Military History

Overturns the long-established historical narrative about the origins and purpose of the Knights Templar * Explains how and why the Templars created Europe's first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their...

Barack Obama's path from Hawaii to Indonesia to the White House represents one of the most unlikely and fascinating journeys in U.S. political history. With this special publication that is...

The book titled The Penguin History of Britain: A Monarchy Transformed, Britain by the author Mark Kishlansky. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Tells of the experiences of the families of men missing in the New Guinea islands during World War II. A Very Long War is about the experiences of the families...

This work features gifts from foreign dignitaries to GDR party leaders, as well as birthday and anniversary presents given to SED politicians. Several selected objects are also used as the...

The Tower of London is one of the most famous historic monuments in the world, conjuring up images of towering battlements, arms and armour, ravens, the Crown Jewels, Yeoman Warders...

With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby...

'What a wonderful book! The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject -- this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career' Lucy Worsley To Queen...

The book titled Victory: 100 Great Military Commanders by the author Nigel Cawthorne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is an authoritative biography from political commentator, Gerard Henderson B.A. Santamaria was one of the most controversial Australians of our time. An ardent anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe second installment in Bernard Cornwell's gripping Starbuck Chronicles series, Copperhead is a pulse-pounding...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tape markings inside FEP, pages otherwise white and crispAn indispensable reference work in the tradition of...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light Foxing on top of blockThe historical narrative The Lords Of The...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light Foxing on top of block but pages otherwise bright. Very faded around top of jacket...

Edition: First English EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some foxing on blockThis poignant novel, The Pigeon Girl, chronicles the life of Natàlia, a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light fading on spine. Large chip at bottom right corner of jacket and some...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: usual aging - slightly faded spine. Pages clean and brightSet against the brutal final days of the German occupation...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of wartime social history, Nella Last's War: A Mother's Diary 1939-45 chronicles the daily life of an...

The surrender of Singapore in 1942, with the capture of over 100,000 men, was one of the most humiliating defeats in British history. Based on original records, this book shows...

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Young Elizabeth Balcombe, or Betsy to friends and family, found life on the remote island of St Helena intolerably dull. Most fourteen-year-olds would. Her father had been posted to that...

Mandela traces the life and work of South Africa's first democratically elected president. Beginning with his early years in a tiny village in the Transkei, the title follows him to...

Focusing as much on Marx's private life as on his public persona and work, this classic biography looks into detail at his relationship with his mother and father, wife and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA sweeping work of political biography and twentieth-century history, The History Makers: Leaders and Statesmen of the 20th Century presents...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Signed ephemera laid in. Set against the harrowing backdrop of...

The book titled The Second World War by the author Winston S. Churchill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: 3rd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsSet against the brutal backdrop of the Pacific campaign during World War II, The Ridge and...

The book titled In the Russian Style by the author Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: 1st edCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding tight. A landmark work of Polish modernist fiction,...

The book titled The Complete Military History of the Vietnam War by the author Douglas Welsh. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An unparalleled collection of rare international newspapers bring the historic events of WWII to life as they were reported, Beginning in 1919 with a report of the Treaty of Versailles,...

For 2000 years Herod has been called "great", yet very little is known, though much has been recorded, of this strange historic character. Herod was born as a younger son...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: DVDs included. Prelude to War; Nazis Strike; Divide & Conquer; Battle of Britain; Battle of Russia; War Comes to America;...

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Edition: First Editions, First ImpressionsCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThomas Keneally's "Australians" trilogy stands as one of the most ambitious works of narrative history ever...

A visual and narrative feast for anyone with an interest in the story of this great and complex city. Arranged in a clear chronological narrative accompanied by a wealth of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping narrative history, this two-volume set chronicles the full arc of the twentieth century through Martin Gilbert's masterful synthesis...

Aiming to avoid the hagiographical approach of previous biographies of Gandhi, this work incorporates an exploration of his weaknesses and the controversial features of his public and personal life. It...

The Square Mile , London s financial powerhouse,rose to prominence with the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. David Kynaston s vibrant history brings this world to life, taking us from...

John Hunter Kerr emigrated to Port Phillip from Scotland in 1839. He took up land, became a successful pastoralist and a prominent citizen of Melbourne. The story of the Kerrs'...

A unique history covering every major aspect of British life, with full coverage of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland; contributions from 60 major scholars; an 840-entry biographical Who's Who; and...

Henry of Bolingbroke was one of the most important noblemen of the later fourteenth century. Brave, chivalrous and cultured, a talented musician, he excelled at the jousts held at his...

Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she...

This startling new book concentrates on the twenty years between 59 and 79AD, thus beginning with the earthquake which all but destroyed Pompeii and ending with the volcanic eruption which...

Few people these days would question Mozart's rating as the most popular of all classical composers. Yet there exists no substantial, up-to-date English-language study of the man and his works....

In North Africa in 1942, Australian forces provided the hinge on which the success of the Western Alliance sung. This book relates how the 9th Australian Division came to take...

The book titled We Were There: Australian Soldiers of World War 2 by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.