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 Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - 9781784878740
$59.99
The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A 50th anniversary edition of the book that brought down the Soviet Union - now...
Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir - 9780300269604
$51.95
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...
The World War I Book by DK - 9780241635094
$42.99
The World War I Book
DK
THE \"WAR TO END ALL WARS\" - EPISODE BY EPISODE Discover the key battles, tactics,...
A Shorter History of Australia by Geoffrey Blainey - 9780857984388
$29.99
A Shorter History of Australia
Geoffrey Blainey
A broad, concise and inclusive vision of Australia and Australians by one our most renowned...
Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller - 9781529918571
$26.99
Masters of the Air
Donald L. Miller
Now a major television event from Apple TV and Steven Spielberg, and companion to Band...
Sparks by Ian Johnson - 9780241524947
$55.00
Sparks
Ian Johnson
An inspiring testament to China's dissident historians and activists, from the 1940s to the present...
I Seek a Kind Person by Julian Borger - 9781399806732
$34.99
I Seek a Kind Person
Julian Borger
'I SEEK A KIND PERSON WHO WILL EDUCATE MY INTELLIGENT BOY, AGED 11.' In 1938,...
Fake History by Jo Teeuwisse - 9780753559680
$35.00
Fake History
Jo Teeuwisse
A funny, revealing, myth-busting guide to all the history you thought happened but never actually...
Personality and Power by Ian Kershaw - 9780141998237
$29.99
Personality and Power
Ian Kershaw
The acclaimed historian explores how far individual leaders can alter the course of history The...
A Woman I Know by Mary Haverstick - 9781761380761
$45.00
A Woman I Know
Mary Haverstick
The true story of a filmmaker whose unexpected investigation of her film's subject opened a...
The Race to the Future by Kassia St Clair - 9781529386066
$34.99
The Race to the Future
Kassia St Clair
'An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well...
Saving Lieutenant Kennedy by Brett Mason - 9781742237879
$14.00
Saving Lieutenant Kennedy
Brett Mason
The incredible story of an Australian hero who helped save the life of a future...
Second Hand
Napoleon by Michael Broers - 9781639364657
$39.99
Napoleon
Michael Broers
An accomplished Oxford scholar delivers a dynamic new history covering the last chapter of the...
All That She Carried by Tiya Miles - 9781800818200
$20.00
All That She Carried
Tiya Miles
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY...
The Second World War by James Holland - 9780241601327
$59.99
The Second World War
James Holland
The Second World War is brought to life with captivating colour and detail, in this...
The Scrap Iron Flotilla by Mike Carlton - 9781761042010
$26.99
The Scrap Iron Flotilla
Mike Carlton
Winner of the 2022 Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize, awarded annually by the Australian Naval...
The Plots to Kill Hitler by Richard Dargie - 9781789505818
$19.99
The Plots to Kill Hitler
Richard Dargie
From 1919 onwards, there were many people who wanted to kill Hitler. But when he...
Second Hand
Suffering, Redemption and Triumph by Peter Brune - 9781922896476
$32.99
Suffering, Redemption and Triumph
Peter Brune
Between 1946 and 1966 large numbers of displaced persons (DPs) came to Australia to escape...
The Pacific by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios - 9781460758137
$34.99
The Pacific
Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and...
We Shall Never Surrender by Penelope Middelboe - 9780330511346
$22.99
We Shall Never Surrender
Penelope Middelboe
The story of the Second World War told through the voices of those who lived...
A World on Edge by Daniel Schoenpflug - 9781509818495
$19.99
A World on Edge
Daniel Schoenpflug
Journey into the heart of Europe, 1918 - a world left ravaged by World War...
Catastrophe by Max Hastings - 9780007519743
$24.99
Catastrophe
Max Hastings
The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity...
All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings - 9780007450725
$10.00
All Hell Let Loose
Max Hastings
'The best single-volume history of the war ever written' DOMINIC SANDBOOK, SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterly...
The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan - 9780552155144
$29.99
The Lemon Tree
Sandy Tolan
The true story of a friendship spanning religious divisions and four decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
World War II The Definitive Visual Guide by DK - 9780241525685
$55.00
World War II The Definitive Visual Guide
DK
This defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before World War...
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland - 9781529369069
$13.95
The Escape Artist
Jonathan Freedland
THE NEW BOOK THE TRAITORS CIRCLE OUT NOW FROM JONATHAN FREEDLAND SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE...
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder - 9780099551799
$26.99
Bloodlands
Timothy Snyder
A magisterial history of the lands that lie between Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany -...
Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh - 9780141985060
$26.99
Black Spartacus
Sudhir Hazareesingh
The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero The...