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A History of the English Speaking Peoples Since 1900 by Andrew Roberts
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
Winston Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples, in four volumes, ended in 1900. Andrew Roberts, Wolfson History prizewinner and superb narrative historian, has been inspired by Churchill's example to write the story of the 20th century.. In his preface Churchill wrote: 'Every nation or grou ...Show more
A History of the English Speaking Peoples Since 1900 by Andrew Roberts
$48.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
This edition due september 2007. Winston Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples ended in 1900. Andrew Roberts, Wolfson History prizewinner has been inspired by Churchill's example to write the story of the 20th century. Churchill wrote: 'Every nation or group of nations has its own tal ...Show more
Art of War - Great Commanders of th by Andrew Roberts
$75.00 NZD
Category: World History
Which was the most brilliant of Napoleon's victories? How close did the Duke of Wellington come to losing the battle of Waterloo? What qualities made 'Stonewall' Jackson a battlefield commander of genius? What tactics did Montgomery employ to defeat Rommel at Alamein? How did General Giap's Viet Minh tr ...Show more
Churchill, Master and Commander - Winston Churchill at War 1895-1945 by Anthony Tucker-Jones; Andrew Roberts (Foreword by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
An engaging and detailed study of Winston Churchill's career as a military commander, from his early experiences in Britain's colonial wars, through his battlefield experience in World War I, to his strategic command in World War II. This book examines how in high office he got it both right and wrong.F ...Show more
Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty new so ...Show more
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare From 1945 to Ukraine by David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military history
Two leading authorities – a bestselling historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time – collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analy ...Show more
George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch by Andrew Roberts
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Andrew Roberts's magnificent new biography portrays George as intelligent, benevolent, scrupulously devoted to the constitution of his country and (as head of government as well as head of state) navigating the turbulence of eighteenth-century politics with a strong sense of honour and duty. He was a de ...Show more
Leadership in War: Lessons from Those Who Made History by Andrew Roberts
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War and the Falklands, Andrew Roberts presents us with a bracingly honest and insightful look at nine major figures in modern history- Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, George C. Marshall, Charles de Gaull ...Show more
Masters and Commanders by Andrew Roberts
$65.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
"Masters and Commanders" describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Why, when the most direct route from Britain to Germany was through north-western France, did the western allies first launch assaults on North Africa, Sicily and Rome? Why, if ...Show more
Masters and Commanders by Andrew Roberts
$35.00 NZD
Category: World History
"Masters and Commanders" describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong minded, and each was certain that he knew best how to win the war. Yet each knew that he had to win at least two of the others ove ...Show more
Napoleon - A Life by Andrew Roberts
$70.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Storm of War"--winner of the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon 2014 Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a mili ...Show more
Napoleon The Great by Andrew Roberts
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Awarded The Prix Du Jury Des Grands Prix De La Fondation Napoleon 2014 From Andrew Roberts, author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Storm of War, this is the definitive modern biography of Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty ...Show more