Henry V: From Playboy Prince to Warrior King by Prof. Anne Curry
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: Agincourt. Henry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that ...Show more
Jungle Dark by Steve Strevens
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
On 21 July 1969, 3 Platoon, A Company, 6 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment forced their way through the damp Vietnamese jungle on a patrol as part of Operation Mundingburra. With the insects biting and the humidity sapping their strength, the platoon established a safe harbour and listened as the new ...Show more
Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski
$26.95 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Classics of Reportage Ser.
In 1964, renowned reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent, and for the next ten years he was 'responsible' for fifty countries. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. He reported on ...Show more
Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s by Jennifer Worth
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago ...Show more
Napoleon The Great by Andrew Roberts
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
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
Ned Kelly by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Historians still disagree over virtually every aspect of the eldest Kelly boy?s brushes with the law. Did he or did he not shoot Constable Fitzpatrick at their family home? Was he a lawless thug or a noble Robin Hood, a remorseless killer or a crusader against oppression and discrimination? Was he even ...Show more
The Price of Peace - Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes by Zachary D. Carter
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . An "outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes that moves swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit" (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas"A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man who ...Show more
JFK: The Smoking Gun by Colin McLaren
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The murder that shocked the world.On 22nd November 1963, the 35th president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and his wife Jackie were taking part in a presidential motorcade through Dallas. Thousands lined the streets cheering; others hung out of windows to catch a glimpse of the much-love ...Show more
Historic Maps and Views of Boston: 24 Frameable Maps and Views by The Granger Collection
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The 24 maps and views included in each book date from as far back as the early seventeenth century and up until the preset day. The selection include some of the earliest known maps of each city or area, as well as topographical maps, views of iconic locations throughout the city transit maps and more. ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Women in History
Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phase: the early struggles with John K ...Show more
The Treasure of Consanguinity by Ward C. Curedale
$57.95 AUD
Category: Historical
A history of the Cuerdales and Warrens prominent West Australian families and their descendents.
Church of Spies: the Pope's Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
A radical reinterpretation of the wartime Pope. Born Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII is perhaps the most vilified and detested Pope in modern history. Pius XII and the Vatican are thought to have appeased Hitler and betrayed international Jewry by staying silent during the Holocaust. The accusation has f ...Show more