A Brief History of Paris by Cecil Jenkins
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Paris: city of love, food and fashion.Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas.Paris: a modern metropolis.Paris is all of these, all at once, all the time.There is a unique fusion of past and present in this purposefully grand and well-planned city. The Triumphal Way, whi ...Show more
Tudor England: A History by Lucy Wooding
$30.95 AUD
Category: History
A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms by Richard Fidler
$36.99 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. Winner of the Indie Book Awards 2023 Non Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the BookPeople Non Fic ...Show more
Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments by Paul Roberts
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
Rome wasn't built in a day, but over several centuries and under many different emperors. This story of continual creation and renewal lies at the heart of Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments. Rome's history has been explored by countless classicists, historians, poets, and authors, but rarely has its histo ...Show more
Paris - A Short History by Jeremy Black
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: A\Short History Ser.
Once described as "that metropolis of dress and debauchery" by the Scottish poet David Mallet, Paris has always had a reputation for a peculiar joie de vivre, from art to architecture, cookery to couture, captivating minds and imaginations across the Continent and beyond. In Paris: A Short History, hist ...Show more
Scotland's Forgotten Past - A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood by Alistair Moffat
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history.Scotland's history is full of famous kings, queens, saints and warriors. But what about its lesser-known places, people and events? In this collection of half-forgotten tales, Alistair ...Show more
The History of England's Cathedrals by Nicholas Orme
$41.95 AUD
Category: History
The Cathedrals of England are institutions older than the realm itself, and are perhaps more cherished and flourishing now than they have ever been, as this richly enjoyable volume makes clear. There can be no-one better qualified than Nicholas Orme to present the full range of their long history.
Adventurer - The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova by Leo Damrosch (Contribution by)
$34.95 AUD
Category: History
The iconic libertine Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), a storied serial seducer, was also an aspiring priest, an army officer, a diplomat, a gambler, a spy, and a con man. Leo Damrosch vibrantly brings to life Casanova and the world he inhabited.
The World of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman
$34.95 AUD
Category: History
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power, reputatio ...Show more
The Chipilly Six: Unsung Heroes of the Great War by Lucas Jordan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military History
On 9 August 1918, on high ground overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen, for no gain.Meanwhile, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without ...Show more
By Sea & Stars: The story of the First Fleet by Trent Dalton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Dazzling, poetic and vivid storytelling from one of Australia's greatest writers, which tells the bloody, brutal and enthralling story of the epic journey of the First Fleet. Originally published as a multi-part serial in The Australian, By Sea and Stars tells the story of the epic voyage which led to t ...Show more
Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate by Sally Coulthard
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The humble chicken has conquered the world. This unlikely descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex is now so ubiquitous there are more than 20 billion chickens pecking, strutting and scratching around the planet at any one time. And yet, of all animals, the chicken perhaps best represents the contradictory way w ...Show more