Bill the Bastard: The story of Australia's greatest war horse by Roland Perry
27.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
An epic yarn based on the true story of a great Australian war horse who rode with bravery and valour at Gallipoli, the desert campaigns of Egypt, and Palestine.
Crete: The Battle and the Resistance by Antony Beevor
24.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
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A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
24.99 AUD
Category: History
Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100 Objects begins with one of the earliest surviving object ...Show more
London: The Concise Biography by Peter Ackroyd
32.99 AUD
Category: History
"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
Foundation - The History of England: Volume I by Peter Ackroyd
22.99 AUD
Category: History | 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
A History of England in 100 Places: From Stonehenge to the Gherkin by John Julius Norwich
27.99 AUD
Category: History
From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of England through one hundred key places you can still visit today. Part narrative history, part ex ...Show more
The Popes: A History by Viscount John Julius Norwich
19.99 AUD
Category: History
"John Julius Norwich examines the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter (traditionally - but by no means historically - the first Pope) to the present. Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others ...Show more
Rome by Robert Hughes
26.99 AUD
Category: History
For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome of Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Caligula, Cicero, Martial and Virgil. With the artistic blossoming of the Renaissance, he casts his unwavering critical eye ov ...Show more
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
27.99 AUD
Category: History
"Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes."--New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story ...Show more
Double Entry by Jane Gleeson-White
24.99 AUD
Category: History
How the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world - and how their invention could make or break the planet. A fascinating exploration of how a simple system used to measure and record wealth spawned a cultural revolution. Prepare to have your idea of accounting changed forever. 'The rise and metamorph ...Show more
Civilization: The Six Killer Apps of Western Power by Niall Ferguson
27.99 AUD
Category: History
This title was selected for the "Daily Telegraph" Books Of The Year. If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe and compare the dazzling civilizations of the Orient with Europe and North America, the idea that the West would dominate the Rest for most of the next half millennium w ...Show more
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor
24.99 AUD
Category: History
"Helen Castor has an exhilarating narrative gift. . . . Readers will love this book, finding it wholly absorbing and rewarding." --Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall In the tradition of Antonia Fraser, David Starkey, and Alison Weir, prize-winning historian Helen Castor delivers a ...Show more