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Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare
42.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming Archive. Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, t ...Show more
In Tasmania by Nicholas Shakespeare
19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
In Tasmania on holiday, novelist and Chatwin biographer Nicholas Shakespeare discovered a house on a 9-mile beach and instantly decided this was where he wanted to live. He didn't know then that his ancestor was the corrupt and colourful Anthony Fenn Kemp, now known as 'the Father of Tasmania', or that ...Show more
In Tasmania by Nicholas Shakespeare
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A brilliant account of 200 years of Tasmanian history and an acclaimed writer's discovery of his secret connection with that island and its past.In Tasmania on holiday, novelist and Chatwin biographer Nicholas Shakespeare discovered a house on a 9-mile beach and instantly decided this was where he wante ...Show more
Inheritance by Nicholas Shakespeare
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited GBP17million? This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too em ...Show more
Oddfellows by Nicholas Shakespeare
14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"On 1 January 1915, ramifications from the First World War, raging half a world away, were felt in Broken Hill, Australia, when in a guerrilla-style military operation, four citizens were killed and seven wounded. It was the annual picnic day in Broken Hill and a thousand citizens were dressed for fun w ...Show more
Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister by Nicholas Shakespeare
29.99 AUD
Category: WWI & WWII | Reading Level: very good
London, early May 1940- Britain is on the brink of war and Neville Chamberlain's government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking over at the helm, but in SIX MINUTES IN MAY Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a d ...Show more
Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister by Nicholas Shakespeare
22.99 AUD
Category: Popular History
*** Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Observer and The Economist *** 'A gripping story of Churchill's unlikely rise to power' Observer London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlain's government is about to fall. It is hard for us to i ...Show more
The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare
19.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery
For readers of William Boyd and John le Carre, an exhilarating literary thriller about the hunt for a missing terrorist in South America.From the acclaimed author of The Sandpit, an exhilarating literary thriller about the hunt for a missing terrorist in South America.This novel explores one of the most ...Show more
The Sandpit by Nicholas Shakespeare
32.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery
'A remarkable contemporary thriller - with shades of Graham Greene and Le Carré about it - but also a profound and compelling investigation of a hugely complex human predicament. Brilliantly observed, captivatingly written, grippingly narrated - a triumph' - William Boyd When John Dyer returns to Oxfor ...Show more
The Sandpit by Nicholas Shakespeare
22.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery
A sophisticated thriller about a missing nuclear scientist - perfect for fans of Robert Harris, William Boyd and Charles Cumming'A remarkable contemporary thriller... A triumph' WILLIAM BOYDA journalist becomes embroiled in a world of secrets and paranoia when a nuclear scientist goes missing.When John ...Show more
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