Category: Britannia

Here, in his own words, are the fascinating first thirty years in the life of one of the most provocative and compelling leaders of the twentieth century: Winston Churchill. As a visionary, statesman, and historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. In this autobiography, Churchill recalls his childhood, his schooling, his years as a war correspondent in South Africa during the Boer War, and his first forays into politics as a member of Parliament. My Early Life not only gives readers insights into ...
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The Grand Alliance (The Second World War)

By: Churchill, Winston S.

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin : May 1986

Seller ID: 563280

ISBN-13: 9780395410578

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Island Race

By: Churchill, Winston S. (Spencer)

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company : January 1964

Seller ID: 567985

ISBN-13: 9780396087502

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837

By: Colley, Linda

Price: $6.95

Publisher: VINTAGE : January 1996

Seller ID: 496049

ISBN-13: 9780099427216

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Drake: The Life and Legend of an Elizabethan Hero

By: Coote, Stephen

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Palgrave : December 2005

Seller ID: 564767

ISBN-13: 9780312341657

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

One of history's greatest maritime adventure stories and its hero come to life in this enthralling new biography S ir Francis Drake: Pirate, explorer and zealot, a genius at once awe-inspiring and riddled with faults. He is the archetypal Elizabethan sea-dog, and Stephen Coote's brilliant new book rescues him from the dusty pages of history. With novelistic verve, Coote re-creates all the episodes that made Drake's reputation: The excitement and terror of the raids on Spanish Caribbean ports during his privateering days; the extraordinary feat of circumnavigation aboard the 'Golden Hind'; and ...
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Mercat Cross and Tolbooth

By: Craig Mair

Price: $6.95

Publisher: John Donald : June 1988

Seller ID: 282411

ISBN-13: 9780859761963

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

England in the Nineteenth Century (1815-1914) [Volume 8 of The Pelican History of England]

By: David Thomson

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Penguin Books : June 1951

Seller ID: 345073

ISBN-13: 9780140201970

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Diana, An Amazing Life: The People Cover Stories, 1981-1997

By: Diana

Price: $7.95

Publisher: People : July 2007

Seller ID: 544033

ISBN-13: 9781933821061

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of her death, this title tells Princess Diana's story, with original pictures and text, from her first date with Prince Charles, to the wedding, the births of William and Harry, the divorce and the final love affair of a woman who came to fascinate the world.
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Queen's Jewels

By: Field, Leslie

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams : September 1997

Seller ID: 563901

ISBN-13: 9780810981720

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Providing an extensively illustrated account of Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection of jewellery, and published with the co-operation of Buckingham Palace, this book includes stories and pictures of items worn by members of the royal family for over 400 years. The anecdotal text which accompanies the wealth of photographs is based on close examination of memoirs, photographs and documents in the royal archives.
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At War (Lannan Selection)

By: Flann O'Brien

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press : January 2004

Seller ID: 278568

ISBN-13: 9781564783288

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

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 childr...
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Mary Queen of Scots

By: Fraser, Antonia

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Delacorte Press : January 1978

Seller ID: 568029

ISBN-13: 9780440052616

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Mary Queen of Scots: An Accidental Tragedy

By: Graham, Roderick

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Konecky & Konecky : March 2018

Seller ID: 565877

ISBN-13: 9781568528243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

William Wallace: The King's Enemy

By: Gray, D J

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books : January 1996

Seller ID: 523535

ISBN-13: 9780760702260

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Man Versus Society In Eighteenth Century

By: James L Clifford

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Norton*(ww Norton Co

Seller ID: 428381

ISBN-13: 9780393006087

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Royals

By: Kelley, Kitty

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing : October 2010

Seller ID: 559260

ISBN-13: 9780446585149

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The #1 New York Times bestselling, controversial portrait of the British royal family -- as told from behind the palace walls -- for fans of Netflix's The Crown and all royal watchers They are the most chronicled family on the face of the globe. Their every move attracts headlines. Now Kitty Kelley has gone behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace to raise the curtain on the men and women who make up the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Princess Diana...here are the scandals of the last decades: the doomed marriages and the husbands, wi...
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The Great Shame: And The Triumph Of The Irish In The English -Speaking World

By: Keneally, Thomas

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Nan A. Talese : September 1999

Seller ID: 553596

ISBN-13: 9780385476973

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home

By: Livingstone, Natalie

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Ballantine Books : June 2016

Seller ID: 565874

ISBN-13: 9780553392074

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

For fans of Downton Abbey comes an immersive historical epic about a lavish English manor and a dynasty of rich and powerful women who ruled the estate over three centuries of misbehavior, scandal, intrigue, and passion. Five miles from Windsor Castle, home of the royal family, sits the Cliveden estate. Overlooking the Thames, the mansion is flanked by two wings and surrounded by lavish gardens. Throughout its storied history, Cliveden has been a setting for misbehavior, intrigue, and passion--from its salacious, deadly beginnings in the seventeenth century to the 1960s Profumo Affair, the se...
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Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals For the Years

By: Morton Allan

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company : January 2001

Seller ID: 356029

ISBN-13: 9780806308302

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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Category: Britannia