African History

Princess Kasune Zulu grew up in an Africa, trying to make sense of the mystery illness claiming its people. As a child, she could not know the disease that claimed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodOne of the most brutal and politically charged conflicts of the twentieth century unfolds in Alistair Horne's magisterial A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: small bruise on the board; internally sound. Long before the skyscraper punctuated the modern skyline, ancient civilisations erected towering stone...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the pharaohs of Egypt commanded the ancient world, a powerful civilisation flourished to the...

Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India - from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj - and reveals how...

The thrilling story of the great warrior, Jandamarra, who turned from police assistant to resistance fighter. Thought to be unstoppable, he led his people against the white forces invading their...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of law, anthropology, and Indigenous rights, Neither Justice Nor Reason presents a rigorous and unflinching examination of the legal frameworks governing...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the turn of the twentieth century, the British Empire sent its soldiers marching into the...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerStep back five thousand years into the cradle of civilization — Land of the Pharaohs by Leonard Cottrell is...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in the history of the British Empire cast as long and as controversial a shadow as...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most celebrated and controversial figures of the British Empire, General Charles George Gordon — Gordon...

Edition: junior ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedAt a crossroads between wonder and extinction, No Room in the Ark presents a vivid...

25 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course of a single day, Europe's oldest fascist regime falls. On its 50th anniversary, this is the story of the revolution that changed Portugal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark contribution to the documentary record of early colonial Australia, Historical Records of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of myth, power, and divine sovereignty stands the Pharaoh — a figure so singular...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew archaeological discoveries have ignited the world's imagination quite like the 1922 unearthing of Tutankhamun's tomb...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen the treasures of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers were brought to light, the world held its breath...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the turbulent decades following the First World War, few figures navigated the shifting tectonic plates of global politics with...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWith the White People stands as a landmark work in Australian colonial history, casting unflinching light...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDeep in the remote Northern Territory of Australia, where the Roper River winds through ancient floodplains and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew civilisations have captured the human imagination with such enduring intensity as ancient Egypt — a world of monumental gods, sacred rites, and...

The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire's Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar . In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was...

The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonization of South Africa. In one bloody day over 800 British troops, 500...

This book is not only a complete history of the Zulus but also an account of the way the British won absolute rule in South Africa. In the early decades...

Ian Knight draws on a host of previously unpublished letters and diaries, from ordinary soldiers to the British commander-in-chief, to bring this war to life - one which saw great...

First major book about the bitter siege of Potchefstroom. Based on eyewitness reports and contemporary documents.

From 17 trunks in a Lakeland attic comes this eyewitness account of a soldier's life at a pivotal moment in the history of the British Empire. Allan Marriot Hutchins, handsome,...

Continuing the story of Germany's amazing Blitzkreig tactics during the Second World War.

Settlements of the Doomed is part of the Pocket History series - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of twelve books that each open a window onto...

A hugely entertaining exploration of Ireland's historical sites with a dark side. Fizzing with curiosity and humour and revealing fascinating and unearthed stories from our past The Darkness Echoing will...

The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sun-scorched plains of Africa emerges a story as rich and complex as the continent itself...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the night of July 4, 1976, an elite squad of Israeli commandos touched down at...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew chapters of history burn as brightly as the Victorian obsession with Africa's great...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: front hinges cracked; sticker on the copyright page. Long before the age of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent years following the Sand River Convention, a young British officer stationed in the newly established Orange River Sovereignty set down his...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slightly creased spine. In the fertile river country of southern Queensland, a war was fought...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the ancient landscapes shaped by the world's oldest living cultures to the modern corridors of Canberra's parliament, The Cambridge History of Australia presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew conflicts in the annals of the British Empire carry the dramatic, almost mythic weight of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, and The Zulu War:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew civilizations have captivated the human imagination as enduringly as ancient Egypt, and Atlas of Ancient Egypt by John Baines and Jaromir Málek stands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedA remarkable journey unfolds in To the African Wilderness with Dick Roughsey O.B.E., a vivid travel narrative that chronicles the extraordinary adventure...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the sacred courtyard of Mecca to the far reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodSet beneath the vast, indifferent skies of the South African Karoo, The Story of an African Farm is a landmark work of literary realism that follows...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the scorching hills and plains of southern Africa, 1879 became the year Britain's imperial ambitions collided catastrophically with one of the most formidable...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched deserts of the Sudan to the dense, rain-soaked jungles of Vietnam, Sudan to Vietnam charts the arc of modern military conflict...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAfrica — a continent of staggering diversity, ancient civilisations, and living traditions — is brought into vivid focus in Cultural Atlas of Africa, a...

At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical...