Merton College Library by Julia C. Walworth
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
The Merton library is rightly known for its antiquity, its beautiful medieval and early modern architecture and fittings, and its remarkable collection of manuscripts and rare books. However, a nineteenth-century plan to tear the medieval library down and replace it was only narrowly prevented. This bri ...Show more
War (Letters of Note) by Shaun Usher (Compiled by)
$14.99 AUD
Category: History
A powerful collection of letters on the theme of War, curated by the founder of the Letters of Note website.
When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in wartorn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew. In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by ...Show more
Dressed for War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties by Julie Summers
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties is the untold story of our most iconic fashion magazine in its most formative years, in the Second World War. It was an era when wartime exigencies gave its editor, Audrey Withers, the chance ...Show more
Ten Caesars - Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers "an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones" (The Wall Street Journal)--a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the ...Show more
Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II's Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germany by James M. Fenelon
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
"Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authority...A riveting read" (Donald L. Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of the Air) about World War II's largest airborne operation--one that dropped 17,000 Allied paratroopers deep into ...Show more
The Great Imperial Hangover - How Empires Have Shaped the World by Samir Puri
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'An excellent read.' -- Robert D. Kaplan. For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face tod ...Show more
Before & After: The Incredible Story of the Real-life Mrs Wilson by Alison Wilson
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: BEFORE & AFTER
Aged nineteen, Alison McKelvie was a self-confessed romantic, immersed in books and poetry, and dreaming of beauty, truth and love. In 1940, whilst working as a secretary at MI6, Alison met Alexander Wilson. Thirty years her senior, Alexander was worldly and charismatic. An intense affair quickly led to ...Show more
The World Aflame: The Long War, 1914-1945 by Marina Dan: Amaral Jones
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
'Purists argue that colourising black and white photographs is sacrilege, but the world has always been in colour. Truth be told, monochrome is a contrivance. Human experience is always colourful' The Times. The epic, harrowing and world-changing story - in words and colourized images - of global confli ...Show more
Elizabeth - A Celebration in Photographs of the Queen's Life and Reign by Jennie Bond
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
This original and informative book is packed full of stunning photographs of Elizabeth's life and reign as Queen.
Castles: Conquer the World's Most Impressive Castles by Laura Buller
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Journey across the world and throughout history to discover the world's best and most unusual castles, and learn about their features, from the tallest turrets to the dingiest dungeons. Find out how castles have changed over time and what happened to the people who lived in them. A glimpse into the hist ...Show more
Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp by David Sornig
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
In Blue Lake,David Sornig examines how the 8km-square zone to the west of central Melbourne became the city's blind spot. Once a fertile wetland with a large blue saltwater lagoon, it passed through various incarnations- from boneyards and rubbish tips; through the Depression-era Dudley Flats shanty tow ...Show more