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Who was St Patrick?
Everyone knows of St Patrick, but what do we know about him? Simply that it was he who `converted the Irish to Christianity'. The strange fact is that for two...
Monchy Le Preux: Arras
As the motorist speeds past Arras on the motorway south to Paris, a look to the east should bring into view the hilltop village of Monchy le Preux. This farming...
Citizen Lord: Edward Fitzgerald 1763-1798
A biography of the 18th century revolutionary Edward Fitzgerald, the son of Emily Lennox, one of the sisters featured in ARISTOCRATS. The book naturally follows on from ARISTOCRATS and is...
Europe: Privilege and Protest: 1730-1789
This book is an updated and revised edition of a classic introduction to one of the key periods in modern European history. Olwen Hufton not only illuminates the complex and...
UFOs of the First World War: Phantom Airships, Balloons, Aircraft and
Lieutenant R.S. Maxwell took off in his BE2C fighter but saw nothing unusual until 8.25 p.m. when, according to his report: 'My engine was missing irregularly and it was only...
Gandhi and Churchill: The Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged
Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Born five years and seven thousand miles apart, they became embodiments of the nations they led....
Our Queen
The inside story of a thoroughly modern monarch, as told by the bestselling and acclaimed biographer, Robert Hardman ________ The bestselling and acclaimed biography of Queen Elizabeth II. With new...
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...
A Brief History of 1917: Russia's Year of Revolution
'Lenin? Yes, he was a good man -- he ran the whole country -- and he did it on a worker's wages.' The view of a Red Army veteran is...
Forgotten Tragedy: The Sinking of HMT "Rohna"
$80.00 AUD
This book recounts for the first time the tragic loss of more than 1,000 American soldiers in 1943 when their troopship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
A Brief History of London
As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic turmoil, London found itself at a turning point. This critical moment presents an opportunity to...
The Vatican
A unique visual guide to life inside the spiritual centre of the Catholic Church, updated to include Pope Francis The Vatican explores Vatican City, the world's smallest sovereign state and...
Debs at War: 1939-1945
Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most of them,...
Europe: The First 100 Million Years
It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made...
Diana, Princess of Wales: How Sexual Politics Shook the Monarchy
Beatrix Campbell argues that Diana was hounded by a press that regarded her as an easy target. Her exposure of the coldness of the royal family was part of her...
A History of Modern Germany, Volume 1: The Reformation
This first volume of a major reassessment of the last five centuries of German history deals with that age of German history which had the widest effect on the rise...
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell
This work gives a compelling account of the officer who waged the intelligence battle against Napoleon's army, a forerunner to the great code-breakers of the 20th century. The French army,...
Backroom Boys: Personal Stories of Britain's Air War 1939-45
What was it like, making history? What sense did these individuals have of what they were doing, either at the time or later? Did they feel they were caught up...
Queen of Scots
A very enjoyable, nicely illustrated book on one of royalty's most captivating personalities: Mary, Queen of Scots. Her rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I, over Mary's claim to the throne of...
D-Day Normandy: The Story and Photographs
Features more than four hundred American, Allied, and German photographs that present the dramatic events of the invasion from both sides.
World War One: Five Continents in Flanders
Much has been written about the horrors of the First World War, however this is the first book to offer an overview of the more than 50 different cultures present...
The Manner of Men: 9 PARA's Heroic D-Day Mission
In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day. Dropping ahead...
Il Duce and His Women: Mussolini's Rise to Power
Out of the ruins and savagery of Second World War, the figure of Benito Mussolini looms large as one of the most influential during the first half of the twentieth...
To The Castle And Back
As president first of Czechoslovakia and then of the nascent Czech Republic, Havel led central Europe out of communism and into the twenty-first century before stepping down in February 2003....
Dear Joan
Dear Joan comprises a unique series of letters between a young airman, Tony Ross, and Joan Charles, a girl he met briefly in England before he was posted to the...
A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization
A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from...
A Brief History of Britain 1660 - 1851: The Making of the Nation
Praise for the author: 'Gibson's well written and well-documented account of James and the bishops will surely become the new standard authority on these "implausible revolutionaries" for many decades.' Barbara...
Girl in Paris: A Persian Encounter with the West
At the age of 17, Shusha Guppy left Iran and her family to study at the Sorbonne in Paris. Diving into the unknown - a world of unimagined freedoms and...
Stirlings in Action With the Airborne Forces: Air Support for Sas and
This is the history of two RAF squadrons which shared the task of dropping agents and supplies on behalf of the Special Operations Executive, took part in the D-Day landings,...
Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire
In April 1945 Churchill said to Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 'There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without...
Lords of Battle: The World of the Celtic Warrior
To the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, the Celtic warrior of the late Iron Age was the archetypal barbarian: savage, undisciplined, and bloodthirsty. In a clash of cultures that...
Devil's Gallop: Trips into Scotland's Dark and Bloody Past in Fact and
Scotland is a fascinating country with a dark and bloody past - filled with characters who thought nothing of using torture, murder and treachery to get what they wanted. Many...
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
No city on earth has preserved its past as has Rome. Visitors stand on bridges that were crossed by Julius Caesar and Cicero, walk around temples visited by Roman emperors,...
A Nation and not a Rabble: The Irish Revolution 1913-23
Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-23 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in...
Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One
In 1914 the world changed forever. When World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, bestselling author Kate Adie shows how women emerged from...
Chinese and Any Other Asian: Exploring East and South East Asian
'Chinese' or 'Any other Asian'. The boxes that people of vastly varied East and South East Asian heritage have to tick when declaring their ethnicity on many forms in the...
The Taste Of Fear: A Polish Childhood In Germany 1939-46
$30.00 AUD
Author: Zofia KrukBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson London, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner on front end-page and minor...
Nights Of Plague
$50.00 AUD
Author: Orhan PamukBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber, 2022Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedNobel laureate Orhan Pamuk presents "Nights of Plague," a sweeping work of historical fiction set in 1901 on the fictional...
Death In The Middle Ages: Mortality, Judgment And Remembrance
$20.00 AUD
Author: T. S. R. BoaseBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic historical non-fiction work by T. S. R. Boase meticulously chronicles the pervasive presence and...
Maculan's Daughter
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Author: Sarah GainhamBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, London, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSarah Gainham's "Maculan's Daughter" is a compelling work of historical fiction set against the tumultuous backdrop of...
Dido Queen Of Carthage And The Massacre At Paris
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Author: Christopher MarloweBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clipped priceThis volume presents two powerful tragedies by the Elizabethan playwright...
The Life And Times Of Alfred The Great
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Author: Douglas WoodruffBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the remarkable reign of Alfred the Great, the Anglo-Saxon king...
Patterns Of Government: The Major Political Systems Of Europe
$25.00 AUD
Author: Samuel H. Beer, Adam B. Ulam, Harry Eckstein, Herbert J. Spiro, And Nicholas WahlBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal academic work, 'Patterns...