Catherine the Great and Potemkin - The imperial love affair by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover, secret husband and partner in ruling the Russian Empire. Catherine called him 'one of the greatest, strangest and wittiest eccentrics' of her epoch - her 'twin soul' and 'tiger'; her 'master' in politics. Their affair was so tumultuous that they n ...Show more
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold by Geoffrey Robertson
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
"Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law- in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke. ooke was a plebeian, son of a poor far ...Show more
Bravo Two-zero by Andy McNab
$19.95 AUD
Category: War
In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them behind enemy lines. They were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. This is a chronicle of superhuma ...Show more
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 by Christopher Clark
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia-a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development-ceased to exist. In their eagerness to erase all traces of the Third Reich from the earth, the Allies believed that Prussia, the very embodiment of German militarism, had to be abolished. But as Christopher C ...Show more
The Viceroy's Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters by Anne De Courcy
$23.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Women in History Ser.
The Viceroy's Daughters is the riveting chronicle of the dazzling lives of three remarkable sisters -- aristocratic, rich, spirited and willful-born when the wealth and privilege of the British upper classes were at their zenith. Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (born 1898) and Alexandra (born 1904) were the ...Show more
Sahib : The British soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
From bestselling author of "Tommy and Redcoat", the rich history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of empire considered to be the jewel in Britain's imperial crown. "Sahib" is a broad and sweeping military history of the British soldier in India, but its focus, like that of "Tommy an ...Show more
Sense and Nonsense in Australian History by John Hirst
$34.95 AUD
Category: History
Although a self-proclaimed conservative, Hirst's work has received high praise from historians ranging from Don Watson to Stuart Macintyre. This book collects key pieces on convict society, the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism, the republican movement and more.
Michelangelo and the Reinvention of the Human Body by James Hall
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
A brilliant critical analysis and explanation of Michelangelo's obsession with the human body. Michelangelo's art is exhilarating, but also bewildering. What is the source of his incomparable power? In this bold and absorbing study, the art critic James Hall explores the body-language of Michelang ...Show more
Somewhere Below : The Sydney Scandal Exposed by JOHN SAMUELS
$28.95 AUD
Category: War
Eighteen days before Pearl Harbour, Japan opened fire on Australia. The RAN's cover-up of the action that sank HMAS on the 19th November, 1941 has been a public scandal for decades. This book explains how Churchill and Roosevelt sacrificed Sydney and the US Pearl Harbour fleet.
Civilisation
$28.00 AUD
Category: History
The classic international bestseller - a marvellously exciting and stimulating look at the emergence and development of Western civilisation Kenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, wor ...Show more
The Italian Boy by Sarah Wise
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
In The Italian Boy, Sarah Wise not only investigates the case of the London Burkers but also, by making use of an incredibly rich archival store, the lives of ordinary lower-class Londoners.
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia by David Day
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australian
David Day's much-lauded history of Australia Claiming a Continent won the prestigious Non-Fiction Prize at the 1998 South Australian Festival Awards for Literature. Now in its fourth edition this study of Australian history is sure to draw new readers. Provocative and daring Day has established him ...Show more