A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000
By: John Gibney
3.73
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the daw…
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1. The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
By: Tim Pat Coogan
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, Ireland experienced the wors… read more
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2. Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland
By: David McKittrick , David McVea
3.77
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Compellingly written and even-handed in its judgments, this is by far the clearest account of what … read more
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3. W.B. Yeats
By: W.B. Yeats , John Kelly
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Ireland's most influential poet, Yeats's poems express both powerful personal feelings and somethin… read more
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4. A History Of Scotland
By: Neil Oliver
2.50
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Scotland's history has been badly served over the years. Defined by its relationship to England, Sc… read more
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5. The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
By: Rory Stewart
4.04
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-spea… read more
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6. The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
By: John Kelly
4.34
Format: 196 pages,
A magisterial account of one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Fam… read more
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7. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
8. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
9. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
By: Jeremy Bowen
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more
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10. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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11. Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)
By: Dorsey Armstrong
4.14
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 5 hours and 6 minutes Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is… read more
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12. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
By: Fintan O'Toole
4.34
Format: 616 pages, Hardcover
A quarter-century after Frank McCourt’s extraordinary bestseller, Angela’s Ashes, Fintan O’Toole, o… read more
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"They opened a place in Irishness for the diasporas that were, in many ways, the truest products of its history. It brought home the reality that had been obscured in the idea of emigration as tragedy…"-Fintan O'Toole, We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
13. A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000
By: John Gibney
3.73
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the daw… read more
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14. The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain
By: Ian Mortimer
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
'Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain tells you all you need to know about crim… read more
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15. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
By: David Graeber
3.33
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everyt… read more
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"God and Man were inseparable companions. One day God said to Man: why don’t you go walk around on earth for a while so we can find some new topics for conversation? —beginning of a Malagasy folktale"-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
"The toothless or peg-legged buccaneer hoisting a flag of defiance against the world, drinking and feasting to a stupor on stolen loot, fleeing at the first sign of serious opposition, leaving only ta…"-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
"We would seem to be in the presence of a genuine historical anomaly: a political entity that presented itself to the outside world as a kingdom, organized around the charismatic figure of a brilliant…"-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
16. A Brief History of Korea: Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Michael J. Seth
3.96
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Exploring Korean history from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the… read more
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17. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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18. The Celtic World
By: Jennifer Paxton
4.09
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Following the surge of interest and pride in Celtic identity since the 19th century, much of what w… read more
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19. A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer
By: Suzanne Wrack
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and comprehensive history charting the rise, fall, and rise again of women's soccer W… read more
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20. A New Ireland: How Europe's Most Conservative Country Became its Most Liberal
By: Niall O'Dowd
4.02
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
It’s not your father’s Ireland. Not anymore. A story of modern revolution in Ireland told by the fo… read more
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21. Ireland in the 1990’s The Path to Peace
By: Edward G. Lengel
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
The period between Bloody Sunday in 1972 and Good Friday in 1998 was one of the most troubled, turb… read more
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