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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. Thousands of black cowpunchers drove cattle up the Chisholm Trail after the Civil War, but only Nat Love wrote about his experiences. This autobiography Of Nat Love includes encounters with Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, a soon-after view of the Custer battlefield, and a successful courtship. Num Pages: 162 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279551
ISBN
9780803279551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students in Irish and British social and cultural history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780719082320
ISBN
9780719082320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 24 pages, 65 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pitkin
Condition
New
SKU
9781841656908
ISBN
9781841656908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0004426
ISBN
9781583226148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Memorable not for his life but his death, Edward V is probably better known as one of the Princes in the Tower, the supposed victim of his uncle, Richard III. This work presents to us the backdrop to this tragically short life - and reveals how he was both the hope of a dynasty and an integral cause of that dynasty's collapse. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780752443867
ISBN
9780752443867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.35

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
9780716531708
ISBN
9780716531708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 39.79

Paperback. Melanie McGrath's critically acclaimed East End family memoir now in paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BGHA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0000945
ISBN
9781841151434
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 b/w, 16 col plates (24pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 376. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0001239
ISBN
9780006550167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Augustus John, T S Eliot, D H Lawrence, Lytton Strachey, Virginia Woolf and W B Yeats enjoyed Ottoline Morrell hospitality and she was Bertrand Russell's mistress for many years. This biography reveals Morrell, London's leading literary hostess during the first three decades of the 20th century. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 136 x 49. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571243105
ISBN
9780571243105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.33

Paperback. The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A born storyteller, Charlie May's vivid eye for detail and warm good humour brings his experience in the trenches (and the experience of millions of ordinary men like him) to life for a 21st-century readership. Editor(s): Harrison, Gerry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007558551
ISBN
9780007558551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. The author evokes Wainewright the poisoner's double life in a biography that takes the form of a confession. He strips away the layers of legend and restores Wainewright to his own voice, capturing his energy, charm, callousness, wit and wantoness. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571205462
ISBN
9780571205462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; BGH; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 37. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781843914631
ISBN
9781843914631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Command. Num Pages: 64 pages, 25 b/w; 28 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781849087339
ISBN
9781849087339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. 'Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A biography on an epic scale, with a combination of tragedy and history worthy of a Russian novel' Independent 'Superbly well told' Sunday Times Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 53. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007491131
ISBN
9780007491131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. The turbulent story of the radical Left in the eloquent words of one of its foremost leaders Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781781688182
ISBN
9781781688182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, over 120 b&w photos, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; HBWS; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 220 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hikoki Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902109169
ISBN
9781902109169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 31.72

Paperback. One of the most famous and tortured romances in history - between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex - began in 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was nineteen. This title portrays Elizabeth and Essex's compelling attraction for each other, their impassioned disagreements and their mutual struggle for power. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9781780760490
ISBN
9781780760490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. This book presents the life of a great national and international figure, President Bill Clinton revealed with all his talents and contradictions. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 758. Good, clean copy; minor shelf wear on cover.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0001381
ISBN
9780099441359
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752460734
ISBN
9780752460734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.31

Paperback. Biography of Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, who was described by another survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic.' After taking an active role in the evacuation, Lowe took command of a raft of lifeboats, distributing passengers among them so he could return to the wreckage and look for survivors - the only officer to do so. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752469966
ISBN
9780752469966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.31

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