Normans by Trevor Rowley
27.99 AUD
Category: History
The Normans were a relatively short-lived cultural and political phenomenon. They emerged early in the tenth century and had disappeared off the map by the mid-thirteenth century. Yet in that time they had conquered England, southern Italy and Sicily, and had established outposts in North Africa and in ...Show more
Henry III - The Great King England Never Knew It Had by Darren Baker
39.99 AUD
Category: History
Henry III (1207-72) was the longest-serving monarch of England until the modern era. His reign began with a minority in perpetual crisis and ended after the constitutional issues of the day had been settled on the battlefield. Nevertheless, most of his fifty-six years on the throne were peaceful and pro ...Show more
TWENTY DAYS IN THE REICH: THREE DOWNED RAF AIRCREW IN GERMANY DURING 1945 by SQUIRE FLYING OFFICER
36.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Holocaust - The Nazis' Wartime Jewish Atrocities by Stephen Wynn
55.99 AUD
Category: History
The Holocaust is without doubt one of the most abhorrent and despicable events not only of the Second World War, but of the twentieth century. What makes it even more staggering is that it was not perpetrated by just one individual, but by thousands of men and women who had become part of the Nazi ideol ...Show more
A-Z of the Knights Templar by Gordon Napier
32.99 AUD
Category: History
The Knights Templar were among the most famous of Christian military orders. Created after the First Crusade of 1096 and endorsed by the Catholic Church in 1129, the Order grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights were some of the best equipped, trained and disciplined fighting units of the ...Show more
One Man's Terrorist - A Political History of the IRA by Daniel Finn
34.99 AUD
Category: History
A history of "the Troubles" the radical politics of Republicanism The conflict in Northern Ireland was one of the most devastating in post-war Europe, claiming the lives of 3,500 people and injuring many more. This book is a riveting new history of the radical politics that drove a unique insurgency ...Show more
The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid I. Khalidi
49.99 AUD
Category: History
The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denial: denial of statehood, denial of nationhood and denial of history. The Hundred Years War on Palestine is Rashid Khalidi's powerful response. Drawing on his family archives, he reclaims the fundamental right of any peopl ...Show more
Square Haunting - Five Women and Freedom in Interwar London by Francesca Wade
39.99 AUD
Category: History
'Outstanding. I'll be recommending this all year.' Sarah Bakewell 'A beautiful and deeply moving book.' Sally Rooney 'I like this London life . . . the street-sauntering and square-haunting.' Virginia Woolf, diary, 1925 Mecklenburgh Square, on the radical fringes of interwar Bloomsbury, was home to a ...Show more
Witchcraft: A Secret History by Michael Streeter
29.99 AUD
Category: History
Witchcraft 1/2s great secret stems from the fact that few people understand its true essence. Here's the book that explains how Wicca, the religion of witchcraft, came into existence. A detailed discussion of witchcraft's origins begins with accounts from ancient civilizations, then progresses forward t ...Show more
Danubia by Simon Winder
19.99 AUD
Category: History
Longlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for NonfictionNow reissued with a fresh cover look, Danubia is the brilliant and entertaining companion to the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Germania. For centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of ...Show more
Germania by Simon Winder
19.99 AUD
Category: History
Simon Winder presents a unique exploration of German culture, from sausage advertisements to Wagner, in this Sunday Times top-ten bestseller. Now reissued with a fresh cover look.Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst a ...Show more
Lotharingia - A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries In-Between by Simon Winder
19.99 AUD
Category: History
Following Danubia and the bestselling Germania, Lotharingia is the final instalment in Simon Winder's hilarious and informative personal exploration of European history.At the heart of western Europe lies a huge swath of land, stretching from the mud and fogs of the North Sea coast, down through countle ...Show more