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  • - Military Genius or Menace?
    av Stephen Napier
    401

    A long overdue reassessment of the part Churchill played in WWII, and how his actions really affected those he led

  • - The Secret Life of Hollywood in Rome
    av Caroline Young
    191

    The first book to tell the glamorous story of Hollywood in Rome and the women who made it legendary

  • - The Mysterious Fate of Edward II
    av Kathryn Warner
    171

    In Long Live the King, medieval historian Kathryn Warner explores in detail Edward's downfall and forced abdication in 1326/27, the role played in it by his wife Isabella of France, the wide variation in chronicle accounts of his murder at Berkeley Castle, and the fascinating possibility that Edward lived on in Italy.

  • - My Road to Redemption
    av Chris Lewis
    147 - 277

    The first autobiography of an English cricketing star whose life was turned upside down when he turned to crime.

  • - The Saxon-Viking Race to Create a Country
    av Chip Colquhoun
    151

    It's true: just over 1,000 years ago, English people lived in several smaller countries all over the island of Britain. A Saxon king called Alfred is famous for starting to bring these countries together - but who finished the job? Another Saxon king? A monk? Or was it... a Viking?

  • - Hitler and Stalin's War 1941-1945
    av Anthony Tucker-Jones
    227

    In his major reassessment of the war on the Eastern Front, Anthony Tucker-Jones casts new light on the brutal fighting on the Eastern Front, in such astounding German defeats as at Stalingrad and Kursk.

  • av Cathal McGuigan
    187

    The Little Book of Derry is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Derry. Through quaint villages and bustling towns, this book takes the reader on a journey through County Derry and its vibrant past.

  • av Rachelle Cross & Chris Frame
    327 - 327

    Queen Elizabeth: A Photographic Journey allows the reader to travel aboard Cunard's newest ship, the second largest ship to carry the Cunard colours.

  • - Mercenaries, Spies and the African Nation that Waged War on the World
    av Christopher Othen
    237

    In King Leopold II's infamous Congo `Free' State at the turn of the century, severed hands became a form of currency. For two and a half years Katanga, the scrawniest underdog ever to fight a war, held off the world with guerrilla warfare, two-faced diplomacy and some shady financial backing.

  • av Barrie Trinder
    297

  • - A Century in Photographs
    av Mirrorpix
    161

    Celebrating a century of the world's oldest independent air force, The RAF at 100 showcases vivid and evocative images from the Mirrorpix archive that trace the story of the RAF from its earliest days through wartime and peacetime and into the modern age.

  • - The Extraordinary Story of the Lost Diamond Chelengk
    av Martyn Downer
    191

    Nelson's Lost Jewel tells the remarkable story of one of the most famous jewels in British history for the first time, and traces its journey from Constantinople to London. Secured for the nation by public appeal, it passed to the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich from where it was sensationally stolen in 1951, never to be seen again.

  • av Bruce Durie
    257

    The story of how Stirling and its surroundings, by a mixture of geography, history, fate and planning, became what it is today. Illustrated with 120 pictures, the book explores the familiar and unfamiliar sides of central Scotland's premier town and includes some interesting and quirky facts.

  • - Dancer, Courtesan, Spy
    av Mary Craig
    157

    In this new biography, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of her execution, Mata Hari is revealed in all of her flawed eccentricity; a woman whose adult life was a fantastical web of lies and half-truths.

  • - Lancaster, York and Tudor
    av Amy Licence
    191

    The majority of these young men died in their teens, on the brink of manhood. They represent the lost paths of history, the fascinating "what-ifs" of the houses of York and Tudor.

  • - The Great King England Never Knew It Had
    av Darren Baker
    297

    This book explores an England in the aftermath of Magna Carta

  • av Natasha Sheldon
    171

    Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Leicestershire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its literary, artistic and sporting achievements, customs ancient and modern, transport, battles and ghostly appearances.

  • - Vlad the Impaler and his Rivals
    av James Waterson
    171

    The real Dracula was far from Bram Stoker's well-mannered aristocrat. Finally released, Dracula conducted an almighty purge, surrounding his palace with noblemen impaled on stakes. And, as an initiate in the Order of the Dragon, Dracula also played a vital (if not entirely noble) part in the fight against the Ottoman war machine.

  • av Cathal Coyle
    217

    The Little Book of Donegal is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Donegal. Through quaint villages and historic towns and along the `Wild Atlantic Way', this book takes the reader on a journey through County Donegal and its vibrant past.

  • - Breaking Hitler's Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park
    av Jerry Roberts
    167

    Lorenz: Breaking Hitler's Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park

  • - A Political Prisoner in Cold War Berlin
    av Douglas Boyd
    167 - 317

    The Solitary Spy is a unique account of the terrifying experience of incarceration and interrogation in an East German political prison, from which Boyd eventually escaped one step ahead of the KGB.

  • - The Structure of Working Aboard the Legendary Liner
    av Gunter Babler
    197

    This valuable study provides a much-needed insight into the confusing and complicated world of the crew of Titanic.

  • av Andrew White
    265

  • av Julian Hunt
    211

    A history of Amersham

  • av Jean Gumbrell
    107

    Pocket Images Saffron Walden

  • - Scotland's King of England
    av John Matusiak
    201

    His vices and foibles not only undermined his high hopes for healing and renewal after Elizabeth I's troubled last years, but also entrenched political and religious tensions that eventually consumed his successor.

  • av Pat O'brien
    201

    A history of Ellesmere Port

  • - The King's Dragoon Guards at Waterloo
    av Richard Goldsbrough
    157

    On 18 June 1815, Napoleon and Wellington took to the fields of Waterloo for one final, decisive battle - a battle that would put an end to over two decades of warfare and determine the fate of Europe.

  • - Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruck
    av Peter Hore
    171 - 297

    Already a decorated heroine of the First World War, British-born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has almost been forgotten.

  • - The Forgotten Wars of the Royal Air Force, 1919-1939
    av Barry Renfrew
    271

    Using the radical strategy of air control, the RAF tried to subdue vast swathes of the Middle East, Asia and Africa.Wings of Empire is a compelling account of the colonial air campaigns that saw a generation of young airmen take to the skies to battle against warlords, jihadists and hostile tribes.

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