Modern History

Explore the events, people, and movements that shaped the modern world with our Modern History collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. From World Wars and revolutions to political biographies and global conflict, these engaging titles offer insight, depth, and perspective. Shop online or in-store for history books that bring the past to life.

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The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective by Sara Lodge - 9780300286601
$24.95
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
Sara Lodge
A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account-and how they became...
The French Revolution by John Hardman - 9780300282689
$51.95
The French Revolution
John Hardman
A major new political history of the French Revolution In 1786, France's ancien regime was...
A Guide to Regency Dress by Hilary Davidson - 9780300282412
$41.95
A Guide to Regency Dress
Hilary Davidson
An accessible, fun, yet authoritative guide to male and female Regency fashions A Guide to...
Three Revolutions by Simon Hall - 9780571367153
$36.99
Three Revolutions
Simon Hall
'A salve for our current reactionary times.' ANDREW HARTMAN The gripping, untold story of how...
Peacemakers by Margaret MacMillan - 9781399827171
$26.99
Peacemakers
Margaret MacMillan
WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MAX HASTINGS WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2001 WINNER...
The Great Reversal by Kerry Brown - 9780300284935
$24.95
The Great Reversal
Kerry Brown
A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present...
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 Australian Wars by Stephen Gapps - 9781761471582
$59.99
The Australian Wars
Stephen Gapps
It is estimated up to 100,000 people died in the frontier wars that raged across...
Inferno by Phillip Bradley - 9781761069086
$36.99
Inferno
Phillip Bradley
'I love Phillip Bradley's stuff, and this is a very fine book, about one of...
Armageddon by Sir Max Hastings - 9781035022847
$39.99
Armageddon
Sir Max Hastings
'As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals' - The Times Literary Supplement In...
True Nature by Lance Richardson - 9781784743024
$39.99
True Nature
Lance Richardson
The first major biography of Peter Matthiessen, celebrated author of The Snow Leopard, founder of...
The Nuclear Age by Serhii Plokhy - 9780241797624
$39.99
The Nuclear Age
Serhii Plokhy
From the best-selling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the...
1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin - 9780241798003
$39.99
1929
Andrew Ross Sorkin
From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, comes a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of...
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto by Elizabeth R. Hyman - 9780063355019
$34.99
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
Elizabeth R. Hyman
A Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of...
Careme by Ian Kelly - 9781526689771
$22.99
Careme
Ian Kelly
NOW A MAJOR APPLE+ TV SERIES 'Magnificent' ANTHONY BOURDAIN 'Irresistible' HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL 'A classic' DAMIAN...
Death to Order by Simon Ball - 9780300258042
$51.95
Death to Order
Simon Ball
A deeply researched history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama...
The Butterfly Thief
$36.99
The Butterfly Thief
Walter Marsh
The story of the most audacious serial heist in the history of Australia's museums -...
Shakespeare in Bloomsbury by Marjorie Garber - 9780300281880
$34.95
Shakespeare in Bloomsbury
Marjorie Garber
The untold story of Shakespeare's profound influence on Virginia Woolf and the rest of the...
Italy Reborn by Mark Gilbert - 9780141995212
$26.99
Italy Reborn
Mark Gilbert
A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World War...
Indignity by Lea Ypi - 9780241785379
$36.99
Indignity
Lea Ypi
The acclaimed author of Free returns with an imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice...
Fishy Business by John Faulkner - 9781761470677
$45.00
Fishy Business
John Faulkner
For millennia, the Aboriginal people of coastal Sydney lived in harmony with the natural environment....
Revolusi by David Van Reybrouck - 9781529931525
$26.99
Revolusi
David Van Reybrouck
*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize* A true masterpiece of narrative history showing Indonesia's epic...
The Damascus Events by Eugene Rogan - 9781802063202
$26.99
The Damascus Events
Eugene Rogan
The dramatic history of a massacre in Damascus, and the collapse of the old Ottoman...
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 'Magnificent . ....
Autocracy, Inc by Anne Applebaum - 9781802062120
$26.99
Autocracy, Inc
Anne Applebaum
The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world in...
Rites of Passage by Judith Flanders - 9781509817511
$26.99
Rites of Passage
Judith Flanders
There is no aspect of Victorian death that does not make it into Judith Flanders's...
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes by Geraint Jones - 9781035049677
$26.99
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
Geraint Jones
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller 'Vital testimony for those who wish to understand the...
90 Seconds to Midnight by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs - 9780522880991
$39.99
90 Seconds to Midnight
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
In 2015 Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow proclaimed at the United Nations, 'Humanity and nuclear weapons cannot...