The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy - and brutality' Telegraph 'Likely to become the standard work of reference on the members of the family that dominated Florence' TLS 'A lucid and beautifully illustrated family history' The Times ...Show more
Madame Fourcade's Secret War - The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson
$14.99 AUD
Category: History
The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known f ...Show more
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed- where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west - in the New World of the Amer ...Show more
Hidden Histories - 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class by Tim Rayborn
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times--but often our understanding of these events and people is narrow. Have you ever wondered about the lesser known details that influenced major events and figures behind-the-scenes This hilarious compe ...Show more
Enemies of All - The Rise and Fall of the Pirates by Richard Blakemore
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
Everyone knows about pirates: or do they? The Hollywood stereotype - black flags and peg-legs, cutlasses and cannons, exotic yet sinister pets, buried treasure - is familiar and entrancing, but there is much more to be told. This new book takes the reader on a voyage of discovery, investigating who thes ...Show more
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria 'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil, The Times At its height in 660 ...Show more
The CIA: An Imperial History by Hugh Wilford
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A celebrated British historian of US intelligence explores how the CIA was born in anti-imperialist idealism but swiftly became an instrument of a new covert empire both in America and overseas.As World War II ended, the United States stood as the dominant power on the world stage. In 1947, to support i ...Show more
Mortal Monarchs - 1000 Years of Royal Deaths by Suzie Edge
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'A brilliant, funny and thought-provoking book' - Jonn Elledge'Compelling, provocative, and utterly brilliant' - Dr Estelle ParanqueHow the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, ...Show more