. Hodder 9781789043631
RRP: £9.99£8.82Whether Queen or commoner, the lives of women throughout history is a fascinating study. Elizabeth Woodville, 'The White Queen', managed to make the transition from commoner to Queen and became the epitome of medieval heroines - the commoner who married... -
Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead 9781529112016
RRP: £12.99£9.34A thrilling biography of Benito Mussolini's favourite daughter, and a heart-stopping account of the unravelling of the Fascist dream in Italy'Engrossing... Moorehead has a spirited turn of phrase, a keen eye for the telling detail and pungent quote, and...