The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History - from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill by Mary S. Lovell
$30.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles', so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough - soldier of genius, restless empire-builder and cuckolder of Charles II - onwards, the Churchills have been politicians, gamblers and profligates, heroes ...Show more
The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans - A Story of Love and War by Catherine Katz
$26.08 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
The brilliant untold story of three daughters of diplomacy: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, glamorous, fascinating young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference with Stalin in the waning days of World War II. With victory close at hand, the Yalta confer ...Show more
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank, Anne Frank
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic--a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her f ...Show more
The Interpreter's Daughter by Teresa Lim
$38.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
A photograph passed down through generations inspires this beautifully written, compelling memoir of one Singapore family and the secrets that defined their storyA cherished family photograph, taken in Hong Kong, 1935, sets Teresa Lim on a journey to uncover her family history. Through detective work, s ...Show more
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest (Maurice Wilson) by Ed Caesar
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
The untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest. Alone.In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan. He wo ...Show more
The Remarkable Miss Digby by Patricia Donovan
$29.95 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
Historical biographical fiction about Jane Digby, the English aristocrat who in 1853 so scandalised society she felt compelled to live elsewhere. She moved to Syria. In this enthralling novel, Patricia Donovan, drawing on her own experience in the Syrian desert, imagines Jane’s life in that wild land. ...Show more
The Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski by Tim Tate
$39.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
Spring 1958- a mysterious individual believed to be high up in the Polish secret service began passing Soviet secrets to the West. His name was Michal Goleniewski and he remains one of the most important, least known and most misunderstood spies of the Cold War. Even his death is shrouded in mystery and ...Show more
The Survivor by Josef Lewkowicz; Michael Calvin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
The extraordinary true story of the Holocaust survivor who endured six death camps before joining the hunt for the Nazis and bringing his tormentors to justice. One of the last great untold stories of the Holocaust, The Survivor is an astonishing account of one man's unbreakable spirit, unshakeable fait ...Show more