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A History of Scotland (Penguin History)

By: J. D. Mackie

Price: $6.98

Publisher: Penguin Books: August 1984

Seller ID: 267224

ISBN: 0140136495

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

A history that is equally entertaining and enlightening, illustrating all of the changes of power and intricacies that are necessary to understand the interrelation between England and Scotland and the Highland and Lowland populations. It shows how Duncan (1034-40) emerged from 'the union of the four peoples' as the first king of a united Scotland and provides detailed, reign-by-reign accounts from then on. Above all Professor Mackie reveals how the Scots long pursued an independent line - in religion, law, culture and foreign policy - that helped them keep at bay the Romans, the French and th...
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A holiday history of Scotland

By: Ronald Hamilton

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hogarth Press: January 1986

Seller ID: 180715

ISBN: 0701206985

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Abbeys Castle and Ancient Halls of England and Wales South

By: John Timbs and Alexander Gunn

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co Limited: January 1111

Seller ID: 264501

ISBN: B01JAFRZJO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Agricola and the conquest of the north

By: W. S Hanson

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Barnes & Noble: January 1987

Seller ID: 241408

ISBN: 0389207047

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Anglo-Scandinavian England

By: N/A

Price: $39.98

Publisher: University Press of America: February 2002

Seller ID: 241085

ISBN: 0819172685

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

The papers in this volume contribute to a more precise assessment of the interconnections between England and Scandinavia during the period from the establishment of the Danelaw to the Norman Conquest. The essays fall into three groups of concern: history, myth, and the language of poetry. Contents: Introduction: The Vikings and England; The Viking Policy of Ethelred the Unready; The Viking Policy of Ethelred: A Response; Ethelred II, Olaf Tryggvason, and the Conversion of Norway; Norse Mythology and Northumbria: Methodological Notes; Norse Mythology and Northumbria: A Response; Did Anglo-Saxo...
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Betha Colaim Chille / Life of Columcille

By: A. O'Kelleher,G. Schoepperle

Price: $39.98

Publisher: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies: January 1994

Seller ID: 269455

ISBN: 185500173X

Condition: New - New

Beyond the Palio: Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena

By: N/A

Price: $22.98

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell: November 2006

Seller ID: 268258

ISBN: 1405155728

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena.

Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme.
Provides specific case studies and useful comparisons to well-known monographic studies of ritual in Florence and Venice.
Concentrates on a single city to emphasize the important function of public rituals to life during the early modern period.
Looks at both local rit...
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Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks: February 1984

Seller ID: 214438

ISBN: 0345314271

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

From Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August, comes history through a wide-angle lens: a fascinating chronicle of Britain's long relationship with Palestine and the Middle East, from the ancient world to the twentieth century.

Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land for two major reasons: first, to translate the Bible into English and, later, to control the road to India and access to the oil of the Middle East. With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, Barbara W. Tuchman follows these twin spirit...
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BLOOD OF SPAIN

By: Ronald Fraser

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Pantheon: June 1986

Seller ID: 244843

ISBN: 0394738543

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Britain and Irish Separatism: From the Fenians to the Free State, 1867-1922

By: Thomas E. Hachey

Price: $12.98

Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr: June 1984

Seller ID: 260642

ISBN: 0813205972

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Catholic Emancipation: Daniel O'Connell and the Birth of Irish Democracy, 1820-30

By: Fergus O'Ferrall

Price: $17.98

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd: October 1985

Seller ID: 260638

ISBN: 0717112187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558-1829 (Social History in Perspective)

By: Michael Mullett

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Palgrave: September 1998

Seller ID: 260640

ISBN: 0333590198

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

In this new study, Michael Mullett examines the social, political and religious development of Catholic communities in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the Reformation to the arrival of toleration in the nineteenth century. The story is a sequence from active persecution, through unofficial tolerance, to legal recognition. Dr Mullett brings together original research with the new insights of specialist monographs and articles over recent years and provides indispensable information on how Britain's and particularly Ireland's, present religious situation has evolved.
The book also ...
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Citizens

By: Schama, Simon

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: December 1991

Seller ID: 242238

ISBN: 0394559487

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology -- a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. A "New York Times" bestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."
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Cromwell in Ireland

By: James Scott Wheeler

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan: January 2000

Seller ID: 240424

ISBN: 0312225504

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

A military history of Oliver Cromwell's campaign of conquest in Ireland from 1649-1650. Wheeler (European history West Point US Military Academy) tells the story from a perspective that unifies the political and economic histories of England, Ireland, and Wales. He argues that it was Cromwell's logistical organization and strategic maneuvering that was the major reason for his military success. Additional chapters describe the Catholic struggle for toleration in a Stuart kingdom from 1641 to 1649, as well as the completion of the Cromwellian conquest by subordinates after his departure from Ir...
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Doughboys

By: Gary Mead

Price: $8.98

Publisher: Overlook Books: August 2002

Seller ID: 242072

ISBN: 1585673234

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The Doughboys were the more than three million men, many of them volunteers, recruited from the cities and farms of the United States, who traveled across the Atlantic to aid the Allies in the trenches and on the battlefields of World War I. Without their courage and determination, the outcome of the war would have been very different.
Drawing upon the often harrowing personal accounts of the soldiers of the AEF, "The Doughboys" establishes the pivotal role played by the Americans in the defeat of the Central powers in November 1918. Gary Mead brings together a rich selection of archive m...
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Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History

By: Kevin C. Kearns

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Penguin Books: September 2000

Seller ID: 262561

ISBN: 0140296255

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

In Dublin Tenement Life, historian Kevin C. Kearns presents a fascinating, often heartbreaking look at life in the slums of Dublin from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Gathering original and authentic oral testimonies from survivors of the old Dublin tenements and presenting along with the social and historical background, as well as a valuable collection of photographs, Kearns shows what life was like in Europe's most wretched slums. Their accounts are sometimes tragic, but always moving. Equally, they are an inspiring chronicle of struggle, survival, and the triu...
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Europe: A History

By: Norman Davies

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Harper Perennial: February 1998

Seller ID: 244806

ISBN: 0060974680

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Here is a masterpiece of historical narrative that stretches from the Ice Age to the Atomic Age, as it tells the story of Europe, East and West. Norman Davies captures it all--the rise and fall of Rome, the sweeping invasions of Alaric and Atilla, the Norman Conquests, the Papal struggles for power, the Renaissance and the Reformation, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, Europe's rise to become the powerhouse of the world, and its eclipse in our own century, following two devastating World Wars. This is the first major history of Europe to give equal weight to both East and West, an...
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Europe: A History

By: Davies, Norman

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Oxford University Press: December 1996

Seller ID: 280886

ISBN: 0195209125

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

"In the beginning," writes Norman Davies, "there was no Europe. All there was, for five million years, was a long, sinuous peninsula with no name, set like the figurehead of a ship on the prow of the world's largest land mass. To the west lay the ocean which no one had crossed. To the south lay two enclosed and interlinked seas, sprinkled with islands, inlets, and peninsulas of their own. To the north lay the great polar icecap, expanding and contracting across the ages like some monstrous, freezing jellyfish. To the east lay the land-bridge to the rest of the world, whence all peoples and all...
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Famous Scottish Battles

By: Philip Warner

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books: January 1996

Seller ID: 180722

ISBN: 0760700044

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Greek War of Independence: The Struggle for Freedom from Ottoman Oppression and the Birth of the Modern Greek Nation

By: David Brewer

Price: $1,298.00

Publisher: Overlook Press: March 2003

Seller ID: 242071

ISBN: 1585673951

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The Greek War of Independence is a masterful work--the first comprehensive study in thirty years--of one of the most heroic and bloody struggles for independence any people has ever waged. David Brewer has captured this period of world history brilliantly, from the ground up-the heroes and villains, the victories, and the tragic defeats.
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History of Medieval Ireland

By: Ruthven, A. J. Otway-

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Barnes & Nobel: January 1993

Seller ID: 275580

ISBN: 1566192161

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age

By: Aidan Clarke

Price: $395.00

Publisher: Four Courts Press: December 1998

Seller ID: 253489

ISBN: 1851822356

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

In this exploration of the Ireland and Scand inavia during the early Viking period, the authors look at s uch subjects as - Ireland and the Irish in the earliest Old Icelandic tradition, and parallels between Norwegian and Iri sh legends. '
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Jacobite Spy Wars: Moles, Rogues and Treachery

By: Hugh Douglas

Price: $12.00

Publisher: The History Press: May 2000

Seller ID: 253198

ISBN: 0750914378

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The Jacobite story is more than the tale of Bonnie Prince Charlie and a handful of battles. This book unravels an unending intelligence war on and off the battlefield as, across Europe, moles dug for secrets at every court.
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La Grande Therese : The Greatest Scandal of the Century

By: Hilary Spurling

Price: $4.99

Publisher: Counterpoint Press: June 2000

Seller ID: 172681

ISBN: 006019622X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

"La Grande Th?r?se is the true story of a scandal that nearly destroyed the French Third Republic.

A hundred years ago Th?r?se Humbert was one of the most powerful women in France; her salon was the center of Parisian life, and her wealth--as the assumed illegitimate daughter of an American billionaire--was fabled. She lived life on a grand scale and was the toast of Paris. But Th?r?se was not who she claimed to be. Her lifestyle, her history, and, most important, her fortune--all were an elaborate hoax. When her con was finally exposed, thousands of small investors and creditors, includ...
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Lancaster Against York: The Wars of the Roses and the Foundation of Modern Britain

By: Royle, Trevor

Price: $16.98

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan: July 2008

Seller ID: 278541

ISBN: 1403966729

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

In this sweeping history, Trevor Royle details one of the bloodiest episodes in British history. The prize was the crown of England, and the players were the rival houses of Lancaster and York. The dynastic quarrel threatened the collapse of the monarchy as a succession of weak rulers failed to deal with an overzealous aristocracy, plunging England into a series of violent encounters. The bloody battles and political intrigue between the rival heirs of King Edward III brought forth one of the most dynamic ruling families of England--the Tudors.
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Landscapes With Figures

By: Liam De Paor

Price: $17.98

Publisher: Four Courts Press: July 1998

Seller ID: 266489

ISBN: 1851823859

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

A collection of essays, papers and lectures by Paor dealing with the modern world order and Ireland's place in it, beginning with the long and complex history of 'Ireland and the British Empire' from the 15th century to the present day and including essays on matters ranging from the poems of Tom Moore and Seamus Heaney to the IRA.
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Last Apocalpyse

By: James Reston Jr.

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Doubleday: February 1998

Seller ID: 240293

ISBN: 0385483260

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

For fans of A Distant Mirror and A World Lit Only by Fire, a rich popular history of the last millennium, when Vikings, Moors, and barbarians battled kings and popes for the soul of Europe.

James Reston, Jr.'s enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and slaughtered their way to dominance brings life to unforgettable historical characters who embodied the struggle for the soul of Europe. From the righteous fury of the Viking Queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded, who burned unwanted suitors alive, to the brilliant but too-cunning Moor al-Mansur the Illustrious Victor, to...
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Later Medieval Europe: From St. Louis to Luther

By: Daniel Waley

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Longman Pub Group: February 1985

Seller ID: 268254

ISBN: 0582492629

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

In this well-known intrduction Dr Waley explores the key aspects of the history of later medieval Europe (c1250-1520) and outlines the leading influences of the time. He discusses cultural developments and the history of ideas, as well as political and economic topics. The central theme is the growing power of the state and the effect of this on political ideas
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Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War

By: Peter Maass

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Vintage: February 1997

Seller ID: 260442

ISBN: 0679763899

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Peter Maass went to the Balkans as a reporter at the height of the nightmarish war there, but this book is not traditional war reportage. Maass examines how an ordinary Serb could wake up one morning and shoot his neighbor, once a friend--then rape that neighbor's wife. He conveys the desperation that makes a Muslim beg the United States to bomb his own city in order to end the misery. And Maass does not falter at the spectacle of U.N. soldiers shining searchlights on fleeing refugees--who are promptly gunned down by snipers waiting in the darknes...
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Loyalists: War and Peace in Northern Ireland

By: Taylor, Peter

Price: $12.98

Publisher: TV Books: June 1999

Seller ID: 270993

ISBN: 1575000474

Condition: Used - Very Good

A frank and chilling history of paramilitary groups in Ireland.
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Mayhew's Characters. Edited with a note on the English Character by Peter Quennell.

By: Henry Mayhew

Price: $14.98

Publisher: London: Spring Books 1965?.: December 1964

Seller ID: 127757

ISBN: B001IW1AN0

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Medicine & society in later medieval England (Social History)

By: Carole Rawcliffe

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Alan Sutton Pub: January 1995

Seller ID: 256874

ISBN: 0862995981

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

National questions: Reflections on Daniel O'Connell and contemporary Ireland

By: R.V. Comerford

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Wolfhound Press: January 2000

Seller ID: 266492

ISBN: 0863278132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

On the Blanket: The Inside Story of the Ira Prisioners' 'Dirty' Protest

By: Tim Pat Coogan

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Court Wayne Pr Llc: April 1997

Seller ID: 268698

ISBN: 1570981337

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

The journalism masterpiece that made history by exposing the reality of Ireland's "dirty protests"
-- Describes a protest that led up to the famed hunger strikes in which ten prisoners died

Here is the authoritative account, first published in 1980, of the H-Block protest: one of the most shocking and controversial situations in the tragic history of Northern Ireland. Tim Pat Coogan spoke to all sides and set down the facts of the protest squarely, as well as the human tragedy behind them. The resulting work, recorded in its entirety in On the Blanket, is an unsparing look deep into the s...
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Plough Music

By: David Medcalf

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Liberties Press: March 2015

Seller ID: 248439

ISBN: 1905483783

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Pages unmarked, DJ intact, light wear.
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Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)

By: Lynn Hunt

Price: $6.98

Publisher: University of California Press: February 1986

Seller ID: 197205

ISBN: 0520057406

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Recalling the Good Fight: An Autobiography of the Spanish Civil War

By: John Tisa

Price: $8.98

Publisher: Praeger: September 1985

Seller ID: 213641

ISBN: 0897890795

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The author describes his experiences as a member of the American battalion of volunteers fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
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Reflections on the Revolution in France

By: Edmund Burke, J. G. A. Pocock

Price: $5.98

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company: September 1987

Seller ID: 185714

ISBN: 0872200205

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

John Pocock's edition of Burke's Reflections is two classics in one: Burke's Reflections and Pocock's reflections on Burke and the eighteenth century.