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A Woman Lived Here: Alternative Blue Plaques, Remembering London's
'A pretty awesome present for the feminist in your life' - Caroline Criado Perez, OBE, author of Do It Like a WomanAt the last count, the Blue Plaque Guide honours...
Men at War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945
As the Second World War moves beyond living memory and its last veterans leave us, we are in danger of losing our opportunity to understand the reality behind the conflict's...
In Shakespeare's Shadow: A Rogue Scholar's Quest to Reveal the True
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What if Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare . . . but someone else wrote him first? Acclaimed author of The Map Thief, Michael Blanding presents the twinning narratives of renegade scholar Dennis...
The Nature of Honour: Son, Duty-bound Soldier, Military Lawyer, Truth-teller, Father
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SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildSAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes...
SAS - Battle Ready: True Stories from Memorable Missions Around the
The Special Air Service - the SAS - are known to be the greatest elite fighting force in the world. This book focuses on the most famous operations undertaken by...
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...
Sisters in Captivity: Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous
The incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three...
The Ticket Collector from Belarus: An Extraordinary True Story of
'Brilliantly gripping' Sunday Times; 'Compelling' Daily Mail; 'Heart-rending' Sunday Telegraph; 'Excellent' The Times; 'Engrossing' Independent The UK's only war crimes trial took place in 1999 and had its origins in...
We Were Young and at War: The first-hand story of young lives lived
Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to...
The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars
"[A]ffectingly personal, achingly earnest, and something close to necessary." -Vogue "Personal, convincing, unflinching." -Tablet From an author who's been called "one of the most emotionally exacting, mercilessly candid, deeply funny,...
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...
The Hunt: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban
From master storyteller Andy McNab, this is the opening book in an adventure-filled and action-packed new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions.'A...
Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew: An Italian Story
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Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency
'First there was Fire and Fury, then there was Siege, now there is Landslide. The third is the best of the three' Guardian 'Cruel, unforgiving, muckracking, scandalous . . ....
The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making
'If there were a Nobel Prize in History, Colley would be my nominee' - Jill Lepore, New Yorker'One of the most exciting historians of her generation, but also one of...
Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny
'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, TelegraphThe gripping sequel...
Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima
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The Hunt: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban
From master storyteller Andy McNab, this is the opening book in an adventure-filled and action-packed new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions.'A...
SAS Brothers in Arms: The Mavericks Who Made the SAS: The First in the
FOR FANS OF THE BBC SERIES SAS ROGUE HEROES, THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNE'Absolutely gripping from the word go' Alexis Conran, Times Radio'A convincing insight into...
Storms and Dreams
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URQUHART CASTLE AND THE GREAT GLEN
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Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World, by Afghanistan's Youngest
A moving and inspiring memoir by Afghanistan's youngest female mayor and campaigner for human rights, as seen in Netflix's In Her Hands documentary.'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author...
War No More: Eliminating Conflict in the Nuclear Age
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Sovereign Ladies
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History of the Peloponnesian War
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Balibo
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Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII
Winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards Australian History Prize. First Runner Up for Templer Medal Book Prize (UK). Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's...
Operation Relentless: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in
By 2007 Viktor Bout had become the world's foremost arms dealer. Known as the 'Merchant of Death' he was both "Public Enemy No. 1" to the global intelligence agencies and...
Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November): The History of Britain in
'Claiming there are only 150 key things you really need to know that have shaped in the story of Britain, this book delivers them in easy to swallow, bite-sized chunks'...
Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean
WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDIts name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures....
Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain's Health
At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front. Rationing would decimate the nation's health, they warned; drugs,...
Operation Man Hunt: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in
'The Night Manager meets Narcos' Saul David'To catch this criminal took incredible courage and skill. This is James Bond meets Jason Bourne' Bear GryllsThe new bestseller from the author of...
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner
THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine
'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook
"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour"Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson"In a remarkable new...
Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation
In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce...
Apache Dawn: Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildIn the summer of 2007 the British Army's 662 Squadron deployed its most potent weapons system in combat...
Queen Elizabeth II
Rod Green explores the personal and political intrigues that have dogged the House of Windsor, including the Queen's fascinating relationships with prime ministers from Winston Churchill and Antony Eden to...
Queen of Codes: The Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain's Greatest
'One of the greatest codebreakers of the twentieth century' Suzannah Lipscomb An astounding story of codebreaking, personal sacrifice and a life lived in the shadows. The history of British codebreaking...
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook
"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour"Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson"In a remarkable new...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine
'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
Gentleman Jack: A biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer
The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the television series Gentleman Jack.Anne Lister's journals were so shocking that the first person to crack their secret code hid...
Divorced, Beheaded, Died...: The History of Britain's Kings and Queens
From Henry VIII dispatching his numerous wives to Edward VIII's unprecedented abdiction, Britain's monarchs have been responsible for shaping some of the most dramatic moments in British history. Featuring tales...
A History of Europe
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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....
Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39
'Strikingly original, utterly absorbing' Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third ReichA Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the...
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...