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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Wolfpack by Roger Moorhouse - 9780008644901
$36.99
Wolfpack
Roger Moorhouse
A Times and Waterstones Book of the Year 'A superb work of history' JAMES HOLLAND...
Operation Biting by Max Hastings - 9780008642204
$27.99
Operation Biting
Max Hastings
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones...
The Australian Wars by Stephen Gapps - 9781761474392
$39.99
The Australian Wars
Stephen Gapps
It is estimated up to 100,000 people died in the frontier wars that raged across...
The Anzac Table by Daniel Reynaud - 9781761452505
$50.00
The Anzac Table
Daniel Reynaud
An army marches on its stomach. The Anzac Table is a compelling exploration of 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...
The Hitler Years by Frank McDonough - 9781035912483
$69.99
The Hitler Years
Frank McDonough
'This accessible history will keep the subject alive for a new generation [..] It is...
The Menzies Legacy by Zachary Gorman - 9780522881905
$50.00
The Menzies Legacy
Zachary Gorman
Was Robert Menzies out of step with the swinging 1960s, or did he shape the...
The Flame Trees Of Thika by Elspeth Huxley - 9780099577263
$14.99
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 Coming of the Railway by David Gwyn - 9780300284300
$24.95
The Coming of the Railway
David Gwyn
The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in...
A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda by Derek R. Peterson - 9780300278385
$51.95
A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda
Derek R. Peterson
How Africa's most notorious tyrant made his oppressive regime seem both necessary and patriotic Idi...
The Last Tsar by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa - 9781399819855
$26.99
The Last Tsar
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
'Certain to become the definitive work' DOUGLAS SMITH 'Elegantly written and magisterially researched' ROBERT SERVICE...
Fenwomen by Mary Chamberlain - 9780349020419
$24.99
Fenwomen
Mary Chamberlain
50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - now a Virago Modern Classic with a new introduction by Alexandra...
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...
Reflections of War by Peter Deleuran - 9781803998985
$75.00
Reflections of War
Peter Deleuran
Our shared destructive past holds the blueprints for avoiding the loss of our shared peaceful...
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...
That Dark Spring by Susannah Stapleton - 9781529065541
$49.99
That Dark Spring
Susannah Stapleton
'I couldn't stop reading it. Susannah Stapleton writes with beautiful clarity and has produced a...
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...