British & Irish History

'The novel's dark energies - concerned with histories of gender, property, desire, and institutionalization - carry it forth into our present moment. It remains indispensable reading' Claire Connolly from her...

THE IRISH TOP 10 BESTSELLER A gripping investigation into one of Irish history's greatest mysteries, Great Hatred reveals the true story behind one of the most significant political assassinations to...

THE BRAND NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW . A CHILLING MUST-READ. 'Haunting . . . compelling.' DAILY MAIL 'Banville is one of my...

From the author of the beloved debut Boys Don't Cry - an unforgettable story of love, loss, regret and the indelible marks one person can make on your life. He's...

The book titled The Giants of Irish Rugby League by the author John Scally. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This work features Gerry Ryan's views on life, the world, the universe - and a few things besides. Here are his experiences, stories and opinions drawn from nearly thirty years...

When seventy-year-old Maura Murphy discovered she had cancer, she left her husband of fifty years and started writing her memoirs. Born 'chronically ugly and as cross as a briar' into...

The Reverend Mother's investigative skills are called into action when a local tobacco factory burns down and fingers are pointed at one of her ex pupils... 1920s. Cork, Ireland. Early...

J. P. Mallory interrogates what he calls the 'Irish Dreamtime': the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval manuscripts. He attempts to explore the reality of...

One night can change your life. Forever. 'Such a brilliant writer and this was another 5 star book for me' Reader Review 'Hugely immersive and emotional' Reader Review 'An emotional...

As a young man, James Joyce rejected his country and its religion, but went on to recreate the Dublin of his youth in his fiction. Ulysses was initially banned in...

AN IRISH TIMES DEBUT AUTHOR TO LOOK OUT FOR 2025 'Beautifully written' LOUISE KENNEDY 'Full of verve and wit and humanity' MARY COSTELLO 'Clever and original' TLS 'A tremendous new...

Explore the lives of over forty men and women - great and otherwise - whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history. The Irish...

The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author London 1941 When Mary meets a glamorous stranger named Elizabeth she realises their lives couldn't be more different. But...

Perfect for fans of S. F. Williamson, Lynette Noni and Samantha Shannon, this is the first book in a stunningly written feminist romantasy trilogy - with dragons - by an...

A powerful, witchy retelling of Brigid, Ireland's best known saint and pagan goddess In a wild, ancient grove at the edge of winter, a desperate girl prays to the gods...

This is a journey both into a time and a place - the South of Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s. The author describes a childhood outside the main currents...

Perfect for fans of Tana French, Jane Casey and Gillian Flynn 'Truly first class. Just knock-out' C. J Tudor, author of The Chalk Man 'Fantastic . . . Compelling, chilling...

The perfect gift book for Guinness lovers, served here. How did a beer from Dublin become a globally renowned symbol of Ireland? With just GBP100 in his pocket, Arthur Guinness...

Thirty-five papers selected from the 1998 conference analyze and re-explore communities of which Virginia Woolf was a part -- for example, Female Modernists, artists, lesbian and gay, communities formed by...

In 1954, Kingsley Amis grabbed the attention of the literary world as one of the Angry Young Men with his first novel Lucky Jim. He maintained a public image of...

'I, the poet William Yeats, | With old mill boards and sea-green slates, | And smithy work from the Gort forge, | Restored this tower for my wife George; |...

The book titled Lady Gregory: The Woman Behind the Irish Renaissance by the author Mary-Lou Kohfeldt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The acclaimed first volume of this definitive biography of W. B. Yeats left him in his fiftieth year, at a cross-roads in his life. The subsequent quarter-century surveyed in The...

From the bestselling writer who has been called 'incandescent' by Stephen King and 'absolutely mesmerizing' by Gillian Flynn, comes the most compelling novel of Tana French's career yet. On a...

From the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 to the Downing Street Declaration of 1993, Britain and Ireland have been in mortal conflict over the sovereignty of the Emerald Isle....

What if your work rival was the ex that you'd never actually broken up with? 'SO GOOD' MARIAN KEYES 'Sizzling' SOPHIE IRWIN 'Witty' BETH REEKLES 'Excellent' JANE CASEY 'Pitch-perfect' EMMA...

A Collection of Les Murray's poetry that reveals the variety, intensity, and generosity of this great Australian poet's work. I starred last night, I shone: I was footwork and firework...

Godly and Righteous, Peevish and Perverse presents an extraordinary and motley collection of literary and real life characters sharing a common role and a common status, yet capable of every...

Superbly illustrated with over 150 photographs, paintings and drawings this is a crisply written, succinct summary of Ireland's past from Viking and Norman invasions to the present day. It is...

My Left Foot is Christy Brown's inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his determination to learn to read, write, and paint,...

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected. It's the tabloid...

The essential Irish guide to Brexit Brexit represents potentially the single greatest economic and foreign-policy challenge to the Irish state since the Second World War. There is hardly any area...

Martha is now in her thirties. Her daughter has left home and she is lonely and vulnerable. The hard knocks have taken their toll on her health, and as she...

'A charming and fun read that will have you pining for a summer on a misty Irish island' - Georgie Tilney, author of Beach Rivals A wildly romantic story on...

To mark the cetenary of the Easter Rising, and with extra material, this is the biography of Eamon De Valera by Tim Pat Coogan - the sharpest contemporary observer of...

Understand Irish History is a comprehensive guide to a fascinating history. You will explore Irish reformation and restoration, culture, religion and society as well as more recent conflicts and their...

Now a USA Today Bestseller! The greatest journey is the one you least expect... 'Swept me off my feet! A jewel of a novel - it simply sparkles' Evie Woods...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter. Three maps and eight illustrations. A wealth of source and...

Both an enhanced digital edition and a handsome print volume, The Norton Chaucer provides the complete poetry and prose, meticulously glossed and annotated specifically for undergraduate readers, with apparatus reflecting...

'Brilli ant , f ant astic and signific ant ' - Dr George McGavin Ants are seemingly everywhere, and this familiarity has led to some contemptuous and less than helpful...

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then...

The number one Irish Times bestseller! Rose Talisman is pinning it all on a fresh start. Five years after her career as a therapist ended in one catastrophic instant, she...

A Boston Globe Best Poetry Book of 2011 Winner of the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize Winner of the 2011 Poetry Now Award Seamus Heaney's new collection elicits continuities and solidarities,...

The perfect gift book for Guinness lovers, served here. How did a beer from Dublin become a globally renowned symbol of Ireland? With just GBP100 in his pocket, Arthur Guinness...

Now a USA Today Bestseller! The greatest journey is the one you least expect... 'Swept me off my feet! A jewel of a novel - it simply sparkles' Evie Woods...