Zeppelins - The Golden Age of Airships by Jim Trautman
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Every day there are tens of thousands of transoceanic flights In the 1930s, the invention of planes able to traverse the Atlantic changed the world However, there were already aircraft crossing vast oceans over a decade earlier Lighter than air, these vehicles were called dirigibles, or, as the Germans ...Show more
My Mother and I by Ingrid Seward
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A vivid and revealing portrait of the real relationship between King Charles III and his mother, by the esteemed royal biographer, Ingrid Seward - perfect for fans of the popular Netflix TV series The Crown.The relationship between the late monarch and her son, the King, has long been a subject of fasci ...Show more
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide. Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a sai ...Show more
Sisters in Captivity: Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942–1945 by Colin Burgess
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
For readers of Anzac Girls and The Nazis Knew My Name, the incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of hospital ship MV Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilou ...Show more
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Lionel Shriver: "We praise too many writers for being “brave,” but with The Strange 'Death of Europe' Douglas Murray put himself in such potentially physical peril that he keeps his itineraries and address under wraps. Compellingly readable and lucidly argued, this is a thoughtful, meticulously resear ...Show more
The Borgias - Power and Fortune by Paul Strathern
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici. The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of t ...Show more
Imperial Twilight - The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A Financial Times Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________ 'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements ...Show more
Poison: a History - An Account of the Deadly Art and Its Most Infamous Practitioners by Jenni Davis
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
Poison: A History is the fascinating story of this dark, deadly, and most secretive of arts, chronicling more than two millennia of famous and infamous poisonings. Book jacket.
The Basis of Everything: Rutherford, Oliphant and the Coming of the Atomic Bomb by Andrew Ramsey
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Antipodean Friendship & The Atomic Bomb
The story that bonds Ernest Rutherford and Marcus Oliphant is as extraordinary as it is unlikely. They were kindred souls, schooled and steeped in the furthest frontiers of Britain's empire, whose restless intellect and tireless conviction fused in the crucible of discovery at Cambridge University's cel ...Show more
Gladiator: Fighting for Life, Glory and Freedom by Ben Hubbard
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Landscape History Ser.
He vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword. - Gladiator's oath according to Petronius. Pure unadulterated murder - Seneca's opinion of gladiatorial games. Gladiatorial combat is one of the most defining images of ancient Rome. It encapsulated the brutality o ...Show more
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms (HB) by Richard Fidler
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure. When Richard Fidler came across the account of Ibn Fadlan - a tenth-century Arab diplomat who travelled a ...Show more
Great City Plans - Visions and Evolutions Through the Ages by Kevin J. Brown
$85.00 AUD
Category: History
Follow the evolution of the world's greatest cities in this big, beautiful coffee-table book of maps and plans. How did our most renowned cities grow into the metropolises we know today? This unique book, filled with maps and other images, looks at the city plan from its earliest stages in the Renaissan ...Show more