A Short History of Europe - From Ancient Greece and Rome to Churchill and the 21st Century by Simon Jenkins
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
The first short, single-volume history of the continent, from the author of the bestselling A Short History of England Europe has for two millennia been a remarkably successful continent. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins tells the story of its evolution from a battlefield o ...Show more
The Dinosaur Artist - Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy by Paige Williams
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
New Yorker writer Paige Williams "does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids" (Book Riot) in this "tremendous" (David Grann) true tale of one Florida man's attempt to sell a dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia--a story "steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and politics ...Show more
Beneath Another Sky by Norman Davies
$30.00 AUD
Category: European
Human history is a tale not just of constant change, but of perpetual restlessness. In Beneath Another Sky the esteemed historian Norman Davies embarks upon a journey round the world to show the layers of experience that underpin our present - and brilliantly complicate our view of the past. 'If you are ...Show more
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
____________________________________BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK____________________________________HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth.In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found.This is i ...Show more
Empress of the East - How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie Peirce
$40.00 AUD
Category: European
Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia - modern-day Ukraine - around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the world's most powerful men. Suleyman became besotted wit ...Show more
Berlin 1936 - Sixteen Days in August by Oliver Hilmes
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
Berlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympic Games, describing events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters: Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, writers and socialites, nightclub owners and jazz musicians. While events in ...Show more
Ottoman Odyssey - Travels Through a Lost Empire by Alev Scott
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
The author's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800 years of rule ended a century ago--and yet, travelling through twelve countries from Kosovo to Greece to Palestine, she uncovers a legacy that's vital and relevant; where medieval ...Show more
Emperor - A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker
$70.00 AUD
Category: European
The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, togethe ...Show more
The Holy Roman Empire - A Short History by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger; Yair Mintzker
$47.00 AUD
Category: European
A new interpretation of the Holy Roman Empire that reveals why it was not a failed state as many historians believeThe Holy Roman Empire emerged in the Middle Ages as a loosely integrated union of German states and city-states under the supreme rule of an emperor. Around 1500, it took on a more formal s ...Show more
Bloody Mary by Phil Carradice
$35.00 AUD
Category: European | Series: History of Terror Ser.
When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree of popularity rarely seen on the accession of a British monarch. Yet at her death five years later she was almost universally reviled and hated by her people so much so that ...Show more
Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815 (Vol 2) by Philip Dwyer
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
'Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while in exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who too ...Show more
Napoleon : Volume 1 - The Path to Power 1769-1799 by Philip Dwyer
$29.95 AUD
Category: European
Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character ambiguous and his intentions often ill-defined. He was, however, highly ambitious, and it was this ruthl ...Show more