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
Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine by Anna Reid
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
FULLY UPDATED'A fascinating and often violent odyssey, spanning more than 1,000 years of conflict and culture'INDEPENDENT. Flat, fertile, and fatally tempting to invaders, for centuries Ukraine was fought over by more powerful neighbours. Though its modern national movement dates back to the early ninet ...Show more
The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty by Sarah Gristwood
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2021 'One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.' Tracy Borman Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth? The dramas of courtly love ...Show more
Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the Present by Murray Pittock
$51.95 AUD
Category: History
An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland's influence in the world and the world's on Scotland, from the Thirty Years War to the present dayScotland is one of the oldest nations in the world, yet by some it is hardly counted as a nation at all. Neither a colony of England nor a fully equal partn ...Show more
The Last Emperor of Mexico by Edward Shawcross
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
The bizarre and little known story of how a hubristic Archduke became the puppet Emperor of Mexico - with tragic results and pivotal historical consequences for Europe and America.