Collection: Adult Non Fiction - History & Military

"In the decades before the First World War, the owners of the nation's stately homes revelled in a golden age of glory and glamour. Nothing lay beyond their reach in a world where privilege and hedonism went hand-in-hand with duty and honour. This was a time when the ancestral seats of ancient no...

"Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance - a hubris that shaped how the West would treat Russia for ...

The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle - and the present threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a 'ball of mud', Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area smal...

Remember When ... Snapshots of Australia from the '50s to '90s is a photographic trip down memory lane, celebrating the people, places, events and experiences that shaped our nation in the second half of the 20th century. Take a trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne ... Remember loading up the bac...

From the podcast legends who brought you The Rest is History comes The Rest is History Returns. This time Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring you an alphabetical miscellany, taking on some of history's best and most bizarre moments! Charge forth against the traitors of the American Revolution...

Brimming with life and drama, this book explores two thousand years of European history through one of the most important imperial networks ever built. 'All roads lead to Rome.' It's a medieval proverb, but it's also true: today's European roads still follow the networks of the ancient empire and...

All roads lead to Rome is a medieval proverb, but it's also today's European roads still follow the networks of the ancient empire-and these ancient roads continue to grip our modern imaginations as a physical manifestation of Rome's extraordinary greatness. Over the two thousand years since they...

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious i...

Presents photographs, illustrations, and text that provide information about seventy remarkable structures around the world that were built without the benefit of modern technology.

The epic story of one of the world's most enduring civilisations and empires.The Roman Empire is one of history's most remarkable civilisations. It flourished for around 500 years and encompassed over twenty-five modern-day countries -- including such remote (from Rome) places as Saudi Arabia, Uk...