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Antonia Fraser The two-year revolution that totally changed how Britain is governed. | Eduardo Galeano Shows us how to remember and how to live. This book is shaped like a calendar. Each day brings with it a story: a journey, feast or tragedy that really... |
Roy Hattersley William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England... | Stuart Tootal D-Day as it has never been told before |
Judith Mackrell A gripping biography of six extraordinary women who, in their very different ways, epitomise the decade they came of age - the 1920s | Qais Akbar Omar With all the emotional power of The Kite Runner, this is the very first true life account of growing up in Afghanistan, by a writer who still lives in Kabul. |
Charles Emmerson A title that presents a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, from St Petersburg to Shanghai and from Los Angeles to Jerusalem. | Eva Schloss A Story of heartbreak and survival by the step-sister of Anne Frank |
Robert Hutchinson A dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet - a tale of derring-do and disaster on the high seas by one of our... | Matthew Cobb A gripping day by day account of the liberation of Paris from the Nazis in August 1944 |
Con Coughlin A riveting and revelatory account of Winston Churchill's first campaign - in Afghanistan in the 1890s, offering shocking parallels into today's Afghan war | Edward Stourton The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep - the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the journey is a formidable challenge... |
Mary Beard Mary Bear explores our rich classical heritage in a series of essays - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander... | Mark Urban From the evacuation of France in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945, the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were on the front line throughout the Second World War... |