History Bestsellers

Uncover the past with the Top 50 History Books of the Week at Harry Hartog Bookseller, where the most compelling historical narratives, biographies, and analyses come to life. This expertly curated collection spans ancient civilizations, wartime chronicles, political revolutions, and untold stories that shape our world today. Featuring bestselling historians like Mary Beard, Tom Holland, and Yuval Noah Harari, alongside fresh perspectives from emerging authors, these books offer deep insights and captivating storytelling. Whether you're fascinated by military history, cultural heritage, or pivotal global events, this selection is a must-read for history buffs. Explore the Top 50 History Books this week at Harry Hartog and journey through time with every page! 

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If You're Listening: Declassified - Stories from history and current affairs told by the award-winning ABC podcaster by Matt Bevan - 9780733344282
$35.99
If You're Listening: Declassified - Stories from history and current affairs told by the award-winning ABC podcaster
Matt Bevan
The world's most important stories boldly explained by a man hiding in his basement Matt...
Alexander by Dr Edmund Richardson (Lecturer in Classics, Durham University, UK) - 9781526658142
$39.99
Alexander
Dr Edmund Richardson (Lecturer in Classics, Durham University, UK)
'A thrilling story, wonderfully told by one of the great historians' KEN FOLLETT 'Dazzling... This...
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre - 9780241972137
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The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre
A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest...
Second Hand
Servus by Emma Southon - 9781399741262
$34.99
Servus
Emma Southon
We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and...
Babylon by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones - 9781035416714
$34.99
Babylon
Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Babylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and...
Unruly by David Mitchell - 9781405953191
$26.99
Unruly
David Mitchell
A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of...
The Shortest History of Scotland by Murray Pittock - 9781760645359
$27.99
The Shortest History of Scotland
Murray Pittock
From clan castles and conflict to Hadrian's Wall and Brexit Scotland is one of the...
Mega Builds by Fred Mills - 9780753561621
$36.99
Mega Builds
Fred Mills
From YouTube sensation Fred Mills, a globetrotting look inside the planet's biggest engineering challenges, and...
Why War? by Richard Overy - 9780241567616
$24.99
Why War?
Richard Overy
A study of what leads humans to war, from one of our great military historians...
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari - 9780099590088
$27.99
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? This bestselling history...
Templars by Steve Tibble - 9780300279320
$24.95
Templars
Steve Tibble
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout...
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...
Battle of the Arctic by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore - 9780008335786
$37.99
Battle of the Arctic
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
No campaign during World War Two contained more spinetingling drama, outstanding courage and heartbreaking tragedy...
Stasiland by Anna Funder - 9781761343681
$26.99
Stasiland
Anna Funder
Anna Funder's Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Stasiland is an Australian classic, the definitive account of tyranny...
The Silk Roads by Professor Peter Frankopan - 9781408839997
$24.99
The Silk Roads
Professor Peter Frankopan
For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the...
The Gods of New York by Jonathan Mahler - 9781529155099
$36.99
The Gods of New York
Jonathan Mahler
From the bestselling author of The Bronx is Burning, a superlative account of the New...
SPQR by Professor Mary Beard - 9781846683817
From $7.00
SPQR
Professor Mary Beard
Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which...
The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland - 9781399813686
$34.99
The Traitors Circle
Jonathan Freedland
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ESCAPE ARTIST A THE ECONOMIST...
To Lose a War by Jon Lee Anderson - 9781804272435
$34.99
To Lose a War
Jon Lee Anderson
Jon Lee Anderson first reported from Afghanistan in the late 1980s, covering the US-backed mujahideen's...
Hitler's People by Richard J. Evans - 9780141994437
$32.99
Hitler's People
Richard J. Evans
A biographical study of Hitler's inner circle offers a new way to understand the horrors...
I'll Walk Beside You by Peter Mitchell - 9781923514645
$36.99
I'll Walk Beside You
Peter Mitchell
From the fall of Java to the hell of the Burma-Thai Railway, one battalion's courage...
SAS by Ben Macintyre - 9780241186862
$26.99
SAS
Ben Macintyre
'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World...
The World of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman - 9780300274219
$34.95
The World of the Crusades
Christopher Tyerman
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the...
Persian Fire by Tom Holland - 9780349117171
$27.99
Persian Fire
Tom Holland
In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its...
Pax by Tom Holland - 9780349141213
$26.99
Pax
Tom Holland
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is...
Paris '44 by Patrick Bishop - 9780241991541
$26.99
Paris '44
Patrick Bishop
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris...
The Wager by David Grann - 9781471183706
$24.99
The Wager
David Grann
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*...
Carthage by Eve MacDonald - 9781529911688
$36.99
Carthage
Eve MacDonald
A landmark new history of the ancient kingdom of Carthage, told through its iconic figures...