Hitler: A Short Biography by A. N. Wilson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Written by acclaimed biographer A. N. Wilson, Hitler is a short, sharp, gripping account of one of the twentieth century's most notorious figures
Young Elizabeth the Making of Our Queen by Kate Williams
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
This is the story of how Elizabeth became Queen. We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on the throne. It seems to be the job she was born for. And yet, for much of her early life, the young princess did not know the role that her future would hold. She was our accidental Queen. As a young ...Show more
The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess - In Her Own Words by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
$23.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfil her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborou ...Show more
Charles Dickens (Illustrated) by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
$49.99 AUD
Category: Historical
An illustrated guide to Charles Dickens and his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood, including his time spent as a child labourer, and looks at how he became the greatest celebrity of his age - and how he still remains recognized as one of England's greatest celebrities, even in the twenty-fi ...Show more
Prague Winter - A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright; Bill Woodward
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
By turns harrowing and inspiring, "Prague Winter" is Madeleine Albright's account of her early life from 1937 to 1948, a dozen years that witnessed the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World War II, the Holocaust, the defeat of fascism, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Her experi ...Show more
The Testimony by Halina Wagowska
$24.95 AUD
Category: Historical
'These short stories are autobiographical but I am not their main subject. Some pay homage to remarkable people I have known and loved. Some describe unusual places and events and are a kind of testimony.'But, contrary to what Halina says, none are 'commonplace' - whether her stories tell of the gentile ...Show more
The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History - from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill by Mary S. Lovell
$30.00 AUD
Category: Historical
There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles', so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough - soldier of genius, restless empire-builder and cuckolder of Charles II - onwards, the Churchills have been politicians, gamblers and profligates, heroes ...Show more
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba
$23.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Acclaimed biographer Sebba offers the first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the 20th century--and one of the most talked about women of her generation.
Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII by Robert Hutchinson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Compelling account of the first 35 years of a magnificent and ruthless monarch. Henry became the unexpected heir to the precarious Tudor throne in 1502, after his elder brother Arthur died. He also inherited both his brother's wardrobe and his wife, the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. He became k ...Show more
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche by James Miller
$27.00 AUD
Category: Historical
A "New York Times" Notable Book for 2011 We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. In "Examin ...Show more
Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Historical
In his highly acclaimed style, historian Johnson masterfully disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of a homely but charismatic middle-class man living in Athens in the Fifth Century B.C., and how what this man thought still shapes the way people decide how to act, and how ...Show more
The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-maker from the Crimea to Iraq by Phillip Knightley
$49.95 AUD
Category: Historical
Fully updated, The First Casualty remains required reading for anyone concerned about freedom of the press, journalistic responsibility, and the nature of modern warfare.