British & Irish History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of the Catholic Church in the southern hemisphere cast as long a shadow as Daniel Mannix — the Irish-born...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of the Catholic Church so dramatically straddled two worlds as Daniel Mannix — an Irishman who became one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the dawn of a new century, British poetry underwent a seismic transformation — and An Anthology of Modern Verse 1900–1920 stands...

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Edition: ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingThe final curtain falls on the world's greatest detective in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, the last of four...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in British legal history commanded the courtroom with such quiet authority as Sir Travers Humphreys, a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1782, one of Britain's mightiest warships heeled without warning and sank at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour — taking with her...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of criticism and celebration, Professing Poetry stands as one of the most candid and illuminating...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the gritty, working-class landscapes of Yorkshire emerges a collection of short fiction that captures the quiet desperation, longing, and resilience of ordinary lives: Stan...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn one of the most extraordinary memoirs ever written, Beryl Markham chronicles her remarkable life as a bush pilot, racehorse trainer, and solitary adventurer...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most sweeping chronicles of Irish suffering and survival ever written, The Great Shame traces...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the back streets of Cheshire to the glittering courts of Naples and the heart of Britain's greatest naval hero, the life of Emma Hamilton stands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the shadow of Nazi-occupied Norway, one man's extraordinary courage forged a legend...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the gaslit drawing rooms and rain-soaked countryside of Victorian England, Charlotte Mortimer navigates a world crackling with...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the glittering heart of Victorian high society, where political intrigue and aristocratic ambition intertwined, the Duchess of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBefore she became the most powerful woman in the world, Victoria was a sheltered, fiercely monitored child — and Alison Plowden's The Young Victoria chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Admiral's Wife opens a rare and intimate window into the life of Mrs Phillip Parker King, the...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBest known for sending a young girl tumbling down a rabbit hole into a world of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodStep into the quiet lanes and thatched courtyards of rural England with The Village Homes of England, a richly illustrated survey of the vernacular...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerLong before modern labour rights were taken for granted, generations of plumbers and gasfitters fought, organized, and sacrificed to build one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the age of empire, a bold cadre of British men ventured into the untamed highlands of India, Ceylon, and East Africa to carve...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1940, the skies over Britain became the stage for one of the most pivotal aerial confrontations in modern history —...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodBefore there was a Victorian novel in the truest sense, there was The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club — Charles Dickens's uproarious debut...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners,Previous ownerIn the skies above Britain, two world wars converged in a struggle...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn Monarchy, distinguished diplomat and writer Harold Nicolson presents a sweeping and authoritative examination of the institution of kingship — tracing its origins in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the summer of 1940, the skies over Britain became the stage for one of the most pivotal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew institutions have shaped the course of modern warfare as profoundly as the Royal Air Force, and Royal Air Force at War...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the golden age between the two World Wars, a generation of daring aviators and visionary entrepreneurs carved the first...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the dawn of Australia's colonial era, one royal commission would lay bare the contradictions of a society built on convict labour,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: 23 vols. Most djs are in mylar - all price clipped. Windsor Castle -...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in twentieth-century British public life possessed the singular vantage point of Woodrow Wyatt — industrialist, politician, journalist, and confidant to prime ministers...

Edition: facsimile ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedBefore Australia was a nation, it was a patchwork of colonial ambitions, and A History of the Colony of Victoria...

Published ahead of the centenary of the Queen's birth, this beautifully illustrated book uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world...

A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't...

Ciaran O Nuallain's memoir of his brother Brian O'Nolan (1991-66), the only major source on the early life of the man who later achieved literary fame as Flann O'Brien and...

A triumph of literary detective work: the first popular biography of the adventurous Elizabethan earl whose life and letters indicate that he was the true author of the works of...

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, has quietly become one of the the most important members of the Royal Family, after King Charles and Queen Camilla. This new, exclusive and unique biography...