Hitler's Holy Relics : A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire by Sidney Kirkpatrick
$12.99 AUD
Category: History
From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasure they looted were the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. This is the true-life Indiana Jones story of a college professor turned Army sleuth who foils a Nazi plot t ...Show more
Proust's Duchess : How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin de Siecle Paris by Caroline Weber
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of the acclaimed Queen of Fashion--a brilliant look at the glittering world of turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women Proust used to create his supreme fictional character, the Duchesse de Guermantes. Genevi ve Hal vy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Co ...Show more
Pearl Harbor - From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War. With vivid prose and astonishing detail, Craig Nelson combines thrilling historical drama with individual concerns and expe ...Show more
Maps of War - Mapping Conflict Through the Centuries by Jeremy Black
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
There is little documented mapping of conflict prior to the Renaissance period, but, from the 17th century onwards, military commanders and strategists began to document the wars in which they were involved and later, to use mapping to actually plan the progress of a conflict. Using contemporary maps, t ...Show more
The Queen's Speech: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen in Her Own Words by Ingrid Seward
$19.98 AUD
Category: History
On 21 April 2016, Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, will celebrate her 90th birthday. During her 64 years on the throne, few have got to know her well, but there is one body of work that sheds new light on her thoughts, personality and the issues that really concern her ...Show more
Empress of the East - How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie Peirce
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia - modern-day Ukraine - around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the world's most powerful men. Suleyman became besotted wit ...Show more
Native American Wisdom (Sacred Texts) by Alan Jacobs (Compiled by)
$16.98 AUD
Category: History
A wonderful and inspiring collection of eloquent prose, beautiful poetry and ancestral wisdom from Chiefs, Medicine Men and ordinary members of many Native American tribes. Although there are major differences in the lifestyles of the numerous Native American nations, they share fundamental beliefs. Th ...Show more
A Brief History of Robin Hood by Nigel Cawthorne
$25.99 AUD
Category: History
Who was Robin Hood? Throughout history the figures of the hooded man of Sherwood forest and his band of outlaws have transfixed readers and viewers; but where does the myth come from? The story appeared out of the legend of the Green man but found its location during the reign of Richard II, who was awa ...Show more
The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution by Robert Service
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
In March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of that revolution, Robert Service, the eminent historian of Russia, examines Nicholas's reign i ...Show more