History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of the Catholic Church so dramatically straddled two worlds as Daniel Mannix — an Irishman who became one of...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the dense, uncharted jungles of Netherlands New Guinea,...

Edition: 10th impressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the darkest years of the Second World War, American author Agnes Newton Keith found herself imprisoned alongside her husband...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the sun-baked plains of early twentieth-century Australia, a nation held its breath as a fragile...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the dawn of the eighteenth century, a colossal figure strode across the vast plains of Russia and remade an empire in his own...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFirst published in 1860, Jacob Burckhardt's The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy stands as one of the most monumental and enduring works of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the closing, desperate chapters of the Pacific War, young Japanese pilots strapped themselves into aircraft laden with...

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Edition: First UK ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Jacket protected in mylar layer, tape residue on interior of binding.In the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew works of historical prose burn with the same ferocious intensity as Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution, a monumental narrative that resurrects the chaos,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1782, one of Britain's mightiest warships heeled without warning and sank at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour — taking with her...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of government regulation and commercial aviation, Stanley Brogden's Australia's Two-Airline Policy presents a meticulous account...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before emails and instant messaging, the lifeblood of colonial Australia flowed through its postal network — and...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in American history have wielded power as brazenly and unapologetically as William Randolph Hearst,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBefore forensic science became a household term, the story of how investigators learned to read the hidden language of physical evidence is one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhen a corpse becomes the most eloquent witness in the courtroom, science becomes the great equaliser of justice — this...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew figures in 20th-century military...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat lies beneath the rituals, superstitions, and eerie practices that humanity has carried across centuries and continents? Strange...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat happens to a society after it has survived its first century of existence? After the First Hundred Years chronicles the sweeping transformations of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Damage along jacket folds, still bright jacket.At a time when the Middle East was a region of smouldering tensions and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingIn the icy, fog-shrouded waters of a Norwegian fjord lay the most feared warship of the Second World War — the German battleship *Tirpitz*...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the rubble of a defeated Reich, one of America's most celebrated war correspondents bore...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the Iron Curtain, fleeing the Soviet state was not merely an act of courage — it was...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the volatile crossroads where radical politics meets the power of narrative fiction, The Novel & Revolution presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadow of skyscrapers and speakeasies, Kenneth Allsop's The Bootleggers transports readers to the blood-soaked streets of Prohibition-era Chicago, where the law was...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in British history command the sea of myth and reverence that surrounds Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the volatile intersection of laboratory and battlefield, Scientists and War presents a penetrating examination of the role...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the pioneering flights of aviation's earliest daredevils to the white-knuckle missions of wartime pilots, Great Air Adventures by Richard Garrett chronicles some of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingLong before the dynasties of emperors and the chronicles of court historians, China's story was being written in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a pivotal moment in educational reform, New Movements in the Study and Teaching of History assembles some...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the back streets of Cheshire to the glittering courts of Naples and the heart of Britain's greatest naval hero, the life of Emma Hamilton stands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the glittering heart of Victorian high society, where political intrigue and aristocratic ambition intertwined, the Duchess of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBefore she became the most powerful woman in the world, Victoria was a sheltered, fiercely monitored child — and Alison Plowden's The Young Victoria chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a world where secrets are currency and loyalty is a weapon, Spies & Spymasters: A Concise History...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Admiral's Wife opens a rare and intimate window into the life of Mrs Phillip Parker King, the...