A Short History of Canada: Seventh Edition by Professor Desmond Morton
$75.00 NZD
Category: History
A fully updated edition of the Canadian classic. Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this expanded, seventh edition of A Short H ...Show more
Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy by Chris Bryant
$70.00 NZD
Category: History
A polemical history of the British ruling class and how they ended up owning our nation. The full and sometimes shocking story of the aristocracy in England, Scotland and Ireland, from Anglo-Saxon times until the present day. Exploring the political significance of the peerage in the House of Lords as w ...Show more
Nicholas II, the Last Tsar by Michael Paterson
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history. Nicholas became Tsar at the age of 26. Though a conscientious man who was passionate in his devotion to his country, he was weak, sentimenta ...Show more
The Paras : An Oral History by Max Arthur
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
Published to coincide with 75th anniversary of its formation, this is the definitive history of the iconic Parachute Regiment, told through the voices of more than 200 of the soldiers themselves. From the daring raids of World War 2 through Northern Ireland, The Falklands, Bosnia and Afghanistan, the Pa ...Show more
Chaucer's People by Liza Picard
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
In CHAUCER'S PEOPLE, Liza Picard guides us through the tumultuous world of the late fourteenth century in an ingenious, informative and entertaining way. Through the assorted cast of pilgrims Chaucer selected for THE CANTERBURY TALES, Picard brings medieval social history to life and uncovers the detail ...Show more
DK World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age by Philip Parker; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
A truly global view of history covering over 350 of the world's most important turning points. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, this is an essential gift for every history buff.World History is the most accessible guide to the history of human civilisation, covering the Neanderthals, the Assyrian Empi ...Show more
The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the Russians and the Jazz Age by Timothy Phillips
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
At the height of the hedonistic Jazz Age, many in British society became convinced that they were under attack from the new Soviet state. Still reeling from the Russian revolution of 1917, disturbed by the development of militant workers movements at home, and deeply paranoid about the recent wave of Ru ...Show more
To Catch a King by Charles Spencer
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
Guided by its various twists and turns To Catch a King is an unputdownable book which tells an old story with new eyes, challenging our polarised notions of royalism, nationalism and loyalty. King Charles I's life ended with his neck: he was beheaded outside his London palace in January 1649. It was pre ...Show more
The Parthenon Enigma: A Journey Into Legend by Joan Breton Connelly
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
A radical new interpretation of the meaning and purposes of one of the world's most iconic buildings. For more than two millennia, the Parthenon has been revered as the symbol of Western culture and its highest ideals. It was understood to honour the city-state's patron deity, Athena, and its sculpture ...Show more
What You Did Not Tell: A Russian Past and the Journey Home by Mark Mazower
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
Uncovering their remarkable and moving stories, Mark Mazower recounts the sacrifices and silences that marked a generation and their descendants. It was a family which fate drove into the siege of Stalingrad, the Vilna ghetto, occupied Paris, and even into the ranks of the Wehrmacht. His British father ...Show more
The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 by Simon Heffer
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
The folk-memory of Britain in the years before the Great War is of a powerful, contented, orderly and thriving country. She commanded a vast empire. She bestrode international commerce. Her citizens were living longer, profiting from civil liberties their grandparents only dreamt of, and enjoying an exp ...Show more
Belonging: The Story of the Jews, 1492 - 1900 by Simon Schama
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESelected as a Book of the Year 2017 by the Daily Telegraph, Mail on Sundayand Observer 'A glittering gemstone of a book' The TimesThe Jewish story is a history that is about, and for, all of us. And in our own time of anxious arrivals and enforced departures, the ...Show more