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Terra Australis

Terra Australis

$14.95 AUD$12.71 AUD
First published in two-volumes in 1814, this is the enthralling account of the circumnavigation of Australia, by the man who gave our country its name. Edited and introduced by Tim...
Convict Colony: The remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds

Convict Colony: The remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds

$36.99 AUD$31.44 AUD
The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations...
The Convict Valley: The bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier

The Convict Valley: The bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021 In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were swept ashore near present-day Newcastle. They were taken in by...
Tasmania's Convicts: How felons built a free society

Tasmania's Convicts: How felons built a free society

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
To the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land, it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells...
Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's frontier killing times

Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's frontier killing times

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
'This is an important, well researched book: challenging, compelling and controversial. It is a must read for anyone interested in Australian history.' - Henry Reynolds The Queensland frontier was more...
Australians Volume 2: Eureka to the Diggers

Australians Volume 2: Eureka to the Diggers

$39.99 AUD$33.99 AUD
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life....
The Colony: A history of early Sydney

The Colony: A history of early Sydney

$49.99 AUD$42.50 AUD
Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it...
Persuasion

Persuasion

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
Published after Jane Austen's death in 1817, Persuasion is poignant and passionate story of love, disappointment, loss, and redemption. Twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot is resigned to an unhappy fate and forced...
Emma

Emma

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
Dive into a world of romance, village life, and even a little silliness in Jane Austen's timeless novel. Despite the fact that Jane Austen set out to write a story...
Bellegarde

Bellegarde

$19.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Ooh la la! A historical rom-com with a modern twist-perfect for fans of Bridgerton, A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, and She's All That.Evie Clement has perfected the art...
Never Wager with a Wallflower: A hilarious and sparkling opposites-attract Regency rom-com!

Never Wager with a Wallflower: A hilarious and sparkling opposites-

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
'There is currently a large Bridgerton shaped hole in my life, this book has filled it perfectly, enjoyable plot and likeable characters' 'A refreshing array of dazzling wit, hidden depths,...
A Chalice Argent: A swashbuckling, epic tale of adventure: Volume 2 in The Family of William Neilson

A Chalice Argent: A swashbuckling, epic tale of adventure: Volume 2 in

$49.99 AUD$39.99 AUD
'Delightful ... William Neilson continues to exhibit basically all of the virtues. He's brave, stoical, generous, truthful, constant, protective towards the weak and honourable to a fault. Yet entirely likeable....
Vital Rails: The Civil War History of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad

Vital Rails: The Civil War History of the Charleston and Savannah

$79.95 AUD$63.96 AUD
Completed in 1860 and spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the...
Napoleon in Defeat and Captivity 1815-1821

Napoleon in Defeat and Captivity 1815-1821

$40.99 AUD$32.79 AUD
The book tells the fascinating, compelling and tragic tale of Napoleon Bonaparte from his defeat at Waterloo, through the period of his abdication in Paris to his capture by the...
Emperor of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policy

Emperor of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policy

$56.95 AUD$45.56 AUD
A dramatic reevaluation of Thomas Jefferson's thinking on foreign policy and his record as a statesman This book, the first in decades to closely examine Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy, offers...
American Sharpe

American Sharpe

$75.00 AUD$60.00 AUD
Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father's...
Rembrandt's Themes: Life into Art

Rembrandt's Themes: Life into Art

$56.95 AUD$45.56 AUD
Rembrandt van Rjin (1606-1669) was among the few celebrated old masters who enjoyed considerable freedom in his choice of subject matter. Living and working in the Protestant Netherlands, he painted...
Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring

Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring

$75.00 AUD$60.00 AUD
* The story of one of America's great naval heroes *Provides insights into life aboard ship in the war of 1812 *Explores the tragic death of this extraordinary naval officer...
John Locke Bibliography

John Locke Bibliography

$885.00 AUD$708.00 AUD
This bibliography documents John Locke's works published from 1654 through 1800. It includes the publishing history of all known editions and translations, as well as material published in journals, and...
Decline and Fall of Napoleon's Empire

Decline and Fall of Napoleon's Empire

$59.99 AUD$47.99 AUD
In this wide-ranging study of the Napoleonic regime, Digby Smith tracks Napoleon's rise to power, his stewardship of France from 1804 15, and his exile. He highlights his military mistakes,...
Never Wager with a Wallflower: A hilarious and sparkling opposites-attract Regency rom-com!

Never Wager with a Wallflower: A hilarious and sparkling opposites-

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
'There is currently a large Bridgerton shaped hole in my life, this book has filled it perfectly, enjoyable plot and likeable characters' 'A refreshing array of dazzling wit, hidden depths,...
Scarlet Town

Scarlet Town

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
** A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'Nattrass's best yet' - S.G. MACLEAN'Wonderfully evocative' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Authentic and relentlessly pageturning' -...
Hungry Death

Hungry Death

$15.00 AUD
When a blackened body is discovered buried beneath a hot-house, Coroner Titus Cragg uncovers a tale of scandalous secrets stretching back almost twenty years."Blake again demonstrates why he belongs in...
Dictionary Of Modern Arab Histor

Dictionary Of Modern Arab Histor

$30.00 AUD
From 1980 until Dr. Bidwell's death in 1994, much of his time was taken up with the writing and compilation of this encyclopaedic work which represents, in the true sense...
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope

Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope

$47.95 AUD$25.00 AUD
In 1820, a suspicious vessel was spotted lingering off the coast of northern Florida, the Spanish slave ship Antelope. Since the United States had outlawed its own participation in the...
The Duchess: The Scandalous Ladies of London

The Duchess: The Scandalous Ladies of London

$36.99 AUD$29.59 AUD
The thrilling second book in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's amazing new high concept series, The Scandalous Ladies of London, which chronicles the lives of a group of...
My Season of Scandal: The Palace of Rogues

My Season of Scandal: The Palace of Rogues

$16.99 AUD$8.00 AUD
In USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long's latest installment in the Palace of Rogues series, a notorious rake meets his match in a doe-eyed girl from the country, changing...
Offer From A Gentleman And Romancing Mr. Bridgerton: Bridgerton Collector's Edition

Offer From A Gentleman And Romancing Mr. Bridgerton: Bridgerton

$69.99 AUD$55.99 AUD
A stunning collectible edition containing the third and fourth novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's beloved Bridgerton series. This edition features: gorgeous sprayed edges intricate foil...
Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess

Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess

$45.00 AUD$20.00 AUD
A Spectator Best Book of the YearTrawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great...
The Duke and I and The Viscount Who Loved Me: Bridgerton Collector's Edition

The Duke and I and The Viscount Who Loved Me: Bridgerton Collector's

$69.99 AUD$55.99 AUD
A stunning collectible edition containing the first two novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's beloved Bridgerton series. This edition features: gorgeous sprayed edges intricate foil iconography...
The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain

The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade

$32.99 AUD$26.39 AUD
Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare,...
Colors and Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South

Colors and Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South

$79.99 AUD$63.99 AUD
As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, Robert Bonner explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, he shows how the Confederacy...
Royal Navy and the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879-1881, The

Royal Navy and the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879-1881, The

$75.00 AUD$60.00 AUD
This beautifully presented book captures the spirit of a little known war where the Royal Navy played a peripheral but crucial role. The power of the British Empire was at...
Conflict in the Crimea

Conflict in the Crimea

$57.99 AUD$46.39 AUD
The author relies to a great extent on contemporary accounts of a large number of British men - and women - who were unwittingly caught up in this appalling war....
Lives of Boulton and Watt

Lives of Boulton and Watt

$42.99 AUD$34.39 AUD
James Watt transformed steam engine technology by inventing the condensing engine. He collaborated with Matthew Boulton to form a engineering firm in 1773, which went on to monopolise production of...
Bow Porcelain

Bow Porcelain

$220.00 AUD$176.00 AUD
Focuses on Bow Porcelain which is one of the best known and characteristically English porcelain ever produced in this country. Elizabeth Adams is the author of "Chelsea Porcelain" and the...
Printing the Talmud: A History of the Individual Treatises Printed from 1700 to 1750

Printing the Talmud: A History of the Individual Treatises Printed

$473.95 AUD$379.16 AUD
Winner of the 1999 Association of Jewish Libraries Research and Special Libraries Division Award for Bibliographies. A scholarly study of the individual Talmudic tractates published in the first half of...
Riders of the Apocalypse: German Cavalry and Modern Warfare, 1870-1945

Riders of the Apocalypse: German Cavalry and Modern Warfare, 1870-1945

$72.99 AUD$58.39 AUD
Despite the enduring popular image of the blitzkrieg of World War II, the German Army always depended on horses. It could not have waged war without them. While the Army's...
Britain's Last Invasion: The Battle of Fishguard, 1797

Britain's Last Invasion: The Battle of Fishguard, 1797

$52.99 AUD$42.39 AUD
The history of Britain has been shaped by those who have invaded this small isle: the Romans, Vikings and Norman Conquest all moulded our society and culture. Surprisingly, the last...
Early Republic and the Sea:Essays on Naval/Maritime History: Essays on the Naval and Maritime History of the Early United States

Early Republic and the Sea:Essays on Naval/Maritime History: Essays on

$69.94 AUD$30.00 AUD
Examines the diverse relationships between the sea services and maritime commerce during the early years of the United States. Gives fresh insights into the problems of naval policy, communication, law...
The Strassmanns: Science, Politics and Migration in Turbulent Times (1793-1993)

The Strassmanns: Science, Politics and Migration in Turbulent Times

$218.95 AUD$100.00 AUD
Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German- Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Prussian Berlin, and finally to America....
East India Patronage and the British State: The Scottish Elite and Politics in the Eighteenth Century

East India Patronage and the British State: The Scottish Elite and

$260.00 AUD$120.00 AUD
The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. How did the English bind the Scottish elites to the new British State, ensuring the stability of...
Selected Writings of James Fitzjames Stephen: The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey

Selected Writings of James Fitzjames Stephen: The Story of Nuncomar

$377.00 AUD$100.00 AUD
The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey (1885) examines some of the most controversial events of 18th century English colonial legal history from the point of...
Escape from Elba, The: the Fall and Flight of Napoleon 1814-1815

Escape from Elba, The: the Fall and Flight of Napoleon 1814-1815

$44.99 AUD$35.99 AUD
The year is 1814. The Allies have driven Napoleon's once-mighty qrmies back to PAris. Trapped, forced to abdicate after two decades of triumphant rule, the Emperor takes leave of his...
Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court

Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court

$110.00 AUD$88.00 AUD
'Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court' celebrates the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), considered to be one of the best Parisian bronze chasers and gilders of the 18th...
Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars V 2

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars V 2

$95.00 AUD$76.00 AUD
Napoleonic artillery can usually be divided into two types: field, or light artillery which was employed by the armies on campaign and in the field and siege, or heavy artillery,...
With Napoleon's Guns: The Military Memoirs of an Officer of the First Empire

With Napoleon's Guns: The Military Memoirs of an Officer of the First

$59.99 AUD$47.99 AUD
In 1795 the year Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French army in Italy the seventeen-year-old Jean-Nicolas-Auguste Noel entered the Artillery School at Chalons. A year later, with Napoleon...
China's Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the Eighteenth Century

China's Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the

$124.95 AUD$99.96 AUD
In eighteenth-century China, a remarkable intellectual transformation took place, centered on the ascendance of philology. Its practitioners were preoccupied with the reliability of sources as evidence for restoring ancient texts...