British & Irish History

The women of Ireland, bond or free, have left a distinctive mark on Australia's population and culture. Irish Women in Colonial Australia provides an intriguing picture of the richness and...

Author: Henry Hart MilmanBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1868Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sticker affixed to upper board;...

Author: Walter Thornbury; Edward WalfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1890Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Brown cloth...

Author: Various ContributorsBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Company, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and worn boards. Dull...

Author: William HowittBinding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge and Sons, 1894Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor dints on brown pictorial boards....

The explosive inside story of the Royal Family over the last twenty years from Diana to now, from the bestselling author of The Diana Chronicles 'Impeccable sources, historical heft and...

Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. A personally quiet, modest and dutiful person, she is far better-informed about the lives of her subjects than they often realize. She has...

'Thrillingly original' - Naoise Dolan 'Exquisite' - Daily Telegraph Twenty years ago, Oona left the island of Inis for the very first time. A wind-blasted rock of fishing boats and...

Michael and Vivien Noakes were allowed to follow the Queen around for a year. They observed her working life and recorded it in words and pictures. Michael Noakes is one...

Did you know that the Queen likes to wake up to the sound of bagpipes? That her favourite flower is the primrose? Or that she has established a whole new...

A catalogue of the ailments of Britain's monarchs of from Edward the Confessor to Victoria, written by a surgeon. Using the most up-to-date research, Brewer interprets historic accounts of symptoms,...

THE TOP FIVE KINDLE BESTSELLER 'AMAZING. I read it in one go. I was totally hooked.' MARIAN KEYES 'Utterly addictive. Compulsive, twisty, tense.' CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Local Girl Missing...

Author: A.L. RowseBinding: PaperbackPublished: Duckworth, London, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. This compelling memoir chronicles the intellectual landscape of...

Author: A.L. RowseBinding: HardbackPublished: St. Martin's Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Byrons and Trevanions by A.L. Rowse chronicles the intricate histories of two distinguished Cornish families,...

Author: A.L. RowseBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, London, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA Cornishman Abroad presents a captivating collection of observations and reflections from a distinguished...

Author: A.L. RowseBinding: HardbackPublished: Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings'Froude The Historian: Victorian Man Of Letters' chronicles the life and intellectual journey of James Anthony...

Author: Kenneth RoseBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London, 1983Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Minimal markings in grey lead. Kenneth Rose’s King George...

Author: Osbert SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Joseph, 1986Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRat Week: An Essay On The Abdication presents a sharp, incisive examination of the tumultuous...

Author: Osbert SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Michael Joseph, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Board in good condition. Minor stain on book block. Clean text....

Author: Edith SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsFanfare For Elizabeth chronicles the formative years of England's iconic...

Author: Kit DentonBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life Sydney, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsKit Denton’s For Queen and Commonwealth presents a vivid account of Australia's military engagements prior to...

Author: W. Baring PembertonBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green and Co., 1938Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn and faded red cloth....

Author: J. R. Seeley M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co., 1888Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Green board with mild bumping...

Author: G. O. SaylesBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Medieval Foundations Of England by G. O. Sayles presents a comprehensive historical account of the formative...

Author: A. G. L. ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Red cloth in good condition. Good DJ with shelf wear. Clean and...

Author: John PearsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the enduring legacy of one of England's most influential aristocratic...

Author: Charles Arnold-BakerBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, UK, 1967Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Some moisture damage, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and discoloured blue cloth. Light moisture damage on FEP...

Author: Alden HatchBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor stain on cloth. Foxing...

Author: H. C. AllenBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam and Charles Black, 1959Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Underlining on pp 219/220. Markingson FEP and DJ. This scholarly...

Author: London The TimesBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Churchill Years: 1874-1965 presents a monumental biographical account of one...

Author: Thomas Crane Ellen HoughtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Bracken Books, London, 1985Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsLondon Town: A Tour Of Victorian London transports readers to the bustling...

Author: Winston S. ChurchillBinding: PaperbackPublished: Corgi Books, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe monumental work "The Island Race" presents a...

Author: Gladys Scott ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1950Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and is damaged and missing small section to left...

Author: E. M. W. TillyardBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1956Condition:Book: PoorJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket tanned, wear and tearing along top edge and spine bottom,...

Author: E. Royston PikeBinding: HardbackPublished: Victorian (& Modern History) Book Club, George Allen & Unwin, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine...

Author: R.C. RichardsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Methuen, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has light tanning along spineThe scholarly work "The Debate On The English Revolution" presents a...

Author: Randolph S. ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRandolph S. Churchill’s Winston S. Churchill (Volumes I & II with Companion Volumes), published by...

Author: Peter Young, Richard HolmesBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre Methuen, 1974Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and two small spots on spine...

Author: Winston S. ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Odhams Press Limited, London, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded red cloths with bumping on corners and spines. Rubbed edges. Light...

Author: Alexander FultonBinding: HardbackPublished: Bramley Books, 1991Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner name insideThis compelling historical account chronicles the rich tapestry of Scottish identity, focusing...

Author: Elizabeth LongfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1974Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, "Winston Churchill," chronicles the extraordinary life...

Author: The PublishersBinding: HardbackPublished: Eagle, Guildford, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFifty Golden Years is a commemorative nonfiction volume that chronicles five decades of British royal history, national...

Author: Norah LoftsBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical novel chronicles the tumultuous life of Anne Boleyn, tracing her ascent from courtier to Queen...

Author: Elizabeth LongfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsElizabeth Longford's "The Royal House Of Windsor" chronicles the fascinating history of Britain's reigning dynasty, tracing...

Author: Alexander MckeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account chronicles the dramatic story of "King Henry...

Author: Harry St. John NevillBinding: HardbackPublished: Webb & Bower, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLife At The Court Of Queen Victoria: 1861-1901 chronicles the intricate daily existence within...

Author: John Hadfield (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear at top corners of spine (see photo), previous owner sticker inside....