A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3000BC-AD1603 by Simon Schama
$39.95 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
'History clings tight but it also kicks loose,' writes Simon Schama at the outset of this, the first book in his three-volume journey into Britain's past. 'Disruption as much as persistence is its proper subject. So although the great theme of British history seen from the twentieth century is endurance ...Show more
A History of Britain - Volume 1 (At the Edge of the World, 3000 BC-AD 1603) by Simon Schama
$49.95 AUD
Category: British
At the Edge of the World: 3000BC-AD1603 In the first of SchamaÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs epic trilogy, he takes us back to the beginnings of British history and the creation of a national identity. The great and wicked are all he ...Show more
Oh Happy Day: Those Times & These Times by Carmen Callil
$32.99 AUD
Category: British
Carmen Callil explores her roots in a book that is a miracle of research and whose writing is fuelled by righteous anger - a story of Empire, migration and the poverty and injustice of nineteenth-century England In this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discovers the story of her British ancestors, beginni ...Show more
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
White Mughals Love And Betrayal In 18th Century India
$24.99 AUD
Category: British
Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World by Thomas Harding
$35.00 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: near fine
'I absolutely love this book.' TRACY ANN OBERMAN 'Endlessly fascinating and hard to put down. I read it all in one sitting, enjoying the colour and grandeur ... Full of character and characters, this is a tour de force.' JULIA NEUBERGER 'An impressively researched account of one of Britain's most well-k ...Show more
British History for Dummies by Sean Lang
$57.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: For Dummies
This book is a riotous, irreverent account of the people and eventsthat have shaped Britain. Always getting those kings and queensconfused? Never sure what happened when? Then you need this book.Inside you'll find rip-roaring stories of power-mad kings,executions, invasions, high treason, global empire ...Show more
The Regency Revolution: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World by Robert Morrison
$39.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
The fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain - an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world. The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the Prince of Wales replaced his violently insane father George III as the sovereign de facto. It ended on 29 Januar ...Show more
The Tudors by Richard Rex
$49.95 AUD
Category: British
An intimate history of England's most infamous royal family. The Tudor Age began in August 1485 when Henry Tudor landed with 2000 men at Milford Haven intent on snatching the English throne from Richard III. For more than a hundred years England was to be dominated by the personalities of the five Tudor ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots by Stefan Zweig; Eden Paul (Translator); Cedar Paul (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: British
Stefan Zweig's classic biography of one of British history's most fascinating figures, rereleased in a new edition to tie in with launch of the major new Hollywood film, Mary Queen of Scots. From the moment of her birth to her death on the scaffold, Mary Stuart spent her life embroiled in power stru ...Show more
A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000 by Simon Schama
$44.95 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
'While Britain was losing an empire, it was finding itself...' The compelling opening words to "The Fate of the Empire", set the tone and agenda for the final stage of Simon Schama's epic voyage around Britain, her people and her past. Spanning two centuries, crossing the breadth of the empire and cover ...Show more
Mudlarking - Lost and Found on the River Thames by Lara Maiklem
$22.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: near fine
'Enchanting' SUNDAY TIMES ... 'Driven by curiosity, freighted with mystery and tempered by chance, wonders gleam from every page' MELISSA HARRISON ... 'Brilliant. No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ... 'Fascinating. There is nothing that Maiklem does not know ...Show more