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  • The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu (Paperback)

    Charlie English
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    'An exemplary work of investigative journalism that is also a wonderfully colourful book of history and travel' Observer, Book of the ...

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  • The Burning Time: The Story of the Smithfield Martyrs

    Wordsworth Books
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    Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day c...

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  • The Caliban Shore

    Wordsworth Books
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    The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, but she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa. An astonishing num...

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  • The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977

    Robert Lacey
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    In this eye-opening companion to Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant, Robert Lacey takes...

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  • The Death of Democracy

    Wordsworth Books
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    `Brilliant. A timely reminder of the fragility of democracy and the dangers of extreme nationalism.' Nikolaus Wachsmann, author of KL: A History of...

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  • The Devils of Loudun

    Aldous Huxley
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    A gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, to...

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  • The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century

    Peter Watson
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    From the end of the Baroque age and the death of Bach in 1750 to the rise of Hitler in 1933, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among wes...

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  • 9781485305682

    The Golden Republic

    T.V. Bulpin
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  • The Journey to the Mayflower: God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom

    Stephen Tomkins
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    'A rattling good read' - The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu 2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower - the ship tha...

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  • The last Afrikaner leaders

    Hermann Giliomee
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  • The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the US Government to Bring Their Husbands Home

    Wordsworth Books
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    Featured in Stylist's guide to 2019's best non-fiction booksThe true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to brin...

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  • The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague

    Wordsworth Books
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    The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that capture history in the making, written by an author who was witness to some of the most remarkabl...

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  • The Night Trains: Moving Mozambican Miners to and From the Witwatersrand Mines, 1902-1955

    Wordsworth Books
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  • The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: My Untold Story of the Struggle for Tibet

    Anne F. Thurston
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    For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 th...

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  • The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet

    Anne F. Thurston
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    For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 th...

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  • The Paras: Portugal'S First Elite Force

    John P. Cann
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  • The Romanovs: 1613-1918

    Wordsworth Books
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    The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principa...

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  • Sea Stories

    William H. McRaven
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  • 9781804991497

    Sword Beach: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Forgotten Victory (Paperback)

    Stephen Fisher
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    'With his wealth of knowledge and exacting eye for detail, [Fisher's] book on D-Day is sure to impress a vast audience' Dan Snow'Stephen Fisher... ...

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  • 9781838864521

    Encyclopedia Of Military Aircraft

    Chris Mcnab
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    With the development of the Wright Flyer in 1903, soon aircraft builders turned their thoughts to developing the new technology for military uses. ...

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  • 9781529065855

    Blood On The Snow

    Robert Service
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    'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third ReichIn Blood on...

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  • 9781838864934

    Submarines: The World’s Greatest Submarines from the 18th Century to the Present (Hardcover)

    David Ross
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    In 1776, American Patriots attempted to destroy the British flagship Eagle using a man-operated semi-submersible, the Turtle, in New York harbour. ...

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  • Rain Of Ruin (Hardcover)

    Richard Overy
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  • 9780241992098

    Eastern Front (Paperback)

    Nick Lloyd
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    'The First World War from a refreshingly unfamiliar angle . . . masterly' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Compelling . . . The Eastern Front is es...

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