Karl Marx by Gareth Stedman Jones
$79.99 AUD
Category: History
'A deeply original and illuminating account of Marx's journey through the intellectual history of the nineteenth century...a profound reappraisal and a gripping read' Christopher Clark 'Rich and deeply researched' John Gray As the nineteenth century unfolded, its inhabitants had to come to terms with an ...Show more
The Skull of Alum Bheg - The Life and Death of a Rebel Of 1857 by Kim Wagner
$70.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1963, a human skull was discovered in a pub in Kent in south-east England. A brief handwritten note stuck inside the cavity revealed it to be that of Alum Bheg, an Indian soldier in British service who was executed during the aftermath of the 1857 Uprising, or The Indian Mutiny as historians of an ea ...Show more
Elizabeth Revealed - 500 Facts about the Queen and Her World by Lucinda Hawksley
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
- A lively and affectionate celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's long and eventful life - Archive images and new photography combine to create a beautiful visual record of her reign - A fascinating glimpse into the private life of the monarchy - The wealth of information is presented in the successful, b ...Show more
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore by Bettany Hughes
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus and the Trojan Prince P ...Show more
The Elizabethan Image - An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558-1603 by Roy Strong
$84.99 AUD
Category: History
Fifty years after his seminal Tate gallery London exhibition, 'The Elizabethan Image', leading authority Roy Strong returns with fresh eyes to the subject closest to his heart, The Virgin Queen, her court and our first Elizabethan age From celebrated portraits of the Queen and paintings of knights and ...Show more
Bradshaws Handbook: 1861 Railway Handbook of Great Britain and Ireland by George A. Bradshaw
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
An enlarged facsimile edition of Bradshaw's descriptive railway handbook of Great Britain and Ireland of 1861. Bradshaw's original tourist guide to rail travel is the star of the BBC's television series 'Great British Railway Journeys' as used by Michael Portillo. The original Bradshaws book was produ ...Show more
The Definitive Pictorial Chronicle of World War II - 1000 Classic, Rare and Unseen Photographs by Eric Good
$125.95 AUD
Category: History
Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals) - Class, Faction and Policy 403-386 B. C. by Barry Strauss
$89.99 AUD
Category: History
Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that - at least in the case of Athens - has received far less attention. Along with the problems of reconstructing the economy and replenishing the population, the problem of renegotiating political c ...Show more
Imperial Legacies - How the British Empire Planted the Seeds of Freedom Across the World by Jeremy Black
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are, in part, criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes t ...Show more
The Norman Conquest (A Very Short Introduction) by George Garnett
$16.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a European state. But what actually happened? How was the invasion viewed by those ...Show more
Hitler Downfall 1939-45 Volume II by Volker ULLRICH
$49.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Hitler Biographies
In the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. The Nazis had consolidated their authority over the German people, and in a series of foreign-policy coups, the F hrer had restored Germany to the status of a major Continental power. He now embarked on realising his lifelong ambition- to prov ...Show more