Henry IV by Chris Given-Wilson
$55.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: The English Monarchs Series
Henry IV (1399-1413), the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, seized the English throne at the age of thirty-two from his cousin Richard II and held it until his death, aged forty-five, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry V. This comprehensive and nuanced biography restores to his rightful plac ...Show more
Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation by David Horspool
$18.00 AUD
Category: British
Famously depicted as 'Crookback Dick', and as Shakespeare's 'bunch-back'd toad', the alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower and the warrior vanquished at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III is one of England's most enigmatic monarchs. Now, with the discovery of Richard's bones under a car pa ...Show more
Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation by Peter Marshall
$69.00 AUD
Category: British
A sumptuously written people's history and a major retelling and reinterpretation of the story of the English Reformation Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history-the first major overview for general readers in a gen ...Show more
Reformation Divided : Catholics, Protestants and the Conversion of England by Eamon Duffy
$40.00 AUD
Category: British
The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham
$60.00 AUD
Category: British
The British Empire was not built on gold, silver or precious gems - it was built on food. The desire to trade and the need to feed its population drove Britain to engage in dramatic exploration and expansion in a quest to discover ever more exotic foodstuffs and satisfy the growing appetite back home. M ...Show more
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by Peter Ackroyd
$30.00 AUD
Category: British
Peter Ackroyd is our preeminent chronicler of London. In Queer City, he looks at the metropolis in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population. In Roman Londinium the penis was worshipped and homosexuality was considered admirable. The city was dotted with lupanaria ('wol ...Show more
Shelley and His World by Claire Tomalin
$20.00 AUD
Category: British
"Shelley and His World" was universally acclaimed on publication as an ideal introduction to the poet's life and work. This much-requested reissue is guaranteed to delight Claire Tomalin's loyal readership. 'A vivid, amusing yet heartbreaking picture of Shelley emerges: poetry, politics, travel, friends ...Show more
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
$23.00 AUD
Category: British
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In e ...Show more
Face of Britain by Simon Schama
$40.00 AUD
Category: British
"Simon Schama for teasing out extraordinary tales. Combining his two great passions, British history and art history, for the first time, he turns Britain's most remarkable portraits into mesmerizing stories of love, power, fame and fortitude - which are beautifully illustrated with the treasures of the ...Show more
Mrs Guinness by LYNDSY SPENCE
$24.99 AUD
Category: British
Before Diana Mitford's disgrace as a social pariah, she was a celebrated member of the Bright Young Things, moving at the centre of 1920s and '30s London high society. She was a muse to many: Helleu painted her, James Lees-Milne worshipped her, Evelyn Waugh dedicated a book to her and Winston Churchill ...Show more
London's Triumph - Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City by Stephen Alford
$55.00 AUD
Category: British
Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia. To start with England was hardly involved and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city. But as the century progressed something extraordinary happened ...Show more
This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. It was the beginning of cultural, economic and political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age. England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte, receiv ...Show more