Delectable Dollies by CHAPMAN Gary
$39.95 AUD
Category: British
Icons of the Jazz Age, the delectable dancing Dollies were stars of cafe society on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1920s. Gary Chapman reveals the untold 'rags to riches' story of identical twins Jenny and Rosie, set against the glittering backdrop of pre-war high society in America and Europe. Jenny ...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
Shackleton's Whisky - A Spirit of Discovery by Neville Peat
$34.95 AUD
Category: British
A vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky that he left behind. The incredible tale of Antarctica, malt whisky and an epic journey. Sir Ernest Shackleton's world fame is founded on the Endurance expedition of 1914-17, an attempt to c ...Show more
Gentry: Six Hundred Years of a Peculiarly English Class by Adam Nicolson
$20.00 AUD
Category: British
Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of histor ...Show more
The History of England Volume II: Tudors by Peter Ackroyd
$33.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: A History of England
This is the second volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful history of England: the Tudors. Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with ...Show more
Royal Mistresses of the House of Hanover-Windsor: Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals by Susanna De Vries
$34.95 AUD
Category: British
Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals. The genuine love match between Prince William and Kate Middleton has rekindled enthusiasm for the British monarchy. In the past, young princes reluctantly entered into arranged marriages and took mistresses. Perdita Robinson, a famous actress, was enticed from the stage ...Show more
Seasons in the Sun: The Battle for Britain, 1974-1979 by Dominic Sandbrook
$45.00 AUD
Category: British
This is the book behind the major new BBC2 series "The Seventies". "If I were a younger man I would emigrate". (James Callaghan)...In the mid-1970s, Britain's fortunes seemed to have reached their lowest point since the Blitz. As inflation rocketed, the pound collapsed and car bombs exploded across Lond ...Show more
London: The Concise Biography by Peter Ackroyd
$43.00 AUD
Category: British
"An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd s magisterial biography of the city of London Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcast, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey historical, geographical and imaginative through the city of London. Moving back and forth through time, Ackroyd is an effortless, exub ...Show more
Mary Boleyn: The Great and Infamous Whore by Alison Weir
$19.95 AUD
Category: British
"* Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a great and infamous whore . * She was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII s second wife. She may secretly have borne Henry a child and it was because of his adultery with Mary that ...Show more
Castles of Britain and Ireland by Rodney Castleden
$30.00 AUD
Category: British
To many, medieval castles are the essence of Britain and Ireland's fascinating past. Immersed in history and centuries old, each one tells a story of Kings, Queens and feuding lords; war and bloody conflict; treason, revenge and murder. In Castles of Britain and Ireland, Rodney Castleden weaves a fascin ...Show more
The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels by Matthew Sweet
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
Spies: Meet Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster, the woman from M15 who has the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas. Royals: Meet Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, born in a suite at Claridge's that was declared Yugoslav territory for the night. Players: Meet Joyce Stone, whose husband leads ...Show more
This Sceptred Isle by Christopher Lee
$29.95 AUD
Category: British
What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic people? What is it that makes cynical Europeans a ...Show more