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George III: A Personal History

By: Christopher Hibbert

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Basic Books: February 2000

Seller ID: 282939

ISBN: 0465027245

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

In "George III: A Personal History, " British historian Christopher Hibbert reassesses the royal monarch George III (1738-1820). Rather than reaffirm George III's reputation as "Mad King George," Hibbert portrays him as not only a competent ruler during most of his reign, but also as a patron of the arts and sciences, as a man of wit and intelligence, indeed, as a man who "greatly enhanced the reputation of the British monarchy" until he was finally stricken by a rare hereditary disease.Teeming with court machinations, sexual intrigues, and familial conflicts, George III opens a window on the ...
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The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution (Penguin History)

By: Christopher Hill

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Penguin Books: December 1991

Seller ID: 313677

ISBN: 0140137327

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Mercat Cross and Tolbooth

By: Craig Mair

Price: $6.95

Publisher: John Donald: June 1988

Seller ID: 282411

ISBN: 0859761967

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain : Abridged Edition (Penguin Classics)

By: Daniel Defoe

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Penguin Classics: September 1978

Seller ID: 331342

ISBN: 0140430660

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England

By: Daniel Pool

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Touchstone: April 1994

Seller ID: 287770

ISBN: 0671882368

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

For every frustrated reader of the great nineteenth-century English novels of Austen, Trollope, Dickens, or the Brontes who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho " at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison," here is a "delightful reader's companion that lights up the literary dark" "(The New York Times)." This fascinating, lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules, regulations, and customs that governed everyday life in Victorian England. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the "plums"...
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The Norman achievement, 1050-1100

By: David Charles Douglas

Price: $7.95

Publisher: University of California Press: January 1969

Seller ID: 331192

ISBN: 0520013832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Far Side of Revenge: Making Peace in Northern Ireland

By: Deaglan de Breadun

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Collins Pr: February 2009

Seller ID: 289426

ISBN: 1905172613

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Brings the story up to date, with previously unrevealed information on the peace talks, the historic power-sharing agreement of 2007 between Sinn Fein and Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party, and outlines the future prospects for peace in Ireland. Here is the inside story by a journalist with unrivalled contacts who provides rare insights into the politics of the situation and the personalities of the main players.
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Of Irish Ways Hardcover

By: Delaney, Mary Murray

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Dillon Press: January 1976

Seller ID: 338518

ISBN: 0875181392

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Empire: The British Imperial Experience From 1765 To The Present

By: Denis Judd

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Basic Books: July 1998

Seller ID: 239183

ISBN: 0465019544

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The British Empire radically altered the modern world. At its height, it governed over a quarter of the human race and encompassed more than a fifth of the globe. As well as providing the British people with profits and a sense of international purpose, the Empire afforded them the opportunity to create new lives for themselves through emigration and settlement. It supplied jobs at home and overseas, encouraged national aggrandizement, and allowed experiments in social engineering. For those it ruled over, the Empire often represented arbitrary power, gunboat diplomacy, and the disruption of l...
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Princess Margaret

By: Dennis Bardens

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Abelard-Schuman: January 1965

Seller ID: 268894

ISBN: B0007IWOUO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Ireland's Story

By: Desiree Edwards-Rees

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Barnes & Noble: January 1967

Seller ID: 308492

ISBN: B0006BSTW4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453

By: Desmond Seward

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Penguin Books: August 1999

Seller ID: 320674

ISBN: 0140283617

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "hundred years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. The protagonists of the Hundred Years War are among the most colorful in European history: Edward III, the Black Prince; Henry V, who was later immortalized by Shakespeare; the splendid but inept John II, who died a prisoner in London; Charles V, who very nearly overcame England; and the enigmatic Charles VII, who at last drove the E...
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Wellington: Pillar of State

By: Elizabeth Longford

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Harper: January 1972

Seller ID: 217951

ISBN: 006012671X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

THE QUEEN

By: Elizabeth Longford

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Knopf: October 1983

Seller ID: 268891

ISBN: 0394523288

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

At War (Lannan Selection)

By: Flann O'Brien

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press: January 2004

Seller ID: 278568

ISBN: 1564783286

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Like The Best of Myles and Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn (both available from Dalkey Archive Press), At War is a collection of Flann O'Brien's columns written for the Irish Times under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen. Taken from the war years of 1940-45, these writings provide plenty of acerbic wit and persistent prodding of "the good people of Ireland." And in typical O'Brien fashion, no one is safe from his opinionated attacks. His oftentimes hysterical musings include discussions of theater, what it means to be Irish, ideas for alternative pubs and liquors, advice for children, and w...
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