Political Biographies & Memoir

From prime ministers to protestors, the Political Biographies & Memoirs collection at Harry Hartog brings together voices that have shaped nations, challenged systems, and redefined leadership. These compelling reads explore the private truths behind public lives — from halls of power to grassroots movements. Whether you're drawn to statesmen, revolutionaries, or insiders offering an unfiltered view of policy and politics, our curated selection speaks to readers who want to understand how history is made — and who makes it.

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Victoria by Julia Baird - 9780732295707
$9.50
Victoria
Julia Baird
The much-admired, critically-praised and bestselling biography of Queen Victoria, from one of Australia's most admired...
Second Hand
Unquiet Women by Max Adams - 9781788543422
$22.99
Unquiet Women
Max Adams
Unquiet Women is an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the...
Twenty to the Mile: The Overland Telegraph Line by Derek Pugh - 9780648142195
$39.95
Twenty to the Mile: The Overland Telegraph Line
Derek Pugh
The greatest engineering problem facing Australia - the tyranny of distance - had a solution:...
Truganini by Cassandra Pybus - 9781760529222
$36.99
Truganini
Cassandra Pybus
WINNER, National Biography Award 2021 SHORTLISTED, Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction 2021 'A compelling story,...
Three Sheets to the Wind by Adam Courtenay - 9780733341861
$34.99
Three Sheets to the Wind
Adam Courtenay
How a motley crew of merchant seamen walked 600 miles to save 7000 gallons of...
The Women of Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone - 9781529366723
$34.99
The Women of Rothschild
Natalie Livingstone
'Captivating, intimate, dazzling epic and revelatory' SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE The story of the family who rose...
The Women Who Flew for Hitler by Clare Mulley - 9781447274230
$19.99
The Women Who Flew for Hitler
Clare Mulley
Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous and strikingly attractive women who fought...
The Wicked Wit of Prince Philip by Karen Dolby - 9781782438823
$5.00
The Wicked Wit of Prince Philip
Karen Dolby
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE has been at the...
Second Hand
The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist by Kate Fullagar - 9780300243062
$73.99
The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist
Kate Fullagar
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and...
The War That Made the Roman Empire from Barry Strauss - Harry Hartog gift idea
$49.99
The War That Made the Roman Empire
Barry Strauss
A "splendid" (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history's most important and yet...
The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather - 9780753545188
$24.99
The Volunteer
Jack Fairweather
The first account of one of the greatest heroes of WWII, and a gripping story...
The Unstoppable Ruth Bader Ginsburg from Antonia Felix - Harry Hartog gift idea
$44.99
The Unstoppable Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Antonia Felix
On the 25th anniversary of her appointment to the Supreme Court, this unofficial pictorial retrospective...
The Truth Of The Matter by Gough Whitlam - 9780522852127
$29.99
The Truth Of The Matter
Gough Whitlam
Passionate, pithy, learned, witty, and vigorously combative, The Truth of the Matter tells the extraordinary...
The Strongman by Angus Roxburgh (Independent Scholar, UK) - 9780755639250
$29.99
The Strongman
Angus Roxburgh (Independent Scholar, UK)
Vladimir Putin has turned Russia from fledgling democracy into a police state, and in 2020...
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson - 9780008274986
$24.99
The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as...
The Sphinx by Hugo Vickers - 9781529390711
$32.99
The Sphinx
Hugo Vickers
**The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020** 'This biography is truly wonderful...
The Sphinx by Hugo Vickers - 9781529390742
$24.99
The Sphinx
Hugo Vickers
**The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020** 'This biography is truly wonderful...
The Silver Swan from Sallie Bingham - Harry Hartog gift idea
$22.95
The Silver Swan
Sallie Bingham
"Don't touch that girl, she'll burn your fingers," the FBI director J. Edgar Hoover once...
The Shoemaker and his Daughter by Conor O'Clery - 9781784163112
$19.99
The Shoemaker and his Daughter
Conor O'Clery
A sweeping memoir telling the story of one ordinary family's remarkable journey from Stalin's Soviet...
The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks - 9780141979366
$26.99
The Shepherd's Life
James Rebanks
The phenomenal No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, now in paperback Some people's lives are entirely...
The Secret by Alexandra Smith - 9781761260742
$15.00
The Secret
Alexandra Smith
Gladys Berejiklian was Australia's rockstar premier. The first woman elected to lead NSW, she steered...
The School That Escaped the Nazis by Deborah Cadbury - 9781529365788
$32.99
The School That Escaped the Nazis
Deborah Cadbury
'All the violence I had experienced before felt like a bad dream. It was a...
The Road to Ruin by Niki Savva - 9781925322729
$29.99
The Road to Ruin
Niki Savva
'There will be no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping.' -Tony Abbott, 15 September 2015...
The Right Kind of Crazy by Clint Emerson - 9781501184178
$26.99
The Right Kind of Crazy
Clint Emerson
Clint Emerson, retired Navy SEAL and bestselling author of 100 Deadly Skills, delivers a gripping...
The Red Witch by Hobby, Nathan - 9780522877380
$49.99
The Red Witch
Hobby, Nathan
Novelist, journalist and activist Katharine Susannah Prichard won fame for vivid novels that broke new...
Second Hand
THE RED CHIEF by Ion Idriess - 9781922384751
$29.95
THE RED CHIEF
Ion Idriess
It would be hard to find a more satisfying hero than the young warrior Red...
The Radical Potter by Tristram Hunt - 9780241287897
$55.00
The Radical Potter
Tristram Hunt
A spectacular new biography of the great designer, entrepreneur, abolitionist and beacon of the Industrial...
The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu from Jo Willett - Harry Hartog gift idea
$75.00
The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu
Jo Willett
300 years ago, in April 1721, a smallpox epidemic was raging in England. Lady Mary...