The Kings and Queens of England by Ian Crofton
$45.00 AUD
Category: British
From the reign of Alfred the Great - the first king of Wessex to call himself king of England' - in the ninth century, to the shock of Norman invasion in the 11th, and from the brutal vicissitudes of late medieval kingship to the comfortable ceremonial of modern-day constitutional monarchy, the story o ...Show more
Viceroys: The Creation of the British by Christopher Lee
$32.99 AUD
Category: British
Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established. British history from the Hundred Years War onwards gives an impression of how the British were seen. It is a misconce ...Show more
When Britain Saved the West: The Story of 1940 by Robin Prior
$52.95 AUD
Category: British
From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves ...Show more
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan The Battle for Afghanistan
$29.99 AUD
Category: British
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe [Platinum Edition] by Angela Kelly
$55.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: platinum edition
‘Fascinating book’ HELLO! ‘The book is a trove of warm and insightful anecdotes’ Daily Mail ‘Angela Kelly shares fascinating and charming anecdotes’ Good Housekeeping First print run features a specially designed cut-down dust jacket When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through ...Show more
Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688 by Clare Jackson
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
A ground-breaking portrait of the most turbulent century in English history. Among foreign observers, seventeenth-century England was known as 'Devil-Land'- a diabolical country of fallen angels, torn apart by seditious rebellion, religious extremism and royal collapse. Clare Jackson's dazzling, origin ...Show more
A People's History of Scotland by Chris Bambery
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
Should the people of Scotland end 411 years of British rule and become an independent country? Chris Bambery, a leading figure in the Scottish Independence campaign, seizes the opportunity to delve into the real and oft-forgotten history of Scotland.A People's History of Scotland is a corrective to the ...Show more
The Favourite : Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough by Ophelia Field
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
** NEW ** The scandalous true history of the duchess who became her beloved queen's blackmailer, published in a new and updated edition to coincide with the major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz with Olivia Colman and Emma Stone. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was as glamorous as she was ...Show more
Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors by Sam Willis; James Daybell
$19.99 AUD
Category: British | Series: Histories of the Unexpected Ser.
In this new series of short books under the Histories of the Unexpected brand, Sam Willis and James Daybell take on some of greatest historical subjects but in an entirely unexpected way.
Mary, Queen of Scots: A Study in Failure by Jenny Wormald; Anna Groundwater (Foreword by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: British | Series: The\Stewart Dynasty in Scotland Ser.
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history's romantically tragic figures. Devious, naïve, beautiful and sexually voracious, often highly principled, she secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Her plotting, including probable ...Show more