Queens of the Conquest by Alison Weir
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lover ...Show more
The Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set ...Show more
Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian by Richard Aldous (Bard College)
$42.95 AUD
Category: History
Arthur Schlesinger Jr (1917-2007), known today as the architect of John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy-and the myth of Camelot-blazed an extraordinary path from Harvard University to war-time London to the West Wing. The son of a pioneering historian-and a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Awa ...Show more
Every Mother's Son Is Guilty : Policing the Kimberley Frontier of Western Australia 1882-1905 by Chris Owen; Patrick Dodson (Preface by)
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
"This is a marvellous contribution by Chris Owen to the understanding of the role the Western Australian police force played in the colonial expansion into the Kimberley district of Western Australia."--Senator Patrick Dodson, Yawuru Elder ***Chris Owen provides a compelling account of policing in the K ...Show more
Map Stories: The Art of Discovery by Francisca Matteoli
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
Through this magnificent collection of historical maps, travel writer Francisca Matteoli takes us on a geographical adventure, telling the stories of twenty places and voyages that inspired her and the creation of these fascinating charts. Discover some of the world's most magical places and how they re ...Show more
America, 1917-45 by Douglas Willoughby
$55.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Heinemann Advanced History Ser.
A study of America between 1917 and 1945 for AS and A Level History students. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The two AS sections deal with narrative and explanation of the topic. There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the margi ...Show more
The Spy Catchers: The Official History of Asio, 1949--1963 by David Horner
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian HistoryFor the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner tells the real story of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation, from shaky beginnings to the expulsion of I ...Show more
The Russian Revolution: A New History by Sean McMeekin
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The definitive, single-volume history of the Russian Revolution, from an award-winning scholar In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced Communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Rus ...Show more
The Pacific - In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and raconteur Sam Neill, in which Sam Neill retraces Cook's footsteps, in the 250th anniversary year of Cook's first voyage. Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768 - 250 years ago. These vast waters, ...Show more
The Law Book: From Hammurabi to the International Criminal Court, 250 Milestones in the History of Law by Michael H. Roffer
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
Which was the last country to abolish slavery? Which is the only amendment to the U.S. Constitution ever to be repealed? How did King Henry II of England provide a procedural blueprint for criminal law? These are just a few of the thought-provoking questions addressed in this beautifully illustrated boo ...Show more
Chernobyl : History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
$35.00 AUD
'An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics' - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' - Viv Groskop, Observer The grippin ...Show more
Victorian Maps of Britain - County and City Maps of Thomas Moule by Thomas Moule
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
The most beautiful Victorian maps of England's counties and cities - in large format - by one of Britain's great cartographer's Thomas Moule. Thomas Moule was one of the finest Victorian mapmakers and is regarded as the true follower of John Speed in the cartographic history of Britain. Moule's beaut ...Show more