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The King is Dead by Suzannah Lipscomb
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped and sealed. The will confirmed the line... -
What Is History, Now? by Suzannah Lipscomb 9781474622479
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten, are questions that... -
A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England by Suzannah Lipscomb
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.07Join historian Suzannah Lipscomb as she reveals the hidden secrets of palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories of Tudor England. From the famous palace at Hampton Court where... -
1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41One of the best-known figures of British history, collective memory of Henry VIII presents us with the image of a corpulent, covetous, and cunning king whose appetite for worldly goods met few... -
Republic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649–1660 by Alice Hunt 9780571303205
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37'An enthralling narrative of the rise and fall of Britain's republican experiment.'DOMINIC SANDBROOK, The Times 'Best History Books of 2024''A gripping tale of political and cultural crisis but also... -
Queen of Codes: The Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain's Greatest Female Code Breaker by Dr Jackie Ui Chionna 9781472295507
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $11.87'One of the greatest codebreakers of the twentieth century' Suzannah Lipscomb An astounding story of codebreaking, personal sacrifice and a life lived in the shadows. The history of British... -
The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells by Sarah Churchwell
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28The history America never wanted you to read. 'The narrative took my breath away' Philippe Sands 'An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read' Peter Frankopan 'One of the must-reads of... -
The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East by Nicholas Morton 9781399818728
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $23.69'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB'A refreshing and astutely judged book . . . an extensively researched and fast-paced account of... -
Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors by Dr Sam Willis 9781786497697
Booksplease Price: $14.57Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before.Traditionally, the Tudors have been understood in a... -
Histories of the Unexpected: The Romans by Dr Sam Willis 9781786497734
Booksplease Price: $14.67Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before.Traditionally, the Romans have been understood in a... -
The Reformation in England: A Very Brief History by 9780281082407
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59This brief historical introduction to the English Reformation explores the social, political and religious factors that formed the original context in which it emerged, and the major thinkers and... -
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Histories of the Unexpected: The Fascinating Stories Behind Everyday Things by Dr Sam Willis 9781786494146 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $3.38'History as you've never seen it before.' Dan SnowDid you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of paperclips is all about the Stasi; and that the... -
A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult by DK
Booksplease Price: $30.35Discover the beguiling history of witchcraft, magic, and superstition through the centuries in this stunningly illustrated title. A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the... -
A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by DK 9781465494290
RRP: $46.90Booksplease Price: $34.99Discover the beguiling history of witchcraft, magic, and superstition through the centuries in this stunningly illustrated title. A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the... -
Histories of the Unexpected: The Fascinating Stories Behind Everyday Things by Dr Sam Willis 9781786494146
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'History as you've never seen it before.' Dan SnowDid you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of paperclips is all about the Stasi; and that the... -
Fallen Idols: A short history of the world in twelve statues by Alex Von Tunzelmann
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $18.77Books of 2021, The Economist 'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will adore, devour, and talk... -
Fallen Idols: History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It is made. Alex von Tunzelmann 9781472281913
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know... -
Wolf Hall Companion by Lauren Mackay 9781911358619
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79An accessible and authoritative companion to the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel, published after the third and final book, The Mirror and the Light. Wolf Hall Companion gives an... -
Thomas More Joanne Paul 9780745692173
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $20.56Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer... -
Bad Friend: The Modern Women Who Revolutionised Friendship by Tiffany Watt Smith 9780571376544
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.31'A hymn to friendship . . . Will leave you moved, hopeful and inspired in equal measure.' DAISY HAY'I absolutely loved this book.' KATHERINE ANGEL'I urge you to read it.' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB 'I'm... -
Eating with the Tudors: Food and Recipes by Brigitte Webster 9781399092630
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.71Eating with the Tudors is an extensive collection of authentic Tudor recipes that tell the story of a dramatically changing world in sixteenth-century England. This book highlights how religion,... -
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Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green 9780571338030 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $4.33THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns... -
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns... -
Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and Her Siblings by Heather R. Darsie
RRP: $30.81Booksplease Price: $21.65Children of the House of Cleves describes and analyses the lives of Sybylla, Anna, Wilhelm and Amalia, the children of Johann III, Duke of Cleves. Though their parents were staunch Catholics, Wilhelm... -
Young Queens: The gripping, intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots by Leah Redmond Chang 9781526613431
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: HISTORY The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary,... -
Nine Paths: A Year in the Life of an Indian Village by Lexi Stadlen
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29Revelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds... Their stories are urgent and forcefully articulated - and this book gives us... -
Essex Dogs: The epic must-read historical fiction from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author by Dan Jones
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.04The BBC History 2022 Book of the Year and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick from Sunday Times bestselling author Dan Jones. July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his... -
Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11'The definitive biography' Roy StrongThe remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that shaped British architectural history.Born in 1521,... -
Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biography...accessible and unpretentious' The Telegraph'A stunning portrayal of two of the most powerful... -
Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh by Anna Beer 9781786076700
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.37A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year A writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time. The fifth son of a... -
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens Nicola Clark 9781474622226
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers, spending hours helping her to get... -
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $8.99Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, in A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War -... -
The Puritan Princess: The stunning and unforgettable historical novel of family, politics and the price of love in the Civil War by Miranda Malins
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28Power, passion and a devastating fight for the crown - discover the gripping story of Oliver Cromwell's youngest daughter. Perfect for fans of Anne O'Brien, Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory 'A... -
The Siege of Loyalty House: A new history of the English Civil War by Jessie Childs
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68**A TIMES, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, THE CRITIC, MAIL ON SUNDAY, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR**'A gifted narrative historian, eloquent, graceful and witty; the stories she tells are... -
Do Let’s Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell 9780008542658
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.10A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. ... -
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Give a F**k: A brief inventory of ways in which you can by Felicity Morse 9781782439196 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $3.47A funny, wise, practical and expressive guide to the subtle art of caring and compassion - also known as 'giving a fuck'!Give A F**k has one important, vital and highly topical theme at its heart:... -
The Final Year of Anne Boleyn Natalie Grueninger 9781399022712
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.71There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. She was the second wife of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I and the first English queen to be publicly... -
The Basque Witch-Hunt: A Secret History Dr Jan Machielsen 9781350607514
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.172025 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARDS WINNER: EUROPEAN HISTORYIn June 1609, two judges left Bordeaux for a territory at the very edge of their jurisdiction, a Basque-speaking province... -
Becoming Beauvoir: A Life by Kate Kirkpatrick
RRP: $48.24Booksplease Price: $47.60"One is not born a woman, but becomes one", Simone de Beauvoir A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir's unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A... -
Becoming Beauvoir by Kate Kirkpatrick
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $18.55"One is not born a woman, but becomes one", Simone de Beauvoir A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir's unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A...