The House of Rothschild - The World's Banker, 1849-1999 by Niall Ferguson
$45.00 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The\House of Rothschild Ser.
This second volume of Niall Ferguson's acclaimed, landmark history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty concludes his myth-breaking portrait of one of the most powerful and fascinating families of modern times. With all the depth, clarity and drama with which he traced the Rothschild's ascent, Fe ...Show more
The Fortune Hunters: Dazzling Women and the Fortunes They Wed by Charlotte Hays
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
What kind of woman does it take to make the Midas marriage? What are their recipes for riches? Can a genuinely nice woman pursue this career? What does love have to do with it? Exploring the lives of the great fortune hunters of our day, reporter and former gossip columnist Charlotte Hays answers these ...Show more
Survivor: Auschwitz, the Death March and My Fight for Freedom by Sam Pivnik
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Now in his eighties, Sam Pivnik tells for the first time the story of his life, a true tale of survival against the most extraordinary odds. Sam Pivnik is the ultimate survivor from a world that no longer exists. On fourteen occasions he should have been killed, but luck, his physical strength and his d ...Show more
Shakespeare: The World As A Stage (Illustrated) by Bill Bryson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
This exquisitely illustrated edition of Bill Bryson's best-selling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling journey through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare pairs the most celebrated playwri ...Show more
Debs at War by Anne De Courcy
$23.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most of them, the war changed all that for ever. It meant independence and the shock of the new, and daily exposure to cust ...Show more
The Fishing Fleet : Husband-hunting in the Raj by Anne De Courcy
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Category: Historical
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
The Baroness: The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild (TPB) by Hannah Rothschild
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husband and a trust fund. But in the early 1950s she heard a piece by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. The music overtook her like a magic spell, and she abandone ...Show more
Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag by Orlando Figes
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Category: Historical
Almost everything we know about the terrible experience of the Gulag has been based on survivor memoirs, in many cases written decades later. For obvious reasons there is very little authentic, contemporary material. "Just Send Me Word" is a uniquely powerful and moving experience. It is the story of th ...Show more
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
On a mild winter's evening in 1850, Isabella Robinson set out for a party. Her carriage bumped across the wide cobbled streets of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town and drew up at 8 Royal Circus, a grand sandstone house lit by gas lamps. This was the home of the rich widow Lady Drysdale, a vivacious hostess ...Show more
Journey to the Abyss: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918 by Harry Kessler
$65.00 AUD
Category: Historical
These fascinating, never-before-published early diaries of Count Harry Kessler--patron, museum director, publisher, cultural critic, soldier, secret agent, and diplomat--present a sweeping panorama of the arts and politics of Belle epoque Europe, a glittering world poised to be changed irrevocably by th ...Show more
After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present by J. Randy Taraborrelli
$45.00 AUD
Category: Historical
For more than half a century, Americans have been captivated by the Kennedys - their joy and heartbreak, tragedy and triumph, the dark side and the remarkable achievements. In this ambitious and sweeping account, Taraborelli continues the family chronicle begun with his bestselling Jackie, Ethel, Joan a ...Show more