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The Astrologer: How British Intelligence Plotted to Read Hitler's Mind
Were British Intelligence chiefs gullible or sensible to recruit an astrologer to assist in the war effort against Nazi Germany? And was the astrologer genuine or a charlatan? In the...
Double Agent Victoire: Mathilde Carre and the Interallie Network
On 28.2.42 there arrived in the U.K. a remarkable woman agent: Mathilde Lucie (or Lily) CARRE.' Her codename was VICTOIRE, although she became better known as 'La Chatte' - the...
The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-43
The Prisoner of Kathmandu is the story of Brian Hodgson, Britain's "father of Himalayan studies." Born in 1801, Hodgson joined the Bengal Civil Service as a privileged but sickly young...
Napoleon: The Path to Power
At just thirty years of age, Napoleon Bonaparte ruled the most powerful country in Europe. But the journey that led him there was neither inevitable nor smooth. This authoritative biography...
Hobsbawm: History and Politics
Author: Gregory ElliottFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 215mm, 281g, 216 pagesPublished: Pluto Press, United Kingdom, 2010From the early rumblings of the French revolution, at the start of the long nineteenth century,...
Wingate Pasha: the Life of General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate 1861-1953
Author: R. J. M. PughFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 320 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011Wingate Pasha is the first biography of an emminent Scottish soldier-statesman who...
Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft
Author: Brian BrinkworthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014This is the riveting and extraordinary story of Kapitan Herbert Cleff, presented here for...
The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle
Author: Geoff AndrewsFormat: Hardback, 155mm x 226mm, 553g, 288 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2015James Klugmann appears as a shadowy figure in the legendary history of the Cambridge spies....
So Great a Prince
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Author: Lauren JohnsonFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 221mm, 363g, 336 pagesPublished: Pegasus Books, United States, 2018England, 1509. Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, is dead; his successor, the seventeen-year-old Henry VIII,...
Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
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Author: Andrew RobertsFormat: Paperback, 134mm x 203mm, 204g, 256 pagesPublished: Penguin Putnam Inc, United States, 2020A comparison of nine leaders who led their nations through the greatest wars the world...
Fighters Over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942
Author: Brian CullFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 900g, 512 pagesPublished: Fonthill Media Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Brian Cull's definitive `Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942' is a highly detailed account...
Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
Author: Joel Richard PaulFormat: Hardback, 216mm x 279mm, 512 pagesPublished: Penguin Putnam Inc, United States, 2018The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, shaped the...
Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn
Author: Lauren Mackay (Independent Historian, UK)Format: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 696g, 312 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2020The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries,...
Clive: Founder of British India
Author: C. Brad FaughtFormat: Hardback, 263g, 140 pagesPublished: Potomac Books Inc, United States, 2013Robert Clive (1725-1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived...
James Burnham and the Struggle for the World: A Life
Author: Daniel KellyFormat: Hardback, 443 pagesPublished: ISI Books, United States, 2002James Burnham (1905-1987) was one of the most influential anticommunist figures of the Cold War era, as Daniel Kelly's fascinating...
The Escape of Sigmund Freud
Author: David CohenFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 254mm, 522g, 272 pagesPublished: Harry N. Abrams, 2012Goebbels and Himmler wanted all psychoanalysts, especially Freud, humiliated and, later, killed, and Sauerwald was in a...
So Great a Prince
Author: Lauren JohnsonFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 221mm, 363g, 336 pagesPublished: Pegasus Books, United States, 2018England, 1509. Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, is dead; his successor, the seventeen-year-old Henry VIII,...
Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft
Author: Brian BrinkworthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014This is the riveting and extraordinary story of Kapitan Herbert Cleff, presented here for...
Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn
Author: Lauren Mackay (Independent Historian, UK)Format: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 696g, 312 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2020The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries,...
The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle
Author: Geoff AndrewsFormat: Hardback, 155mm x 226mm, 553g, 288 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2015James Klugmann appears as a shadowy figure in the legendary history of the Cambridge spies....
Defiance: The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard
Author: Stephen TaylorFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 340g, 400 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2017Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society, yet was never fully part...
Mrs Kelly: The astonishing life of outlaw Ned Kelly's mother, from the bestselling award-winning author of THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBEY, SISTER VIV and HUDSON FYSH
Author: Grantlee KiezaFormat: Paperback, 154mm x 236mm, 562g, 496 pagesPublished: ABC Books, Australia, 2018The astonishing life of Ned Kelly's mother While we know much about the iconic outlaw Ned Kelly,...
The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson
Author: Nadine DorriesFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 390g, 352 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023'A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on...
The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson
Author: Nadine DorriesFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 390g, 352 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023'A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on...
Fusiliers
Author: Mark UrbanFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 198mm, 323g, 416 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2008From Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one regiment marched thousands of miles...
Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear
Author: Willard WoodFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 160 pagesPublished: Pushkin Press, United Kingdom, 2020We turn to Machiavelli at every tumultuous period in history - he is the one who knows...
Robert Menzies: the art of politics
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Author: Troy BramstonFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 384 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2019A revelatory biography of Australia's longest-serving prime minister. Robert Menzies claimed the prime ministership in 1939 and...
Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace
Author: David BellaviaFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 565g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2022 The Iraq War's only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of...
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Author: Cody KeenanFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 265g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"At a time when the meaning of America is up...
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Author: Gareth RussellFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 230g, 240 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022This is a biography of...
Emma Hamilton: Seduction & Celebrity
Author: Quintin ColvilleFormat: Hardback, 220mm x 265mm, 1630g, 280 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2016Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) is widely known as a temptress who ensnared the naval hero...
Medieval People: Vivid Lives in a Distant Landscape - From Charlemagne to Piero della Francesca
Author: Michael PrestwichFormat: Hardback, 186mm x 246mm, 1110g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014In an engrossing panorama of the medieval world that carries its learning lightly, Michael...
Stalin's Architect: Power and Survival in Moscow
Author: Deyan SudjicFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 900g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022The first biography to trace the remarkable life and career of Ukrainian-born Boris Iofan,...
Katherine Preston: Inn of the Few
Author: Katherine PrestonFormat: Hardback, 250mm x 190mm, 720g, 154 pagesPublished: Hurtwood Press, United Kingdom, 2023Inn of the Few is a tale of the White Hart inn, which became a home...
Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion
Author: Andrew RobinsonFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 300g, 304 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022An updated edition of this acclaimed book, now with a new preface and published...
Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.
Author: Nicola TallisFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 540g, 432 pagesPublished: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024Elizabeth I is renowned for the hugely successful reign that has led her to...
Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion
Author: Andrew RobinsonFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 300g, 304 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022An updated edition of this acclaimed book, now with a new preface and published...
No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
Author: Devin AllenFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 258mm, 920g, 192 pagesPublished: Hachette Books, United States, 2022A MOVEMENT IN WORDS AND IMAGES Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the last six years...
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Author: Cody KeenanFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 265g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"At a time when the meaning of America is up...
Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds
Author: Simon IngsFormat: Hardback, 158mm x 236mm, 608g, 368 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2024Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN...