Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf [Paperback ed.] 0717162079, 9780717162079

Brian Boru is the most famous Irish person before the modern era, whose death at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 is one o

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Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf [Paperback ed.]
0717162079, 9780717162079

'The date was Good Friday, April 23rd in the Year of Our Lord 1014. The most ferocious battle ever fought in Irelan

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Brian Cockerill was once a brutal gangland enforcer who climbed the criminal ladder taxing drug dealers for fun. A six-f

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Monty Python’s Life of Brian film is known for its brilliant satirical humour. Less well known is that the film contains

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*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Though Napoleon Bonaparte

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*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of soldiers' accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for furth

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The Battle of France as a subject has suffered for years in the wake of the Battle of Britain for the sole reason, Franc

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"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," wrote Winston Churchill i

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Brian Johnson's memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott,

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