The Trial of the Templars by Malcolm C Barber
$12.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Series: Canto Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1307, the Templars in France were arrested by King Philip IV's officials in the name of the Inquisition, their property seized and the men charged with serious heresies, including the denial of Christ, homosexuality, and idol worship. Confessions, extracted under torture, were brought before royal an ...Show more
The Last King of Poland by Adam Zamoyski
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
An enthralling life of the young and dashing King of Poland by one of Britains most exceptional young historians.
The Mekong - Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future by Milton Osborne
$20.00 NZD
Category: Asia | Reading Level: very good
The Whisperers - Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes
$30.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Reading Level: very good
Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin, brilliantly conveying the reality of their terrible choices. Soviet history has generally been seen either as a story of a political system or the story ...Show more
More Than Just a Game - Footbal V Apartheid by Chuck Korr; Marvin Close
$10.00 NZD
Category: Africa
'It is amazing to think that a game that people take for granted all around the world, was the very same game that gave a group of prisoners sanity - and in a way, gave us the resolve to carry on the struggle'. Anthony Suze, Robben Island Prisoner. This is the astonishing story of how a unique group of ...Show more
Paris After the Liberation : 1944-1949 (new edition) by Antony Beevor; Artemis Cooper
$10.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Reading Level: good
Post liberation Paris - an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a stunning ...Show more
A Brief History of the Normans by François Neveux
$12.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Series: Brief Histories | Reading Level: very good
The history of the Normans began a long time before 1066. Originating from the _Norsemen_ they were one of the most successful warrior tribes of the Dark Ages that came to dominate Europe from the Baltic Sea to the island of Sicily and the borders of Eastern Europe. Beginning as Viking raiders in the ei ...Show more
Russia's Steppe Frontier - The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800 by Michael Khodarkovsky
$16.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies | Reading Level: very good
"Khodarkovsky provides a detailed chronological narrative of Russia's steppe relations, which conveys brilliantly the depth of Moscow's engagement in the world of steppe politics. . . . This is counterbalanced by insightful thematic discussion of the perennial issues involved. . . . Altogether, an excel ...Show more
The Victorian World Picture by David Newsome
$14.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
How did the Victorians come to grips with the vastly changing world in which they found themselves? This magnificent book, from the Whitbread Prize-winning author David Newsome, lays bare the Victorian mindset. âe~David Newsomeâe(tm)s Victorian World Pictureâe¦ attempts to plait together all the sights, ...Show more
This House of Grief - The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner
$14.00 NZD
Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good
Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and keep going west in the direction of Colac. Late in August 2006, soon after I had watched a magistrate commit Robert Farquharson to stand trial before a jury on three charges of murder, I headed out that way ...Show more
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill
$150.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
The History Today Companion to British History by Juliet Gardiner (Editor); Neil Wenborn (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Six British historians contribute to a comprehensive dictionary which not only is a reference work for events, people and places from 43 AD, but also acknowledges that history is as much about the writing of what happened as what actually did happen. It also includes information on historic ...Show more