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History books

History books

Our history books cover a wide range of topics, people and periods in time. So whether you're interested in the ancient world, military history, political history or historical biographies, we've got something that will bring history to life.

Explore the City as it is now, then and in our imagination in P.D.Smith's remarkable history of urban culture.

Reveal Mrs Robinson's Disgrace in the private diary of a Victorian lady whose longing for love and learning became her undoing, recreated by Kate Summerscale.

Uncover the true story of the D-Day spies in Ben Macintyre's thrilling account of the Double Cross that hoodwinked the Third Reich.

Throw new light on the much mythologised 1812 navel conflict between Britain and America in Andrew Lamberts' The Challenge.

Browse our biographies and autobiographies or military history if you're interested in those areas in particular.

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Tasmanian Aborigines

by Lyndall Ryan

The story of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, from the arrival of the first whites to the present. While it contains much that is tragic, it is also... more

AUD $35.00

Mrs Robinson's Disgrace

by Kate Summerscale

From the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher comes a brand new true story of a Victorian scandal.

AUD $29.99

Waltzing Matilda

by Dennis O'Keeffe

An expose of two cover-ups: one the death of a swagman by a billabong; the other, a torrid affair between Banjo Paterson and his fiancee's best friend... more

AUD $27.99

The Last Crusade

by Nigel Cliff

The first accessible, authoritative, and complete modern account of Vasco da Gama's historic and audacious attempt, in 1497, to seize the spice routes... more

AUD $35.00

On The Eve

by Bernard Wasserstein

A major new history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two.

AUD $49.99

The Challenge

by Andrew Lambert

From the author of Nelson and Admirals comes an exciting naval history of Britain's other conflict in 1812 - with the American navy.

AUD $39.99

Darwin's Ghosts

by Rebecca Stott

An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of evolution.

AUD $45.00

Spanish Gold

by David Cordingly

The amazing true story of Blackbeard, Calico Jack and all the other pirates of the Caribbean and Captain Woodes Rogers, the privateer turned governor ... more

AUD $19.99