Queens of Jerusalem - The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis
32.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unl ...Show more
They Said This Day Would Never Come - The Magic of Obama's Improbable Campaign by Chris Liddell-Westefeld
22.99 AUD
Category: History
They said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose. But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. - Bara ...Show more
Populista: the Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Strongmen by Will Grant
35.00 AUD
Category: History
Morbid Symptoms - An Anatomy of a World in Crisis by Donald Sassoon
39.99 AUD
Category: History
A health check on our corrupt and broken political system by one of our finest historians The deadly coronavirus spread across societies already riddled with political ills: rampant xenophobia and corruption, privatisation run amok, Brexiteer vainglory of 'a global Britain', a Euroland dominated by self ...Show more
Tip and Run: the Untold Tragedy of the First World War in Africa by Edward Paice
49.99 AUD
Category: History
In the aftermath of the Great War the East Africa campaign was destined to be dismissed by many in Britain as a remote 'sideshow' in which only a handful of names and episodes - the Königsberg, von Lettow-Vorbeck, the 'Naval Expedition to Lake Tanganyika' - achieved any lasting notoriety. But to the oth ...Show more
Magna Carta - The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter by Dan Jones
29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
A beautifully produced account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracy, as part of the stunning landmark library series. On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled ...Show more
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
45.00 AUD
Category: History
Britain as we know it is a direct product of our imperial past. And yet, empire is barely taught at school and continues to be a subject of both shame and glorification. Covering everything from our national habits to how we live - from the foundation of the NHS, to the nature of our racism, to our econ ...Show more
The Beauty and the Terror - An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance by Catherine Fletcher
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE The Italian Renaissance shaped western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise. We revere Leonardo da Vinci for his art but few now appreci ...Show more
The Fall of the House of Byron - Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England by Emily Brand
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
THE SUNDAY TIMES LITERATURE BOOKS OF THE YEAR MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR THE RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Delectable ... a ravishing family saga' Sunday Times 'Brings to life the colourful characters of the Georgian era's most notorious families with all the verve and skil ...Show more
Lighter Than Air: Australian Ballooning History by Helen Rogers
45.00 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Fledgling balloonists in nineteenth century Australia realised that their aerial endeavours added little to their pockets, or to science. Re-inventing themselves as showmen and women, they performed daring acrobatics from trapezes and parachutes, touring towns and cities all over the country.Along the w ...Show more
Floating Brothel by Sian Rees
22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called The Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there.This is the enthralling story of the women and their voyage. Based on painstaking research into contemporary ...Show more
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders: The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women by Jane Robinson
19.99 AUD
Category: History
It is a myth that the First World War liberated women. The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It should have marked a social revolution, opening the doors of the traditional professions to women who had worked so hard durin ...Show more