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The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in
The 3rd Earl of Portsmouth voted in the House of Lords, took county positions, invited Jane Austen to his balls, counted William Cobbett as one of his Hampshire neighbours and...
Testament of Youth: An unforgettable true story of love and loss in
In 1914 Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole...
The Longest Campaign: Britain's Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and
A complete account of the British maritime contribution to victory in World War II. For four centuries the British realm depended upon sea power to defend its interest and independence...
Fiddlers and Whores: The Candid Memoirs of a Surgeon in Nelson's Fleet
"A country of fiddlers and poets, whores and scoundrels"-Nelson's famous description of Naples-was a world eagerly embraced by a young Irish doctor called James Lowry who went to sea, apparently,...
History of Britain & Ireland: The Definitive Visual Guide
"Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this fully revised and updated book. Combining...
Secret Agent, Unsung Hero: The Valour of Bruce Dowding
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research...
Nelson's Fleet at Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 was the most famous of the age of sail, and the last in the long series between Britain and France. Brian Lavery paints a...
The Myth Of The Blitz
The Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. It rested upon the assumed invincibility of an island race distinguished by good humour, understatement and the ability...
The City of London: v. 2: Golden Years, 1890-1914
Between 1890 and 1914 the city of London was all dominant, as Britain's legendary gold-standard reigned supreme across the globe. The author shows how this was possible, anatomizes an elite...
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt - The Home Front in
Doris Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and...
T. E. Lawrence: The Selected Letters
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The Making of Modern Tourism: The Cultural History of the British
At the end of the 20th century, tourism is the world's largest single industry. Tourism, however, is not only an economic and social phenomenon but can be "read" in semiotic...
The Klemperer Diaries: v. 1: I Shall Bear Witness, 1933-41
The diaries of a Jew in Nazi Germany; the most important documnet to emerge from the period since the publication of The Diary Of Anne Frank.The first of two volumes,...
Marriage, Divorce and Children in Ancient Rome
The family has played a central role in most societies and the complexity, and variety of that role has engaged the minds of many froma wide range of disciplines. There...
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed' that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant...
Forgotten Voices Of The Great War: A New History Of Wwi In The Words Of The Men And Women Who Were There
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the haunting words of those who lived through it, Forgotten Voices of the Great War resurrects the...
The Reformation: Basic Interpretations
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew moments in Western history carry the seismic weight of the sixteenth-century Reformation, a period that...
Collected Plays: Volume Five Part One
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBertolt Brecht's Collected Plays: Volume Five Part One presents one of the twentieth century's most formidable dramatic voices...
La Grande Mademoiselle
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersAt the glittering and treacherous heart of the...
Elizabeth The Great
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew monarchs in history have commanded such enduring fascination as Elizabeth I of England, and Elizabeth Jenkins's Elizabeth...
The Story Of San Michele
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew memoirs have captured the imagination of the reading world quite like The Story of San Michele, a sweeping autobiography that transports...
The House That Nino Built
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedWhat happens when an Italian family's dream of building their own home collides with the glorious chaos of postwar Italian...
Guide To Australian War Memorial
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodStanding as one of Australia's most sacred institutions, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra serves as both a museum and a shrine to the men and...
German Aircraft Of The Second World War
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA cornerstone of aviation history literature, German Aircraft of the Second World War stands as the definitive reference work on the Luftwaffe's formidable aerial...
A Dictionary Of Modern History: 1789-1945
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the fall of the Bastille to the ruins of a post-war world, A Dictionary of Modern History: 1789–1945 by A. W. Palmer is an...
A Dictionary Of Modern History: 1789 - 1945
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the storming of the Bastille to the final surrender of the Axis powers, A Dictionary of Modern History: 1789–1945 by A. W. Palmer presents...
The Siege At Peking
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the sweltering summer of 1900, a desperate band...
Baba Nonnie Goes To War: The Memoirs Of A Singapore Volunteer On The Thai-Burma Railway
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBaba Nonnie Goes to War stands as a powerful first-hand account of one man's ordeal during...
Battleship Bismarck: A Survivor's Story
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew warships have captured the imagination quite like the German battleship Bismarck, and fewer still...
To Benghazi
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the scorching deserts of North Africa, where the fate of nations hung in the balance, To Benghazi chronicles Australia's pivotal role in one of the...
The Windsor Tapestry: Being A Study Of The Life, Heritage And Abdication Of H.R.H. The Duke Of Windsor, K.G.
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew moments in modern British history carry the seismic weight of the 1936 abdication crisis, and The Windsor Tapestry presents a sweeping, authoritative examination...
Patton Uncovered
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew military commanders have captured the American imagination quite like General George S. Patton — a warrior of...
The Life Of Elizabeth I
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew monarchs in history have commanded the stage of power, pageantry, and political intrigue with the authority of...
Young Hitler: The Making Of The Führer
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the swastika, before the bunker, before the world burned — there was a bitter, directionless young man...
The Glass-Blowers
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the sweeping backdrop of Revolutionary France, The Glass-Blowers chronicles the turbulent lives of the Busson family...
John Xxiii: Pope Of The Council
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedHe was the pope who threw open the windows of the Church and let the world breathe — and Peter Hebblethwaite's definitive biography, John...
Not With Guns Alone
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the jungles of Vietnam to the corridors of political power in Southeast Asia, Not with Guns Alone presents a searing account of the Vietnam...
The Origins Of Modern Europe
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of antiquity and modernity lies a turbulent age that forged the very foundations of Western civilisation — and The Origins of Modern...
The Third Reich At War
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the moment Adolf Hitler seized absolute power to the smouldering ruins of Berlin in 1945, The Third...
A History Of Eroticism: The Middle Ages And The Gallant Period (Volume II)
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew subjects have been as persistently misunderstood, suppressed, or sanitised by mainstream historians as human sexuality, and A History of...
Œuvres Complètes
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**Few thinkers have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu,...
Biggles Goes To War
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerWhen the call to arms echoes across Europe, the indomitable aviator James Bigglesworth — known to all as...
Roman Literature And Society
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of art and power, Roman Literature and Society by R. M. Ogilvie presents a sweeping and authoritative account of Latin literature...
Julius Caesar
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew figures in the ancient world cast as long a shadow as Gaius Julius Caesar — general, statesman, and conqueror...
Australia At War: 1939-1945
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhen the world plunged into its second catastrophic conflict in 1939, Australia answered the call with a commitment that would...
The First Part Of The Delightful History Of The Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote Of The Mancha
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOne of the most celebrated works in all of Western literature, Don Quixote of the Mancha chronicles the tragicomic adventures of Alonso Quixano, a Spanish gentleman...
Romantic Art
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the turn of the nineteenth century, a seismic shift in artistic vision swept across Europe, shattering the...