The Rule of Law in a Penal Colony - Law and Politics in Early New South Wales by David Neal
$64.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Studies in Australian History Ser.
Ironically, the first civil case to be heard in Australia occurred at the behest of two convicts under sentence. Of course, convicts had first-hand experience of criminal law, but all the settlers were part of a culture which emphasised the rule of law as the guarantee of its fundamental political value ...Show more
Amazing Grace - The Great Days of Dukes by E. S. Turner
$10.00 AUD
$32.99 (69% off)
Category: History | Series: Sutton History Classics Ser.
Amazing Grace surveys the dukes of Great Britain in their prime, chiefly in the 18th and 19th centuries. The author provides an anecdote-packed study of godhead, eccentricity, noblesse oblige, self-indulgence and landlordism.
The Hero: The Enduring Myth That Makes Us Human by Lee Child
$17.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: TLS Bks.
What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child... 'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?'- Karin Slaughter'. I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page' - The Times In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher ...Show more
The Complete Roman Emperor - Imperial Life at Court and on Campaign by Michael Sommer
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Complete Ser.
The eighty-five emperors who ruled Rome for five centuries are among the most famous and notorious leaders in history. But what do we really know about how they ran the empire and their behind-the-scenes machinations? How did they manage relations with their wives, courtiers, and officials? How indeed d ...Show more
The History of Ecuador by George M. Lauderbaugh
$104.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Ser.
This handbook provides an unmatched, comprehensive political history of Ecuador written in English. Ecuador is a nation of over 13 million people, its area between that of the states of Wyoming and Colorado. Like the United States, Ecuador's government features a democratically elected President servin ...Show more
Civil War - The History of England Volume 3 by Peter Ackroyd
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The History of England
In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II. The St ...Show more
Revolution - The History of England: Volume IV by Peter Ackroyd
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The History of England
Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales r ...Show more
Innovation: The History of England Volume VI by Peter Ackroyd
$36.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The History of England
'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, Independent Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaug ...Show more
Dominion: A History of England Volume V by Peter Ackroyd
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\History of England Ser.
The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.In it, Ackroyd takes us from t ...Show more
Tudors - The History of England: Volume II by Peter Ackroyd
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\History of England Ser.
Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome, and his relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how t ...Show more
Wanted: The Outlaw Lives of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly by Robert M. Utley
$41.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: The Lamar Series in Western History
The oft-told exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly survive vividly in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and Australia. But the outlaws' reputations are so weighted with legend and myth, the truth of their lives has become obscure. In this adventure-filled double ...Show more
The Global Age - Europe 1950-2017 by Ian Kershaw
$14.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Penguin History of Europe Ser.
The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to Hell and back, ' the years from 1950 to 2017 broug ...Show more