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Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from Catherine De' Medici to Marie-Antoinette by Meredith S. Martin
$64.95 AUD
Category: European | Series: Harvard Historical Studies
In a lively narrative that spans more than two centuries, Meredith Martin tells the story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures - most famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Mari ...Show more
Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa by Martin Meredith
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the worlds richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between th ...Show more
Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000 Year History of Wealth, Greed and Endeavour by Martin Meredith
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
Africa has been coveted for its riches ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it was the lure of gold, ivory and slaves that drew fortune-seekers, merchant-adventurers and conquerors from afar. In modern times, the focus of attention is on oil, diamonds and other valuable minerals. Land ...Show more
Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000 Year History of Wealth, Greed and Endeavour by Martin Meredith
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
In this vast and vivid panorama of history, Martin Meredith, bestselling author of The State of Africa, follows the fortunes of Africa over a period of 5,000 years. With compelling narrative, he traces the rise and fall of ancient kingdoms and empires; the spread of Christianity and Islam; the enduring ...Show more
Mandela: A Biography by Martin Meredith
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Nelson Mandela stands out as one of the most admired political figures of the twentieth century. It was his leadership and moral courage above all that helped to deliver a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa after years of racial division and violence and to establish a fledgling democracy there. ...Show more
The State of Africa - A History of the Continent since Independence by Martin Meredith
$23.00 AUD
Category: History
'As a narrative of Africa's political trajectory since independence, this book is hard to beat... Elegantly written as well as unerringly accurate' Financial Times'Meredith has given a spectacularly clear view of the African political jungle' Spectator'You cannot even begin to understand contemporary Af ...Show more
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