History - Other

The book is intended as a light-hearted look-behind-the-scenes at how ‘Mother’s Ruin’ developed into rather more than just a plain old ’G & T’.

Author: Mike Rendell

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 194pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399070515

Weight: 515g

Original Price: £20.00

A guide to over 60 of Britain’s most notable abbeys and monasteries.

Author: Stephen Platten

Publisher: Pitkin

Paperback. 96pp. 19cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781841659381

Weight: 394g

Original Price: £9.99

During the 19th Century the Royal Navy played a key role defending the expanding British Empire. As sail gave way to steam power, there was a pressing requirement for coaling stations and dock facilities across the world’s oceans. These strategic bases needed fixed defences.

Author: Bill Clements

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 274pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526740304

Weight.796g

Original Price: £25.00

How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Responded to Global Warming .

Author: John D Grainger

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 296pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526786548

Weight: 800g

Original Price: £25.00

Author: Roy Strong

Publisher: William Collins

Hardback. 448pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780008550066

Original Price: £25.00

The Life of Joseph Ritson - Gentleman, Scholar and Revolutionary. The name of Robin Hood is known the world over. Yet it was Ritson whose research in the late eighteenth century ensured the survival of the Robin Hood legend. He travelled all over the country looking for ancient manuscripts which told of the life and deeds of England's most famous outlaw.

Author: Stephen Basdeo

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 264pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526777812

Weight: 750g

Original Price: £25.00

Putting aside Roman gladiators and gun-slingers of the American Wild West, by the 19th century duelling had become the sole domain of nobility, military officers and gentleman, with rules added to make sure everything was conducted in a fair and professional manner.

Author: Stephen Wynn.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 184pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526738530

Weight: 508

Original Price: £19.99

How a Billion-Dollar Industry Transformed a Nation, from Charles II to Today.

Author: Roderick Floud

Publisher: Pantheon

Hardback. 432pp. 17.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781101871034

Weight: 1.138kg

Original Price: £10.00

A Social History of England Told Through the Food on Its Tables. Purkiss uses the story of food as a revelatory device to chart changing views on class, gender, and tradition through the ages.

Author: Diane Purkiss

Publisher: William Collins Books

Hardback. 549pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780007255566

Weight: 904g

Original Price: £30.00

As a survivor of a brutal attack by the Yorkshire Ripper, this book gives fresh insight into the consequences of being labeled a victim of this notorious serial killer.

Author: Mo Lea

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 168pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526777577

Weight: 491g

Original Price: £19.99

A memoir of war, conscience & family secrets.

Karl Gönner was a schoolteacher and Nazi party member from the Black Forest. In 1940, he was sent to a village in occupied France and tasked with turning its children into proper Germans.

Author: Burkhard Bilger

Publisher: William Collins Books

Hardback. 314pp. 15.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780008100759

Weight: 555g

Original Price: £25.00

Pitman Shorthand Messages from the Golden Age of the Postcard

Author: Kathryn Baird

Publisher: History Press

Paperback. 128pp. 20cm by 21.5cm.

ISBN: 9781803990460

Weight: 354g

Original Price: £15.99