Polish Eyewitnesses to Napoleon's 1812 Campaign - Advance and Retreat in Russia by Marek Tadeusz Lalowski; Jonathan North
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
Napoleon's Disastrous 1812 Campaign in Russia seen through the eyes of polish soldiers in his Army, Features first-hand accounts that have never been translated into English before, Every episode in the ill-fated campaign is vividly depicted-the march through Russia, the battle including Smolensk, Borod ...Show more
Madhouse at the End of the Earth - The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A new classic of extreme endurance - Into Thin Air meets The Perfect Storm in 19th century Antarctica 'The next great contribution to polar literature' -- Hampton Sides 'An unforgettable tale brilliantly told' -- Scott Anderson 'It grips from first sentence to last' -- Lawrence Osborne The harrowing, su ...Show more
100 Documents that Changed the World From Magna Carta to WikiLeaks by Scott Christianson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
100 Documents That Changed the World brings together the most important written agreements, declarations and statements in history. The documents included here have changed the course of history by rewriting laws, granting freedoms and laying out constitutions. But as well as official charters and presi ...Show more
Prince Albert - The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A. N. Wilson
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The magnificent and definitive biography of Prince Albert, by one of Britain's best biographers and the author of Victoria: A Life.
The Shipwreck: The true story of the Dunbar, the disaster that broke the colony's heart and forged a nation's spirit by Larry Writer
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The epic story of one of Australia's greatest maritime disasters, the wreck of The Dunbar. At the top of The Gap, the haunted cliffs that front the coast of Sydney's Watsons Bay, sits a massive, battered anchor. It belonged to the Dunbar, an 1186-tonne three-masted clipped en route to Sydney from Plymou ...Show more
The Secret History of Soviet Russia's Police State by Martyn Whittock
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Citizens of the West have, for the most part, been told a very simplified story of the repressive 'totalitarian' state that was the USSR. In fact, it was sustained by more than just policing and force. No amount of revisionist history can erase the reality of millions controlled, imprisoned and killed, ...Show more
Checkpoint Charlie - The Cold War, the Berlin Wall and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Iain MacGregor
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'With a gripping narrative and vivid interviews with those on all sides whose lives were directly affected by that grim symbol of the East-West divide that poisoned Europe for almost half a century, [MacGregor] has made an important contribution to the history of our times' Jonathan Dimbleby 'Captures ...Show more
The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story by Matt Bondurant
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two granduncles, The Wettest County in the World is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition a ...Show more
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
"One of the most powerful monarchs in British history, Henry VIII ruled England in unprecedented splendour. In this remarkable composite biography, Alison Weir brings Henry's six wives vividly to life, revealing each as a distinct and compelling personality in her own right. Drawing upon the rich fund o ...Show more
Fans and Fandom - A Journey into the Passion and Power of Fan Culture by Holly Swinyard
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
Do you have a Google alert for your favourite band going on tour? Or maybe you have a pull list at your local comicbook shop? Or perhaps you've got a season ticket to your sports team of choice? That would make you a fan, whether you realise it or not, and there's a lot more to fan culture than you migh ...Show more
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European slaves by Giles Milton
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. Using ...Show more
The Ratline - Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
As Governor of Galicia, SS Brigadesführer Otto Freiherr von Wächter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed, including the family of the author's grandfather. By the time the war ended in May 1945, he was indicted for 'mass murder'. Hunted by the ...Show more