{"product_id":"secondhand-history-culture-bargain-book-box-sp2892","title":"Secondhand History \u0026 Culture Bargain Book Box SP2892","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand History \u0026amp; Culture Bargain Book Box SP2892\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA.J.P. Taylor appears twice — on Bismarck and on Hitler — and the company is equally serious: Dayan's memoir, Gorky's wartime diary, the le Carré-introduced Philby, and four Fontana European history volumes. Sixteen essential books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFragments from My Diary — Maxim Gorky, trans. Moura Budberg — Gorky's vivid wartime sketches and portraits of revolutionary Russia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Ancient Civilizations of Peru — J. Alden Mason (Pelican) — the standard introduction to pre-Columbian Andean culture from the Chavin through to the Inca.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Survey of London — John Stow (Everyman Paperback) — the great Elizabethan antiquary's survey of London in 1598, the indispensable picture of the city Shakespeare knew.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFred Daly: From Curtin to Kerr — the political memoirs of one of Australian Labor's most colourful and enduring figures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Origins of the Second World War — A.J.P. Taylor (Penguin) — Taylor's brilliant and deliberately provocative reappraisal, still the most argued-over book in modern British historiography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eStory of My Life — Moshe Dayan — the memoir of Israel's most celebrated soldier and Defence Minister, covering war, politics, and the making of a state.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Arabs — Anthony Nutting (Mentor Book) — a comprehensive history of the Arab peoples from the birth of Islam to the mid-twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBismarck: The Man and the Statesman — A.J.P. Taylor (Mentor) — Taylor's characteristically crisp biography of the Iron Chancellor, who unified Germany through blood and iron.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eByron in Italy — Peter Quennell (Penguin) — the most spectacular phase of Byron's life, from 1816, when he left England and never returned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePhilby: The Spy Who Betrayed a Generation — Bruce Page, David Leitch and Phillip Knightley; introduction by John le Carré (Penguin) — the definitive account of Kim Philby's double life, specially revised with extensive new material.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEurope of the Ancien Régime 1715–1783 — David Ogg (Fontana History of Europe) — from the death of Louis XIV to the eve of the French Revolution.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEurope Reshaped 1848–1878 — J.A.S. Grenville (Fontana) — the revolutionary year and the long consolidation that followed across the continent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Kings Depart: The German Revolution and the Treaty of Versailles 1918–19 — Richard M. Watt (Pelican) — the collapse of the German Empire and the impossible peace that followed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA History of Scotland — J.D. Mackie (Pelican Original) — a clear and authoritative history of Scotland from the earliest times to the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Making of Europe — Christopher Dawson (Meridian Books) — Dawson's classic study of the formation of European civilisation in the early Middle Ages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe American Impact on Russia 1784–1917 — Max M. Laserson — a scholarly study of American political and cultural influence on Tsarist Russia across more than a century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49028671307995,"sku":"SP2892","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2892.jpg?v=1785127035","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-history-culture-bargain-book-box-sp2892","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}