Warriors in Scarlet - The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats by Ian Knight
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
A comprehensive, vivid and pacy history of the Victorian Army between 1837 and 1860, from the Battle of Bossenden Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change.An acclaimed military historian, Ian Knight draws on first-hand accounts to show us the reality of life in the British Army: the drudgery ...Show more
The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama by Ben Macintyre
$37.00 AUD
Category: British
'Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else' John PrestonFrom the author of Sunday Times #1 bestsellers COLDITZ, SAS: ROGUE HEROES and THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR . . .On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. ...Show more
Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir
$52.00 AUD
Category: British
Marriage is at the centre of Jane Austen's novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her characters and continue to fascinate readers today. But what were love and marriage like in reality for ladies and gentlemen in Regency England?
Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims (Updated & expanded edition) by Colin Campbell
$37.00 AUD
Category: British
Meghan and Harry The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims presents the reader with a strikingly forthright analysis of what happens when a vulnerable male, raised in the traditions of the Old World and protected by a lifetime of privilege, falls head over heels in love with a steely and ambitious doyenne ...Show more
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell
$27.00 AUD
Category: British
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and ...Show more
Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 by Peter Parker (Editor)
$65.00 AUD
Category: British
'Quite simply, this book is a work of genius' Matthew Parris, Spectator The first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensue ...Show more
The Scandal of the Century by Lisa Hilton
$37.00 AUD
Category: British
'A sweeping, scintillatingly original, exciting exploration of writer, spy, power player, lover Aphra Behn' Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots ---- A CLANDESTINE AFFAIR 'Whereas the Lady Henrietta Berkeley has been absent from her Father's house sin ...Show more
The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of A Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies by Andy Beckett
$75.00 AUD
Category: British
From the acclaimed author of Promised You a Miracle and When the Lights Went Out, the untold story of British politics in modern times, through the triumphs and disasters of its five most radical figures In the great revolutionary year of 1968, Tony Benn was a respectable Labour minister in his forties, ...Show more
The Lost Queen: The Surprising Life of Catherine of Braganza, Britain's Forgotten Monarch by Sophie Shorland
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
An enthralling portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, which brings her struggles vividly to life and reveals her forgotten place in British history.
Elusive by Frank Close
$27.00 AUD
Category: British
The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of it In the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edinburgh wrote two scientific papers which have come to change our understanding of the most fundamental building blocks of matter and the ...Show more
Belfast - The Story of a City and Its People by Feargal Cochrane
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
A lively and inviting history of Belfast--exploring the highs and lows of a resilient city Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and cultural achievement. But the city's many qualities are all too frequently overlooked, its ima ...Show more
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats by Ian Knight
$65.00 AUD
Category: British
Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change. An acclaimed military historian, Knight draws on first-hand accounts to show us the reality of life for ...Show more