The King's War - A Commoner, the Crown and Britain's Greatest Struggle by Mark Logue; Peter Conradi
$32.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
The broadcast that George VI made to the nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939 - which formed the climax of the multi Oscar-winning film The King's Speech - was the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic Australian-born speech therapist. Yet the relationship between ...Show more
King John by W. L. Warren; D. A. Carpenter (Foreword by)
$74.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: English Monarchs Ser.
King John is a study not only of a king and his political misfortunes, but also of a period-a period of profound changes in society at large, and hence one of unprecedented stressed. John's personality, so distorted by chronicles such as Roger of Wendover and Matthew Paris, is investigated through his a ...Show more
The History of England Volume II: Tudors by Peter Ackroyd
$32.99 AUD
Category: British | Series: A History of England | Reading Level: good
This is the second volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful history of England: the Tudors. Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with ...Show more
The Victorian City - Everyday Life in Dickens' London by Judith Flanders
$49.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: good-very good
The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than on the streets of London. In only a few decades, London grew from a Regency town to the biggest city the world had ever seen, with more than 6.5 million people and railways, street-lighting and new ...Show more
The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate by DARWIN, JOHN
$52.95 AUD
Category: British
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of The Tudors by Dan Jones
$39.99 AUD
Category: British
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently seven times as the great families of England fought to the death for power, majesty and the right to rule. Dan Jones completes his epic history of medieval En ...Show more
Portobello Road: Lives of a Neighbourhood by Julian Mash
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
Portobello Road is London's most iconic street and a unique place to live and visit. Despite the waves of gentrification, soaring rents and the recent arrival of High Street chains, its Bohemian, anarchic, creative spirit still survives. Julian Mash, a former bookseller at the famous Travel Bookshop, me ...Show more
Citizens of London: the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest,finest hour by Lynne Olson
$27.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
This enthralling study is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain. It brings out of history's shadows the three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking news reporter; Averell Harriman, the hard-driving millionair ...Show more
Stalin's Englishman by Andrew Lownie
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
A Guardian Book of the Year. The Times Best Biography of the Year. Mail on Sunday Biography of the Year. Daily Mail Biography of Year. 'Andrew Lownie's biography of Guy Burgess, Stalin's Englishman ...shrewd, thorough, revelatory.' William Boyd 'In the sad and funny Stalin's Englishman, [Lownie] manages ...Show more
Behind the Throne - Five Centuries of Life in the Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood
$55.00 AUD
Category: British
Behind the Throneis a history of family life. The families concerned were royal families. But they still had to get up in the morning. They ate and entertained their friends and worried about money. Henry VIII kept tripping over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back ...Show more
Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present by Phillipp Blom
$44.99 AUD
Category: British
'Europe where the sun dares scarce appear For freezing meteors and congealed cold.' - Christopher Marlowe In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp Blom chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, a crisis that would transform the entire social and political fabric ...Show more
Ulysses Unbound: A Reader's Companion to James Joyce's Ulysses by Terence Killeen
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
Ulysses is one of the foundational texts of modern literature, yet has a reputation for complexity and controversy. In Ulysses Unbound, Joyce expert Terence Killeen untangles this seemingly knotty classic to reveal the wonders beneath, in a clear and comprehensive guide which will provide new and vital ...Show more