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Hitler's British Isles
Author: Duncan Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 True-life recollections from the Channel Islanders who were the only British subjects to live under Nazi rule in WWII. 'Barrett has...
South Atlantic Requiem: A gripping Falklands War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer
A brilliant, eye-opening espionage thriller by a former special forces officer 'now at the forefront of spy writing' 'The thinking person's John le Carre' Tribune 'Edward Wilson seems poised to...
Mr B.: George Balanchine's Twentieth Century
Balanchine's radical approach to choreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly evocative ballets made him a lasting legend. Today, nearly thirty years after his death, the man is...
1835: The Founding of Melbourne & the Conquest of Australia
Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize, The Age Book of the Year 'James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential...
Ancient Dynasties: The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750
Ancient Dynasties is a unique study of the ruling families of the ancient world known to the Greeks and Romans. The book is in two parts. The first offers analysis...
Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour - secrets were impossible...
Australia's First Spies: The remarkable story of Australian intelligence operations, 1901-45
Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the...
Kingmakers: How Power in England Was Won and Lost on the Welsh Frontier
Decentralisation and outsourcing are not new to British history. In medieval England the practical limitations of the reach of the Crown forced the king and the government to entrust some...