Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013 by David Kynaston
$60.00 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
Hamlet, Globe to Globe : Taking Shakespeare to Every Country in the World by Dominic Dromgoole
$33.00 AUD
Category: British
In the middle of the sprawling Zaatari refugee camp, Dominic Dromgoole watches from the makeshift wings as Hamlet delivers one of his celebrated soliloquies. Four years earlier, Dromgoole, the Artistic Director of the Globe, had come up with a wildly ambitious idea . . . to mark the 400th anniversary of ...Show more
Chaucer's People by Liza Picard
$33.00 AUD
Category: British
In CHAUCER'S PEOPLE, Liza Picard guides us through the tumultuous world of the late fourteenth century in an ingenious, informative and entertaining way. Through the assorted cast of pilgrims Chaucer selected for THE CANTERBURY TALES, Picard brings medieval social history to life and uncovers the detail ...Show more
Revolution - The History of England: Volume IV by Peter Ackroyd
$23.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: The History of England
Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales r ...Show more
Viceroys: The Creation of the British by Christopher Lee
$33.00 AUD
Category: British
Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established. British history from the Hundred Years War onwards gives an impression of how the British were seen. It is a misconce ...Show more
Henry IV by Chris Given-Wilson
$55.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: The English Monarchs Series
Henry IV (1399-1413), the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, seized the English throne at the age of thirty-two from his cousin Richard II and held it until his death, aged forty-five, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry V. This comprehensive and nuanced biography restores to his rightful plac ...Show more
Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation by David Horspool
$18.00 AUD
Category: British
Famously depicted as 'Crookback Dick', and as Shakespeare's 'bunch-back'd toad', the alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower and the warrior vanquished at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III is one of England's most enigmatic monarchs. Now, with the discovery of Richard's bones under a car pa ...Show more
Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation by Peter Marshall
$69.00 AUD
Category: British
A sumptuously written people's history and a major retelling and reinterpretation of the story of the English Reformation Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history-the first major overview for general readers in a gen ...Show more
Reformation Divided : Catholics, Protestants and the Conversion of England by Eamon Duffy
$40.00 AUD
Category: British
The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham
$60.00 AUD
Category: British
The British Empire was not built on gold, silver or precious gems - it was built on food. The desire to trade and the need to feed its population drove Britain to engage in dramatic exploration and expansion in a quest to discover ever more exotic foodstuffs and satisfy the growing appetite back home. M ...Show more
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by Peter Ackroyd
$30.00 AUD
Category: British
Peter Ackroyd is our preeminent chronicler of London. In Queer City, he looks at the metropolis in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population. In Roman Londinium the penis was worshipped and homosexuality was considered admirable. The city was dotted with lupanaria ('wol ...Show more
Shelley and His World by Claire Tomalin
$20.00 AUD
Category: British
"Shelley and His World" was universally acclaimed on publication as an ideal introduction to the poet's life and work. This much-requested reissue is guaranteed to delight Claire Tomalin's loyal readership. 'A vivid, amusing yet heartbreaking picture of Shelley emerges: poetry, politics, travel, friends ...Show more