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Neil Lennon: Man and BhoyNeil Lennon: Man and Bhoy
Best Price: $213.26
Captain of Celtic and midfield enforcer for Northern Ireland, Neil Lennon is one of the most...
Edward HeathEdward Heath
Best Price: $14.46
The magisterial official life of Britain's complex and misunderstood former prime minister,...
Mrs Keppel and Her DaughterMrs Keppel and Her Daughter
320pages. in8. Broché.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to British RoyaltyThe Complete Idiot's Guide to British Royalty
Best Price: $7.98
Even if you don't know where Britain is located, this book will amuse you with its strange...
Out of the Valley: Another Year at WormingfordOut of the Valley: Another Year at Wormingford
Best Price: $14.79
This publication continues Ronald Blythe's celebrated "Word from Wormingford",...


Brief Lives (Penguin Classics)Brief Lives (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $69.95
Compiled as material for Anthony Wood's histories of Oxford University, this text...
Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian UnderworldCon Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld
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This enthralling collection takes readers deep into the murky underworld of eighteenth-century...
Almost ThereAlmost There
Best Price: $25.00
first off i want to say i shouldn't complain too much as i bought an autographed hard copy...
The Ashdown Diaries: 1997-1999 v.2 (Vol 2)The Ashdown Diaries: 1997-1999 v.2 (Vol 2)
The first volume of Paddy Ashdown's acclaimed diaries ended on 2 May 1997, the day after...
Diana: Her Last Love (Diana Princess of Wales)Diana: Her Last Love (Diana Princess of Wales)
Hasnat Khan may have been Diana's last love, but from the state of their relationship at the...


Eminent EdwardiansEminent Edwardians
Best Price: $87.95
First published in 1992, a collection of four biographical essays on eminent Victorians,...
A YEAR IN PROVENCEA YEAR IN PROVENCEOuter Edge of Ulster: A Memoir of Social Life in Nineteenth-Century DonegalOuter Edge of Ulster: A Memoir of Social Life in Nineteenth-Century Donegal
Best Price: $24.95
The Moravian Mission Diaries Of David Zeisberger: 1772-1781 (Max Kade German-American Research Institute)The Moravian Mission Diaries Of David Zeisberger: 1772-1781 (Max Kade German-American Research Institute)
Best Price: $74.99
This book is a rich source for Native American and Moravian history. The 1772-1781 diaries...
The First Sea Lords: From Fisher to MountbattenThe First Sea Lords: From Fisher to Mountbatten
Best Price: $110.27
This volume of essays is designed to fill an existing gap in the literature devoted to modern...

Inside the Concentration Camps: Eyewitness Accounts of Life in Hitler's Death CampsInside the Concentration Camps: Eyewitness Accounts of Life in Hitler's Death Camps
Best Price: $29.49
I purchased this book hoping I might be able to use it in the course I teach on the Holocaust....
The Collapse of the Soviet Empire: A View from RigaThe Collapse of the Soviet Empire: A View from Riga
Best Price: $54.00
If one wasn't following the news in the years immediately preceding and following the...
Kings and Queens of England (Readers Digest)Kings and Queens of England (Readers Digest)
Explore the fascinating history of the British monarchy with The Kings & Queens of England...
Letters: 1916-31 v. 3Letters: 1916-31 v. 3A London Home in the 1890s (Oxford Paperbacks ; 402)A London Home in the 1890s (Oxford Paperbacks ; 402)
Best Price: $3.04
This is the third volume in Mary Hughes's autobiographical trilogy. The first two are...

Childhood, Youth and Exile (The World's Classics) (Pt.1 & 2)Childhood, Youth and Exile (The World's Classics) (Pt.1 & 2)
Herzen is one of the classic biographers of mid nineteenth century men of letters. Brought up as...
Jonathan Swift, a Hypocrite Reversed: A Critical Biography (Oxford Lives)Jonathan Swift, a Hypocrite Reversed: A Critical Biography (Oxford Lives)
Best Price: $230.73
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1985.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford World's Classics)The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford World's Classics)
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Although he also wrote several novels featuring the world's greatest fictional detective...
The Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy AdamsThe Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy Adams
Tariffs were a way to force revenue. A very unpopular tariff put heavy dues on the South and...
Australian Autobiography: The Personal QuestAustralian Autobiography: The Personal Quest
This pioneering work traces the personal quest of a number of twentieth-century autobiographers...

The Origins of an Heroic Image: Sun Yat-sen in London, 1896-1897 (East Asian Historical Monographs)The Origins of an Heroic Image: Sun Yat-sen in London, 1896-1897 (East Asian Historical Monographs)
Published on the 120th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth, this book illuminates the myriad...
The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume I. The Early Years 1787-1805 (Oxford Scholarly Classics) (Vol 1)The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume I. The Early Years 1787-1805 (Oxford Scholarly Classics) (Vol 1)
Best Price: $200.75
Oxford Scholarly Classics is a new series that makes available again great academic works from...
Coleridge: The Early Family LettersColeridge: The Early Family Letters
This volume of previously unpublished and uncited letters presents a remarkable, often moving,...
Princess Alice: Countess of Athlone (Cassell Biographies)Princess Alice: Countess of Athlone (Cassell Biographies)
Best Price: $290.12
Theo Aronson does know his subjects and Princess Alice, Countless of Athlone, is no exception. ...
Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (Cassell Value S.)Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (Cassell Value S.)
A complete overview of England's royal heritage at an unbeatable price Edited by the...

Under the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher NolanUnder the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher Nolan
Best Price: $2.75
A book originally published in 1987 about a handicapped child, Joseph Meehan. It tells of...
Country DaysCountry Days
Best Price: $3.90
Alice Taylor's books have made her almost as beloved among Irish-Americans as St. Patrick...
Mistress AnneMistress Anne
Best Price: $4.98
this book although alot longer than the brief paragraphs i've read about Anne...
Lilibet: An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth IILilibet: An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II
Best Price: $5.99
Lilibet is an important book for understanding the Queen. I have spent 16 calendar days secretly...
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No DogsRotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Best Price: $8.63
Rotten is an excellent autobiography. I was in high school and college at the time of the Sex...

The Playboy King: Carol II of Romania (Contributions to the Study of World History)The Playboy King: Carol II of Romania (Contributions to the Study of World History)
Best Price: $117.95
The love story between King Carol II of Romania and his long-time mistress, "Magda"...
Frederick III: Germany's Liberal Emperor (Contributions to the Study of World History)Frederick III: Germany's Liberal Emperor (Contributions to the Study of World History)
Best Price: $119.95
The author gives nothing about the man and his stuggle to keep the peace with his father, who is...
Connecting Links: The British and American Woman Suffrage Movements, 1900-1914 (Contributions in Women's Studies)Connecting Links: The British and American Woman Suffrage Movements, 1900-1914 (Contributions in Women's Studies)
Best Price: $55.00
Between 1900 and 1914, the British and American suffrage movements were characterized by...
Days of Defeat and Victory (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)Days of Defeat and Victory (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)
Best Price: $12.95
Yegor Gaidar, the first post-Soviet prime minister of Russia and one of the principal architects...
Boris Yeltsin And Russia's Democratic Transformation (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)Boris Yeltsin And Russia's Democratic Transformation (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)
Best Price: $12.19
Boris Yeltsin is one of modern history's most dynamic and underappreciated figures. In this...

King George VI and Queen ElizabethKing George VI and Queen ElizabethThe Royal House of Windsor - a New Edition of This Highly Acclaimed Book By the Famous Royal BiographerThe Royal House of Windsor - a New Edition of This Highly Acclaimed Book By the Famous Royal BiographerThe Reluctant King:The Life & Reign of George VI 1895-1952The Reluctant King:The Life & Reign of George VI 1895-1952
Best Price: $326.57
Sarah Bradford's biographies are a joy to read. Her admirable prose style, her ability to...
Biographical Dictionary of the Soviet UnionBiographical Dictionary of the Soviet UnionCharles II: His Life and Times (Kings & queens of England)Charles II: His Life and Times (Kings & queens of England)
Best Price: $19.42
With Antionia Fraser's abridged biography at its core, this book chronicles the life and...

The Duff Cooper DiariesThe Duff Cooper Diaries
Duff Cooper's name is associated with two main tempestuous events. He played a...
Queens Consort: England's Medieval QueensQueens Consort: England's Medieval Queens
Best Price: $11.16
After reading Hilton's wonderfully readable (if partisan) biography of Madame de Montespan,...
The Wee Wild One: Stories of Belfast and Beyond (Irish Studies in Literature and Culture)The Wee Wild One: Stories of Belfast and Beyond (Irish Studies in Literature and Culture)
Best Price: $12.00
Born in Ballycoan, Northern Ireland, Ruth Schwertfeger represents history and memory in an...
Princess Alice: Countess of Athlone (Cassell Biographies)Princess Alice: Countess of Athlone (Cassell Biographies)
Best Price: $290.12
Theo Aronson does know his subjects and Princess Alice, Countless of Athlone, is no exception. ...
Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (Cassell Value S.)Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (Cassell Value S.)
A complete overview of England's royal heritage at an unbeatable price Edited by the...

Under the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher NolanUnder the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher Nolan
Best Price: $2.75
A book originally published in 1987 about a handicapped child, Joseph Meehan. It tells of...
Country DaysCountry Days
Best Price: $3.90
Alice Taylor's books have made her almost as beloved among Irish-Americans as St. Patrick...
Mistress AnneMistress Anne
Best Price: $4.98
this book although alot longer than the brief paragraphs i've read about Anne...
Lilibet: An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth IILilibet: An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II
Best Price: $5.99
Lilibet is an important book for understanding the Queen. I have spent 16 calendar days secretly...
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No DogsRotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Best Price: $8.63
Rotten is an excellent autobiography. I was in high school and college at the time of the Sex...

The Playboy King: Carol II of Romania (Contributions to the Study of World History)The Playboy King: Carol II of Romania (Contributions to the Study of World History)
Best Price: $117.95
The love story between King Carol II of Romania and his long-time mistress, "Magda"...
Frederick III: Germany's Liberal Emperor (Contributions to the Study of World History)Frederick III: Germany's Liberal Emperor (Contributions to the Study of World History)
Best Price: $119.95
The author gives nothing about the man and his stuggle to keep the peace with his father, who is...
Connecting Links: The British and American Woman Suffrage Movements, 1900-1914 (Contributions in Women's Studies)Connecting Links: The British and American Woman Suffrage Movements, 1900-1914 (Contributions in Women's Studies)
Best Price: $55.00
Between 1900 and 1914, the British and American suffrage movements were characterized by...
Prudent Revolutionaries: Portraits of British Feminists between the WarsPrudent Revolutionaries: Portraits of British Feminists between the Wars
Best Price: $94.26
This is the first major study of the diverse personalities, achievements, and tactics of British...
Destined to be Wives: The Sisters of Beatrice WebbDestined to be Wives: The Sisters of Beatrice Webb
Best Price: $63.15
Exploring the lives of Beatrice Webb and her eight sisters, this volume presents a vivid picture...

Piers Gaveston: Edward II's Adoptive BrotherPiers Gaveston: Edward II's Adoptive Brother
Best Price: $145.27
Written by one of the foremost historians of the period, this is a highly original reappraisal...
The Gladstone Diaries: Volumes III & IV: 1840-1847 & 1848-1854The Gladstone Diaries: Volumes III & IV: 1840-1847 & 1848-1854
Best Price: $406.61
This volume focuses on the most essential foundation laws for the foreign investor and student...
Robert Grosseteste: The Growth of an English Mind in Medieval EuropeRobert Grosseteste: The Growth of an English Mind in Medieval Europe
Best Price: $146.70
Robert Grosseteste was one of the most independent and vigorous Englishmen of the Middle Ages--a...
Bede and Dunstan (Clarendon Biographies ; 21)Bede and Dunstan (Clarendon Biographies ; 21)The Kings & Queens of Britain (Oxford Paperback Reference)The Kings & Queens of Britain (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Best Price: $13.02
This browsable dictionary gives a detailed history of the kings and queens of Britain, ranging...

Essays in Social History: Volume IIEssays in Social History: Volume II
This new collection gathers together a decade's worth of essays on social history. A...
The Cavalryman (The Roman World Series)The Cavalryman (The Roman World Series)
Best Price: $68.40
As usual Peter Connolly produces an excellent little booklet to accompany "The...
Mrs Duberly's War: Journal and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6Mrs Duberly's War: Journal and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6
Best Price: $30.00
Mrs Duberly's journal is one of the most vivid eye-witness accounts we have of the Crimean...
The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume I: 1815-1847The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume I: 1815-1847
Best Price: $30.17
The first of four volumes, this book provides a unique insight into the career of one of...
James Joyce (Very Interesting People Series)James Joyce (Very Interesting People Series)
Best Price: $4.40
Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill,...

William and Mary (Very Interesting People)William and Mary (Very Interesting People)
Best Price: $8.00
William and Mary were unique in British history. Coming to the throne through dramatic...
Thomas Paine (Very Interesting People Series)Thomas Paine (Very Interesting People Series)
Best Price: $4.18
Definitive, concise, and very interesting...From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the...
Nationalism and Political Liberty: Redlich, Namier, and the Crisis of Empire (Oxford Historical Monographs)Nationalism and Political Liberty: Redlich, Namier, and the Crisis of Empire (Oxford Historical Monographs)
Best Price: $51.82
National self-determination and the formation of nation-states has been the preferred liberal...
Roy Jenkins: A RetrospectiveRoy Jenkins: A Retrospective
Best Price: $49.73
Roy Jenkins was a dominating figure in British politics across the four decades before his death...
Journals: Scott's Last Expedition (Oxford World's Classics)Journals: Scott's Last Expedition (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $8.80
For anyone interested in the history of the Antarctic, these journals are essential reading....

Grace Abounding: With Other Spiritual Autobiographies (Oxford World's Classics)Grace Abounding: With Other Spiritual Autobiographies (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $6.97
Grace Abounding (1666) is a classic work of spiritual autobiography--a genre which flourished...
The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de CarvajalThe She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal
Best Price: $10.89
Before dawn one morning in June 1612, an elderly Frenchman took charge of a carriage carrying a...
Samuel Beckett: A BiographySamuel Beckett: A Biography
The biography of Samuel Beckett, the writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in...
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
Best Price: $65.00
For many of us, Henry IV is the king who deposed Richard II, fathered Henry V and features in...
Maeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy - An Irish Writer in New YorkMaeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy - An Irish Writer in New York

Basel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable IdeasBasel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable Ideas
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Over the years many books have been written on the culture of fin-de-siecle Vienna, but no one...
The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert BrasillachThe Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach
Best Price: $6.88
This book, which is mostly an account of a once-famous-in-France trial, has evoked particularly...
To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony PowellTo Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell
Best Price: $12.88
To earn the reputation of a literary giant within the generation of Waugh, Orwell, and Greene is...
Mary Tudor: Old and New PerspectivesMary Tudor: Old and New Perspectives
Best Price: $72.01
According to both popular myth and traditional histories, Mary Tudor was a failure. Known...
Tragic Knowledge: Yeats's Autobiography and HermeneuticsTragic Knowledge: Yeats's Autobiography and Hermeneutics
Best Price: $28.80

The Concise Columbia Book of Poetry: The Top 100 Poems in EnglishThe Concise Columbia Book of Poetry: The Top 100 Poems in English
Best Price: $128.73
This collection features 100 poems by the biggest names in classic poetry--Shakespeare, Jonson,...
An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the CrusadesAn Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades
Best Price: $16.00
A great read as well as a solid historical source for the period. What i really enjoyed about...
George Eliot LettersGeorge Eliot LettersOscar Wilde: A Long and Lovely SuicideOscar Wilde: A Long and Lovely Suicide
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It is remarkable that this sensationalistic and inaccuate text has gained the respect and...
Thomas More: The Search for the Inner ManThomas More: The Search for the Inner Man
Best Price: $6.48
Martz has some good credentials in coming to write about More: for instance he is Sterling...

Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)
Best Price: $43.00
EDWARD IV by Charles Ross has 479 pages, with 17 chapters, a glossy color painting of Edward IV,...
Richard IRichard IPaul HenryPaul Henry
Best Price: $85.00
In his idyllic landscape paintings of the west of Ireland, Paul Henry (1876-1958) provides the...
Nelson: Love and FameNelson: Love and Fame
Best Price: $6.74
In 1805, almost exactly 200 years ago, Horatio Nelson was killed just as his plans to defeat the...
Image Wars: Promoting Kings and Commonwealths in England, 1603-1660Image Wars: Promoting Kings and Commonwealths in England, 1603-1660
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Spin and photo opportunities may appear to have emerged onto the political scene only recently,...

Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War IIFranco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II
Best Price: $7.00
Among the many controversies which still exist about WW2,the relations between Hitler and Franco...
    
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