British & Irish History

The Colour of Ireland: County by County 1860-1960 is a photographic celebration of the history, culture, people and places that make up a century of life in Ireland. Covering all...

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'A glitzy, glamorous rollercoaster of a romance - hugely entertaining and so satisfying . . . Sheila O'Flanagan at her sparkling best' Veronica Henry The irresistible,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the turbulent decades following the Second World War, an ancient institution faced the profound challenge of remaining relevant in a rapidly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhere flowers spring to blossom and hard lines of duty bend into curves of beauty,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the shadow of Edinburgh's most infamous prison, a young woman's courage becomes her only weapon against an unjust world. The Heart...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodCondition remarks: Damaged and worn slipcase, repaired with tapes. Few cartographic achievements rival the magnificence of Joan Blaeu's monumental Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew royal partnerships have captured the world's imagination quite like that of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert — a union of intellect, devotion, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodIn the summer of 1953–1954, a newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, the...

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Hidden inside a secluded Irish valley lies Luggala, an exquisite eighteenth-century house at the centre of a 5,000-acre estate. In 1937 Ernest Guinness presented Luggala to his youngest daughter, Oonagh...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLER When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992 it changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Never before had a senior...

Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as...

At the outbreak of WW2, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The life and loves of Prince Charles are illuminated in a major new biography from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen...

Katheryn Parr is mainly remembered today as being the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, the one who 'survived'. Katheryn was not only a wife but a queen, mother, reformer,...

'Erudite, clever, brilliant' KATE MOSSE 'A crowning achievement' LUCY WORSLEY 'Fascinating and excellent' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Stories about royal women form some of our most foundational myths about femininity, yet...

A visual exploration of Irish living, both north and south, this text documents the setting, the character and idosyncracies of each featured home - whether a historical abbey, a romantic...

THE NO. 1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A stunning historical novel from multi-million-copy bestselling author Sheila O'Flanagan 'Winnie is a great character . . . she's always real - she's always...

With its literary history and Georgian architecture, its modern art galleries and classic pubs, Dublin has become both an international tourist destination and a place for stylish, sophisticated lifestyles. This...

In the same expansive format as the highly successful Great Irish Houses and Castles, this book traces the development of Dublin's architectural and decorative styles up to the beginning of...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the formative decades between 1822 and 1838, the raw, convict-hewn colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the sweeping moorlands of seventeenth-century Exmoor, Lorna Doone is one of English literature's most enduring...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedAt the heart of a struggling British manufacturing firm, loyalties fracture and ambitions collide in Nigel Balchin's razor-sharp industrial novel, Sundry Creditors....

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: restoration project - boards detached, leather dried and cracked; prelims damaged; but the most plates remains intact, with some foxing.Few volumes capture the soul...

Edition: 14th aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the lonely marshes of the Essex coast, where the great grey birds wheel and cry against a leaden...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grand tradition of British satirical fiction, Sir Michael and Sir George skewers the pomp and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the smoky gaslit world of Edwardian music halls in the final months before the First...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodTwo early masterworks from one of Britain's most versatile literary talents are united in this handsome omnibus volume, offering readers both the romantic escapism of Adam...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers of the twentieth century possessed both the prolific output and the reflective depth of J....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the glittering yet hollow world of manufactured celebrity, Wonder Hero strips bare the machinery of fame...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers of the twentieth century possessed the breadth of experience and sheer literary range of J.B....

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grey, grinding heart of 1930s London, a small, unremarkable veneer-trading firm called Twigg & Dersingham...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingRestlessness, romance, and the intoxicating call of the unknown drive J. B. Priestley's Faraway, a sweeping adventure...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grand tradition of English comic fiction, Let the People Sing is a boisterous, warm-hearted romp...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the relentless grind of a British aircraft factory during the darkest years of the Second...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew novels have cut as deeply into the hypocrisy of Victorian family life as Samuel Butler's The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the cloistered world of a mid-Victorian cathedral city, a bitter war for ecclesiastical power ignites the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the thunderous backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Mr. Midshipman Easy is a rollicking nautical adventure...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the quiet, genteel village of Cranford, where the elegant economy of its predominantly female inhabitants reigns...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew novels capture the ache of childhood longing and the suffocating grip of provincial society quite like...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew monarchs have been thrust so unexpectedly into the crucible of history as King George VI, a man who became...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew writers of the twentieth century mastered the art of storytelling with such effortless cunning as William Somerset Maugham — and Anthony...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn Persons of Consequence: Queen Victoria and Her Circle, Louis Auchincloss presents an incisive and elegantly crafted portrait of Victorian England through the lives of...

Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: new in original plastic wrapper; Few legends have captured the hearts and imaginations of readers across centuries quite like that of Robin Hood...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodIn the imagined Welsh seaside village of Llareggub, a single spring day unfolds in all its glorious, bawdy, and lyrical chaos — and Dylan...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the spring of 1901, a freshly crowned monarchy set sail on one of the most ambitious diplomatic voyages in British imperial history —...