Cold War by Jeremy Isaacs
39.99 NZD
Category: History
Cold War is the story of the half-century since the end of the Second World War - the story of our lives. Its framework is the confrontation, military and ideological, between two great powers that dominated the world during these years. It is a story of crises and conflict on a global scale: from the B ...Show more
Millennium - The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
34.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backward. But the anarchy of ...Show more
Agincourt : The King, the Campaign, the Battle by Juliet Barker
29.99 NZD
Category: History
Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 and was a turning-point not only in the Hundred Years War between England and France but also in the history of weaponry. Azincourt (as it is now) is in the Pas-de-Calais, and the French were famously defeated by an army led by Henry V. Henry V's stunning victory ...Show more
A Corkscrew is Most Useful by Nicholas Murray
35.00 NZD
Category: History
In the early 19th century there was a huge surge forward in travel of all kinds. Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 came barely a year after John Murray's first guidebook was published. Then in 1838 Bradshaw's famous portable railway timetable appeared. In 1841 Thomas Cook, the world's first travel agen ...Show more
Endgame 1945 by David Stafford
34.99 NZD
38.00 (7% off)
Category: History
In this remarkable account of the end of the Second World War, David Stafford looks behind the headlines of history and uncovers the stories of those, soldier and civilian alike, who had lived through the war and now must endure the daily horrors and hardships of its aftermath. Endgame 1945 is an unforg ...Show more
Germany: Jekyll and Hyde by Sebastian Haffner
32.99 NZD
35.00 (5% off)
Category: History
A few years ago, Sebastian Haffner's Defying Hitler, a memoir about growing up in interwar Germany, sold over forty thousand copies. After he moved to Britain in the 1930s Haffner became so shocked about the situation in his native country that he wrote this book, Germany : Jekyll and Hyde, in an effort ...Show more
Borrowed Time: The story of Britain between the wars by Roy Hattersley
39.99 NZD
Category: History
Called an uneasy peace, the twenty years between the wars were a time of turmoil - Britain saw a general strike and the worst economic crisis in its history, armed rebellion in Ireland and open revolt in India, a Prime Minister's resignation and the King's abdication. Crisis followed crisis until Britai ...Show more
1848: Year of Revolution by Mike Rapport
38.99 NZD
Category: History
* A brilliant, colourful narrative history of a pivotal year in European history
White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties by Dominic Sandbrook
39.99 NZD
Category: History
Harold Wilson's famous reference to 'white heat' captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland, from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup, British life seemed ...Show more
Great Tales from English History by Robert Lacey
39.99 NZD
44.00 (9% off)
Category: History
From the mysteries of Cheddar Man to revolting peasants, from the ribald rhythms of Chaucer to the Glorious Revolution, from the Battle of the Boyne to The Origin of Species to the discovery of DNA, this omnibus edition of Robert Lacey's GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY takes us on a lively and captivat ...Show more
The Glorious Revolution by Edward Vallance
35.99 NZD
Category: History
In 1688, a group of leading politicians invited the Dutch prince William of Orange over to England to challenge the rule of the catholic James II. When James's army deserted him he fled to France, leaving the throne open to William and Mary. During the following year a series of bills were passed which ...Show more
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent by Tom Holland
29.99 NZD
34.99 (14% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shatte ...Show more