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1759 by Frank McLynn (Visiting Professor, Department of Literature, Strathclyde University)
64.95 NZD
69.95 (7% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588, or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that it is the most significant year since 1066. In the two great battles of 1759, Britain effectively beat France for global supremacy and founded the first British Empire. From the al ...Show more
Captain Cook: Master of the Seas by Frank McLynn
49.95 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the lens of colo ...Show more
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World by Frank McLynn
30.00 NZD
Category: History
Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napol ...Show more
The Burma Campaign : Disaster into Triumph 1942-45 by Frank McLynn
29.99 NZD
Category: Military
A vivid, brutal and enthralling account of the Burma Campaign - one of the most punishing and hard-fought military adventures of World War Two. Often described as 'the forgotten war', the Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War Two. It has become no ...Show more
The Road Not Taken - How Britain Narrowly Missed a Revolution, 1381-1926 by Frank McLynn
27.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: good-very good
Britain has not been successfully invaded since 1066; nor, in nearly 1,000 years, has it known a true revolution - one that brings radical, systemic and enduring change. The contrast with her European neighbours - with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece and Russia - is dramatic. All have been convuls ...Show more
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