‘No historie so meete’: Gentry culture and the development of local history in Elizabethan and early Stuart England by Jan Broadway, Jan Broadway
$39.00 AUD
Category: British
This book explores the importance of history to Elizabethan and early Stuart gentry and how this led to a vibrant antiquarian culture. The family, town and county histories written by the community, which form the core of the study, had an influence on the development of local history in England which l ...Show more
1939: The Last Season by Anne de Courcy
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War. The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult ...Show more
The Lost King: The Search for Richard III by Philippa Langley, Michael Jones
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
Previously published as The King's Grave.NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SALLY HAWKINS AND STEVE COOGAN.The official inside story of the discovery of history's most controversial monarch.On 22 August 1485, Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victo ...Show more
Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews (HB) by Sam McAlister
$40.00 AUD
Category: British
Sam McAlister is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew described as 'a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion'. She is many things beside- the first in her family to go to university; a trained barrister; a single mum; a master of pers ...Show more
The Far Land by Brandon Presser
$33.00 AUD
Category: British
A thrilling tale of power, obsession and betrayal at the edge of the world. In 1808, an American merchant ship happened upon an uncharted island in the South Pacific and unwittingly solved the biggest nautical mystery of the era: the whereabouts of a band of fugitives who, after seizing their vessel, ha ...Show more
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS by Tom Petch
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
Ex-SAS Commander and award-winning filmmaker provides a fascinating, myth-busting story of the REAL origins of the SAS, for fans of Ben MacintyreThe Who Dares Wins Pioneers The origins story of the SAS is a myth. This is the real story of how the world's preeminent Special Forces came into existence. Sp ...Show more
The Passengers by Will Ashon
$33.00 AUD
Category: British
An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.'A spectacularly enjoyable and compelling reading experience . . . funny, moving, surprising and thought-provoking. It humanises literature in this toxic moment.'MAX PORTER, author of Lanny'Like a m ...Show more
This Sovereign Isle - Britain In and Out of Europe by Robert Tombs
$23.00 AUD
Category: British
A leading pro-Brexit intellectual examines the historical context of the referendum vote, engaging with the arguments and fears of both sides Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of ...Show more
Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London by Caroline Knowles
$55.00 AUD
Category: British
London is a plutocrat's paradise, with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong or Moscow. Far from trickling down, their wealth is burning up the environment and swallowing up the city. But what do we really know about London's super-rich, and the lives they lead? To find out more, sociolo ...Show more
Innovation: The History of England Volume VI by Peter Ackroyd
$27.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: The\History of England Ser.
'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, IndependentInnovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaught ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
$23.00 AUD
Category: British
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of S ...Show more
The New Model Army - Agent of Revolution by Ian Gentles
$51.95 AUD
Category: British
The definitive account of the superior fighting force that powered the English Revolution The New Model Army was one of the most formidable fighting forces ever assembled. Formed in 1645, it was crucial in overthrowing the monarchy and propelling one of its most brilliant generals, Oliver Cromwell, to p ...Show more