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A Brief History of America by Jeremy Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
The next in this series of admirably concise yet nevertheless comprehensive titles looks at the history of all Americans as well as America; its environmental history and its linkage to economic history; the political shaping of America; and America in the world, from being a colony to post-Cold War Ame ...Show more
A Brief History of Germany: Indispensable for Travellers by Jeremy Black
$22.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
The history of Germany is intricately woven. Threaded in time through its struggles and triumphs with religion, industrialisation, enlightenment, politics, unification, and war. In A Brief History of Germany, Jeremy Black questions how the Germany we know today came to be, chronicling the events tha ...Show more
A Brief History of Italy by Jeremy Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' - Christina Hardyment, Times audiobook of the week 'A remarkable mixture of cold history, wide culture and personal experience'Ciro Paoletti, Secretary General of the Italian Commission of Military HistoryDespite the Roman Empire's ...Show more
A Brief History of London by Jeremy Black
$22.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic turmoil, London found itself at a turning point. This critical moment presents an opportunity to look back, with a distinctive perspective, a focus on London in its national and, perhaps even more importantly, i ...Show more
A Brief History of Portugal by Jeremy Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Reading Level: near fine
This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal, from the Stone Age to the end of the the Roman era. P ...Show more
A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III by Jeremy Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III. Much more than a linear history, this is the intertwined story of royal ...Show more
A Brief History of the Mediterranean - From the Phoenicians to the Present Day by Jeremy Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. 'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.' Samuel Johnson, 1776 The Mediterranean has always bee ...Show more
A Brief History of the Pacific: The Great Ocean by Jeremy Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Western control or influence over the its islands and shores. There is a particular focus on the period from the 1530s to 1890 with its greater Western coastal and ...Show more
A New History of England A New History of England by Jeremy Black
$34.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Series: Classic Histories Ser.
'Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.' Cecil Rhodes's characteristically nineteenth-century confidence rings rather hollow as England enters the twenty-first century in somewhat reduced circumstances. Jeremy Black steers his way through the l ...Show more
Avoiding Armageddon: From the Great War to the Fall of France, 1918-40 by Jeremy Black
$39.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Here is an original and up-to-date account of a key period of military history, one that not only links the two World Wars but also anticipates the more complex nature of conflict following the Cold War. Black links the two World Wars, between the overcoming of trench warfare in the campaigns of 1918 an ...Show more
France - A Short History by Jeremy Black
$35.00 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Country and destination, nation and idea, France has a rich and complex history that fascinates the world and attracts millions of visitors each year to its chateaux and cathedrals, boulevards and vineyards. In this succinct and entertaining volume, historian Jeremy Black narrates how France's past has ...Show more
France: A Short History by Jeremy Black
$21.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today. Artists, martyrs, kings, revolutionaries: France's sense of national identity is inextricably linked to its dramatic history, which fas ...Show more