The Italian Executioners - The Genocide of the Jews of Italy by Simon Levis Sullam; David I. Kertzer; Oona Smyth; Claudia Patane
$55.00 AUD
Category: European
A gripping revisionist history that shows how ordinary Italians played a central role in the genocide of Italian Jews during the Second World War In this gripping revisionist history of Italy's role in the Holocaust, Simon Levis Sullam presents an unforgettable account of how ordinary Italians actively ...Show more
Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Tony Rice
$34.99 AUD
Category: European
Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the world's most significant natural history expeditions. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images - of explorers, naturalist ...Show more
Empress - Queen Victoria and India by Miles Taylor
$60.00 AUD
Category: European
An entirely original account of Victoria's relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837 In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanel ...Show more
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us about Old Age and Death by Peter Jones
$30.00 AUD
Category: European
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two thousand years ago. Romans inhabited a world where man, k ...Show more
Norse Myths by Tom Birkett
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
The great Norse Myths are among the most dramatic and unforgettable stories in all human history. These fascinating, fantastical tales have inspired centuries of art, culture and literature, including the storytelling of Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, George RR Martin's Game of Thrones, Wagner's Ring Cycle and M ...Show more
France - A History from Gaul to de Gaulle by John Julius Norwich
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
"...This book is written in the belief that the average English-speaking man or woman has remarkably little knowledge of French history. We may know a bit about Napoleon or Joan of Arc or Louis XIV, but for most of us that's about it. In my own three schools we were taught only about the battles we won: ...Show more
New Jerusalem by Paul Ham
$45.00 AUD
Category: European
IN FEBRUARY 1534 a radical religious sect whose disciples were being persecuted throughout Europe seized the city of M nster, in the German-speaking land of Westphalia.They were convinced that they were God's Elect, specially chosen by the Almighty to be the first to ascend to Paradise on Judgement Day, ...Show more
A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000 by John Gibney
$40.00 AUD
Category: European
A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. John Gibney proceeds from the beginning of Ireland's modern period and continues throug ...Show more
The Queen's Embroiderer by Joan DeJean
$43.00 AUD
Category: European
From the author of How Paris Became Paris, a sweeping history of high finance, the origins of high fashion, and a pair of star-crossed lovers in 18th-century France.Paris, 1719. The stock market is surging and the world's first millionaires are buying everything in sight. Against this backdrop, two fami ...Show more
Proust's Duchess : How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin de Siecle Paris by Caroline Weber
$59.95 AUD
Category: European
From the author of the acclaimed Queen of Fashion--a brilliant look at the glittering world of turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women Proust used to create his supreme fictional character, the Duchesse de Guermantes. Genevi ve Hal vy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Co ...Show more
In Miniature - How Small Things Illuminate the World by Simon Garfield
$30.00 AUD
Category: European
Bestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans' peculiar fascination with small things-and what small things tell us about our larger world. Simon Garfield writes books that shine a light on aspects of the everyday world in order to reveal the charm ...Show more