A Village in the Third Reich: How ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
Oberstdorf is a beautiful village high up in the Bavarian Alps, a place where for hundreds of years ordinary people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even here, in the farthest corner of Germany, National Socialism sought to control not only people's lives but also their minds. ...Show more
Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia by Levi Roach
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
'In this fascinating, panoramic account, Levi Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy to the telling of their extraordinary story' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves'A fresh retelling of the story of the Normans . . . written with enthusiasm and brio' Marc Morris, bestselling auth ...Show more
Espana: A Brief History of Spain by Giles Tremlett
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles. Spain's position on Europe's south-western corner has exposed it to cultural, political and actual winds blowi ...Show more
Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
'A stunning portrayal of two of the most powerful women in European history' Tracy Borman'Exciting and compelling, packed full of tantalising details of diplomacy and court life, Paranque succeeds both in bringing history to life, but also in putting flesh on the bones of these two extraordinary women a ...Show more
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings. by Neil Price
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
A new history of the Vikings - told from their own perspective rather than that of their victims. The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway ...Show more
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor
$55.00 AUD
Category: European
Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance agains ...Show more
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus by Lucy Ward
$40.00 AUD
Category: European
'It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book... a must-read' Jojo Moyes 'A rich and wonderfully urgent work of history' Tristram Hunt A killer virus...an all-powerful Empress...an encounter cloaked in secrecy...the astonishing true story. Within living memory, smallpox was a dreaded disease. O ...Show more
The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
"A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life."--Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Figures The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early ...Show more
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. The instant Sunday Times bestseller 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is'Sunday Times 'An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of hist ...Show more
The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in a striking fashion. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a complete ...Show more
The Habsburgs: The Rise and Fall of a World Power by Martyn Rady
$23.00 AUD
Category: European
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuriesIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs grew in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fif ...Show more
Midnight in Chernobyl - The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
$23.00 AUD
Category: European
--THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-- 'An invaluable contribution to history.' Serhii Plokhy, Evening Standard'Tells the story of the disaster and its gruesome aftermath with thriller-like flair. Midnight in Chernobyl is wonderful and chilling ... written with skill and passion.' Luke Harding, The Observer ...Show more