Sort by:
The Building Of Castle Howard
'A fine analysis of the process of making a building in the early 18th century and of the beliefs behind it' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A STORY OF UTMOST FASCINATION. CHARLES SAUMAREZ...
The English Reformation 1530 - 1570
This is part of a series which provides a concise analysis of complex issues and problems in important A-level Modern History topics. Using supporting documents, the books aim to give...
Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest
Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) was the first modern voice in English poetry. 'Chieftain' of a 'new company of courtly makers', he brought the Italian poetic Renaissance to England, but he was...
Italian Architecture: From Michelangelo to Borromini
The years from 1520 to 1630 were crucial to the development of Western architecture, but to reduce the transition from Michelangelo's 'licentious' New Sacristy in Florence to Borromini's innovative S....
Italian Baroque Sculpture
The sculptural flowering of the Italian Baroque - the sensuous beauty of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne ; the spectacular papal tombs in St Peter's; dramatic altarpieces such as the mystical...
God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
The classic life of Cromwell by one of Britain's great radical historians A nuanced biography of Oliver Cromwell, breaking down Cromwell's life into different parts- fenland farmer and humble backbencher;...
Pepys and his Contemporaries
Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age...
Sycorax: a captivating reimagining of Shakespeare's most powerful
Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage....
The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain...
Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World
$90.00 AUD
In the 17th century Athanasius Kircher was a phenomenon. In the 21st he has become a cult. He had an extraordinary imagination, comparable to the most avant-garde modern artist, even...
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided
Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in...
Sycorax: a captivating reimagining of Shakespeare's most powerful
Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage....
Batavia's Graveyard
When the Dutch East Indian Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board....
Blood's Campaign: There can only be one victor . . .
In the theatre of war there can only be one victor . . . August 25, 1689 The English army has surrounded Carrickfergus in Ireland. The brilliant strategist and gunner...
The Bleak Midwinter
The fifth John Grey historical mystery 1668. John Grey is now a Justice of the Peace and lives in the manor house he has inherited on his mother's death with...
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars...
Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident
'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private and spiritual life. This is a very...
The Honey and the Sting
An exquisite historical thriller from the author of the electrifying The Poison Bed Three sisters. Three secrets. Three ways to fall . . . Forcibly seduced by George Villiers, Duke...
Venice and the Renaissance
Pursuing the intersections of Venetian culture from the beginning of the sixteenth century through the first decades of the seventeenth, Manfredo Tafuri develops a story crowded with characters and full...
The Shining Inheritance - Italian Painters at the Qing Court,
During Qing dynasty China, Italian artists were hired through Jesuit missionaries by the imperial workshops in Beijing. In The Shining Inheritance: Italian Painters at the Qing Court, 1699-1812 , Marco...
A Forest on the Sea: Environmental Expertise in Renaissance Venice
Wood was essential to the survival of the Venetian Republic. To build its great naval and merchant ships, maintain its extensive levee system, construct buildings, fuel industries, and heat homes,...
Brief Lives
The book titled Brief Lives by the author John Aubrey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Images from the Storm: 300 Civil War Images by the Author of Eye of
The Civil War legacy of Robert Knox Sneden is an unparalleled treasure trove of words and pictures. The publication of the bestselling "Eye of the Storm" in the fall of...
Fanfare for Elizabeth
An imaginative reconstruction of the mind of the young girl who was to become Queen Elizabeth I of England, that effulgent, daunting, and perplexing figure, one of the most influential...
Renaissance
After a thousand years of magic and mysticism, the Renaissance re-kindled the desire of mankind to understand themselves and the world around them. This volume examines the Renaissance, its myths,...
Short History Italy
The book titled Short History Italy by the author Hearder. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Ceremonial City: History, Memory and Myth in Renaissance Venice
This wide-ranging study vividly presents the major events that took place in Venice in the 1570s, culminating in a deadly outbreak of the plague that claimed one-quarter of the Venetian...
The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior
In this masterful study, Paul Strathern (author of The Medici, and Napoleon in Egypt) details the incidental convergence of three of Renaissance Italy's most brilliant minds.The Artist, the Philosopher and...
Freedom
This volume focuses on the history of the United States through stories of human freedom aspired to and won, beginning with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and culminating in...
Civilization of Europe
This is a rich portrait of Europe and its civilization in the 16th century - the moment when "Europe" first became an entity in the minds of its own inhabitants....
John Aubrey
Like Pepys and Evelyn, John Aubrey is not only part of the landscape of the English past, but one of the eminences from which we view it. His fame rests...
Enemies at the Gate: English castles under siege from the 12th century
Buried beneath the crumbling grey walls of England's majestic castles lie some of the most colourful stories in history - tales of triumph and disaster, courage and cowardice, loyalty and...
The Dominion of War: Empire & Conflict in America, 1500-2000
This book defines war, rather than liberty, as the primary means by which peoples of North America have defined social, cultural, and political boundaries for the last half-millennium. From the...
Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms, 1660-1685
The late seventeenth century was a period of extraordinary turbulence and political violence in Britain, the like of a which has never been seen since. Beginning with the Restoration of...
The Atlantic Slave Trade
This survey is a synthesis of the economic, social, cultural and political history of the Atlantic slave trade. It provides the general reader with a basic understanding of the current...
The Civil Wars
This illustrated military history of the British and Irish Civil Wars offers an integrated account of the conflict that engulfed the kingdoms ruled by Charles I after 1638. On the...
The Lion from the North: Volume 1, The Swedish Army of Gustavus
$85.00 AUD
The book describes and analyses the early modern Swedish army, with a particular emphasis on the reforms introduced by King Gustavus Adolphus before and during the Thirty Years War. Furthermore,...
Girl With a Pearl Earring
A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESSIE BURTON OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 'A veritable work of art' Rose Tremain 'A truly magical experience' Guardian 'Triumphant' Wall Street...
Thomas Lawrence: Regency Power & Brilliance
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was the pre-eminent portraitist of the Regency period, depicting monarchs, political leaders, aristocratic families, society beauties, and actresses with bravura flair. This important book explores Lawrence's...
Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell: A Historical Guide to
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His...
Battle of Killiecrankie 1689: The Last Act of the Killing Times
The fifty-odd years of Scottish history dominated by the Jacobite Risings are amongst its most evocative and whilst the last battle, Culloden in 1746, is deservedly remembered as a national...
Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain's First King
A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance ... Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry...
1666: Plague, War and Hellfire
1666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country...
In Bed with the Tudors: The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of
$12.00 AUD
Learn what went on behind closed doors in the Tudor court. Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Sex and childbirth were quite...
Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History
This book offers a new kind of introduction to Europe between 1500 and 1800. `Early modern' is the term used by historians for the period between the end of the...
Cromwell's Convicts: The Death March from Dunbar 1650
On 3 September 1650 Oliver Cromwell won a decisive victory over the Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Dunbar - a victory that is often regarded as his finest hour...
The Betrayal of Richard III: An Introduction to the Controversy
In this classic work, Peter Hammond and the late V.B. Lamb survey the life and times of Richard III and examine the contemporary evidence for the events of his reign,...
The Making of Modern Russia
The book titled The Making of Modern Russia by the author Lionel Kochan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.