British & Irish History

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Grey boards. Unpriced dj - export copy.Rooted in the windswept borderlands between England and Wales, On the Black...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: With 48 plates and 37 drawings and maps in text. xvi. 559pp. DJ: price clipped; some...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA masterwork of investigative journalism and social diagnosis, The Changing Anatomy of Britain by Anthony Sampson presents a forensic examination of the institutions, hierarchies,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBritish Poetry Since 1960: A Critical Survey is an indispensable scholarly companion for anyone seeking to understand the rich and often fractious...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the turbulent courts of thirteenth-century England, where loyalty is a currency more precious than gold and royal whims can shatter lives, The Marriage of Meggotta...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis four-volume set—My Early Life, Thoughts and Adventures, Great Contemporaries, and Step by Step—published by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: 2026100009492One of the most celebrated theatrical figures of the eighteenth century, David Garrick transformed the London stage with a naturalism and charisma...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the fearsome longships of the Viking Age to the iron-hulled leviathans of the modern era, Ships and Seamen: A Pictorial History...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodLong before Sydney became the sprawling metropolis it is today, Parramatta stood as the beating heart of a fledgling colonial nation — and The Cradle City...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew chapters in British history carry the weight and drama of the Roman occupation — four centuries of empire, engineering, and ambition stamped permanently onto...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodFor scholars, theatre historians, and admirers of the eighteenth-century stage, David Garrick: A Reference Guide by Gerald M. Berkowitz stands as an indispensable scholarly...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodFor anyone determined to trace their ancestral roots through the rich and complex records of England and Wales, Genealogical Research in England and Wales: Volume 3...

Irish cathedrals, churches and abbeys are some of Ireland's most extraordinary and beautiful buildings and are inextricably linked with the history of the nation. They are some of the most...

'Queen Victoria had a very complicated and psychologically fascinating personality and only a very talented biographer could get to the key of her character. Fortunately in Matthew Dennison's pithy, well-researched,...

The official companion to the Emmy-winning Netflix drama chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and starring Claire Foy and John Lithgow, The Crown by Peter Morgan, featuring additional historical...

Great Irish Documents presents the most momentous and stirring documents in the history of Ireland. From St Patrick's confession, via the harrowing reports of the Famine Relief Commission, the dramatic...

This study of Shaw is an attempt to provide a record of the impact Shaw made on his contemporaries and of the way in which he presented himself and his...

#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive account of Queen Elizabeth II's legendary reign. Painfully shy, Elizabeth Windsor's personality was well suited to her...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingStanding as one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the world, Lincoln Cathedral...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow, Detective Jack Laidlaw is drawn into a labyrinthine investigation when a dying tramp whispers a cryptic message that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFor aviation historians, aircraft enthusiasts, and military researchers alike, British Military Aircraft Serials: 1911-1979 stands as one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the fog-shrouded newsrooms of Fleet Street to the sun-scorched front lines of global conflicts, Deadline & Dateline...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the height of the Second World War, when the fate of Western civilization hung in the balance,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingJohn Pudney — poet, novelist, and RAF veteran — presents one of the most disarmingly candid self-portraits in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedWhen a mystery unfolds in the very birthplace of the world's greatest playwright, the stakes are as high as the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the shadow of the Second World War, few organisations demonstrated greater resilience and moral courage than the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFrom the pioneering days of aviation to the jet age, The History of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators 1929–1964 chronicles the...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedThe Terrible Rain: The War Poets 1939–1945 stands as one of the most powerful and enduring collections of Second...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the crossroads of military strategy and national identity, Roots of British Air Policy presents a rigorous and authoritative examination...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dj - chipped and worn with some loss price clipped. Binding slightly shaky -...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew novels in the canon of Australian literature carry the raw moral weight of For the Term of His Natural Life, Marcus Clarke's monumental chronicle of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAgainst the brooding, untamed expanse of Egdon Heath — a landscape so vivid it becomes a character unto...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodIn the glittering, corrupt drawing rooms of Regency England, two women from Miss Pinkerton's Academy chart wildly...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, Britain stood on the cusp of a transformation so profound it would reshape...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew characters in English literature are as quietly unforgettable as the gentle, dedicated schoolmaster at the heart of James Hilton's beloved novella — a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew characters in literary history have seized the imagination quite like Sherlock Holmes — the brilliant, pipe-smoking detective of 221B Baker Street — and The Further...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew men straddled the worlds of science and power with such...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the two decades that separated the guns of the Great War from the gathering storm of the Second, the Royal Air...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn the treacherous, waterlogged streets of a city teetering on the brink of catastrophe, The Drowned City plunges the reader into a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Price clipped, light wear from age. Very good copy.In the winter of 1928–29, as civil war engulfed Afghanistan and the royal family faced...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the annals of Britain's darkest courtrooms and most notorious crimes comes Cavalcade of Murder, a gripping chronicle of homicide that marches through history with the...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodA treasury of the English literary tradition, Selected English Essays gathers the finest prose compositions from Britain's most celebrated writers, spanning centuries of intellectual and aesthetic...

Edition: 2nd impressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhen a body is discovered along an ancient, isolated track in the rugged British countryside, seasoned mountaineer and amateur sleuth Melinda Pink...