The Stones of London - A History in Twelve Buildings by Leo Hollis
$34.99 AUD
Category: British
The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Hollis has a fine eye for architecture, and engagingly describe ...Show more
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris
$52.99 AUD
Category: British
A history that spans more than half a millennium, The Anglo-Saxons is nothing less than a quest for England's origins. This is the story of our island at its most strange and evocative period - the time of the Anglo-Saxons.Marc Morris's brilliant new book will take its readers from an alien world of sla ...Show more
Whitehall: The street that shaped a nation by Colin Brown
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
No other street in Britain contains more landmarks to our island's history than Whitehall. Here, Colin Brown takes us behind its closed doors. We visit what was the most notorious address in London when Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb conducted their very public and tempestuous love affair; the Admiralty, ...Show more
Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson
$19.99 AUD
$24.99 (20% off)
Category: British
Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majest ...Show more
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 by Keith Jeffery
$29.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: From
A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the conduct of international relations in the fi ...Show more
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain by Stephen Taylor
$39.99 AUD
Category: British
Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to div ...Show more
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
$29.95 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest. For Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What ...Show more
The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth
$9.95 AUD
Category: British | Series: Classics Ser.
Completed in 1136, "The History of the Kings of Britain" traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famou ...Show more
Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
The Tudors are a national obsession. From TV bodice-rippers to Booker-prize winning novels and scholarly journals, they are our favourite family in history. Their story is packed with famous and thrilling tales: Henry VIII and his wives, Elizabeth the Virgin Queen, the Princes in the Tower, the Armada. ...Show more
Ten Cities That Made an Empire by Tristram Hunt
$24.99 AUD
Category: British
From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist and leading UK politician, Ten Cities that Made an Empire presents a new approach to Britain's imperial past through the cities that epitomised it. Since the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997 and the end days of Empire, Britain's ...Show more
Landmark by Anna Keay
$55.00 AUD
Category: British
This engaging and sumptuously illustrated book celebrates the Landmark Trust's achievement in the protection of British heritage since the Trust was established 50 years ago. From a medieval hall house to the winner of the 2013 Stirling Prize for Architecture, 50 buildings rescued by Landmark from threa ...Show more
William IV: A King at Sea by Roger Knight
$24.99 AUD
Category: British | Series: Penguin Monarchs
William IV, 'the Sailor King', is best known for his naval career and for living for twenty years with the actress Mrs Jordan, with whom he had ten children. Knight's book shows that William was pretty much a disaster in whatever field he found himself.