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First Wife's Shadow
'Had me in a chokehold from beginning to end... A true five star read' Lisa Jewell'Devious and dizzying, with twist after twist after twist - I loved it' Louise Candlish'Wonderfully...
Every Happy Family
A hilarious drama about family secrets, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty.'[A] gripping family tale... Stovell is a thoughtful, wise and witty writer' Daily Mail 'Funny, compelling and so on...
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace
'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail'An unmissable read' Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering...
The Traitor's Gold (Joe Mason, Book 5)
The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series At the root of all riches lies evil...Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)
'Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller... It reads like a movie reel... Needs to be on every thrill seeker's reading list' NetGalley review Don't miss the next instalment of the Joe...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is...
100 20th-Century Buildings
A stylish celebration of some of the greatest buildings in Britain, from the 20th century and beyond, from the country's leading organisation for the protection of 20th century architecture.This fascinating...
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown
A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2024The Sunday Times Bestseller and Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024A Sunday Times History Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the...
Unleashed
THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSONA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES'ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE' ED BALLS'SENSATIONAL' DAILY MAIL Boris Johnson has...
Girl Alone: Joss came home from school to discover her father's
Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13 who is angry and out...
The Adventures of Paddington - Paddington's Holiday
Grab your bucket and spade and join Paddington and the Browns for an unforgettable holiday by the seaside in this bear-shaped board book based on the award-winning animated preschool series...
Little Rumours
'Simply superb.' NetGalley Reviewer, 'Excellent from beginning to end.' NetGalley Reviewer, 'A bone-chilling thriller.' NetGalley Reviewer, 'WARNING: do not start reading this if you have things to do. It's a...
Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary 'Red Devils' were among the finest...
Combat Over the Mediterranean: The RAF in Action Against the Germans
Drawing on an extremely rare collection of photographs taken by the camera guns of Bristol Beaufighters deployed on ground-attack and anti-shipping operations, this book will form a rare indeed unique...
Royal Navy and the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879-1881, The
This beautifully presented book captures the spirit of a little known war where the Royal Navy played a peripheral but crucial role. The power of the British Empire was at...
The Raj (British India)
Chronicles the history of India under British rule, from the eighteenth century to 1947, while exploring the various factors involved that led to the movement for India's independence and the...
Wartime LMS
There is an ongoing fascination with war. Away from the unspeakable horrors associated with conflict, the story of the 'home-front' continues to fascinate. Books on railways and wartime have proven...
Britain's Last Invasion: The Battle of Fishguard, 1797
The history of Britain has been shaped by those who have invaded this small isle: the Romans, Vikings and Norman Conquest all moulded our society and culture. Surprisingly, the last...
British Steam Military Connections: London, Midland and Scottish
In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam railway locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of those represented direct links with...
Adolf's British Holiday Snaps: Luftwaffe Aerial Reconnaissance
After the fall of France and the allied retreat from Dunkirk, Hitler proposed the planned invasion of Great Britain. A secret aerial reconnaissance of the United Kingdom (and all of...
British Steam - Pacific Power
'Pacific', collectively a name applied to steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement is perhaps more commonly associated with express passenger engines but that is not the whole story, there...
Bloodline: the Origins and Development of the Regular Formations of
Using easy-to-follow, family-tree type tables, Bloodline shows the origins and development of every regular formation in the British Army including the latest amalgamations and changes brought about within the 'Future...
The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
The Tudors is the first single-volume history of this fascinating dynasty in two decades. NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER .For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled...
The British Airman of the First World War
1914-18: the first air war, fought by true pioneers not only of aerial combat but of flight itself. British pilots, observers and gunners played a vital part in the Allied...
The British Sailor of the First World War
How the Royal Navy saw off the U-boat challenge in the Great War, and the daily lives of its sailors.In 1914 Great Britain's navy was the largest and most powerful...
No Tradesmen and No Women: The Origins of the British Civil Service
Is our civil service fit for purpose? Michael Coolican takes John Reid's damning statement about the Home Office as his point of departure for a comprehensive overview and evaluation of...
Vickery's Folk Flora: An A-Z of the Folklore and Uses of British and
This book is a dictionary of British (native, naturalised and cultivated) plants and the folklore associated with them. Unlike many plant-lore publications Vickery's Folk Flora tells us what people currently...
The British Museum Maritime History of Britain and Ireland: c.400 -
An authoritative account of the maritime history of the British Isles over the last 1500 years. Ian Friel defines 'maritime history' broadly to encompass naval developments, sea trade, exploration and...
The Lost Beers & Breweries of Britain
Many beers have now gone, but they are not forgotten. They may have been swept away by a tide of takeovers and closures, their rich heritage casually spilt on the...
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
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In Going Dutch, renowned writer Lisa Jardine tells the remarkable history of the relationship between England and Holland, two of Europe's most important colonial powers at the dawn of the...
Dambusters: 70 years of 617 Squadron RAF
Seventy years ago, 133 airmen of 617 Squadron, later known the Dambusters set out to destroy the Ruhr Dams in Germany. This book not only covers the raid in some...
MONEYMAKER THE
Three hundred years ago, a charismatic young gambler and man-about-town with a natural gift for mathematics fled London for the Continent. His name was John Law and he had good...
History of the Buccaneers of Americ
"As factual and...authentic as anything on the subject could be." - The New Yorker. One of the most comprehensive and accurate accounts of buccaneering, this exciting narrative is the work...
The Book of Books: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible
The King James Bible is both the standard scriptural text and, for centuries, the bestselling book in the English-speaking world. Melvyn Bragg reveals the political, linguistic, and religious influences the...
The Badges of Kitchener's Army
Badges of Kitchener's Army is based on thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs...
A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes: The Yale Law School New Statutes of
This seminal study addresses one of the most beautifully decorated 15th-century copies of the New Statutes of England, uncovering how the manuscript's unique interweaving of legal, religious, and literary discourses...
Edwardian Ladies' Hat Fashions: Where Did You Get that Hat?
Based upon the author's large personal collection of beautiful fashion postcards from Edwardian times, this book takes the reader on a journey through that era covering the hat fashions and...
The Privatisation Classes: A Pictorial Survey of Diesel and Electric
Post Privatisation Diesels and Electrics is an album of photographs taken by David Cable, a well-regarded author of several books covering trains throughout much of the world. This book looks...
Wellington's Rifles: The British Light Infantry and Rifle Regiments,
Until now there has not been a serious study of the rifle-armed regiments of the British Army that earned such renown in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns. Compiled by a...
Nation in Arms: The British Army in the First World War
The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250,000, the British Army rapidly...
Most Secret and Confidential: Intelligence in the Age of Nelson
In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This...
Battle of Jutland: History's Greatest Sea Battle Told Through
Since the days of the Battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy had been the acknowledged as the most powerful maritime force on the planet. Britain could boast more warships, and...
King John
King John (1166-1216) has long been seen as the epitome of bad kings. The son of the most charismatic couple of the middle ages, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine,...
Bomber Command: Reflections of War Volume 3 - The Heavies Move In 1942
This massive work provides a comprehensive insight to the experiences of Bomber Command's pilots and aircrew throughout World War Two. From the early wartime years when the RAF's first attempts...
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',...
Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles, The
Railways played a key role in Britain's social, economic and industrial history. The original companies have long gone, but all over the country relics remain to remind us of that...
Black Box Canberras: British Test and Trials Canberras 1951-1994
English Electric's Canberra saw an unbroken 46 years of service in the UK as a test and trials aircraft from 1951 until final retirement in 1994. Flown by Government research...