ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Sean Brennan Author & Editor

Sean Brennan is assistant professor of history at the University of Scranton.

The Priest Who Put Europe Back Together cover

The Priest Who Put Europe Back Together

Sean Brennan - Paperback

£27.99

The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany cover

The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany

Sean Brennan - Hardback

£102.00

The NHS IT Project cover

The NHS IT Project

Sean Brennan - Paperback

£46.99

Warren Austin, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and the Cold War at the United Nations, 1947–1960 cover

Warren Austin, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and the Cold War at the United Nations, 1947–1960

Sean Brennan - Hardback

£89.00

The Essential Speeches of the Cold War cover

The Essential Speeches of the Cold War

Sean Brennan - Hardback

£150.00

Two Years in the Pontifical Zouaves cover

Two Years in the Pontifical Zouaves

Joseph Powell - Paperback

£22.99

Garlic Skins and Kitchen Radio 12 Months of Cooking and Tunes cover

Garlic Skins and Kitchen Radio 12 Months of Cooking and Tunes

Sean Brennan - Paperback

£13.99

Look Out Below! cover

Look Out Below!

2 authors - Paperback

£18.99