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'I remember standing on top of our local glen with a block of wood, expecting thousands of Germans coming down from the sky. What was I going to do with the block of wood? I never knew.' Leonard Jac……続きを見る

Victorian Prison Lives is the first account of the process of imprisionment in England between 1830 and 1914 to be drawn largely from the writings of prisoners themselves. The period was in some way……続きを見る

David Kynaston's ground-breaking history of the City of London, published in four volumes between 1994 and 2001, is a modern classic. Skilfully edited into a single volume by David Milner, it tells ……続きを見る

An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most……続きを見る

In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous story of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king William ……続きを見る

The final stage of Simon Schama's epic voyage around Britain spans centuries, crosses the breadth of the empire and covers a vast expanse of topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedo……続きを見る

Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history of Britain, especially the changes th……続きを見る

The history of Ireland has traditionally focused on the localized struggles of religious conflict, territoriality and the fight for Home Rule. But from the early Catholic missions into Europe to the……続きを見る

SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department, set up in July 1940. Recruited from remarkably diverse callings, the men and women who we……続きを見る

Courtier, poet, soldier, diplomat - Philip Sidney was one of the most promising young men of his age. Son of Elizabeth I's deputy in Ireland, nephew and heir to her favourite, Leicester, he was tipp……続きを見る

Gender and punishment in Irelandexplores women’s lethal violence in Ireland. Drawing on comprehensive archival research, including government documents, press reporting, the remnants of public opini……続きを見る

European integration is an ambitious goal that attempts to reconcile grandiose visions for the future of Europe with complicated national attitudes toward unity. The added complexity of political cr……続きを見る

How the Irish Revolution was shaped by international actors and events The Irish War of Independence is often understood as the culmination of centuries of political unrest between Ireland and the E……続きを見る

The Kilmichael Ambush of 28 November 1920 was and remains one of the most famous, successful – and uniquely controversial – IRA attacks of the Irish War of Independence. This book is the first compr……続きを見る

Irish men and women joined the Easter Rising on April 14 1916. They did so for Irish independence and freedom from British rule. The Easter Rising began when the Proclamation was read by Patrick Pea……続きを見る

A true story of the violent revolutionary rebellion of the 1916 war against the British Empire in Ireland. This was a violent bloody event that began on Easter Monday at the General Post Office in D……続きを見る

Religion and nationalism are two of the most powerful forces in the world. And as powerful as they are separately, humans throughout history have fused religious beliefs and nationalist politics to ……続きを見る

Thomas Meagher is the biography of the father of one of Ireland’s most famous patriots, Thomas Francis Meagher. Overshadowed by his son, he was a man of deeply held political and religious principle……続きを見る

Ireland’s Instagram sensation Meditations for the Anxious Mind takes us on a trip around Ireland of the likes you’ve never seen before, from the trolley-filled Liffey to the glamour of Navan. Ever b……続きを見る

Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945) was a founding figure in the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers, and the government of Ireland. As Professor of Early (including Mediaeval) History at University College D……続きを見る

Edward William Bray's "Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-third Regiment, County of Dublin, from 1793 to 1907" offers an exhaustive historical account of one of Britain's notable regiments, interwea……続きを見る

'Should be required reading for everyone - including unionists - who are interested in and concerned about the fate of this island' Dublin Review of Books 'Compelling' Financial Times Will Ireland r……続きを見る

Um breve e divertido olhar sobre a história do Reino Unido. Se você deseja estudar para um exame de história ou apenas gosta de uma introdução alucinante ao Reino Unido, este é o livro para você. Le……続きを見る

Um breve e divertido olhar sobre a história do Reino Unido. Se você deseja estudar para um exame de história ou apenas gosta de uma introdução alucinante ao Reino Unido, este é o livro para você. Le……続きを見る

**A penetrating study and celebration of Northern Irish literatureー**telling the region’s story through the extraordinary novels and poetry produced by decades of conflict. Northern Ireland is one ……続きを見る

This book examines ethnoterritorial conflict and reconciliation in Ireland from the 1916 Rising to Brexit (2021), including the production and consequences of the island’s two distinct political uni……続きを見る

Includes interviews with Mary Kennedy, Sean O'Rourke, Mary Coughlan, Bertie Ahern and many others What was life like for Ireland's grandparents when they were young? What has changed for the better?……続きを見る

This booklet presents a complete transcription of all extant tombstone inscriptions at Corrandulla Cemetery. Together with a plan of the cemetery and a surname index, we hope it will be an invaluabl……続きを見る

This booklet presents the results of a project to collect information on the stone-built wells in the Annaghdown area. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs, the booklet contains informat……続きを見る

The study of early medieval towns has frequently concentrated on urban beginnings, the search for broadly applicable definitions of urban characteristics and the chronological development of towns. ……続きを見る