Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT 'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd 'One of the be ...Show more
The Shortest History of the World by David Baker
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
A fascinating journey through life, the universe and everythingHow did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that we're all made from stars? The Shortest History of the World follows the continuum of historical change in the ...Show more
The SuffragetteThe History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement by Sylvia Pankhurst
$85.00 AUD
Category: History
By 1903, more than fifty years of peaceful campaigning had brought British women no closer to attaining the right to vote. In that year activist Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organization dedicated to achieving women's suffrage. The union's motto, "Deeds n ...Show more
Richard III - In Fact and Fiction by Matthew Lewis
$45.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Fact and Fictions Ser.
King Richard III remains one of the most infamous and recognisable monarchs in English or British history, despite only sitting on the throne for two years and fifty-eight days. His hold on the popular imagination is largely due to the fictional portrayal of him by William Shakespeare which, combined wi ...Show more
1806-1807 - Tsar Alexander's Second War with Napoleon - The Russian Official History by Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky; Peter G. A. Philips (Translator)
$65.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: From Reason to Revolution Ser.
The Russian official history of the second war between Emperor Alexander and Napoleon, in 1806 and 1807. First published in 1846, it is based on original military and diplomatic documents and is backed up with references to official decrees from Russian state archives. It includes extracts from notes ma ...Show more
Royal Mysteries of the Tudor Period by TIMOTHY VENNING
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
The Tudor period is familiar to British public in reading and viewing in books, TV series and film - list is endless, from Shakespeare and Fletcher in the 1600s to Hilary Mantel et al, and involving internationally famous authors and actors. This is backdrop to the 'Royal Mysteries' which reflect aspect ...Show more
How the Country House Became English by Stephanie Barczewski
$57.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of how the country house, historically a site of violent disruption, came to symbolize English stability during the eighteenth century. Country houses are quintessentially English, not only architecturally but also in that they embody national values of continuity and insularity. The English c ...Show more
Publius Quinctilius Varus - The Man Who Lost Three Roman Legions in the Teutoburg Disaster
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
Publius Quinctilius Varus is famous as the incompetent commander duped into an ambush that wiped out three legions in one of the most humiliating defeats in Roman history. Yet this is the first full length biography of the man. Dr Joanne Ball revisits the ancient sources alongside the most recent archae ...Show more
Roman Emperors - A Guide to the Men Who Ruled the Empire by Mario Bartolini
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
Roman Emperors is a concise chronological guide to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire. It covers the period from the establishment of the Empire by Augustus in 27 BCE to the abdication of Romulus Augustus in 476 CE, an event that marks the official end of the existence of the Roman Empire as a poli ...Show more
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England by Rory Muir
$26.95 AUD
Category: History
A portrait of Jane Austen's England told through the career paths of younger sons--men of good family but small fortune In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision: What should they do to ...Show more
The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East by Barnaby Rogerson
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
'A masterly engagement with the most delicate and important of subjects - filled with gentle empathy, learning and rare balance' Rory StewartRogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating' William DalrympleAt the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars, is a 1400- ...Show more
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele, David Perry
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come....The Bright Ages is a rare thing--a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading."--Slate "Incandescent and ultimat ...Show more