Catherine the Great and Potemkin - The Imperial Love Affair by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair' EconomistIt was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catheri ...Show more
Aelfred's Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age by Max Adams
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of Aelfred the Great, his war against the Vikings and the foundations of modern Britain. In AD 865, a 'great host' of battle-hardened Norse warriors landed on England's eastern coast, overwhelmed East Anglia with terrifying swiftness and laid the North to waste. Ghosting along estuaries and i ...Show more
Wellington : Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852 by Rory Muir
$36.95 AUD
Category: History
From the leading Wellington historian, a fascinating reassessment of the Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo Wellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from ove ...Show more
Jewels A Secret History by Victoria Finlay
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure t ...Show more
The Catcher Was a Spy The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The stories about Moe Berg - his behavior, his intelligence, his charm - are legion, as are the unanswered questions posed by his life. A baseball player and a spy, he was one of the most colorful men to pursue either line of work. He played in the major leagues from 1923 through 1939 and then became a ...Show more
The Rise Of Rome by Anthony Everitt
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A complete account of the ascent of Rome - from agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire. A gripping account of the ascent of Rome - from agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire. 'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The Spectator Sta ...Show more
The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
'The Hitler Years ~ Disasterand its companion volume, The Hitler Years ~ Triumph, are not just informative on a nearly encyclopaedic level, they are well-researched, well-structured, and well-written. What's more, they are relevant and challenging. Through questioning the myths that still exist, they en ...Show more
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England : A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guides
An original, entertaining and illuminating guide to a completely different world: England in the Middle Ages Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? Should you go to a c ...Show more
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books - Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library by Edward Wilson-Lee
$15.00 AUD
Category: History
At the Peak of the Age of Exploration, thirteen-year-old Hernando Colón, the illegitimate son of Christopher Columbus, sailed with his father on his fourth and final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended disastrously in bloody mutiny and shipwreck. After his father's death, Hernando sought to ...Show more
History Of The Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'The greatest history of an event I know' - C.L.R. James Regarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, The History of the Russian Revolution offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history. This book presents, from the pers ...Show more
Crecy: Battle of Five Kings by Michael Livingston
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
'Like Crecy itself, this book is a triumph and the tale it tells gives an old story new life.'BERNARD CORNWELL, bestselling author of The Last Kingdom seriesA groundbreaking new study of the battle of Crecy, in which the outnumbered English under King Edward III won a decisive victory over the French an ...Show more
The Samurai Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to Japan's Elite Warrior Class by Constantine Vaporis
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
A captivating and comprehensive guide to Japan's elite class of warriors.The Samurai played a leading role in Japanese society for centuries, and this is the first encyclopedia to showcase the fascinating history and culture of these enigmatic warriors.This book contains 171 highly detailed alphabetical ...Show more