The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution by Robert Service
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
In March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of that revolution, Robert Service, the eminent historian of Russia, examines Nicholas's reign i ...Show more
30-Second Ancient China: The 50 Most Important Achievements of a Timeless Civilisation, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Yijie Zhuang
$19.98 AUD
Category: History | Series: 30 Second
In the West, the story of Ancient China is less familiar to us than that of Ancient Egypt or Rome, but it is no less absorbing, and its roll call of achievements is easily as impressive. 30-Second Ancient China unlocks the secrets of its Bronze Age glories and offers summaries of everything from the los ...Show more
The Spanish Tercios 1536–1704 by Ignacio J.N. López
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$19.99 (50% off)
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
A mixed infantry formation made up of about 3,000 men armed with pikes, swords and handguns, the innovative and influential tercio or 'Spanish square' was the basic combat unit of the armies of Spain throughout much of the 16th and 17th centuries. Arguably the first permanent tactical formation seen in ...Show more
Women: Our History by Lucy Worsley
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history - from early matriarchal societi ...Show more
A Brief History of Khublai Khan by Jonathan Clements
$12.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: A Brief History of
His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of a Mongol federation that stretched from the Balkans to the Korean coastline. His ar ...Show more
A History of Women's Lives in Liverpool by Gill Rossini
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of Liverpool's women is one of diversity and contrast. This iconic port has welcomed countless nationalities over the centuries, both as residents and passing migrants; it has experienced both great prosperity, and crushing poverty. Liverpool's women have lived in unhealthy court dwellings, an ...Show more
The Birth Of The Nazis by Jones, Nigel H.
$9.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
The birth pangs of Nazism grew out of the death agony of the Kaiser's Germany. Defeat in World War I and a narrow escape from Communist revolution brought not peace but five chaotic years (1918-1923) of civil war, assassination, plots, putsches and murderous mayhem to Germany. The savage world of the tr ...Show more
Aztec Autumn by Gary Jennings
$49.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Aztec
The magnificent Aztec empire has fallen beneath the brutal heal of the Spaniards. But one proud Aztec, Tenamaxtli, refuses to bow to his despised conquerors. He dreams of restoring the lost glory of the Aztec empire, and recruits an army of rebels to mount an insurrection against the seemingly invincibl ...Show more
The Crusades Classic Histories Series: The War Against Islam 1096-1798 by Malcolm Billings
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Classic Histories Series
In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. With God at their backs, the first Christian crusaders embarked on an unprecedented religious war. While addressing the contribution of flamboyant characters like Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, Malcolm Bill ...Show more
Demosthenes and Cicero - Alexander and Caesar by Bernadotte Perrin; Plutarch
$86.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45-120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daug ...Show more
Empress of the East - How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie Peirce
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia - modern-day Ukraine - around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the world's most powerful men. Suleyman became besotted ...Show more