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  • The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England

    by Dan Jones ...
    Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt – this is the dynasty that invented England as we still know it today – great history to appeal to readers of Ken Follet, Bernard Cornwell, Tom HollandEngland’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History

    by Philippa Gregory ...
    A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATORFROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE’S WORKDid you know that there are more penises ... ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Henrietta Maria

    Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen

    by Leanda de Lisle ...
    **A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspectiveA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZEHenrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most reviled consort in British history. Condemned as the 'Popish brat of France' and a 'notorious whore', she remains in popular memory the woman who ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Europe

    The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present

    by Brendan Simms ...
    Half a millennium of European warfare brilliantly retold by masterly historian Brendan SimmsAt the heart of Europe's history lies a puzzle. In most of the world humankind has created enormous political frameworks, whether ancient (such as China) or modern (such as the United States). Sprawling empires, kingdoms or republics appear to be the norm. By contrast Europe has remained stubbornly chaotic ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The Library

    A Fragile History

    by Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWNA SUNDAY TIMES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR'Timely ... a long and engrossing survey of the library' FT**'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched' Richard Ovenden, author of Burning the BooksFamed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, des... ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD

  • Perkin

    by Ann Wroe ...
    The story of Perkin Warbeck is one of the most compelling mysteries of English history. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such, he tormented Henry VII for eight years. He tried three times to invade England and behaved like a prince. Officially, however, he was proclaimed to be Perkin Warbeck, the son of a Flemish boatman. A ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Broken Idols of the English Reformation

    by Margaret Aston ...
    Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the ... Read more

    $61.99 AUD

  • Shakespeare

    by Bill Bryson ...
    International bestseller Bill Bryson brings us this brilliantly readable biography of the world’s greatest playwright, William Shakespeare.Join Bill as he takes you on a journey through Elizabethan England, tackling the myths, half-truths and downright lies to make sense of the man behind the masterpieces.Revel in this glorious celebration of the life of Shakespeare from the much-loved author of ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Galileo’s Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love

    by Dava Sobel ...
    From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the foremost scientist of his day, ‘the father of modern physics – indeed of modern science altogether’ in the words of Albert Einstein. Though he never left the Italy of his ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD

  • A Place of Greater Safety

    by Hilary Mantel ...
    From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination – this is Hilary Mantel’s epic novel of the French Revolution.Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The American Civil War: History in an Hour

    by Kat Smutz ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The American Civil War started when eleven southern ‘slave’ states declared their independence from the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican government were strongly against slavery and fought to abolish it and keep the country united.The American Civil War: History in an Hour gives a concise and authoritative overview of ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sharpe’s Eagle: The Talavera Campaign, July 1809 (The Sharpe Series, Book 8)

    by Bernard Cornwell ...
    Series Book 8 - The Sharpe Series
    *SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Spain, July 1809Lieutenant Richard Sharpe faces not only great danger on the battlefield but also, even more dangerous, treachery within his own ranks. But as the enemy approaches, he must pick up his rifle and prepare to lead his men against the French at one of the biggest, bloodiest fights of ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Reformation: History in an Hour

    by Edward A Gosselin ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Reformation was a long struggle of ideas between the established Catholic Church and the questioning of faith brought about by the Renaissance in Western Europe. Started by Martin Luther in 1517, religious dissidence spread across Europe throughout the sixteenth century, causing wars, migration and disunity. By 1648 Henry VIII’s desire for ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

  • Oil and Marble

    A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

    by Stephanie Storey ...
    In her brilliant debut, Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, entering with extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters, creating a stunning art history thriller. From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    by Jay Williams ...
    In his youth, Leonardo da Vinci wrote confidently, "I wish to work miracles." By the time of his death in 1519, when he was sixty-seven and famed throughout Europe, it seemed that he had accomplished wonders aplenty as an artist, engineer, inventor, and scientist. Here, from author Jay Williams, is the moving story of the man behind the Renaissance myth. ... Read more

    $14.66 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tudors

    The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty

    by G. J. Meyer ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country.“A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated PressIn 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Pontifex Maximus

    A Short History of the Popes

    by Christopher Lascelles ...
    “Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time.”Gerald Posner, author of God’s Bankers"A brilliant book on a number of different levels. Lascelles has an engaging prose style and an amazing eye for detail and apposite anecdote. Surely only purblind Catholic zelanti ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dance of Time

    The Origins of the Calendar

    by Michael Judge ...
    Did you know that the ancient Romans left sixty days of winter out of their calendar, considering these two months a dead time of lurking terror and therefore better left unnamed? That they had a horror of even numbers, hence the tendency for months with an odd number of days? That robed and bearded druids from the Celts stand behind our New Year’s figure of Father Time? That if Thursday is Thor’s ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Sharpe’s Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, March 1811 (The Sharpe Series, Book 11)

    by Bernard Cornwell ...
    Series Book 11 - The Sharpe Series
    *SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Spain, March 1811Cadiz is under siege – the last city standing in France’s conquest of Spain. So Captain Richard Sharpe must navigate the spymasters and murderous factions within its walls – and see off deadly threats from more than one enemy.Deserted by their ailing Spanish allies, the British ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Life & Legend Of Lucrezia Borgia

    by M. G. Scarsbrook ...
    The most evil woman in history? A pawn of her powerful family? A skilled ruler and a generous patron of the arts? Once described as the 'greatest whore there ever was in Rome', Lucrezia Borgia has captivated historians and artists for centuries with wildly conflicting accounts of her character. This book gathers together all the crucial information needed for a study into the life of Lucrezia, ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD

  • Children of England

    The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558

    by Alison Weir ...
    When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn, to be followed, if their lines failed, by the descendants of his sister, Mary Tudor.Picking up from the point that The Six Wives of Henry VIII left off, Children of England covers the period up to Elizabeth's ascension to the throne in 1558. Making use of a huge variety of contemporary sources, Alison ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The March of Folly

    From Troy to Vietnam

    by Barbara Tuchman ...
    “A glittering narrative . . . a moral book on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.”The New York Times Book ReviewIn The March of Folly (originally published in 1984) Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman explores one of the paradoxes of history – the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests despite the ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

  • The Swerve

    How the Renaissance Began

    by Stephen Greenblatt ...
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man took a very old manuscript off a library shelf. With excitement, he saw what he had discovered and ordered it copied. The book was a miraculously surviving copy of an ancient Roman philosophical epic, On the Nature of Things by Lucretius and it changed the course of history.He found a beautiful poem ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Six Tudor Queens: Writing a New Story

    by Alison Weir ...
    Six Tudor Queens: Writing a New Story is an introduction to the Six Tudor Queens series by eminent historian Alison Weir. The lives of Henry VIII's queens make for dramatic stories that will offer insights into the real lives of the six wives based on extensive research and new theories that will captivate fans of Philippa Gregory and readers who lost their hearts (but not their heads) to the ... Read more

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