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The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy
Author: John Henry Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative...
The English Civil Wars: 1640-1660
Author: Blair Worden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the...
Francis I: The Maker of Modern France
Author: Leonie Frieda Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Yet he was also arguably the most significant king that France ever...
Churchill and Empire: Portrait of an Imperialist
Author: Lawrence James Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical...
The Daily Telegraph Military Obituaries Book Three
Author: David Twiston Davies Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 David Twiston Davies's latest and highly entertaining collection of 100 Daily Telegraph military obituaries from the last fifteen years, include...
The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy
Author: John Henry Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative...
A Brief History of the British Army
Author: John Lewis-Stempel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of...
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...
The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual
Author: Lee Johnson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 How would you expect to recognise a German military vehicle? What is meant by 'crimping' a detonator? How far away, by...
Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as 'Schindler's List'
Author: Thomas Keneally Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was...
Harold Wilson: The Winner
Author: Nick Thomas-Symonds Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 Harold Wilson is the only post-war leader of any party to serve as Britain's Prime Minister on two separate occasions. In...
The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
Author: Margalit Fox Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly...
Witnessing Waterloo: 24 Hours, 48 Lives, A World Forever Changed
Author: David Crane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 [Previously published as 'Went The Day Well'] 'Of all the books marking the bicentenary Waterloo, this has to be the best'...
Wellington: A Journey Through My Family
Author: Lady Jane Wellesley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Reissued for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The first Duke of Wellington's victory at Waterloo in 1815...
Macbeth: The True Story
Author: Fiona Watson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Thanks to Shakespeare, the name Macbeth has become a byword for political ambition realised by bloody violence. Fiona Watson has uncovered,...
Lighting the Fuse: Stories from Britain's first female bomb disposal expert
Author: Lucy Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Imagine standing over a bomb - you need to make a choice. Remember, your life depends on it. In this extraordinary...
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of the Second World War
Author: Saul David Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'Excellent' Antony Beevor 'Saul David is a brilliant historian ... In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves...