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Dark Music: The gripping new thriller from the author of THE GIRL IN
A gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB"A nerve-racking political thriller with the most exciting detective duo in a long time. Bring on...
Rivers of Treason: Daniel Pursglove 3
'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESDANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREEFrom the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey...
Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire
Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire offers an unprecedented insight into the mind of this extraordinary man who, from modest beginnings on the small island of Corsica, became Emperor...
The Last to Disappear: a chilling and heart-pounding thriller full of
'Dark and atmospheric, utterly compelling' SARAH PEARSE ********A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body.When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister's body has been pulled from...
Jambusters: The remarkable story which has inspired the ITV drama Home
The Second World War was the WI's finest hour. The whole of its previous history - two decades of educating, entertaining and supporting women and campaigning on women's issues -...
The Joining of the Arts: Danish Art and Design 1880-1910
When Danish artists from the 1880's onwards started working with all kinds of artistic media and materials, this became the making of Danish art. It laid down the foundations for...
Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials
An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us...
The French Mind: 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal
'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review_________________________________________________________________________________________We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity, sophistication and self-assurance, and even their insistence that they are...
The Winners: From the New York Times bestselling author of TikTok
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO STAND TOGETHER? 'It's often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here'This is a small story about big questions. It's a story...
Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West
The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of...
Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West
The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of...
A Day at Chateau de Fontainebleau
Imbued with over eight centuries of history, A Day at Chateau de Fontainebleau offers unique historical insight into the lives of over thirty-four French sovereigns who inhabited and enhanced this...
A Bond Undone: Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 2
THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 100 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Jin Yong's work,...
Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew: An Italian Story
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Fire
In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer"A stylish, subtle read" Woman & Home BOOK...
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor
'Written in a lively, accessible style, The Waiting Game is full of insight' Suzannah Lipscomb, Literary ReviewEvery Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the...
The Memory Keeper: A Journey into the Past to Unearth Family Secrets
Max and Mally, two out of millions murdered in the Holocaust, are deported in 1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt - where they will starve to death.Decades later, in London and...
The Marriage Portrait: the Instant Sunday Times Bestseller,
The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.Winter, 1561. Lucrezia,...
Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past
A journey along one of Britain's oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today.Long ago a path was created...
Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past
A journey along one of Britain's oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today.Long ago a path was created...
A History of French Passions 1848-1945 (Two-Volume Set)
$135.00 AUD
Author: Theodore ZeldinBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1973; 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume set explores the intricate emotions and cultural dynamics in France from 1848...
Versailles: The Passions and Politics of an Era
$20.00 AUD
Author: Joseph BarryBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the complex interplay of passions and politics during the era of Versailles,...
Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
$20.00 AUD
Author: Timothy BrookBinding: HardbackPublished: Bloomsbury Press, 2008Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsTimothy Brook's book explores the global connections and transformations of the seventeenth century through the lens...
Piero Della Francesca: Tradition and Innovation in Form and Idiom in Renaissance Art
$20.00 AUD
Author: Bruce ColeBinding: HardbackPublished: Icon Editions, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life and works of Piero Della Francesca, a pivotal figure...
The Memoir of Marco Parenti: A Life in Medici Florence
$20.00 AUD
Author: Mark PhillipsBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, 1989, First G.B. EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a vivid portrayal of Marco Parenti's life in Florence during the Medici...
Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance, 1420-1620
$30.00 AUD
Author: Boies PenroseBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1967, Fifth PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the themes of travel and discovery during the Renaissance period...
Florentine Public Finances in the Early Renaissance, 1400-1433
$25.00 AUD
Author: Anthony MolhoBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the financial mechanisms and public finance systems of Florence during the early...
Renaissance Diplomacy
$30.00 AUD
Author: Garrett MattinglyBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1963Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsRenaissance Diplomacy by Garrett Mattingly explores the intricate diplomatic relationships during the Renaissance period. The book...
Ferrara: The Style of a Renaissance Despotism
$40.00 AUD
Author: Werner L. GundersheimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1973, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the unique style and political culture of Ferrara during...
The Prince
$25.00 AUD
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli; translated by W K Marriott and introduced by Herbert Butterfield. Binding: HardbackPublished: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe...
Bentivoglio of Bologna: Study in Despotism
$50.00 AUD
Author: Cecila M. Ady Binding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1969, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the political and social dynamics of the Bentivoglio family...
Daughter of France: The Life of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, Duchesse de Monpensier, 1627-1693, La Grande Mademoiselle
$25.00 AUD
Author: V. Sackville-WestBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1969, Fourth Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, a prominent...
Memoirs of the Chevalier D'Éon
$150.00 AUD
Author: Antonia White (translated by)Binding: HardbackPublished: Anthony Blond, London, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book presents the memoirs of the enigmatic Chevalier D'Éon, a figure known...
Europe in the Age of Louis XIV
$25.00 AUD
Author: Ragnhild Marie HattonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the political, cultural, and social dynamics in...
The Second Reich: Kaiser Wilhelm II and His Germany
$20.00 AUD
Author: Harold KurtzBinding: HardbackPublished: Macdonald & Co, 1970, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the era of the Second Reich under Kaiser Wilhelm II,...
The Russian Revolution 1917
$60.00 AUD
Author: N. N. SukhanovBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1955Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 from the...
The Black Death
$30.00 AUD
Author: Philip ZieglerBinding: HardbackPublished: Folio Society, 2001, Fourth PrintingCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed examination of the Black Death, exploring its causes,...
The Wandering Scholars
$30.00 AUD
Author: Helen WaddellBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable, 1968, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe Wandering Scholars is a historical account that explores the lives and journeys of...
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire. Volume IV. The End Of The Western Empire
$25.00 AUD
Author: Edward GibbonBinding: HardbackPublished: Folio Society, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume of Edward Gibbon's monumental work examines the decline of the Western Roman Empire, detailing...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III: The Revival and Collapse of Paganism
$25.00 AUD
Author: Edward GibbonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis third volume of Edward Gibbon's monumental work begins with the accession of Julian in...
The Dawn of Liberation
$30.00 AUD
Author: Winston ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Company Ltd, London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney, 1945Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book by Winston Churchill chronicles the events leading...
The Northern World: The History and Heritage of Northern Europe, AD 400-1100
$20.00 AUD
Author: David M. WilsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1980Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich history and cultural heritage of Northern Europe...
The Spanish Civil War
$30.00 AUD
Author: David MitchellBinding: SoftbackPublished: Granada, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive history of the Spanish Civil War, exploring the political, social, and...
The Secret Conferences of Dr Goebbels 1939-43
$30.00 AUD
Author: Willi A. BoelckeBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed account of the secret conferences held by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi...
The Classical Tradition in Art
$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael GreenhalghBinding: HardbackPublished: Duckworth, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the influence of classical art on Western art traditions from the Renaissance to the...
Every Day Lasts a Year: A Jewish Family's Correspondence from Poland
$15.00 AUD
Author: Christopher R. Browning, Richard S. Hollander, Nechama TecBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2007Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents the poignant letters of...
Justice Delayed: How Britain Became a Refuge for Nazi War Criminals
$30.00 AUD
Author: David CesaraniBinding: SoftbackPublished: Phoenix Press, 2001Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn 'Justice Delayed', David Cesarani explores the controversial history of how Britain became a...
Semites & Anti-Semites
$20.00 AUD
Author: Bernard LewisBinding: HardbackPublished: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerIn 'Semites & Anti-Semites', Bernard Lewis explores the historical...