The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty by Tracy Borman
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'I do not live in a corner. A thousand eyes see all I do.' Elizabeth I The Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants, courtiers and ministers. Even in their most private moments, they were accompanied by a servant specifically appointed for the task. A groom of the stool would ...Show more
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade; Don Yaeger
$31.99 AUD
Category: History
When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied-thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. He realized that he couldn?t defeat the British with mi ...Show more
The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil; Allen Mandelbaum (Translator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Classics Ser.
Called "the best poem by the best poet," Virgil's Aeneid is perhaps the most famous work in Latin literature. It tells the story of Rome's founding by the Trojan prince Aeneas after many years of travel, and it contains many of the most famous stories about the Trojan War. It also reveals much of what t ...Show more
Treasures of the Hermitage Museum by Five Mile Press Staff (Created by)
$12.95 AUD
Category: History
Celebrates one of the world's finest art collections, the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia that boasts masterpieces by da Vinci and Monet as well as many uniquely Russian items, such as glorious Faberge pieces. This book features four 96-piece jigsaws.
Frozen in Time: Prehistoric Life in Antarctica by Jeffrey D. Stilwell
$69.95 AUD
Category: History
No other continent on Earth has undergone such radical environmental changes as Antarctica. In its transition from rich biodiversity to the barren, cold land of blizzards we see today, Antarctica provides a dramatic case study of how subtle changes in continental positioning can affect living communitie ...Show more
It's Not about the Truth - The Untold Story of the Duke Lacrosse Case and the Lives It Shattered by Don Yaeger; Mike Pressler (As told to)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Mike Pressler walked into the bottom-floor meeting room of the Murray Building and, as he had done hundreds of times over a sixteen-year career at Duke University, prepared to address his men's lacrosse team. Forty-six players sat in theater-style chairs, all eyes riveted forward.It was 4:30 P.M. on Wed ...Show more
Palermo, City of Kings: The Heart of Sicily by Jeremy Dummett
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Palermo - the capital of Sicily - is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, shown by the continuing influence of the mafia. Jeremy Dummett here provides a conc ...Show more
Syracuse, City of Legends - A Glory of Sicily by Jeremy Dummett
$36.95 AUD
Category: History
Dubbed "the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all" by Cicero, Syracuse also boasts the richest history of anywhere in Sicily. This book-the first modern historical guide to the city-explores Syracuse's place within the island and the wider Mediterranean and reveals why it continues to c ...Show more
The Gestapo - The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police by Frank McDonough
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Category: History
The Gestapo was Hitler's secret police force. Popularly depicted as a central part of an all-powerful 'Big Brother' Nazi totalitarian police state, its primary aim was to hunt down 'the enemies of the people'. Drawing on a detailed examination of previously unpublished Gestapo case files this book relat ...Show more
Illustrated Longitude by SOBEL DAVA
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determining how a captain could pinpoint his ship's location at sea. All too often throughout the ages of exploration, voyages ended in disaster whe ...Show more