The Crown in Crisis - Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charles I. The ruling monarch, Edward VIII, wished to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson and crown her as his Queen. His actions scandalised the establish ...Show more
Ladies in Waiting by Anne Somerset
$23.00 AUD
Category: British
'Provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material about five centuries of court life' New York Times'Naughty Knickers version of our island story' Daily Mail ---------------------------------------------Ladies in Waiting chronicles the lives of famous and infamous ladies who served royalty, casting a fres ...Show more
The Season - A History of the Debutante by Kristen Richardson
$41.95 AUD
Category: British
Kristen Richardson, from a family of debutantes, chose not to debut. But as her curiosity drove her to research this enduring custom, she learned that it, and debutantes, are not as simple as they seem.The story begins in England six hundred years ago when wealthy fathers needed an efficient way to find ...Show more
The Splendid and the Vile - A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Bombing of London by Erik Larson
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers a startlingly fresh portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two ...Show more
The Shortest History of England by James Hawes
$28.00 AUD
Category: British
In the internationally acclaimed Shortest History of Germany, James Hawes showed that the whole sweep of a national story can be captured in a short book packed with maps and graphics, throwing striking new light on the present day. Now he does the same for his own country. From the Roman invasion thro ...Show more
Till Time's Last Sand - A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013 by David Kynaston
$30.00 AUD
Category: British
The authorised history of the Bank of England by the bestselling David Kynaston, 'the most entertaining historian alive' (Spectator). 'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state,' Adam Smith declared of the Bank of England as long ago as 1776. The Bank is now over 320 years old, and throughout al ...Show more
The Stonemason: An Insider's History of Britain's Buildings by Andrew Ziminski
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
Andrew Ziminski is a stonemason living and working in what was ancient Wessex. He has three decades of hands-on experience with the tangible history of this country, including raising stones at Stonehenge, the restoration of roman ruins in the City of Bath and work to save some of our most important med ...Show more
The Holy Fox - The Life of Lord Halifax by Andrew Roberts
$28.00 AUD
Category: British
A fox-hunting Anglo-Catholic aristocrat, nicknamed "The Holy Fox" by Churchill for his political guile, Halifax was one of the most prominent Tory politicians of the interwar period. As Viceroy of India, he struck a deal with Gandhi that ended the Civil Disobedience campaign. His meeting with Hitler in ...Show more
Nairn's London by Ian Nairn
$23.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'This book is a record of what has moved me between Uxbridge and Dagenham. My hope is that it moves you, too.' Nairn's London is an idiosyncratic, poetic and intensely subjective meditation on a city and its buildings. Including railway stations, synagogues, abandoned gasworks, dock cranes, suburban gar ...Show more
The Elite - The Story of Special Forces - From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War by Ranulph Fiennes
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
Inspired by the heroic war time escapades of his father, as well as drawing on his own experiences in the special forces, acclaimed adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes thrillingly explores the history of elite military units, from ancient Sparta to the War on Terror. The best of the best, these elite units h ...Show more
Digging up Britain - Ten discoveries, a million years of History by Mike Pitts
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
Digging Up Britain traces the history of Britain through key discoveries and excavations. With British archaeologist Mike Pitts as a guide, this book covers the most exciting excavations of the past ten years, gathers firsthand stories from the people who dug up the remains, and follows the latest revel ...Show more
The Operators - On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service by James Rennie
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the Operators of 14 Company are Britain -s most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off 14 Company prevent twelve. The selection process is the most physically, intell ...Show more