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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...
The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival,
This is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player - how it, along with him, survived.When her father died, singer songwriter Roxanne de Bastion inherited a piano...
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.' -...
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...
The Sea Cemetery: Secrets and lies in a bestselling Norwegian family
"A windswept, wave-tossed, altogether irresistible novel of literary suspense - I truly didn't want it to end" A. J. FINN"In its scale, scope and ambition, The Sea Cemetery is truly...
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...
Tapas
Authors Anna Cabrera and Vanessa Murphy met in 2008 and quickly realised that their love for all things food, wine, sangria, vermouth and all the rest made them a perfect...
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons: The New Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
"Lisbeth Salander is back - and maybe better than ever . . . Remarkable" LEE CHILD"Highly readable - and still ferocious" Financial Times"The first to be written by a woman,...
The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability
WINNER OF THE 2021 NDR BOOK PRIZE IN GERMANY 'A must-read' Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, OxfordFishing quotas on Lake Constance. Common lands in the UK....
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...
Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome
This is a black and white reissue edition of Five Quarters, previously published as a full-colour cookbook in 2015. This edition contains no photography. WINNER of the Andre Simon Food...
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive
In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the...
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...
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...
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....
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...
The Long Water: Gripping literary mystery set within Norway's Arctic (SIGNED)
Author of the Costa-prizewinning, world-wide bestseller The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney, returns to her snow-covered heartland in this tense mystery set in a small Scandinavian town. Nordland. A region...
Dark Music: The gripping new thriller from the author of THE GIRL IN (SIGNED)
A gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB"A classic murder mystery . . . one Holmes himself would have loved to solve" Independent"Fans...
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...
One Hundred Saturdays: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 2024: Stella (SIGNED)
'Having the last word can be very lonely.'Nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never shared the full details of her past with anyone. That is until...
Emperor of Rome: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller (SIGNED)
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like?In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now,...
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons: The New Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (SIGNED)
"Lisbeth Salander is back - and maybe better than ever . . . Remarkable" LEE CHILD"Highly readable - and still ferocious" Financial Times"The first to be written by a woman,...
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...
Mum & Dad (SIGNED)
Sunday Times number one bestseller Joanna Trollope explores the issues at the heart of a modern family with her trademark wit and warmth, in Mum & Dad. 'What a mess,...
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'...
Border Bloodshed: Scotland and England at War, 1369-1403
Scottish military offensives against England from 1369 were largely the product of government policy, were launched with careful timing and in the reign of Robert II Involved close co-operation with...
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons: The New Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
"Lisbeth Salander is back - and maybe better than ever . . . Remarkable" LEE CHILD"Highly readable - and still ferocious" Financial Times"The first to be written by a woman,...
Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation
The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed. A sex tape from her student days - one she never knew existed. The price: 300,000 euros and her immediate resignation. A political...
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'...
The White Circle: A Black Forest Investigation VI
"A fitting and frightening conclusion to a magnificent series" The TimesThe final instalment of the acclaimed Black Forest Investigations brings the series to a shattering close.Louise Boni, Chief Inspector of...
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...
The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel: inspired by true acts of courage,
The war taught her to fight. The children taught her to hope...Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance, The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving...
The Last Hours in Paris: A powerful, moving and redemptive story of
War brings them together.Liberation will tear them apart.A POWERFUL PORTRAIT OF WAR. A HEARTBREAKING STORY OF LOVE. THE EXTRAORDINARY NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF WHILE PARIS SLEPT. Paris 1944....
The Stranger in the Seine: From the No.1 International Thriller
'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES'ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLER WRITERS OF OUR AGE' DAILY EXPRESS'IT'S NO WONDER THAT GUILLAUME MUSSO IS ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST LOVED, BESTSELLING AUTHORS'...
Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-first Century
'[A] gripping and fascinating book' JAMES HOLLAND, DAILY TELEGRAPH, 5* review'A brilliant book . . . timely . . . gripping' RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVER'A thrilling read ' PHILIPPE SANDS, author...
The Red Hotel: The Untold Story of Stalin's Disinformation War
'A riveting trip down the corridors of Soviet deception' Sunday Telegraph (Five-Star Review)'Philps' book vindicates the value of truth' Washington Post'Philps has an eye for detail and a heart for...
The Course of Irish History
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