The Hollow Crown - The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
22.99 AUD
Category: History
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule. Some of the greatest heroes and villains in history were thrown togeth ...Show more
Eureka Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Classic Civilisations
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy; and debated everything from the good life and the role of women ...Show more
Chronicles of the Ancient World by John Haywood
22.99 AUD
Category: History
Sumeria, c.3500 BC, witnessed the birth of the world's very first city by the rich and fertile banks of the Uruk. Over the next four millennia, the social and cultural landscape would change beyond recognition as many of history's most important kingdoms and cities took root. Interweaving Mesopotamian, ...Show more
Agincourt: My Family, the Battle and the Fight for France by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt OBE
19.99 AUD
Category: History
25 October 2015 is the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt - a hugely resonant event in English (and French) history. Sir Ranulph Fiennes casts new light on this epic event, revealing that three of his own ancestors fought in the battle for Henry V, and at least one for the French. This is a un ...Show more
Commandos: Heroic and Deadly ANZAC Raids in World War II by Frank Walker
32.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Australian and New Zealand special forces are renowned for their bravery, their skill and their sense of duty - so much so that World War II Allied commanders turned to ANZAC soldiers, sailors and airmen to carry out the most dangerous and virtually impossible missions behind enemy lines. Paddling canoe ...Show more
Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor
19.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
A daring behind-enemy-lines mission from the author of A Time of Gifts and The Broken Road, who was once described by the BBC as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene'. Although a story often told, this is the first time Patrick Leigh Fermor's own account of the kidnapping of Gene ...Show more
Fly: True Stories of Courage and Adventure from the Airmen of World War II by Michael Veitch
26.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Fly is Michael Veitch's second collection of 24 interviews with pilots, navigators, and gunners--now all in their 80s--who flew during the Second World War. Here are stories of bravery and fear, moments of terror and relief, and vivid details of flying under fire. A passion for history and a boyhood ob ...Show more
Spy in the Archives by Sheila Fitzpatrick
32.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1968 historian Sheila Fitzpatrick was 'outed' by the Russian newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya as all but a spy for Western intelligence. She was in Moscow at the time, working in Soviet archives for her doctoral thesis on AV Lunacharsky, the first Soviet Commissar of Enlightenment after the 1917 Bolshevi ...Show more
The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China by John Man
22.99 AUD
Category: History
The untold story of the world's greatest empire and the creation of modern China. Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire ...Show more
A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2 by Paddy Ashdown
49.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour - by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring a ...Show more
Kidnap in Crete: The True Story of the Abduction of a Nazi General by Rick Stroud
19.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
How To Manage Your Slaves by Toner Marcus Sidonius F
21.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Marcus Sidonius Falx Trilogy Ser.
At last, a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. In How to Manage Your Slaves, Marcus Sidonius Falx offers practical advice, showing where and how to buy slaves and how to get the best out of them. He explains how to tell good slaves from bad, offers guidance on the punishment of miscreants, a ...Show more