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Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer by Holmes Richard
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Richard Holmes's great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume 'Sidetracks'. In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small book of essays called Footsteps and the writing of biography was changed forever. A daring mix of travel, biographical sleuthing and personal memoir, it ...Show more
Mallee Country: Land, People, History by Richard Broome, Charles Fahey, Andrea Gaynor, Katie Holmes
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Australian History Ser.
Mallee Country tells the powerful history of mallee lands and people across southern Australia from Deep Time to the present. Carefully shaped and managed by Aboriginal people for over 50,000 years, mallee country was dramatically transformed by settlers, first with sheep and rabbits, then by flattening ...Show more
The Romantic Poets and Their Circle by Richard Holmes
$9.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: National Portrait Gallery Companions
The ideal of the inspired artist owes its origin to the figures of the Romantic period, who revolutionised English art and literature. In this book, Richard Holmes explores the portraits and lives of such key poets as Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats, and assesses the impact of their work ...Show more
The Second World War in Photographs: In Association with Imperial War Museums by Richard Holmes
$59.95 AUD
Category: Military
As we approach the 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the steady Allied push to victory, it is timely to reflect on the greatest military conflict of all time. Written by leading military historian Richard Holmes, this book presents a selection of images year by year, covering every theatre of operations. Th ...Show more
Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armour by Richard Holmes
$59.99 AUD
Category: Military
With a spectacular illustrated journey through 4,000 years of weaponry, Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armour is the most comprehensive visual reference charting the history of arms and armour worldwide. Follow the evolution of weaponry from stone maces to machine-guns, and discover the brutal his ...Show more
World War II (The Definitive Visual Guide) by Richard Holmes
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Definitive Visual Guide
This is the definitive visual history of the people, politics and events of the epic conflict that shaped the modern world, World War II. From the build-up of hostility in the years leading up to the war, through to the reverberations still felt in the aftermath, this is a compelling, accessible and imm ...Show more
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