Elizabeth : The Queen and the Crown by Sarah Gristwood
$32.99 AUD
Category: British
An internationally admired figure, Queen Elizabeth II is the most high-profile monarch in the world, and her enduring popularity is tantamount to her wide-ranging supporters. Spanning from 1927 to present day, Elizabeth reveals the details of Britain's longest-reigning monarch's extraordinary life. Sar ...Show more
Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner by Jonathan Glancey
$45.00 AUD
Category: British
"In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, ...Show more
Whitehall: The street that shaped a nation by Colin Brown
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
No other street in Britain contains more landmarks to our island's history than Whitehall. Here, Colin Brown takes us behind its closed doors. We visit what was the most notorious address in London when Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb conducted their very public and tempestuous love affair; the Admiralty, ...Show more
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 by Keith Jeffery
$29.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: From
A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the conduct of international relations in the fi ...Show more
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain by Stephen Taylor
$39.99 AUD
Category: British
Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to div ...Show more
Landmark by Anna Keay
$55.00 AUD
Category: British
This engaging and sumptuously illustrated book celebrates the Landmark Trust's achievement in the protection of British heritage since the Trust was established 50 years ago. From a medieval hall house to the winner of the 2013 Stirling Prize for Architecture, 50 buildings rescued by Landmark from threa ...Show more
Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen by Josephine Wilkinson
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
'An impressive revisionist biography' The Times Looming out of the encroaching darkness of the February evening was London Bridge, still ornamented with the severed heads of Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham; the terrible price they had paid for suspected intimacy with the queen. Katherine now reached ...Show more
London Then and Now - People and Places by Frank Hopkinson
$29.99 AUD
Category: British
The great tourist destinations are all included: Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, the British Museum, St. Pauls Cathedral and Hyde Park, along with classic London pubs, famous theatres, the grand stations, and Carnaby Street and the Ki ...Show more
Oxford (3rd ed.) by Jan Morris
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
'Surely no one has ever celebrated any city with such fluent, persuasive and utterly charming prose as Jan Morris celebrates Oxford here.' - Scotsman This is an ideal guide for anyone visiting Oxford, with an interest in the local culture, history, geography and architecture.
Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson
$19.99 AUD
$24.99 (20% off)
Category: British
Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majest ...Show more
Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
The Tudors are a national obsession. From TV bodice-rippers to Booker-prize winning novels and scholarly journals, they are our favourite family in history. Their story is packed with famous and thrilling tales: Henry VIII and his wives, Elizabeth the Virgin Queen, the Princes in the Tower, the Armada. ...Show more
The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth
$9.95 AUD
Category: British | Series: Classics Ser.
Completed in 1136, "The History of the Kings of Britain" traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famou ...Show more