The English Bible and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution by Christopher Hill
$16.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: good-very good
The translation of the Bible into English in the 16th century was one of the most important events in English history. Previously, the sacred text had been accessible only to a tiny minority, now anybody could read or listen to it.
The Virgin Queen - Elizabeth I, Genius of the Golden Age by Christopher Hibbert
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
An intimate portrait of history's most fascinating monarchA genius, a beauty, a leader, and a manipulator. Elizabeth I has fascinated and enthralled history buffs and Anglophiles for centuries. The era that bears her name was one of the most exciting and dazzling in England's history. Christopher Hibber ...Show more
Earls Of Paradise - England & the Dream of Perfection by Adam Nicolson
$25.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: near fine
A fascinating portrait from award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, of a family, a portrait, and a quarrel with a king that would tear that family apart. 'Et in Arcadia Ego--I too am in Arcadia' Was our country once a better place? Has modernisation destroyed as much as it has improved? And can we see in ...Show more
Clans & Tartans of Scotland by James Mackay
$10.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
Listening to Britain - Home intelligence reports on Britain's finest hour - May to September 1940 by Paul Addison and Jeremy A. Crang (eds)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Espionage | Reading Level: very good
The Country House Guide - Family Hmes in the Historic House Association by Anna Sproule; Michael Pollard
$25.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
The Reign of Henry VIII by David Starkey
$8.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: Very good
David Starkey's brilliant overview of the great game of politics, over which Henry VIII presidedHenry VIII was almost never alone. He was surrounded, twenty-four hours a day, by the small group of intimates and personal attendants who made up the staff of his Privy Chamber. They organised his daily life ...Show more
Josiah Wedgewood - Entrepreneur to the Enlightenment by Brian Dolan
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Glitteringly detailed and engagingly written, the magisterial Elizabeth I brings to vivid life the golden age of sixteenth-century England and the uniquely fascinating monarch who presided over it. A woman of intellect and presence, Elizabeth was the object of extravagant adoration by her contemporaries ...Show more
Hillary Clinton - Her Way by Jeffr Gerth; Don Van Natta Jr
$16.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
An explosive, landmark biography of Hillary Clinton by the world's top investigative reporters. Hillary Clinton is the most famous, enigmatic and controversial woman in America. She stands on the brink of becoming the first woman in its history with a shot at the presidency. What is the story behind her ...Show more
Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches with Elucidations in four volumes I-IV by Oliver Cromwell; Thomas Carlyle ()ed.)
$125.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Series: The Works of Thomas Carlyle | Reading Level: very good