African History

South Africa was at war. Mostly with itself. For those in power in the most infamously segregated of societies, the enemy was not just on the northern borders or in...

Already winning acclaim as one of the best accounts of combat ever written, Black Hawk Down is a minute-by-minute, heart-stopping account of the 1993 raid on Mogadishu, Somalia. Late in...

A photographic delight: the author of this volume looks at animals in South and East Africa from up close and shows us their emotions: the sadness of mourning elephants, the...

The account of what happened in Rwanda on 22nd April 1995 when a group of Australian UN peacekeepers were forced to watch helplessly while over 4,000 men, women and children...

Britain fought in the Second World War to save the world from fascism. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya...

An original history of the most enduring colonial creation, the city, explored through ten portraits of powerful urban centers the British Empire left in its wake At its peak, the...

Edition: Third ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew destinations have captured the human imagination quite like Timbuctoo — that near-mythical city at the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before wildlife conservation became a global cause, one man walked among lions on the vast, sun-scorched plains...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA searing portrait of a fractured nation on the precipice of profound moral reckoning, Cry, The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the sweeping, sun-scorched landscape of apartheid-era South Africa, Cry, The Beloved Country is a heart-wrenching moral...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; damaged cover, internally sound. One of the darkest chapters in colonial history unfolds in Clive Turnbull's Black...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the sweeping, untamed landscapes of South Africa, The Courtneys is an omnibus edition collecting three of Wilbur Smith's most celebrated...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodWhen the ancient wonders of Egypt first captured the imagination of European travellers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a remarkable cohort of artist-explorers set...

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This book gives an account of the way in which different generations have viewed Cleopatra. 'This is a gripping book... A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations...

Hailed as 'a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel' (NRC Handelsblad), David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes's 'The Fatal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the might of the British Empire swept across the Australian continent, there were...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sweeping savannahs of the Sahel to the turbulent ports of the Cape, Africa since 1800 presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the city of Melbourne rose from the banks of the Yarra, the western plains were home...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the first stirrings of prehistoric civilization to the complex, interconnected world of the twentieth century, A World History presents an ambitious and panoramic sweep...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn his final work of travel writing, Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul embarks on an unflinching journey across...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhen the guns of August 1914 began to fire, the conflict that erupted was not merely a European war — it was a truly...

Edition: 1st us ed., 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedSet against the brutal and largely forgotten war for Eritrean independence, To Asmara transports readers into one of...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn the dust and danger of a war-torn East Africa, Towards Asmara chronicles the journey of a disparate group of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the British Empire found itself locked...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedAt the crossroads of the ancient Mediterranean world stood Carthage — a city of legendary power, wealth, and mystery — and Carthage of the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the dust of the Western Sudan to the collapse of one of...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn the shadow of colonial expansion, Aborigines in Colonial Victoria 1835–86 presents a rigorous and unflinching account...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBefore the golden mask of Tutankhamun made him a household name, Howard Carter spent decades quietly mastering the ancient sands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA continent of breathtaking diversity, Africa is home to thousands of distinct ethnic groups, each with its own language, customs, spiritual beliefs, and social...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew theatres of the Second World War captured the imagination quite like the scorching sands of North Africa, where Allied and Axis forces clashed...

Shakepeare's "lass unparallel", the mistress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Cleopatra was born in 69 BC and died before she reached the age of forty, when Alexandria fell to...

First Australians is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the...

'A Victorian drama of three intertwined lives set against a backcloth of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. By degrees heroic, poignant, whimsical and tragic, Brian Thompson's wonderful...

The book titled Egyptology by the author James Putnam. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is both a gripping and deeply moving account of the Libyan uprising from the lone journalist who was able to report from the rebel army convoy that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of Egypt's ancient Nile, power, desire, and religious authority collide in a story that refuses...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFor anyone determined to unlock the beauty and practicality of one of Africa's most widely spoken languages, Teach Yourself Swahili...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat happens when a modern wanderer sets out to retrace the footsteps of history's greatest traveller? Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes...

Born in French Equatorial Africa, Andree Blouin played a leading role in the struggles for decolonization that shook the continent in the 1950s and 1960s. From the colonial orphanage of...

"[A] vivid travelogue." New Statesman "Has much to offer." The Spectator "Sparks the imagination." BBC History Magazine "A fascinating study." BBC History Revealed Magazine "Essential reading." All About History "Valiant,...

From Jamaica to Charleston, Sierra Leone to Bombay, China to Australia, back to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, this is the story of the heiresses. Their assets, the product of...

Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if the Luftwaffe had gone to war with an entirely different arsenal of aircraft — machines that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThree of Wilbur Smith's most electrifying adventure novels are brought together in this single omnibus volume, uniting the raw power of African landscapes with...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Binding: faded boards. Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1950s Kenya, Something of Value...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFrom the banks of the Nile to the mysteries of the ancient pharaohs, Gordon Waterfield's Egypt presents a vivid and authoritative portrait...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. French text.At the crossroads of 19th-century European ambition and the ancient grandeur of the Nile, L'Égypte d'un...