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A History of Europe
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Fire from Heaven: Life in an English Town in the Seventeenth Century
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The Flame of Resistance: American Beauty. French Hero. British Spy.
'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the half of it. Lewis' story-telling blew my mind....
The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in
How rhetoric-the art of persuasion-can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimonyThe discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand...
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware
'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...
Courtiers: The Sunday Times bestselling inside story of the power
FEATURING A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON KING CHARLES III AND HIS CORONATION'Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising' Telegraph The gripping account of how the royal family really operates. Valentine Low, royal correspondent for...
Homer and His Iliad
A "compelling and impressive" (Sunday Times) reassessment of the Iliad, uncovering how the poem was written and why it remains enduringly powerful The Iliad is the world's greatest epic poem--heroic...
Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea
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Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Yet how can we strive for equality if we don't understand it? As...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era
'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...
The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for
** Eastern Eye's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 **The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality and the legacies of Empire and Colonialism. We've been here before....
The Seaside: England's Love Affair
A vivid journey around England's great seaside resorts, exploring their history and current struggle, and what they reveal about England, from the award-winning author of Love of CountryEngland's seaside is...
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times
'My book of the year. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. This is the book I've been waiting for - for years' Benjamin Zephaniah'A...
Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta
'Deeply researched and written with verve... thoughtful as well as action packed' The Times'Gripping, moving and important' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Agent Zo is a triumph. Absolutely essential reading' Hallie RubenholdThis is...
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have...
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape...
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers,...
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown
For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a...
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers,...
Black History Walks
From Elephant and Castle to Southwark, from London Bridge to Westminster, Black History Walks takes you to historic locations around the city of London and gives in-depth historical context for...
Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown
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Paris Then and Now
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Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives
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Harold Macmillan
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Ruin and Renewal: Civilising Europe After the Second World War
'Excellent ... much to ponder' - Financial TimesIn 1945, Europe lay in ruins - its cities and towns destroyed by conflict, its economies crippled, its societies ripped apart by war...
Courtiers: The Sunday Times bestselling inside story of the [...]
FEATURING A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON KING CHARLES III AND HIS CORONATION'Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising' Telegraph The gripping account of how the royal family really operates. Valentine Low, royal correspondent for...
Blenheim: Battle for Europe
By the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies dominated Europe. France defeated every alliance formed against her and Louis was poised to extend his frontier to the Rhine and...
How to Create the Perfect Wife: The True Story of One Gentleman, [...]
This is the story of how Thomas Day, a young man of means, decided he could never marry a woman with brains, spirit or fortune. Instead, he adopted two orphan...
The King Maker: The Man Who Saved George VI
Louis Greig, a war hero and rugby international, entered the privileged world of the British royal family as mentor, physician and friend to a young and hesitant Prince Albert, the...
Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century
From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel city.Simon Kuper has experienced Paris both as...
The Norman Fate 1100-1154
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Author: Douglas, David C.Binding: HardbackPublished: Eyre Methuen, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the impact and legacy of the Norman conquest in England during the...
ECHOES OF A THOUSAND YEAR VOYAGE
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Author: Vila Jato, DoloresBinding: HardbackPublished: Paradores de Turismo de España, 1997Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book takes readers on a captivating journey through time, exploring the...
A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from the Blitz to the Bright Lights
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Mary Robinson: The Authorised Biography
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Nothing For Tears
Towards the end of the Second World War, Lali Horstmann and her husband Freddy, a retired diplomat and art collector, were living at Kerzendorf, an elegant eighteenth-century house with a...
Conflict in the Crimea: British Redcoats on Russian Soil
The author relies to a great extent on contemporary accounts of a large number of British men and women who were unwittingly caught up in this appalling war. As well...
Brutus: Caesar's Assassin
Although Marcus Junius Brutus is one of the most famous, or infamous, conspirators of Rome and the ancient world, if not of all time, knowledge of this historical figure has...
Thucydides and the Idea of History
From the eighteenth century onwards, the ancient Greek writer Thucydides (c 460 - c 395 BCE) was viewed as the most important classical historian. He was acclaimed not only as...
Crisis Among the Great Powers: The Concert of Europe and the [...]
In 1840, conflict within the Ottoman Empire gave rise to a serious all-European crisis which led to a diplomatic rupture between France and other Great Powers. The crisis was given...
The Reign - Life in Elizabeth's Britain: Part I: The Way It Was, [...]
She came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, sweets were rationed, mums stayed home and kids played on bombsites. Seventy years on, everything has changed...
Murder During the Hundred Year War: The Curious Case of Sir [...]
In 1375, Sir William Cantilupe was found murdered in a field outside of a village in Lincolnshire. As the case progressed, fifteen members of his household were indicted for murder,...
1918: The Last Act
By 1918, after three years of war, Europe was weary of the stalemate and the terrible slaughter on the Western Front. The Russian Front had collapsed but the United States...
Cromwell's Convicts: The Death March from Dunbar 1650
On 3 September 1650 Oliver Cromwell won a decisive victory over the Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Dunbar - a victory that is often regarded as his finest hour...
1815: Regency Britain in the Year of Waterloo
1815 was the year of Waterloo, the British victory that ended Napoleon's European ambitions and ushered in a century of peace for Britain. But what sort of country were Wellington's...
The Mirror of Venus: Women in Roman Art
Though images of women were ubiquitous in the Roman world, these were seldom intended to be taken simply at face value. The importance of marriage, motherhood and political stability was...
Romans and Barbarians
A study of the clash between the Roman Empire and the barbarians beyond its imperial frontiers from the viewpoints of four of the major ethic groups on the borders of...
Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader
This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to...
Hannibal's Road: The Second Punic War in Italy 213-203 BC
Many books have been written on the Second Punic War and Hannibal in particular but few give much space to his campaigns in the years from 213 203 BC. Most...
Fortress Britain: All the Invasions and Incursions since 1066
As Stuart Laycock's book All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: and the Few We Never got Round to shows, the British have not been backward in coming forward when it...