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George V by David Cannadine
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Series: Penguin Monarchs
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an e ...Show more
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (Revised edition 1992) by David Cannadine
$28.00 AUD
Category: History
At the outset of the 1870s, the British aristocracy could rightly consider themselves the most fortunate people on earth: they held the lion's share of land, wealth and power in the world's greatest empire. By the end of the 1930s they had lost not only a generation of sons in the First World War, but a ...Show more
The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
This title is an impassioned, controversial plea for us to recognise the importance of writing history - from world-famous historian David Cannadine. David Cannadine is one of Britain's most distinguished historians and this is his masterpiece. "The Undivided Past" is an agonised attempt to understand h ...Show more
The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
David Cannadine's impassioned, controversial plea for us to recognise the importance of both equality and history. Great works of history have so often had at their heart a wish to sift people in ways that have been profoundly damaging and provided intellectual justification for terrible political decis ...Show more
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