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SAS Shadow Raiders: The Ultra-Secret Mission that Changed the Course
The incredible story of the radar wars - Britain's most secret battle In the winter of 1941 an alien-seeming object was captured in a death-defying dash by an RAF reconnaissance...
Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month *Featuring a brand new chapter!* 'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country...
Blue Murder: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government,
UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER ON THE 2024 ELECTION A GUARDIAN AND DAILY TELEGRAPH POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'BRILLIANT' ANDREW MARR 'MAJESTIC' GUARDIAN 'ESSENTIAL' JON SOPEL 'A CRACKING READ'...
Unmasking Lucy Letby: As seen on BBC's Panorama
Winner of BEST NEW AUTHOR at THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2025 Highly commended for BOOK OF THE YEAR at THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2025 Shortlisted for THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER...
British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930
During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none',...
The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister
Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer than any other democratic political office...
Fighting the People's War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the
Fighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, the core of the British...
The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister -
A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year. The recent political chaos enfolding Downing Street provides the framing for the extraordinary story of the office of Prime Minister, and...
After the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better Future
Why was the UK so unprepared for the pandemic, suffering one of the highest death rates and worst economic contractions of the major world economies in 2020? Hilary Cooper and...
Christmas 1914: The First World War at Home and Abroad
By December 1914, it had become clear to even the most optimistic observer that the war would not be over by Christmas. That month brought the first enemy inflicted deaths...
The Land Where Nothing Works: How Britain Lost the Plot
What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint, weeds, and broken railings. Public...
Century of Change 1900 - 2000
These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day. They explore the everyday lives...
Roman Britain
Reissued in new covers, this is the first volume in the "Oxford History of England". It draws on literary sources and advances in archaeology, charting life in Roman Britain from...
For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of
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"Hamilton is a guarantee of quality." - Financial Times "Duncan Hamilton's compelling biography puts flesh on the legend and paints a vivid picture of not only a great athlete, but...
The Sword in the Stone (HarperCollins Children's Classics)
The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart - ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlyn - who goes on to become King Arthur. "Come, sword," said the Wart. He...
Beak, Tooth and Claw: Living with Predators in Britain
'A must read for all wildlife lovers' Dominic Dyer Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland's predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective...
BBC Radio 4 Brain of Britain Ultimate Quiz Book
Pit your wits against some of the brightest minds in Britain by taking up the challenge of this ultimate quiz of 2000 questions from the Brain of Britain archives. Brain...
For the Love of the Air Force: A Celebration of the British Armed
What is sewn into a pilot s uniform when they receive their wings? In what year did the first female jet pilot join the RAF? Why were former Lightning pilots...
Crime and the Craft: Masonic Involvement in Murder, Treason and
Crime and the Craft reveals that the Freemasons have been involved in treason, murder, conspiracy, fraud, and scandal from the time of the English Civil War to the 1980s. Nearly...
The Battle of Britain
Following the success of their Blitzkrieg campaign that had steamrollered France and the Low Countries into defeat, by June 1940 the Nazi forces were poised on the Channel coast ready...
A History of Britain Vol 2
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The book titled A History of Britain Vol 2 by the author Simon Schama, CBE. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
To Encourage the Others
The book titled To Encourage the Others by the author David A. Yallop. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Master Spy #
The book titled Master Spy # by the author Phillip Knightly. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
English Journey
'The finest book ever written about England and the English' Stuart Maconie 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that...
Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's pilgrim paths
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards...
Wings: The RAF at War, 1912-2012
The Royal Air Force is synonymous with its heroic achievements in the summer of 1940, when Winston Churchill's 'famous few' held Goering's Luftwaffe at bay in the Battle of Britain,...
Acts of Union and Disunion
The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In...
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
This is the second, and extensively revised, edition of the first full-scale scholarly study of what is arguably the only fully-formed religion that England has ever given the world: that...
All The King's Men: The British Redcoat in the Era of Sword and Musket
A thrilling history of the British Redcoat from the English Civil War to Waterloo Between 1660 and 1815 British supremacy on foreign soil was near total. Central to this success...
Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 1901-1910 in Their Own Words
Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular Forgotten Voices series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era. The Edwardian era is often eclipsed in the...
Band of Brigands: The First Men in Tanks
The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War I: the British pioneer volunteers who...
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS: The Beatles changed the world.
The most engaging, surprising and revealing look at the Beatles story you'll read. Everyone knows a Beatles tune. But their story goes beyond the omnipresent songs and iconic albums. Theirs...
Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller... I couldn't put Max Hastings's new...
Stick It Up Your Punter!: The Uncut Story Of The Sun Newspaper
The SUN is more than a newspaper. It is, in its own words, a phenomenon - the biggest-selling daily paper in the English language, fascinating 12 million readers and making...
The Stones of Britain: A History of Britain through its Geology
'Cannon has a keen descriptive eye and a striking, lyrical turn of phrase . . . a rich, warm, authoritative book' TLS This is the definitive tale of how our...
The Foreign Invention of British Art: From Renaissance to
A timely history of immigration, integration and national identity that reveals the true heritage behind some of the nation's defining artworks. To truly understand British art is to recognize the...
Theatres of Memory: v. 2: Island Stories - Unravelling Britain
This work offers an account of the heroes and villains, legends and foibles of the four nations that inhabit the British Isles. Raphael Samuel is interested by the face that...
The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century: A Celebration of
Travel writing matters Explore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the 21st century - as judged by some of the...
Edward Lear: A Biography
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The book titled Edward Lear: A Biography by the author Peter Levi. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
These Divided Isles: Britain and Ireland, Past and Future
A vital history from the award-winning Financial Times journalist Philip Stephens on the dramatic century since the Anglo-Irish Treaty and partition. These Divided Isles tells the story from both sides...
The Last Big Gun: At War & At Sea with HMS Belfast
As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler's newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that...
The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century: A Celebration of
Travel writing matters Explore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the 21st century - as judged by some of the...
King Prawn: Dreaming Big and Making it Happen - The Story of the
The book titled Transformers: Retribution by the author David J. Williams. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Life
Part journal, part commonplace book, among many gems you will find enlightenment and advice on everything from dreams to garlic; patriotism to wrinkles. Written throughout her life but only discovered...
SAS Daggers Drawn: In For the Kill: The Third in the Blair 'Paddy'
THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNE, ENDORSED BY THE MAYNE FAMILY Summer 1944: the SAS were charged with the most crucial D-Day missions, taking on the might of the...
The Life of Henrietta Anne: Daughter of Charles I
Henrietta Anne Stuart, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in June 1644 in the besieged city of Exeter at the very height of the English Civil...
Fighter Command's Air War 1941
Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters tried to force the...