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Mary Queen of Scots: And the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison Weir
RRP: £14.99£10.95On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Found naked amongst the destruction, the bodies of Darnley and his valet bore marks of strangulation... -
Loyalists by Peter Taylor 9780747545194
RRP: £16.99£12.28The second part of the landmark trilogy documenting modern-day Northern Ireland, by the author Provos and Brits Based on a three-part BBC TV series, this is an inside account of the thinking, strategies and ruthless violence of the paramilitaries in... -
A 1950s Irish Childhood: From Catapults to Communion Medals by Ruth Illingworth 9780750983549 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£4.681950s Ireland was the age of De Valera and John Charles McQuaid. It was the age before television, Vatican II, and home central heating. A time when motor cars and public telephones had wind-up handles, when boys wore short trousers and girls wore... -
A 1950s Irish Childhood: From Catapults to Communion Medals by Ruth Illingworth
RRP: £12.99£9.621950s Ireland was the age of De Valera and John Charles McQuaid. It was the age before television, Vatican II, and home central heating. A time when motor cars and public telephones had wind-up handles, when boys wore short trousers and girls wore... -
Lost Ireland (Lost) by Orla Fitzpatrick
RRP: £17.99£13.09Pavilion's 20-title Lost series crosses the Atlantic to chronicle some of the precious losses from across the island of Ireland. Pavilion Books' Lost series traditionally looks at the cherished places of a city that time, progress and fashion... -
Houses of the National Trust: New Edition by Lydia Greeves
RRP: £30.00£21.93Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the country houses in the care of the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design. The National Trust cares for a wealth of houses and... -
Peig by Peig Sayers 9780815602583
£18.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815602583Author Sayers.Format PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Syracuse University PressPublisher Syracuse University Press -
More Furies Than Men': The Irish Brigade in the Service of France 1690-1792 by Pierre-Louis Coudray
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059827Author Pierre-Louis CoudrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Writings From Prison: Bobby Sands by Bobby Sands
RRP: £12.99£11.61In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and... -
The Good People by Hannah Kent
RRP: £10.99£7.93**Devotion, the new novel from Hannah Kent, is out now!**'Exquisite' - Daily MailShortlisted for the Walter Scott PrizeOne woman's mercy is another's murder . . .Ireland, 1825. Nora, bereft after the sudden death of her husband, finds herself alone and... -
The Little Book of Galway by Helen Lee 9780750994613
RRP: £14.99£11.55The Little Book of Galway is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Galway. Here you will find out about Galway's history, its literary heritage, its cathedrals and castles, its festivals and fairs, and its... -
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The short and gilded life of Tara Browne, the man who inspired The Beatles' greatest song by Paul Howard
RRP: £12.99£9.26Few people rode the popular wave of the sixties quite like Tara Browne. One of Swinging London's most popular faces, he lived fast, died young and was immortalized for ever in the opening lines of 'A Day in the Life', a song that many critics regard as... -
Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction by Senia Paseta
RRP: £8.99£6.45This is a book about the Irish Question, or more specifically about Irish Questions. The term has become something of a catch-all, a convenient way to encompass numerous issues and developments which pertain to the political, social, and economic history... -
The Irish Soccer Split by Cormac Moore
RRP: £17.95£14.85The Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in Belfast in 1880. It was the governing body for soccer for the whole of the island of Ireland. Soccer in Ireland was united for over forty years. It was, though, an uneasy alliance. Many in the south... -
An Old Woman's Reflections by Peig Sayers
RRP: £7.99£5.79Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends and history of the Blasket Islands. In her old age, Peig Sayers, recounted her life to her son who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy in a moving poetic... -
The Nemesis File by Paul Bruce 9781843582731
RRP: £9.99£6.85Paul Bruce was a tough, idealistic young trooper in the SAS when he was dispatched to Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles. His top secret mission was to execute IRA suspects in cold blood. Bruce and his SAS comrades shot down one terrified... -
London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's history by Tom Quinn
RRP: £9.99£6.64A quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train disguised as a ship, and a church that's completely the wrong way round. London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's... -
The Life and Times of Mary Ann McCracken, 1770–1866: A Belfast Panorama by Mary McNeill 9781785374586
RRP: £12.99£11.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374586Author Mary McNeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans by Francis Pryor
RRP: £14.99£9.70An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds. British history is traditionally regarded as having started with the Roman Conquest. But this is to... -
The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation by Ian Mortimer
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like Elizabeth and Victoria after him - embodied the values of his age, forged a nation out of war and re-made England.He ordered his... -
The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by Dr. Piers Brendon
RRP: £16.99£12.68No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no... -
Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
RRP: £14.99£9.53A lucid, gripping account of the human side of one of the bloodiest chapters of British history. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton,... -
A History of Ireland in 100 Objects by Fintan O'Toole
£28.79This book takes 100 objects and explores their significance in shaping Ireland. Photographs are accompanied by a concise and insightful story that shows the social, political and artistic vitality of each object. Beginning with Mesolithic Ireland and... -
Modern Ireland 1600-1972 by R. Foster
RRP: £16.99£12.28Masterfully blending narrative and interpretation, and R.F. Foster's Modern Ireland: 1600-1972 looks at how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the 'Irish Nation'. 'The most brilliant and courageous Irish historian of his... -
The Northern Ireland Troubles: 1969–2007 by Aaron Edwards 9781472857149
RRP: £12.99£9.09In this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Dr Aaron Edwards provides a concise overview of one of the most difficult and controversial actions in recent history. Spanning 38 years of the 'Troubles', the British Army's deployment in... -
Rooms of their Own by Nino Strachey
RRP: £20.00£13.74Evocative, engaging and filled with vivid details, Rooms of their Own explores the homes of these three writers linked to the Bloomsbury Group. Bringing together stories of love, desire and intimacy, of evolving relationships and erotic encounters, with... -
Family Britain, 1951-1957 by David Kynaston
RRP: £18.99£14.01As in Austerity Britain, an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices drive this narrative. The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as austerity and rationing gradually give way to relative abundance; housewife... -
Burned: The Inside Story of the `Cash-for-Ash' Scandal and Northern Ireland's Secretive New Elite by Sam McBride 9781785372698 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372698Author Sam McBrideFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Burned: The Inside Story of the `Cash-for-Ash' Scandal and Northern Ireland's Secretive New Elite by Sam McBride
RRP: £14.99£14.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372698Author Sam McBrideFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture by John Goodlad
RRP: £17.99£12.20This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, powered an economic boom and inspired artists, writers and musicians. It ranges from the wild waters of the North Atlantic, the ice-filled fjords... -
The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Undgerground City by Jan-Andrew Henderson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten. For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand the city's boundaries, the burgeoning... -
Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice by Claire McGettrick 9781350452039
£25.15Between 1922 and 1996, over 10,000 girls and women were imprisoned in Magdalene Laundries, including those considered 'promiscuous', a burden to their families or the state, those who had been sexually abused or raised in the care of the Church and... -
Motherfocloir: Dispatches from a not so dead language by Darach O'Seaghdha
RRP: £9.99£7.11Bestseller & Winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Irish Book Award. 'Thought-provoking, irreverent and often laugh-out-loud hilarious' Irish Independent. "Motherfocloir" [focloir means 'dictionary' and is pronounced like a rather more vulgar English... -
The Little Book of Cork Harbour by Kieran McCarthy 9780750988056
RRP: £14.99£12.55Cork Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world. It is a historical wonder, surrounded by villages, forts, towers and churches, all of which combine to tell the colourful story of Ireland's largest county. A reliable reference book and a... -
Leeds Then and Now by Eric Musgrave
RRP: £14.99£10.70Using archive photos from the 1860s to the 1960 paired with a modern viewpoint, Leeds Then and Now shows how the great northern powerhouse has retained and adapted its classic Victorian buildings, such as Kirkgate Market, to a 21st-century economy. ... -
How We Lived Then: History of Everyday Life During the Second World War, A by Norman Longmate
RRP: £20.00£14.69Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far largely gone untold. In contrast with the thousands of books on military operations, barely any have concerned... -
The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I by Steven Veerapen 9781780278162
RRP: £25.00£16.99James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has long endured a mixed reputation. To many, he is simply the homosexual King, the inveterate witch-roaster, the smelly sovereign who never washed, the colourless man behind... -
When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson 9780007431007
RRP: £10.99£7.25A fascinating, lively account of the making of the King James Bible. James VI of Scotland - now James I of England - came into his new kingdom in 1603. Trained almost from birth to manage rival political factions, he was determined not only to... -
Ireland: A History by Thomas Bartlett
RRP: £30.99£20.99Ireland has rarely been out of the news during the past thirty years. Whether as a war-zone in which Catholic nationalists and Protestant Unionists struggled for supremacy, a case study in conflict resolution or an economy that for a time promised to... -
The Voice: 40 years of Black British Lives The Voice 9781529902426
RRP: £20.00£14.29Launched at the 1982 Notting Hill Carnival, The Voice newspaper captured and addressed a generation figuring out what it meant to be Black and British. Written for and by Black people, the newspaper shone a light on systematic injustices as well as...