The Windsor Conspiracy
1,856円 Is Prince Charles really a Windsor? Was the Queen Mother an evil manipulator? This fast-paced thiller is based on a conspiracy behind Britain’s Royal Family. Has the monarchy’s lust for power gone too far? The severed finger of a kidnapped man is mailed to newspaper journalist Joanna Doyle, with...
European Civil War Films
10,280円 This book examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, former Yugoslavia, and Greek civil wars, this comparative and interdisciplinary study engages with contemporary debates i...
Ireland and the Land Question 1800-1922
9,285円 This pamphlet makes use of the most recent revisionist literature to reassess the view, much propagated by nationalist sources, that Ireland was a land of impoverished peasants oppressed by English laws and absentee English landlords. The land question has always been closely linked to the develo...
A Twisted Root: Ancestral Entanglements i...
927円 A beautifully written Irish memoir about an extraordinary family. From the author’s great-grandmother Katherine Rose, who made her way from Stratford-upon-Avon to Lisburn as part of the Plantation of Ulster, and her forebear William Blacker, who founded the Orange Order, to her great-uncles Frank...
Without a Dog’s Chance
1,408円 Covering the years 1920–1925, Without a Dog’s Chance is the first major study of Northern nationalists’ role in the Boundary Commission that they, and their allies in the Irish Free State, had hoped to use to end partition and destroy the new Northern state. For Northern nationalists, the partiti...
The Enigma of Arthur Griffith
1,549円 Almost a century after his untimely death in 1922, this lively and insightful new assessment explores the man Michael Collins described as ‘father of us all’ and reclaims Arthur Griffith as the founder of both Sinn Féin and the Irish Free State. Since his death when President of Dáil Éireann, Gri...
Old Links and New Ties
3,419円 In an international landscape, where emerging newly empowered states are projecting economic and political challenges from Asia, Africa and Latin America, countries like Britain have to redefine roles for themselves in a new order that has reshaped the world. These new roles, as envisaged by Davi...
Magic and Masculinity
5,955円 In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons - both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. The majority of male magicians acted from a position of control and command commensurate with their social position...
Nordic Aliens and the Fairies of Ireland
1,657円 We think of fairies as little winged people with magic wands, but Irish fairies were flesh-and-blood extraterrestrials who towered over humans. Chalk-white humanoids with piercing blue eyes, and flaming red or golden-yellow hair, that’s the true appearance of the fairies of Ireland who came down ...
Fairies and Folk of Ireland
300円 In "Fairies and Folk of Ireland," William Henry Frost delves into the rich tapestry of Irish folklore, illustrating the enchanting world inhabited by fairies, mythical creatures, and the vibrant spirits of the land. Employing a lyrical and evocative style, Frost interweaves detailed anecdotes wit...
A Short History of England, Ireland and S...
300円 In "A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland," Mary Platt Parmele presents an insightful and concise examination of the intertwined histories of these three nations. Through a narrative style that balances engaging storytelling with scholarly rigor, Parmele explores pivotal events, notabl...
The History of the Great Irish Famine of ...
300円 In "The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847," John Canon O'Rourke offers a profound exploration of one of Ireland's most devastating events, blending meticulous historical research with vivid prose. This third edition, published in 1902, presents a detailed examination of the socio-politica...
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