The Fishing Fleet: Husband-hunting in the Raj by Anne De Courcy
$23.00 AUD
Category: British
From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and businessmen. With the advent of steam travel and the opening of the Suez Canal, countless young women, suffering at the lack of eligible me ...Show more
Foundation - The History of England: Volume I by Peter Ackroyd
$25.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: The\History of England Ser.
The first volume in a new six-part history of England from acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd. Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more ...Show more
Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims (Updated & expanded edition) by Colin Campbell
$37.00 AUD
Category: British
Meghan and Harry The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims presents the reader with a strikingly forthright analysis of what happens when a vulnerable male, raised in the traditions of the Old World and protected by a lifetime of privilege, falls head over heels in love with a steely and ambitious doyenne ...Show more
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell
$27.00 AUD
Category: British
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and ...Show more
Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 by Peter Parker (Editor)
$65.00 AUD
Category: British
'Quite simply, this book is a work of genius' Matthew Parris, Spectator The first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensue ...Show more
The Scandal of the Century by Lisa Hilton
$37.00 AUD
Category: British
'A sweeping, scintillatingly original, exciting exploration of writer, spy, power player, lover Aphra Behn' Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots ---- A CLANDESTINE AFFAIR 'Whereas the Lady Henrietta Berkeley has been absent from her Father's house ...Show more
The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of A Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies by Andy Beckett
$75.00 AUD
Category: British
From the acclaimed author of Promised You a Miracle and When the Lights Went Out, the untold story of British politics in modern times, through the triumphs and disasters of its five most radical figures In the great revolutionary year of 1968, Tony Benn was a respectable Labour minister in his forties, ...Show more
The Lost Queen: The Surprising Life of Catherine of Braganza, Britain's Forgotten Monarch by Sophie Shorland
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
An enthralling portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, which brings her struggles vividly to life and reveals her forgotten place in British history.
Belfast - The Story of a City and Its People by Feargal Cochrane
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
A lively and inviting history of Belfast--exploring the highs and lows of a resilient city Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and cultural achievement. But the city's many qualities are all too frequently overlooked, its image ...Show more
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats by Ian Knight
$65.00 AUD
Category: British
Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change. An acclaimed military historian, Knight draws on first-hand accounts to show us the reality of life for ...Show more
Haywire - A Political History of Britain in the Twenty-First Century by Andrew Hindmoor
$70.00 AUD
Category: British
Vladimir Lenin, an occasional resident of North London who went on to other things, has been credited with once saying that there are decades where nothing happens but weeks when decades happen. The first two and a half decades of this century in Britain have had plenty of those weeks. Indeed, our recen ...Show more
The Royal Palaces: Secrets and Scandals by Kate Williams
$60.00 AUD
Category: British
Royal expert and TV historian Kate Williams lets you in on the secrets of The Royal Palaces in this exploration of regal residences, past and present.