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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Storyteller by Leo Damrosch - 9780300268621
$51.95
Storyteller
Leo Damrosch
From a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson's life, a story...
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...
James and John by Chris Bryant - 9781526644992
$27.99
James and John
Chris Bryant
*A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* 'Carefully observed, rich in detail, imaginative, compassionate...
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...
Catland by Kathryn Hughes - 9780008365103
$52.99
Catland
Kathryn Hughes
*Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize* A Times and Sunday Times Book of...
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...
Normandy: the Sailors' Story by Nick Hewitt - 9780300281095
$26.95
Normandy: the Sailors' Story
Nick Hewitt
The first account of the Allied navies' vital contribution to the success of the D-Day...
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...
Victoria's Secret by Fern Riddell - 9781529199321
$36.99
Victoria's Secret
Fern Riddell
A stunning new story of Queen Victoria's secret love for her servant John Brown, by...
The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton - 9780141009964
$37.99
The Revolutionary Temper
Robert Darnton
A brilliant account of the coming of the French Revolution, and the culminating work of...
The Kennedys at Cape Cod, 1944 by Leigh Straw (University of Notre Dame, Australia) - 9781350512580
$40.00
The Kennedys at Cape Cod, 1944
Leigh Straw (University of Notre Dame, Australia)
The Kennedys considered their home in Hyannis Port, Cape Cod, 'The big white house', to...
Voices of Victory by Geraint Jones - 9781035070060
$39.99
Voices of Victory
Geraint Jones
From the bestselling author of D-Day: The Unheard Tapes comes a revealing new history of...
Endgame 1944 by Jonathan Dimbleby - 9780241993712
$26.99
Endgame 1944
Jonathan Dimbleby
A gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate of the Nazis,...
Survival in Singapore by Tom Trumble - 9780143778059
$36.99
Survival in Singapore
Tom Trumble
SURVIVAL IN SINGAPORE is a gripping account of an untold story of Japanese-occupied Singapore, and...
Back From The Dead: The astonishing true story of the Blythe Star, based on the award-winning ABC podcast Expanse by Piia Wirsu - 9780733343803
$36.99
Back From The Dead: The astonishing true story of the Blythe Star, based on the award-winning ABC podcast Expanse
Piia Wirsu
1973: The incredible true story of the Blythe Star disaster, which left ten men, shipwrecked...
The Second World War by Antony Beevor - 9781399629713
$29.99
The Second World War
Antony Beevor
'Simply the ultimate Second World War history'- SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, DAILY TELEGRAPH A CONFLICT LIKE...
Vertigo by Harald Jahner - 9780753559987
$24.99
Vertigo
Harald Jahner
Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich)...