World History

Travel through time with our World History collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. From ancient civilisations to modern conflicts, empire-building to cultural revolutions, these books offer powerful insight into the forces that shaped our world. Perfect for students, educators, and curious minds. Shop online or in-store for compelling global history reads.

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The Making of the Middle Ages by John Haywood - 9780500029800
$64.99
The Making of the Middle Ages
John Haywood
'This book is Haywood's crowning achievement. It is a delight just to leaf through the...
The Intermediaries by Brandy Schillace - 9781324036319
$52.95
The Intermediaries
Brandy Schillace
Set in interwar Germany, The Intermediaries tells the forgotten story of the Institute for Sexual...
Raven Mother by Jane Messer - 9781761170638
$34.99
Raven Mother
Jane Messer
In a powerful work of memoir, history and biography, Jane Messer retraces the tragic and...
A History of the Muslim World by Michael A. Cook - 9780691236599
$44.99
A History of the Muslim World
Michael A. Cook
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muhammad to...
The Shortest History of Innovation by Andrew Leigh - 9781760645533
$27.99
The Shortest History of Innovation
Andrew Leigh
From the wheel to gene editing, new ideas shape our world. In this dazzling, surprising...
El Generalisimo by Giles Tremlett - 9781526651952
$59.99
El Generalisimo
Giles Tremlett
*A 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Telegraph, Financial Times, i Paper* 'Making Francisco Franco's...
Hotel Exile
$39.99
Hotel Exile
Jane Rogoyska
How life was lived in one of Paris's great hotels, before, during and after the...
The Innocents of Florence by Joseph Luzzi (Bard College) - 9781324065784
$49.95
The Innocents of Florence
Joseph Luzzi (Bard College)
The story begins with the abandonment of the newborn Agata Smeralda on February 5, 1445,...
Renaissance Dogs by Professor Taylor Wagmore - 9781529449662
$32.99
Renaissance Dogs
Professor Taylor Wagmore
If every dog has its day, then the Renaissance period was it. It was the...
Mafia: A Global History by Ryan Gingeras - 9781398531666
$37.99
Mafia: A Global History
Ryan Gingeras
'A book of such hugely ambitious scope' Financial Times 'Gingeras's riveting book delves into the...
A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1200 by M.C. Ricklefs (National University of Singapore) - 9780230546868
$79.99
A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1200
M.C. Ricklefs (National University of Singapore)
Recognised as the most authoritative general account of Indonesia, this revised and expanded fourth edition...
The Flame Trees Of Thika by Elspeth Huxley - 9780099577263
$37.99
The Flame Trees Of Thika
Elspeth Huxley
The extraordinary adventures of a childhood in Africa, recalled in rich and loving detail. When...
The Mottled Lizard by Elspeth Huxley - 9780712674553
$39.99
The Mottled Lizard
Elspeth Huxley
'An accomplished story-teller, she weaves ancdotes, character sketches, political history together without losing her thread...
The Next World War: The new age of global conflict and the fight to stop it by Peter Apps - 9781035424863
$34.99
The Next World War: The new age of global conflict and the fight to stop it
Peter Apps
The Next World War takes readers behind the scenes of the most dangerous era of...
The Great Heist: China's Epic Campaign to Steal America's Secrets by David R. Shedd - 9780063495487
$34.99
The Great Heist: China's Epic Campaign to Steal America's Secrets
David R. Shedd
A definitive, headline-making expose of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the...
The Economic Government of the World by Martin Daunton - 9780141038674
$45.00
The Economic Government of the World
Martin Daunton
An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 This is the history of...
Survivors by Hannah Durkin - 9780008446581
$24.99
Survivors
Hannah Durkin
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 'Gripping ......
Red Dawn Over China by Frank Dikoetter - 9781526670717
$34.99
Red Dawn Over China
Frank Dikoetter
A FINANCIAL TIMES HIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear...
Age of Revolutions by Fareed Zakaria - 9781802065596
$32.99
Age of Revolutions
Fareed Zakaria
The international best-selling author explores the revolutions - past and present - that define our...
30 Great Books That Made History by Jaume Aurell (University of Navarra, Spain) - 9781509562411
$36.95
30 Great Books That Made History
Jaume Aurell (University of Navarra, Spain)
Today, many readers could easily list thirty classic authors, or thirty classic works of art,...
Secret Maps by Tom Harper - 9780712355643
$59.99
Secret Maps
Tom Harper
Secrets and maps are a match made in heaven. A Second World War military plan...
Ghost Nation by Chris Horton - 9781035034031
$36.99
Ghost Nation
Chris Horton
The gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign...
The Years of the Wizard by Rachel Morris - 9781914613968
$45.00
The Years of the Wizard
Rachel Morris
All things were believable back then - wizards, alchemy, fairies, angels. This is the story...
The Burning Earth by Sunil Amrith - 9780141993867
$26.99
The Burning Earth
Sunil Amrith
A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice...
Rasputin by Antony Beevor - 9781399617628
$55.00
Rasputin
Antony Beevor
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'THE GOLD STANDARD OF NARRATIVE HISTORY' - DAN SNOW How...
The World at First Light by Bernd Roeck - 9780691183831
$79.99
The World at First Light
Bernd Roeck
A magisterial history of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern world The cultural...
Augustus The Strong by Tim Blanning - 9781802066418
$32.99
Augustus The Strong
Tim Blanning
A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th-century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic...
Yet She Lives by Lisa Hannett - 9781760764159
$34.99
Yet She Lives
Lisa Hannett
'She remembers the war, the first in the world ... Three times they burned the...