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The Holocaust: A New History
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The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong
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The Last Days: Steven Spielberg and the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
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Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821
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Napoleon
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Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth
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The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
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Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence
'Groundbreaking' Sunday Times'Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece' Damien Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling authorSince the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked...
Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? The...
Nella Last's Peace: The Post-War Diaries Of Housewife 49
'I've met such interesting people, and always heard unbelievable stories about people's lives. If I could put all in written language and sequence, I could write books, I'm sure.' -...
Operation Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler
The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story.'Astonishing' Daily Telegraph'The last of its kind ... celebrates a long-since vanished generation...
Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El
A "rollicking," "vividly re-created," and "enticing romp" that tells the true story of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a...
Vermeer's Hat: The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global
In one painting, a Dutch military officer leans toward a laughing girl. In another, a woman at a window weighs pieces of silver. In a third, fruit spills from a...
Escaping Hitler: Heroic True Stories of Great Escapes in Nazi Europe
Some of the great untold stories of the Second World War concern the freedom trails, the highly dangerous escape routes out of Nazi Occupied Europe. Over 5,000 British, Commonwealth and...
Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of
Cousin to Elizabeth I - and very likely also Henry VIII's illegitimate granddaughter - Lettice Knollys had a life of dizzying highs and pitiful lows. Darling of the court, entangled...
Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the
Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen...
Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania
"[An] incredibly moving collection of oral histories . . . important enough to be added to the history curriculum" Telegraph"A moving evocation of the 'everyday terror' systematically perpetrated over 41...
Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and Renegades
Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian...
The Renaissance
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Author: Paul JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Ltd., 2000Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'The Renaissance', Paul Johnson explores the cultural and intellectual awakening that took place...
The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire
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Author: Andrew WheatcroftBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2004Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the history and influence of the Habsburg dynasty, shedding light on...
Malevolent Neutrality: The United States, Great Britain, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War
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Author: Douglas LittleBinding: HardbackPublished: Cornell University Press, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the complex diplomatic relations between the United States and Great Britain regarding the...
Vlaanderen = La Flandre = Flanders = Flandern = Flandes
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Author: J. Van Remoortere / F. van den BremtBinding: HardbackPublished: Meddens, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLanguage: Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish. This book offers a...
Caithness: A Fresh Look at the County
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Author: Miller, JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: Skilton & Shaw, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive exploration of Caithness, highlighting its history, culture, and geography. It...
The Kingdom of Fife & Kinross-shire : The King's Scotland
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Author: Theo LangBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of the Kingdom of Fife and Kinross-shire, detailing its...
Stalin's Russia
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Author: Suzanne Labin; Transl. by Edward Fitzgerald; Foreword by Arthur Koestler.Binding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1949Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the political landscape...
Civilisation: A Personal View
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Author: Kenneth ClarkBinding: SoftbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerKenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of...
North East Lowlands of Scotland
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Author: John R. AllanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale, 1974, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the geography, culture, and history of the North East Lowlands of Scotland....
Civilization
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Author: Kenneth ClarkBinding: SoftbackPublished: John Murray, 1984, Reprint Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'Civilization', Kenneth Clark explores the evolution of Western culture and art through the...
A Short History of the Italian People from the Barbarian Invasions to the Present Day
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Author: Janet Penrose Trevelyan; D Mack SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin, 1967, Fourth Impression Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a comprehensive...
A History of the Middle Ages
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Author: Joseph DahmusBinding: HardbackPublished: Barnes & Noble, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the Middle Ages, exploring the social, political,...
Catherine the Great
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Author: Henri TroyatBinding: HardbackPublished: Dorset Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life of Catherine the Great, a German princess who ascended to the...
Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag (SIGNED)
From Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of A People's Tragedy, Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag. Lev and...
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware (SIGNED)
'A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical' - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK'A paean to DIY' - The Times'Strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era (SIGNED)
'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...
SAS Forged in Hell: From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: Paddy Mayne and (SIGNED)
FOR FANS OF THE BBC SERIES SAS ROGUE HEROES, THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNEA Waterstones Best History Book of 2023The incredible true story of the SAS'...
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn is one of the most divisive figures in British history. Her love-match with Henry VIII and her subsequent execution at the Tower of London after only three years...
SAS Forged in Hell: From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: The Mavericks who
FOR FANS OF THE BBC SERIES SAS ROGUE HEROES, THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNEA Waterstones Best History Book of 2023The incredible true story of the SAS'...
Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape
'Poetic and profound, Time and Tide is wise, considered and full of surprises' Observer'Poignant and touching' Mail on Sunday'Miraculous' ScotsmanA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey...
Courtiers: The Sunday Times bestselling inside story of the power
Who advises the royal family, what influence do they have and how have they shaped history?Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers - the trusted advisers in...
A Safe Area: Srebrenica - Europe's Worst Massacre Since the Holocaust
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The Course of Irish History
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Protecting the Empire's Humanity: Thomas Hodgkin and British Colonial Activism 1830-1870
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Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
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South: The Endurance Expedition: The "Endurance" Expedition
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
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Defiance!: Withstanding the Kaiserschalcht
This fascinating volume charts the progress of the Allied breakout of Normandy through German eyes. Beginning with Operation COBRA and ending with the offensive which led to the liberation of...
The World of King Arthur
Step into the mythical, magical realm of King Arthur...Uncover the legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table in intricate detail as you piece together his fabled...
First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill
From the personal and political upheavals of the Great War, through the Churchills' 'wilderness years' in the 1930s, to Clementine's desperate efforts to preserve her husband's health during the struggle...