The Great Mortality: An Intimate History Of The Black Death, The Most De vastating Plague Of All Time by John Kelly
29.00 NZD
Category: History
'The bodies were sparsely covered that the dogs dragged them forth and devoured them And believing it to be the end of the world, no one wept for the dead, for all expected to die.'- Agnolo di Turo, Siena, 1348In just over a thousand days from 1347 to 1351 the 'Black Death' travelled across medieval Eur ...Show more
The English Civil War: A People's History by Diane Purkiss
29.99 NZD
Category: History
This is a remarkable popular history of the English Civil War, from the perspectives of those involved in this most significant turning point in British history. This compelling history, culminating in the execution of Charles I, brings to life the people who fought in it, died in it, and in doing so ch ...Show more
The Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
28.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement. The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook's first Endeavour voyage, who stepped ...Show more
Young Hearts Run Free : The real story of the 1970s by Dave Haslam
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: History
'Young Hearts Run Free' is an antidote to 'I Love the 1970s'; it is the real story of the 1970s from the critically acclaimed author of 'Manchester, England'. The 1970s is a decade frequently miscast; a parade of fashion disasters backed by a soundtrack of glam rock or frothy, mainstream disco. The gen ...Show more
Tommy : the British soldier on the Western Front by Richard Holmes
24.99 NZD
29.95 (16% off)
Category: History
The first history of World War I to place centre-stage the British soldier who fought in the trenches, this superb and important book tells the story of an epic and terrible war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it.The First World War is embedded in the British consciousness. ...Show more
Sahib : The British soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes
26.99 NZD
35.00 (22% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: good
From bestselling author of "Tommy and Redcoat", the rich history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of empire considered to be the jewel in Britain's imperial crown. "Sahib" is a broad and sweeping military history of the British soldier in India, but its focus, like that of "Tommy an ...Show more
After Elizabeth by Leanda de Lisle
26.99 NZD
Category: History
This book talks about a brilliant history, of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne. In the dawn of the 17th century, when Mary Queen of Scots was dead and Elizabeth I grown old, the eyes of the English turned to Mary's son, James ...Show more
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
25.99 NZD
26.99 (3% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating ...Show more
The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised by Andrew Taylor
26.00 NZD
29.99 (13% off)
Category: History
In The World of Gerard Mercator, Andrew Taylor chronicles both the story of a great astronomer and mathematician, who was condemned to death as a heretic, and the history of that most fascinating conjunction of science and art: the drawing of maps. Gerard Mercator was born in Flanders in 1512. In additi ...Show more
In the Heart of the Sea - The Epic True Story That Inspired "Moby Dick" by Nathaniel Philbrick
26.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of ...Show more
Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins
35.99 NZD
44.00 (18% off)
Category: History
The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants -- from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi.