History & Historical Biography

John Moffat / I Sank the Bismarck

May 1941, the pilots of fifteen canvas-covered biplanes struggled to hold their Swordfish aircraft steady as they aimed towards the German battleship Bismarck. They flew low over a wind-cracked...

Simon Heffer / The Great British Speeches

50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of...

Simon Gunn / Middle Classes : Their Rise and Sprawl

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Kenneth O. Morgan / The Oxford History of Britain

The highly-acclaimed Oxford Illustrated History of Britain tells the story of Britain and her peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Now available...

David Kynaston / Austerity Britain, 1945-48: A World to Build

David Kynaston's Austerity Britain 1945-51, the first book in his series Tales of a New Jerusalem, was a major Sunday Times bestseller in 2007.David Kynaston's Austerity Britain 1945-51, the first...

David Bodanis / Passionate Minds (Large Paperback)

David Bodanis presents this history of the turbulent love affair that fired the Enlightenment's intellectual revolution.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

A.J.P Taylor - English History 1914-1945 - HB ( Oxford History of England ) 1986 ( Originally 1965)

Hardcover, a standalone volume as part of the wider 15 volme series of teh Oxford History of England , this edition initially 1966, here in a reprint ( with revisions and expanded bibliography)  AJP...

Betsy Israel / Bachelor Girl (Large Paperback)

The Secret History of Single Women in the 20th Century   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Hans Poley / Return to the Hiding Place (Large Paperback)

Corrie ten Boom's family sheltered many from the Nazis. Now, their first "guest" tells the inside story.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Peter Goldman - The Death and Life of Malcolm X - ( 2nd Edition PB - 1979)

The Death and Life of Malcolm X provides a dramatic portrait of one of the most important black leaders of the twentieth century. Focusing on Malcolm X's rise to prominence and the final year of his...

Sean Boru / A History of London & Londoners (Large Paperback)

A Romp Through the Capital An entertaining romp through the history of England's capital city traces its origins as a simple marketplace in AD 50 to the sprawling metropolis of today. An invaluable...

Barbara Olson / The Final Days (Hardback)

Raisa Gorbachev / I Hope: Reminiscences and Reflections (Hardback)

The First Lady of the USSR recalls her ch

Kenneth C. Davis / Strongman - The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy (Hardback)

From the bestselling author of the Don’t Know Much About® books comes a dramatic account of the origins of democracy, the history of authoritarianism, and the reigns of five of history's deadliest...

Stanley I. Kutler / Abuse of Power - The New Nixon Tapes (Hardback)

Abuse of Power:   

George P. Shultz / Turmoil and Triumph (Hardback)

George S

Prince Michael of Greece / The Empress of Farewells : The Story of Charlotte , Empress of Mexico (Hardback)

Chronicles the dramatic and tragic life o

Lou Cannon / President Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime (Hardback)

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Francoise Frenkel / A Bookshop in Berlin (Hardback)

The memoir of a Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival across Nazi-occupied Europe.In 1921, Françoise Frenkel--a Jewish woman from Poland--fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre,...

Edward M. Kennedy / True Compass (Large Paperback)

In this

Trevor West - The Bold Collegians - The Development of Sport in Trinity College Dublin - HB

  Hardcover, Lilliput Press. A history of sport in TCD, issued as part of the Trinity 400 events in 1991. 

David Halberstam / Firehouse (Large Paperback)

Firehouse

Bryan Cleary / Bamburgh Castle (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Thomas A Bailey & David M Kennedy / The American Pageant - Volume 2 (Coffee Table Book)

A History of the Republic - Volume 2 , revised edition   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Alison Maloney / The Forties: Good Times Just Around the Corner (Coffee Table Book)

The 1940s had a tremendous impact on the course of history and was filled with wide-ranging revolutions that changed the face of British society. This nostalgic look at the most crucial decade of the...

Edmund Swinglehurst / Country Life Book of Britain Then and Now: A Unique Visual Record of Britain over the Last 100 Years (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Jacques Legrand / Chronicle of the 20th Century (Coffee Table Book)

Traces the first eighty-six years of the twentieth century and describes important events in politics, industry, art, music, literature, religion, and sports   This book is second hand, and while you...

Jerome Burne / Chronicle of the World (Coffee Table Book)

The classic Chronicle format was never more effective than in this stunning precis of the history of the world. From cave painting right up to the Bosnian war, firsthand reportage is backed up by...

Mitchell Zuckoff / Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Hardback)

Years in the making, this spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative is an unforgettable portrait of 9/11.This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple...

Anne MacDona - From Newman to New Woman - UCD Women Remember - PB 2001

Paperback, published by New Island Books, 2001, erratum slip laid in loosely.  Creasing to back covers and corners.  An account of female graduates from UCD ( mostly when based at Earlsfort Terrace) 

Peter L. Bergen / Manhunt - The Search for Bin Laden (Hardback)

Al Qaeda expert and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen paints a multi-dimensional picture of the hunt for bin Laden over the past decade, as well as the recent campaign that gradually...

Robin Cross / World War II in Photographs (Coffee Table Book)

World War II was the single most destructive conflict in world history, fought from the icy seas of the North Atlantic to the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of the Far East. It saw German...

Alistair Horne / Macmillan 1894-1956 (Hardback)

Macmillan 1894-1956: Volume I of the Official Biography  

Andrew Morton / The Queen (Large Paperback)

In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the...

Muriel Emanuel / Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation (Large Paperback)

Save One Life, Save the World When Nicholas Winton met a friend in Prague in December 1938, he was shocked by the plight of thousands of refugees and Czech citizens desperate to flee from the...

Raymond Chapman / Before the King's Majesty (Large Paperback)

Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) was a towering figure in the formative years of the Church of England. Averse to the puritanical spirit of the age, he helped to create a distinctive Anglican theology,...

Jim Volkert / National Museum of the American Indian (Large Paperback)

The National Museum of the American Indian, an addition to the Smithsonian Institution's most celebrated Mall of Museums in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's largest and finest assemblages of...

Stephanie Marie Thornton / And They Called It Camelot (Large Paperback)

And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis  

Esther Kaplan / With God on Their Side - George W. Bush and the Christian Right (Large Paperback)

When asked which single issue most affected their vote in the 2004 US presidential election, more than one in five Americans said "moral values"―and 78 percent of these voters chose to reelect...

Steve Little / More Than Just A Life (Large Paperback)

Young Eddie Wilson was a footballer on the threshold of a professional career with a prominent club. Then came the Great War of 1914-1918. Once called up into the Army he was sent without completing...

Simon Morrison / Bolshoi Confidential (Large Paperback)

Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today

Fiona Carnarvon / Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey (Large Paperback)

  Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle - the setting of the hit series Downton Abbey & she's become fascinated by the rich history of Highclere, and by the extraordinary people...

Ferguson Niall / The Square and the Tower : Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power(Large Paperback)

  What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization

Audrey Le Lievre / Miss Willmott of Warley Place (Large Paperback)

Her Life and Her Gardens

Ronald Hutton / The Making of Oliver Cromwell

The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell—providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history“Hutton’s book is intelligent, well documented, and stylish...

Reuel Golden - New York 365 Day By Day - TASCHEN - HB New & Sealed

Have your inspiration soar sky-high with TASCHEN’s 365 Day-By-Day New York Each day you’ll discover a beautiful city portrait and a related quote, bringing the essence of New York’s spirit and charm...

Jim Corbett / The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Large Paperback)

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Robert Hughes - The Fatal Shore : The Epic of Australia's Founding

In this bestselling account of the colonization of Australia, Robert Hughes explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. Digging deep into the dark history of...

Richard Vinen / A History in Fragments : Europe in the Twentieth Century

The problem with the history of twentieth-century Europe is that everyone thinks they know it. The great stories of the century - the two world wars, the rise and fall of Nazism and communism, female...

W.B. Marsh / 365: Great Stories from History for Every Day of the Year

A fascinating compendium of historical ta

David Mitchell / Unruly

Discover who we are and how we got here in comedian, star of Peep Show and student of history David Mitchell's Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the...

Richard Holmes / Wellington: The Iron Duke

Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain’s greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke...