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 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...
Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir - 9780300281071
$26.95
Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen
Rory Muir
What happened when Jane Austen's heroines and heroes were finally wed? Marriage is at the...
Darwin on the Beagle by Harrison Christian - 9781761154027
$36.99
Darwin on the Beagle
Harrison Christian
The story of the voyage that changed human understanding forever. In 1831, Charles Darwin set...
Victory '45 by James Holland - 9780857508355
$36.99
Victory '45
James Holland
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day, bestselling historians James Holland and Al Murray tell...
The Nazi Mind by Laurence Rees - 9780241740811
$55.00
The Nazi Mind
Laurence Rees
A propulsive narrative history of the motivation and mentality behind the Nazis and their supporters....
The Rebel Romanov by Helen Rappaport - 9781398525962
$55.00
The Rebel Romanov
Helen Rappaport
'What a wonderful book! The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject --...
The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd - 9780241992098
$26.99
The Eastern Front
Nick Lloyd
The definitive history of the Eastern Front in WWI, from the bestselling author of The...
Edith's Story by Edith Velmans - 9780349019161
$24.99
Edith's Story
Edith Velmans
THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE YOUNG GIRL ESCAPED THE HOLOCAUST 'It holds you...
America, America by Greg Grandin - 9781911709916
$39.99
America, America
Greg Grandin
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes the first definitive history of the Western hemisphere, a...
1945: The Reckoning by Phil Craig - 9781399714501
$34.99
1945: The Reckoning
Phil Craig
'This book is a triumph.' Jane Caro 'An ambitious project impressively navigated with great storytelling,...
38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands, QC - 9781474620758
$34.99
38 Londres Street
Philippe Sands, QC
In 38 Londres Street, Philippe Sands blends personal memoir, historical detective work and gripping courtroom...
Blood on the Snow by Robert Service - 9781529065855
$26.99
Blood on the Snow
Robert Service
'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today'...
Trails to Freedom by Simon Tancred - 9781761451751
$34.99
Trails to Freedom
Simon Tancred
Trails to Freedom is the story of a solo hike across the Alps that brings...
Gaza Faces History by Enzo Traverso - 9781804441787
$22.99
Gaza Faces History
Enzo Traverso
Is the destruction of Gaza only a consequence of the October 7, 2023 attack, or...
The Tinpot Navy by Anthony Delano - 9781761472176
$34.99
The Tinpot Navy
Anthony Delano
Just months before the start of World War I, Winston Churchill withdrew the Royal Navy's...
Uprising by Stephen Gapps - 9781742238029
$36.99
Uprising
Stephen Gapps
The award-winning author of The Sydney Wars reveals the breadth of frontier resistance warfare. The...
The Weimar Years by Frank McDonough - 9781803284798
$26.99
The Weimar Years
Frank McDonough
REVISED EDITION 'Magisterial, terrifyingly relevant and yet also a celebration of Weimar's delicious decadence' -...
The Sydney Wars by Stephen Gapps - 9781742232140
$34.99
The Sydney Wars
Stephen Gapps
*Winner of theLes Carlyon Literary Prize* *Longlisted for the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize* The...
The Soviet Century by Karl Schloegel - 9780691237299
$49.99
The Soviet Century
Karl Schloegel
The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material...
Culture and Imperialism by Edward W Said - 9781529942125
$29.99
Culture and Imperialism
Edward W Said
From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of...
Captain de Havilland's Moth by Alexander Norman - 9780349146454
$34.99
Captain de Havilland's Moth
Alexander Norman
A nostalgic celebration of the golden age of aviation The world's most iconic light aircraft,...
Thomas Jefferson by Thomas S. Kidd - 9780300271058
$34.95
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas S. Kidd
A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life "Kidd's...
The Game of Hearts by Felicity Day - 9781785120886
$24.99
The Game of Hearts
Felicity Day
'Endlessly captivating' - Tracy Borman 'Tantalising' - Gill Hornby 'More scandal than Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown'...
Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre - 9781526682574
$26.99
Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. BESTSELLER 'Astonishing . . . Sheds riveting new light on...
Love in a Time of Hate by Florian Illies - 9781800811164
$10.00
Love in a Time of Hate
Florian Illies
'Strikingly original, utterly absorbing' Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third ReichA Financial Times...
Double Cross by Ben Macintyre - 9781526682659
$26.99
Double Cross
Ben Macintyre
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory...
A Concise History of Germany by Mary Fulbrook (University College London) - 9781108407083
$39.95
A Concise History of Germany
Mary Fulbrook (University College London)
This third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a...
Genius and Anxiety by Norman Lebrecht - 9781786078292
$26.99
Genius and Anxiety
Norman Lebrecht
Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth...