The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History by Peter H. Wilson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'Hugely impressive...Wilson is an assured guide through the millennium-long labyrinth of papal-imperial relations' Literary Review A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of ...Show more
The Women of the Cousins' War: The Real White Queen and Her Rivals by Philippa Gregory
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen(2009), Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen(2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Lady of the Rivers (2011) are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, and of the three biographical essays in this book. Philippa Gregory and two ...Show more
Whakapapa of Tradition by Ellis Ngarino
$76.95 AUD
Category: History
From the emergence of the chapel and the wharenui in the nineteenth century to the rejuvenation of carving by Apirana Ngata in the 1920s, Maori carving went through a rapid evolution from 1830 to 1930. Focusing on thirty meeting houses, Ngarino Ellis tells the story of Ngati Porou carving and a profound ...Show more
English Food - A People's History by Diane Purkiss
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
In this delicious history of Britain's food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites readers on a unique journey through the centuries, exploring the development of recipes and rituals for mealtimes such as breakfast, lunch, and dinner, to show how food has been both a reflection of and inspiration for social ...Show more
A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia by Richard A. Ruth
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realise.A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years —from coups and violent massacres to the invention of Pad Thai in the 1930's. ...Show more
Napoleon The Great by Andrew Roberts
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Awarded The Prix Du Jury Des Grands Prix De La Fondation Napoleon 2014 From Andrew Roberts, author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Storm of War, this is the definitive modern biography of Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty ...Show more
Great South Land by Rob Mundle
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
How Dutch sailors discovered New Holland and left Australia to a British pirate. For many, the colonial story of Australia starts with Captain Cook's discovery of the east coast in 1770, but it was some 164 years before his historic voyage that European mariners began their romance with the immensity of ...Show more
Hands of Time - A Watchmaker's History of Time by Rebecca Struthers
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
An intricate and personal history of watches and time from an extraordinary watchmaker and historian A watchmaker's world is not much bigger than a thumbnail. I spend whole days working on mechanisms which can contain hundreds of tiny components. Each of them has a specific task to perform. Every mornin ...Show more
Syria's Secret Library by Mike Thomson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: How a Besieged Syrian Town Found Hope
Darayya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just south west of the Syrian Capital. Yet it lives in another world. Besieged by Syrian government forces since 2011, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by bombs and missiles, and shot at by snipers. Its buildings lay in ruins; office buildings, shops an ...Show more
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
One of our foremost historical novelists, Philippa Gregory, makes history. We have fallen into the belief that women were absent from great events, and ineffectual in normal times. Through a radical reframing of the conventional eras of our history, Normal Women tells the story of our nation - not w ...Show more
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals by Oliver Bullough
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
'A savage analysis of Britain's soul. As essential as Orwell at his best' - Peter Pomerantsev 'Horribly brilliant' -James O'Brien The Suez Crisis of 1956 was Britain's twentieth-century nadir, the moment when the once superpower was bullied into retreat. In the immortal words of former US Secretary of ...Show more