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Aristocrats: Power, Grace and Decadence - Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present by Lawrence James
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
For nine hundred years the British aristocracy has considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws and guide the fortunes of the nation. Tracing the history of this remarkable supremacy, ARISTOCRATS is a story of wars, intrigue, chicanery and extremes of both selflessness and greed. James ...Show more
Aristocrats: Power, Grace and Decadence. Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the present by Lawrence James
$65.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
For nine hundred years the British aristocracy has considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws and guide the fortunes of the nation. Tracing the history of this remarkable supremacy, ARISTOCRATS is a story of wars, intrigue, chicanery and extremes of both selflessness and greed. James ...Show more
Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa by Lawrence James
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The one hundred year history of how Europe coerced the African continent into its various empires--and the resulting story of how Africa succeeded in decolonization. In this dramatic (and often tragic) story of an era that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, ...Show more
Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa by Lawrence James
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. The continent was a magnet for the high-minded, the ph ...Show more
Flick the Little Fire Engine (Book & CD) by Adaptation by James Lawrence
$12.95 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
It is hard to believe, but this iconic children's story has never been published as a book - until now. Loved by generations of Kiwi radio listeners, Flick's signature tune is instantly recognised all around New Zealand. James Lawrence has secured world rights to the 1948 recording and Penguin plan a s ...Show more
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China - A History of Conflict by Lawrence James
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Napoleon warned 'Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world'. Lawrence James's magisterial history analyses the relationship between Britain and China between the beginning of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997.THE LION AND THE DRAGON reveals the part t ...Show more
The Middle Class by Lawrence James
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
This is the enthralling story of the great powerhouse of British history - the middle class. The death of feudalism, the advancement of democracy, the spread of literacy, the industrial and sexual revolutions, the development of mass media - the middle class is never far away, drawing up petitions, push ...Show more
The Middle Class by Lawrence James
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
This is the enthralling story of the great powerhouse of British history - the middle class.The death of feudalism, the advancement of democracy, the spread of literacy, the industrial and sexual revolutions, the development of mass media - the middle class is never far away, drawing up petitions, pushi ...Show more
Warrior Race by Lawrence James
$28.00 AUD
Category: History
Modern Britain is a nation shaped, both geographically and culturally, by wars. The essence of its identity is the warrior heroes, both real and fictitious, who still capture the national imagination: from Boadicea to King Arthur, Rob Roy to Henry V, the Duke of Wellington to Winston Churchill. In Warri ...Show more
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