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Churchill and Empire - Portrait of an Imperialist by Lawrence James
30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
One of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES and LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army of ...Show more
Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa by Lawrence James
28.00 NZD
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
Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa by Lawrence James
40.00 NZD
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
RAJ : THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF BRITISH INDIA by Lawrence James
49.00 NZD
Category: History
This is an account of British rule in India. It is the remarkable story of how the British made themselves masters of the subcontinent in less than a century, and then ruled it for a further century before departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taugh ...Show more
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