Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicists Homer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its dreadful consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. It was composed more than 260 ...Show more
Europe and the Roma: A History of Fascination and Fear by Klaus-Michael Bogdal
$85.00 AUD
Category: History
A cultural history of Europe's response to the RomaThis remarkable book describes a dark side of European history- the rejection of the Roma from their initial arrival in the late Middle Ages to the present day. To Europeans, the Roma appeared to be in complete contradiction with their own culture, beca ...Show more
Life and Afterlife in Ancient China by Jessica Rawson
$85.00 AUD
Category: History
An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs.The three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of Chinese civilisation still in place today- an extraordinarily challenging geogra ...Show more
Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award by David Marr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result - a soul-searching Australian history. This is a richly detailed sa ...Show more
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of England you'll have ever read. Certainly, the funniest. Because David Mitchell will explain how it is not all n ...Show more
This is Afghanistan: 2014-2021 by Andrew Quilty
$90.00 AUD
Category: History
This is Afghanistan is award-winning photo-journalist Andrew Quilty’s visual record of his nine years in this vibrant, complex and war-ravaged country. Quilty was one of a small number of journalists who remained in Kabul to witness the withdrawal of international military forces from Afghanistan, the c ...Show more
The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes us on ...Show more
Command - How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military History
Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the recent huge success of his podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk which he hosts with fel ...Show more
Magick City: Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900, Volume 1 by RONALD RIDLEY
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
The most comprehensive anthology of writings by visitors to the eternal city ever compiled witty, profound and endlessly entertaining. Drawing on French, Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian and American sources, Ronald Ridley has compiled a vivid collage-portrait of Rome through the centurie ...Show more
This Day in History - A 365-Day Tour of History's Most Fascinating, Important and Strange Facts and Figures by Cider Mill Press
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
From the Ides of March to the 40-minute war and the Great Molasses Flood, discover what extraordinary events took place from January 1 to December 31 with This Day in History. Have you ever wondered what happened on your birthday hundreds of years ago? This Day in History is perfect for history buffs a ...Show more
Hudson Fysh: The extraordinary life of the WWI hero who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings by Grantlee Kieza
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings By the critically acclaimed author of bestselling biographies of John Monash, Banjo Paterson, Joseph Banks, Lachlan Macquarie and Henry Lawson, this is a fascinating, lively and th ...Show more
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare From 1945 to Ukraine by David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
$37.99 AUD
Category: Military History
Two leading authorities – a bestselling historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time – collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analy ...Show more