Shackleton's Whisky - A Spirit of Discovery by Neville Peat
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Very Good
A vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky that he left behind. The incredible tale of Antarctica, malt whisky and an epic journey. Sir Ernest Shackleton's world fame is founded on the Endurance expedition of 1914-17, an attempt to c ...Show more
Matilda: Queen of the Conqueror by Tracy Borman
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England and formally recognised as such by her subjects. Beyond this, though, little is known: the chroniclers of the age left us only the faintest clues as to her life. So who was the real Matilda? In this first major bi ...Show more
One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History by Jacob F. Field
$19.99 NZD
Category: History
Ever wondered why Tsar Ivan was the dubbed 'the Terrible' or how King Henri II of France perished in a jousting incident? Grisly and gruesome, this book details the vile history of bloodthirsty kings and queens, savage battles, torture and punishment, as well as deathly locations from the days of the an ...Show more
The Women Of The Cousins War by Philippa Gregory
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen (2009), Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen (2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Lady of the Rivers (2011) are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, and of the three biographical essays in this book. Philippa Gregory and tw ...Show more
20th Century: A Visual Guide to Events that Shaped the World by Richard Overy
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
History as you've never seen it before - an amazing visual guide to the 20th century. From global wars to the digital revolution, explore the world-changing events of the 20th century decade-by-decade with 20th Century. This is history as you've never seen it before - the events, the people and ...Show more
Visions of England: Or Why We Still Dream of a Place in the Country by Roy Strong
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
What does it mean to be English? For centuries, Englishness was synonymous with Britishness, informed first by the political dominance of the English monarchs over the British Isles - reaching its apogee in the rule of Elizabeth I - and later by the island's imperial might and expansion. But alongside t ...Show more
Iron Curtain : The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56 by Anne Applebaum
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Gulag" comes a major new work of historical and moral reckoning: the story of life behind the Iron Curtain. Once the Nazis were defeated in 1945, the people of Central and Eastern Europe expected to recover the lives they had led before 1939. Instead, they foun ...Show more
Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat Volume 3 by Jan Morris
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. With characteristic balance, this masterpiece of narrative history describes the long retreat and final dissoluti ...Show more
Pax Britannica Vol 2 by Jan Morris
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This classic work of history portrays a nation at the very height o ...Show more
On the Map : Why the World Looks the Way it Does by Simon Garfield
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history. His compelling narra ...Show more
The Ice Balloon by Alec Wilkinson
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
The story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, and the golden age of Polar Exploration. In August 1930 a Norwegian sloop sailing in the Arctic Ocean moored at a remote island. Here, the crew members found a body leaning against a rock. When they saw a large monogram 'A' on t ...Show more
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The lost legacy of Highclere Castle by Fiona Carnarvon
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants: Lady Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials ...Show more