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The Ottomans
The author teases out those qualities which were uniquely Ottoman - not Turkish, not Middle Eastern or even a shadowy echo of the West, they were born warriors from the...
Infidels: The conflict between Christendom and Islam 638-2002
How did we learn to hate or despise? Simply, because we were taught to. 638, the Christian Patriarch of the holy city of Jerusalem called the Muslim Caliph's presence an...
Absent Friends
Memories of friends past are as important as, and more sustaining than, memories of times past. Geoffrey Wheatcroft found his thoughts turning again and again to a number of people...
The Chief: The Life of Lord Northcliffe Britain's Greatest Press Baron
'Superb...his pages fizz with character and colour' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Scholarly and very readable' Andrew Lycett, Spectator 'Energetic and hugely entertaining' A.N.Wilson, TLS The definitive biography of Alfred Harmsworth,...