A Very English Scandal - Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston
$24.99 AUD
Category: British
Now a major TV drama series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Wishaw, a behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets While Jeremy Thorpe served as a Member of Parliament and Leader of ...Show more
Civil War - The History of England Volume 3 by Peter Ackroyd
$25.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: The History of England
In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II. The St ...Show more
The Fishing Fleet: Husband-hunting in the Raj by Anne De Courcy
$23.00 AUD
Category: British
From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and businessmen. With the advent of steam travel and the opening of the Suez Canal, countless young women, suffering at the lack of eligible me ...Show more
Foundation - The History of England: Volume I by Peter Ackroyd
$25.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: The\History of England Ser.
The first volume in a new six-part history of England from acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd. Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more ...Show more
The Dictionary People - The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Sarah Ogilvie
$25.00 AUD
Category: British
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024** 'Unmissable' Stephen Fry 'Enthralling' Jeanette Winterson 'Illuminating' Susie Dent What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English D ...Show more
Warriors in Scarlet - The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats by Ian Knight
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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