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Empire by Jeremy Paxman
$22.95 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of "The English" comes "Empire", Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr. The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ...Show more
Empire: What Ruling the World did to the British by Jeremy Paxman
$29.95 AUD
Category: History and Politics
THE INFLUENCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IS EVERYWHERE, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. It affects everything, from Prime Ministers' decisions to send troops to war to the adventurers we admire. Whether it's the sports we think we're good at or the archi ...Show more
Great Britain's Great War by Jeremy Paxman
$29.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
We may think we know about it. But what was life really like for the British people during the First World War? The well-known images; -- the pointing finger of Lord Kitchener; a Tommy buried in the mud of the Western Front; the memorial poppies of remembrance day -- all reinforce the idea that it was a ...Show more
On Royalty by Jeremy Paxman
$55.00 AUD
Category: History and Politics
What does it mean to be royal? At a time when the monarch no longer rules by divine right and governing powers fall to our elected leaders, the concept of royalty grows ever more elusive. The intellectual argument for the abolition of the monarchy is strong, and yet public interest in the royals continu ...Show more
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