General Books


GlencoeGlencoe
Best Price: $19.17
Glencoe is a great book. It helps peel back the legends and expands on references to the...
Plantagenet England 1225-1360 (New Oxford History of England)Plantagenet England 1225-1360 (New Oxford History of England)
Best Price: $29.71
Michael Prestwich's review of Plantagenet England stretches from the Magna Carta to the Black...
Bloody Sunday: How Michael Collins's Agents Assassinated Britain's Secret Service in Dublin on November 21, 1920Bloody Sunday: How Michael Collins's Agents Assassinated Britain's Secret Service in Dublin on November 21, 1920
Best Price: $8.18
Not only does this book do a great job of contextualizing the original Bloody Sunday...
Stations of the SunStations of the Sun
Best Price: $13.57
Professor Hutton is a well-spring of information about pagan history. I don't think there is...
Uneven Developments: The Ideological Work of Gender in Mid-Victorian England (Women in Culture and Society Series)Uneven Developments: The Ideological Work of Gender in Mid-Victorian England (Women in Culture and Society Series)
Best Price: $28.99
Poovey takes us back to controversies of Victorian England, that help illustrate the then...


Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-Century British Liberal ThoughtLiberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-Century British Liberal Thought
Best Price: $19.65
We take liberalism to be a set of ideas committed to political rights and self-determination,...
Urban Planning Theory since 1945Urban Planning Theory since 1945
Best Price: $45.93
The book is a very good syntesis to urban planning theory (specially in ths U.K.). I recomend it...
Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Best Price: $6.00
The nineteenth century was a time of massive growth for Britain. In 1800 it was overwhelmingly...
Blood-Dark Track: A Family HistoryBlood-Dark Track: A Family History
Best Price: $29.95
I simply could not put this book down. Much more than an entertaining portrait of early 20th...
The Dirty War: Covert Strategies and Tactics Used in Political ConflictsThe Dirty War: Covert Strategies and Tactics Used in Political Conflicts
Best Price: $28.90
"The Dirty War" is the best overall account of The Troubles I have read. Martin Dillon...


The Dirty War: Covert Strategies and Tactics Used in Political ConflictsThe Dirty War: Covert Strategies and Tactics Used in Political Conflicts
Best Price: $28.90
"The Dirty War" is the best overall account of The Troubles I have read. Martin Dillon...
Religion and Society in Early Modern England  A SourcebookReligion and Society in Early Modern England A Sourcebook
Best Price: $31.96
As a fench student in English, I have to say that this book has a lot of interesting information...
Religion in Revolutionary EnglandReligion in Revolutionary England
Best Price: $22.40
This book offers a collection of essays tightly focused around the issue of religion in England...
The English Civil War: Papists, Gentlewomen, Soldiers, and Witchfinders in the Birth of Modern BritainThe English Civil War: Papists, Gentlewomen, Soldiers, and Witchfinders in the Birth of Modern Britain
Best Price: $6.00
A fantastic example of a bottom-up history that works. Dr. Purkiss paints a picture of the...
People: The Royals: Their Lives, Loves, and SecretsPeople: The Royals: Their Lives, Loves, and Secrets
Best Price: $6.90
I thought it might be a good "read." It isn't. It's a darn picture book. If that's...

Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain (The New Economic History of Britain seri)Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain (The New Economic History of Britain seri)
Best Price: $19.75
In this elegant redefinition of the economic history of early modern Britain, Keith Wrightson...
Daily Life in Elizabethan England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)Daily Life in Elizabethan England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)
Best Price: $39.95
I found this book less than impressive and what bothers me the most is the price. I bought it...
Celtic Mythology (Dover Celtic and Irish Books)Celtic Mythology (Dover Celtic and Irish Books)
Best Price: $8.48
I suppose that some of the work in this book, one of a 13 volume set written between 1916 and...
Celtic Dance Costumes Iron-on Transfer PatternsCeltic Dance Costumes Iron-on Transfer Patterns
Best Price: $2.88
When I ordered this book, I was afraid that a lot of the designs would be from the "Celtic...
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish PeasantryFairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
Best Price: $4.99
A wonderful collection of tales handed down for generations. A rememberence of a time near...

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (Yale Nota Bene)The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (Yale Nota Bene)
Best Price: $14.15
Jonathan Rose has written a most enjoyable book looking at what British workers thought about...
A Thomas More Source BookA Thomas More Source Book
Best Price: $31.45
Although some scholars purchase this book as part of the class and lecture series on Thomas...
Outrageous Fortune: Capital and Culture in Modern Ireland (Field Day Files)Outrageous Fortune: Capital and Culture in Modern Ireland (Field Day Files)
Best Price: $30.00
Did Ireland produce a more radical and ambitious literature in the straitened circumstances of...
Medieval Ireland: The Enduring TraditionMedieval Ireland: The Enduring Tradition
Best Price: $33.95
The book is a brief history of medieval Ireland. It covers the times from the prehistoric times...
Caitlin the Irish Dancer Sticker Paper Doll (Dover Little Activity Books)Caitlin the Irish Dancer Sticker Paper Doll (Dover Little Activity Books)
Best Price: $0.42
For lovers of all things Irish: one freckle-faced Irish miss and 21 articles of traditional...

Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian LondonSlumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London
Best Price: $17.99
Seth Koven has exercised esxcellent scholarship in this fascinating account of Victorian London....
Best Castles -  England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Essential Guide for Visiting and EnjoyingBest Castles - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Essential Guide for Visiting and Enjoying
Best Price: $3.14
This book, Best Castles, is, I thought, a congenial introduction to ye olde English, Scots &...
Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish ExileClandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile
Best Price: $7.95
A bottom-up social history of some of the most important radical struggles in the last two...
Authentic Celtic Iron-on Transfers (Dover Little Transfer Books)Authentic Celtic Iron-on Transfers (Dover Little Transfer Books)
Best Price: $0.48
If you love Celtic decoration, and would like small designs to incorporate into your work this...
The Incredible War of 1812: A Military HistoryThe Incredible War of 1812: A Military History
Best Price: $13.50
This book was a good overview of the War of 1812, a critical piece of American history that, in...

A Long Way from Tipperary: What a Former Monk Discovered in His Search for the TruthA Long Way from Tipperary: What a Former Monk Discovered in His Search for the Truth
Best Price: $5.21
Once, a Lutheran pastor went up to an author (who's also an ex-monk who spent many hours in...
Irish Jesus, Roman Jesus: The Formation of Early Irish ChristianityIrish Jesus, Roman Jesus: The Formation of Early Irish Christianity
Best Price: $6.95
Nearly two thousand years before the Roman Empire, a group of Celts wandered into the...
The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642
Best Price: $30.54
This is analytical history, not the narrative sort. A reader would do well to have a fair sense...
352nd Fighter Group (Osprey Aviation Elite 8)352nd Fighter Group (Osprey Aviation Elite 8)
Best Price: $15.61
The exploits of the 352nd Fighter Group are nicely covered in this Osprey Aviation Elite volume...
Growing Up in the ValleyGrowing Up in the Valley
Best Price: $11.00
Growing Up In The Valley: A Memoir by George R. Holmes (Professor at the University of South...

The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the PresentThe Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present
Best Price: $23.35
This is a fascinating review of the history of mental illness for periods of time that are...
The Northern ConquestThe Northern Conquest
Best Price: $20.56
Locating Privacy in Tudor LondonLocating Privacy in Tudor London
Best Price: $74.60
Locating Privacy in Tudor London asks new questions about where private life was lived in the...
Hungry for Home: Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of IrelandHungry for Home: Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
Best Price: $17.95
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The author transports you to the island with his descriptive...
The Vile Victorians (Horrible Histories)The Vile Victorians (Horrible Histories)
Best Price: $12.35

Knot Gardens and ParterresKnot Gardens and Parterres
Best Price: $29.04
I purchased this book several years ago and absolutely LOVED it! A friend borrowed it and now I...
England on Edge: Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642England on Edge: Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642
Best Price: $30.73
England on Edge deals with the collapse of the government of Charles I, the disintegration of...
London: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories)London: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories)
Best Price: $2.00
'London: An Illustrated History' is a short pocket-book version of the history of London, a...
The Fighting Irish Football EncyclopediaThe Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia
Best Price: $6.29
The Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia is written in a unique, easy-to-read style that brings...
Victorian Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century LondonVictorian Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century London
Best Price: $20.69
This is a truly one-of-a-kind writing on the subject of Victorian culture. Many of my other...

Essential Histories 58: The English Civil Wars 1642-1651Essential Histories 58: The English Civil Wars 1642-1651
Best Price: $10.57
The English Civil Wars appear very complexing at first sight. Peter Gaunt does a fine job of...
The Wolfhound Guide to the Irish Wolfhound (Wolfhound Guides)The Wolfhound Guide to the Irish Wolfhound (Wolfhound Guides)
Best Price: $3.93
In a land of legend and lore, of mystery and myth, no other creature plays a greater part in...
Suffer the Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland's Industrial SchoolsSuffer the Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland's Industrial Schools
Best Price: $14.15
After reading "Don't Ever Tell"-Kathy's Story by Kathy O'Beirne and "The God...
Fun with Celtic Stencils (Dover Little Activity Books)Fun with Celtic Stencils (Dover Little Activity Books)
Best Price: $1.04
I got this cause I wanted to decorate an old denim jacket. The abstract stencils helped me get...
Celtic Stencil Designs (Pictorial Archive)Celtic Stencil Designs (Pictorial Archive)
Best Price: $4.15
The stencils are great but you have to soak the paper in mineral oil,then cut them out your...

The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830 (OPUS)The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830 (OPUS)
Best Price: $16.74
First published in 1948, this book has gone through many editions, the latest, as we can see...
The History and Topography of Ireland (Penguin Classics)The History and Topography of Ireland (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.09
Have you ever seen a medieval map? People had only the vaguest idea of the world they lived in -...
The Cecils: Privilege and Power Behind the ThroneThe Cecils: Privilege and Power Behind the Throne
Best Price: $20.03
For over 50 years, one family dominated England's high offices of state. William and Robert...
Nelson's Navy (Elite)Nelson's Navy (Elite)
Best Price: $10.23
Despite the many celebrated victories of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the role...
 
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