Ancient Rome: An Illustrated History by Rodgers Nigel
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
The legacy of Ancient Rome shapes the world we inhabit today. The history of Rome - as a tiny primitive kingdom, as an ever-growing republic, as a world-ruling empire dominating the known world - is still influential. The first half of this book focuses on the political and military history of Rome. The ...Show more
October - The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Mieville
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
In February of 1917 Russia was a backward, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the world's first workers' state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? In a panor ...Show more
Wars of the Roses by Lewis Matthew
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
In the second half of the fifteenth century, for over thirty years, civil war tore England apart. However, its roots were deeper and its thorns were felt for longer than this time frame suggests.The Wars of the Roses were not a coherent period of continual warfare. There were distinct episodes of confli ...Show more
Rome and Italy: The History of Rome from Its Foundation by Titus Livy
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Classics Ser.
Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this fascinating history, events are described not simpl ...Show more
The Book of Sea Shanties by Nathan Evans
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
This book of shanties will take you on a journey through time. Nathan Evans presents his favourite songs to sing along to. Find out the history and meaning behind each of the shanties.
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The 1918–1921 Pogroms in Ukraine and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jeffrey Veidlinger
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century.'Exhaustive, clearly written, deeply researched' - The ...Show more
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The bestselling historian with the real story of WW2's 'inescapable' Nazi prison camp In a grim Gothic castle on a German hilltop, an unlikely band of prisoners plotted a daring escape from the clutches of their Nazi captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchanged and unchallenged for 70 years. ...Show more
Hidden Histories - 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class by Tim Rayborn
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times--but often our understanding of these events and people is narrow. Have you ever wondered about the lesser known details that influenced major events and figures behind-the-scenes This hilarious compe ...Show more
Stalin, Vol. I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 by Stephen Kotkin
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for Siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire Soviet Union. Millions would d ...Show more
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing st ...Show more
1805 - Tsar Alexander's First War with Napoleon - The Russian Official History by Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky; Peter G. A. Phillips (Translator); Alexander Mikaberidze (Introduction by)
$62.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: From Reason to Revolution Ser.
The official history of the first war between Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon in 1805, using original military and diplomatic documents and the testimonies of witnesses and participants from the war.First published in 1844, the history describes the causes of the war and the state of the opposing armies b ...Show more
France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and endi ...Show more