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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a...
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...
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 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...
The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton - 9780141009964
$42.99
The Revolutionary Temper
Robert Darnton
A brilliant account of the coming of the French Revolution, and the culminating work 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,...
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)...
The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian by Jane Austen - 9780241747308
$14.99
The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian
Jane Austen
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books During his reign, Lord Cobham was...
Aircraft of World War 2 by The Imperial War Museum - 9780008704179
$69.99
Aircraft of World War 2
The Imperial War Museum
The definitive visual history of key World War Two aircraftA visually stunning, accessible, and fascinating...
Judgement at Tokyo by Gary J. Bass - 9781509812769
$26.99
Judgement at Tokyo
Gary J. Bass
'Every so often, a new work emerges of such immense scholarship and weight that it...
The Strategists by Phillips Payson O'Brien - 9781405966597
$26.99
The Strategists
Phillips Payson O'Brien
A bold revisionist history exploring the impact of WW1 on the mindsets and strategic decisions...