General Books


The Anglo-Irish War: The Troubles of 1913-1922 (Essential Histories)The Anglo-Irish War: The Troubles of 1913-1922 (Essential Histories)
Best Price: $5.80
The author treats with utter disdain the Irish men and women who directly or indirectly...
Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789-2006 (Oxford History of Modern Europe)Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789-2006 (Oxford History of Modern Europe)
Best Price: $56.13
It is an Irish proverb that states that there is no fate but the one we make for ourselves. ...
Mick: The Real Michael CollinsMick: The Real Michael Collins
Best Price: $7.96
Hart,we get it - you've an opinion that is contrary to history. Yet you do not put forth any...
The English HousewifeThe English Housewife
Best Price: $24.94
The English Housewife is the primary text from which many other books on Elizabethan Women...
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and LegacyThe Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy
Best Price: $64.99
I found this book while beginning research for a novel set in Britain around 60AD. Hutton's work...


Black '47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory (Princeton Economic History of the Western World)Black '47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory (Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
Best Price: $25.38
Both the tragic subject and the density of documentation, with graphs and statistics, make this...
Double Standards: The Rudolf Hess Cover-UpDouble Standards: The Rudolf Hess Cover-Up
Best Price: $16.85
This book presents a convincing case that Rudolf Hess died in a plane crash en route from...
Oxford Archaeological Guides- EnglandOxford Archaeological Guides- England
Best Price: $20.84
I thought this might be useful. Travelling around England is, in many senses, a journey back in...
The Illustrated History of IrelandThe Illustrated History of Ireland
Best Price: $1.28
With evocative black and white drawings, this is a thorough yet accessible history of Ireland,...
A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical MarkersA Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers
Best Price: $12.95
This edition of the VA marker guide includes all of the extant markers in the state, listed by...


Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars (Men-at-Arms)Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars (Men-at-Arms)
Best Price: $7.90
This book has virtually nothing to do with the 'Arthurian' period, much less literature. It...
London: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)London: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
Best Price: $7.65
This book only allocates a scant 4 pages to "Roman London". The more morden eras get...
The English HousewifeThe English Housewife
Best Price: $21.30
The English Housewife is the primary text from which many other books on Elizabethan Women...
Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Years (History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora)Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Years (History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora)
Best Price: $14.37
This is a well written history of Sinn Fein. Unlike other books on this subject , this book was...
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain (Blackwell Companions to British History)A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain (Blackwell Companions to British History)
Best Price: $38.72
This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain...

Travels In Wicklow, West Kerry And ConnemaraTravels In Wicklow, West Kerry And Connemara
Best Price: $8.77
This is a well-balanced and interesting book on the state of life in rural Ireland in the early...
Making PeaceMaking Peace
Best Price: $19.73
If you want to know about George Mitchell then I would reccomend the excellent book,...
Blood-Dark Track: A Family HistoryBlood-Dark Track: A Family History
Best Price: $29.74
I simply could not put this book down. Much more than an entertaining portrait of early 20th...
The Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess DianaThe Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess Diana
Best Price: $7.33
Peter Hitchens writes a devastatingly effective portrait of the loss that Britain has sustained...
1066: The Battles of York, Stamford Bridge and Hastings (Battleground Britain)1066: The Battles of York, Stamford Bridge and Hastings (Battleground Britain)
Best Price: $10.03
Peter Marren has done an excellent job of research and explaining the background of the conflict...

1066: The Year of the Three Battles1066: The Year of the Three Battles
Best Price: $15.73
In this impressive volume, Professor McLynn takes the reader through not only the crucial year...
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: $18.76
It has become more and more apparent in recent years that the Catholic Church, one of the...
The Tudor HousewifeThe Tudor Housewife
Best Price: $8.76
The Tudor Housewife accomplishes the often difficult task of making a book both informative and...
White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of AmericaWhite Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America
Best Price: $10.45
This is an immensely enjoyable book. As a fan of Colonial history, I find Johnson himself is a...
Whos Who In Late Medieval England (Who's Who in British History)Whos Who In Late Medieval England (Who's Who in British History)
Best Price: $1.65
A wonderful quick references covering political figures in England turbulent Middle Ages from...

The London Mob: Violence and Disorder in an Eighteenth-Century CityThe London Mob: Violence and Disorder in an Eighteenth-Century City
Best Price: $30.03
This volume is based on a course the author taught at the University of London and is enhanced...
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe (Oxford Illustrated Histories)The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
Best Price: $20.53
Blanning's text on the history of modern Europe starts in the last eighteenth century, with the...
Tales from the Tower of LondonTales from the Tower of London
Best Price: $24.94
Another treasure trove of little-known information about England's bloody and repressive...
Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian OxfordHellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford
Best Price: $19.95
The ABSOLUTE must read for all in the LGBT community. Presents to artistic/political struggle...
The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-1870 (3rd Edition) (Foundations of modern Britain)The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-1870 (3rd Edition) (Foundations of modern Britain)
Best Price: $29.95
B> This is a survey of every aspect of the period in which the Britain was transformed...

Every Dark Hour: A History of Kilmainham JailEvery Dark Hour: A History of Kilmainham Jail
Best Price: $19.46
Having visited Kilmainham in August 2008, I was stunned at the reality of the place so...
The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642
Best Price: $26.55
This is analytical history, not the narrative sort. A reader would do well to have a fair sense...
Inventing Ireland (Convergences: Inventories of the Present)Inventing Ireland (Convergences: Inventories of the Present)
Best Price: $24.55
Declan Kiberd's is one of the few historioes of contemporary Irish literature which manages to...
The Story of the Irish Pub: An Intoxicating History of the Licensed Trade in IrelandThe Story of the Irish Pub: An Intoxicating History of the Licensed Trade in Ireland
Best Price: $25.69
The Story Of The Irish Pub: An Intoxicating History Of The Licensed Trade In Ireland by Cian...
Irish Women's History ReaderIrish Women's History Reader
Best Price: $20.72
This exciting collection of essays reveals the tremendous diversity of women's experiences in...

Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army`s Art of Attack, 1916-18Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army`s Art of Attack, 1916-18
Best Price: $18.73
This book signalled something of a watershed in the way we think about World War I, and does...
Nab End and Beyond: The Road to Nab End and Beyond Nab End (Abacus)Nab End and Beyond: The Road to Nab End and Beyond Nab End (Abacus)
Best Price: $12.58
This book took me back to my childhood in Liverpool England. Growing up inner city poor as well...
The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British CoffeehouseThe Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse
Best Price: $29.53
Brian Cowan's The Social Life of Coffee discusses the cultural aspects of rise of the...
The Scots-Irish in the Carolinas (Kennedy, Billy. Scots-Irish Chronicles.)The Scots-Irish in the Carolinas (Kennedy, Billy. Scots-Irish Chronicles.)
Best Price: $6.55
As an experienced genealogist I was perhaps expecting a bit more on the serious side of research...
United Irishmen, United States: Immigrant Radicals in the Early RepublicUnited Irishmen, United States: Immigrant Radicals in the Early Republic
Best Price: $11.55
Wilson does a very good job of putting the political turmoil of the early American Republic into...

The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made KingThe Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King
For years, indeed centuries Henry IV has been thought of as the dastard who took poor Richard...
The Hitler/Hess Deception: British Intelligence's Best-Kept Secret of the Second World WarThe Hitler/Hess Deception: British Intelligence's Best-Kept Secret of the Second World War
Best Price: $26.96
Seeing as this book has just 3 stars at the moment, which I feel is not truly representative, I...
Why England SleptWhy England Slept
Best Price: $68.30
"THIS IS THE BOOK JOHN F. KENNEDY WROTE WHEN HE WAS A HARVARD SENIOR ... the thesis that...
Restoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660sRestoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660s
Best Price: $12.49
I stumbled on Liza Picard's books quite by chance. After looking at the publishing date in some...
Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720
Best Price: $50.00
I found this book well-written and well-researched. Knowing little more than the obvious...

Irish Kings & High Kings: Irish Kings and High Kings (Four Courts History Classics)Irish Kings & High Kings: Irish Kings and High Kings (Four Courts History Classics)
Best Price: $26.96
Oh, the book is too serious to describe it just in few words. It is extremely detailed and...
The Surnames of IrelandThe Surnames of Ireland
Best Price: $17.75
an excellent book in general, but a very short on native Irish Antrim county names; sometimes...
Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in ContextPopular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context
Best Price: $20.73
Karen Jolly has produced a wonderful source of information on Anglo-Saxon charms. She makes a...
The Mid-Victorian Generation 1846-1886 (New Oxford History of England)The Mid-Victorian Generation 1846-1886 (New Oxford History of England)
Best Price: $41.07
K. Theodore Hoppen's book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of the Victorian...
The Celtic Soul Friend: A Trusted Guide for TodayThe Celtic Soul Friend: A Trusted Guide for Today
Best Price: $6.37
In Gerald O'Donovan's novel FR. RALPH, the young Ralph is talking with his father about his...

Women, Work and FamilyWomen, Work and Family
Best Price: $16.95
This has to have the worst feminist bias of any history book I have ever read. It would lead me...
A History of Irish FairiesA History of Irish Fairies
Best Price: $3.99
One is most reminded of those Field Guides to insects, flowers or birds written for those who...
The People with No Name: Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764.The People with No Name: Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764.
Best Price: $18.80
This work is a mass of disjointed ancedotes from historical archives put together without a...
Horse Guards: Illustrated History of the Household CavalryHorse Guards: Illustrated History of the Household Cavalry
Best Price: $36.12
Words fail me about this book. In that it is one of the best books about the Cavalry Regiments...
Double Standards: The Rudolf Hess Cover-UpDouble Standards: The Rudolf Hess Cover-Up
Best Price: $14.54
Imagine that - sometime in 2002 - Vice President Cheney flew to the border of Afghanistan and...

Sea Harrier Over the Falklands (Cassell Military Paperbacks)Sea Harrier Over the Falklands (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Best Price: $6.01
A very interesting book and I still dont know what to make of it - you would have thought that...
Cavaliers and Roundheads: English at War, 1642-49Cavaliers and Roundheads: English at War, 1642-49
Best Price: $71.00
From about 1642 to 1649 there was a terrible Civil War in England. Over 200,000 people lost...
   
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