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Escaping Hitler: Heroic True Stories of Great Escapes in Nazi Europe
Some of the great untold stories of the Second World War concern the freedom trails, the highly dangerous escape routes out of Nazi Occupied Europe. Over 5,000 British, Commonwealth and...
Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of
Cousin to Elizabeth I - and very likely also Henry VIII's illegitimate granddaughter - Lettice Knollys had a life of dizzying highs and pitiful lows. Darling of the court, entangled...
Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the
Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen...
Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania
"[An] incredibly moving collection of oral histories . . . important enough to be added to the history curriculum" Telegraph"A moving evocation of the 'everyday terror' systematically perpetrated over 41...
Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and Renegades
Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian...
The Renaissance
$15.00 AUD
Author: Paul JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Ltd., 2000Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'The Renaissance', Paul Johnson explores the cultural and intellectual awakening that took place...
The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire
$35.00 AUD
Author: Andrew WheatcroftBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2004Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the history and influence of the Habsburg dynasty, shedding light on...
Malevolent Neutrality: The United States, Great Britain, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War
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Author: Douglas LittleBinding: HardbackPublished: Cornell University Press, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the complex diplomatic relations between the United States and Great Britain regarding the...
Vlaanderen = La Flandre = Flanders = Flandern = Flandes
$25.00 AUD
Author: J. Van Remoortere / F. van den BremtBinding: HardbackPublished: Meddens, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLanguage: Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish. This book offers a...
Caithness: A Fresh Look at the County
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Author: Miller, JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: Skilton & Shaw, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive exploration of Caithness, highlighting its history, culture, and geography. It...
The Kingdom of Fife & Kinross-shire : The King's Scotland
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Author: Theo LangBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of the Kingdom of Fife and Kinross-shire, detailing its...
Stalin's Russia
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Author: Suzanne Labin; Transl. by Edward Fitzgerald; Foreword by Arthur Koestler.Binding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1949Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the political landscape...
Civilisation: A Personal View
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Author: Kenneth ClarkBinding: SoftbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerKenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of...
North East Lowlands of Scotland
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Author: John R. AllanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale, 1974, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the geography, culture, and history of the North East Lowlands of Scotland....
A Short History of the Italian People from the Barbarian Invasions to the Present Day
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Author: Janet Penrose Trevelyan; D Mack SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin, 1967, Fourth Impression Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a comprehensive...
A History of the Middle Ages
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Author: Joseph DahmusBinding: HardbackPublished: Barnes & Noble, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the Middle Ages, exploring the social, political,...
Catherine the Great
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Author: Henri TroyatBinding: HardbackPublished: Dorset Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life of Catherine the Great, a German princess who ascended to the...
Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag (SIGNED)
From Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of A People's Tragedy, Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag. Lev and...
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware (SIGNED)
'A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical' - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK'A paean to DIY' - The Times'Strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era (SIGNED)
'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...
SAS Forged in Hell: From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: Paddy Mayne and (SIGNED)
FOR FANS OF THE BBC SERIES SAS ROGUE HEROES, THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNEA Waterstones Best History Book of 2023The incredible true story of the SAS'...
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn is one of the most divisive figures in British history. Her love-match with Henry VIII and her subsequent execution at the Tower of London after only three years...
SAS Forged in Hell: From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: The Mavericks who
FOR FANS OF THE BBC SERIES SAS ROGUE HEROES, THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNEA Waterstones Best History Book of 2023The incredible true story of the SAS'...
Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape
'Poetic and profound, Time and Tide is wise, considered and full of surprises' Observer'Poignant and touching' Mail on Sunday'Miraculous' ScotsmanA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey...
Courtiers: The Sunday Times bestselling inside story of the power
Who advises the royal family, what influence do they have and how have they shaped history?Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers - the trusted advisers in...
The Course of Irish History
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Protecting the Empire's Humanity: Thomas Hodgkin and British Colonial Activism 1830-1870
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Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
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South: The Endurance Expedition: The "Endurance" Expedition
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
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Defiance!: Withstanding the Kaiserschalcht
This fascinating volume charts the progress of the Allied breakout of Normandy through German eyes. Beginning with Operation COBRA and ending with the offensive which led to the liberation of...
The World of King Arthur
Step into the mythical, magical realm of King Arthur...Uncover the legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table in intricate detail as you piece together his fabled...
First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill
From the personal and political upheavals of the Great War, through the Churchills' 'wilderness years' in the 1930s, to Clementine's desperate efforts to preserve her husband's health during the struggle...
The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020
Ireland is a strikingly different country now to the one it was in the mid-1990s. Dramatic economic, social and cultural changes, including the Celtic Tiger boom and increasingly secular debate...
Augustus at War: The Struggle for the Pax Augusta
The words Pax Augusta - or Pax Romana - evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy. Almost every year...
Walking into Hell 1st July 1916
The 1st July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when 60,000 unsuspecting men of the British 4th Army advanced into the teeth of a...
Churchill's Spearhead
This book covers the inception, growth and employment of Britain's airborne forces (parachute and glider-borne formations) between June 1940 and March 1945. It takes a comparative approach and follows tailored...
The Most Dangerous Moment of the War: Japan'S Attack on the Indian
. Gripping account of a little-known but crucial episode in World War IIOne of the biggest 'what if' moments of WWIIPuts a new perspective on Japan's military ambitions in WWII...
Marching to the Sound of Gunfire: North-West Europe 1944-1945
In this delightful book, scores of British soldiers tell their amazing stories of life - and death - in the front line of the Allies' advance from Normandy to Hitler's...
The Crimean War and Irish society
The purpose of this book is to produce what is essentially a 'home front' study of Ireland during the Crimean War, or more specifically Irish society's responses to that conflict....
Gladiators and Beasthunts
'Gladiators and Beasthunts' is a comprehensive survey of arena sports in ancient Rome, focusing upon gladiatorial combat and the beast-hunts (venationes). Whilst numerous books have already been written on arena...
The Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance
From the time of the Crimean War through the fall of the Tsar, the question of what to do about the Russian empire's large Muslim population was a highly contested...
Napoleon in Defeat and Captivity 1815-1821
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...
Battle for the Escaut 1940: The France and Flanders Campaign
On 10 May 1940 the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), under the command of Lord Gort, moved forward from the Franco-Belgian border and took up positions along a 20-mile sector off...
British Invasion of the River Plate 1806-1807
In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards...
Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou: A Marriage of Unequals
He became king before his first birthday, inheriting a vast empire from his military hero father; she was the daughter of a king without power, who made an unexpected marriage...
The Lost Story of the Ocean Monarch
The ship was almost instantly in flames . . . Some jumped overboard immediately, and all was in indescribable confusion. The masts began to fall one after another, and it...
Star Shell Reflections 1916
The Great War Diaries of Jim Maultsaid As the centenary of the Great War approaches, this book offers a unique perspective told in the words and illustrations of someone who...