Eyewitness accounts of the Battle for Normandy…

Renowned military historian Dr Robert Lyman sheds new light on the inner workings of Churchill\'s war cabinet, its…

* 'I devoured this in a few hours - a powerful book of heartbreaking yet flamboyant reportage from a forgotten hell' Simon…

The fascinating and heartwarming true story of two young children evacuated from Newcastle to the remote Lake District…

* First published in 1986 as WINTER IN THE MORNING, this edition has been updated and expanded by the author. *'A profound…

\nA concise complete history of British monarchy, from its pre-Roman origins to the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.\n…

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* A personal story of the Second World War brought to life against the backdrop of the Black Watch - Scotland's best-known…

The extraordinary story of John Kirk, the Scottish botanist who single-handedly ended the East African slave trade.…

The remarkable life of Colonel Edward Despard, comrade-in-arms of Nelson and a man who championed the rights of freed…

An engaging and provocative survey of our current globalised world from one of Britain's foremost political historians.…

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Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a…

Primo Levi's devastating and classic account of what it meant to have survived the Holocaust.…

An invaluable addition to the highly regarded Brief History series.…

\nA gripping new work of popular history about a critical year in world history, and Britain\'s bleakest hour, by the…

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A concise history of the Pacific, which emphasises the very different physical and human environments both of the four…

By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, Bamber Gascoigne brings to life 3500 years of…

* An accessible, involving and moving account of the Balkan war criminals…

The story of India's great flowering of wealth and cultural splendour…

'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have…

In the form of a collection of street maps, an episodic history of diverse stories, some lost, forgotten or hidden within…

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The Prophet Muhammad was the founder of a world empire and a new civilisation - this is his story.…

The forgotten origins and story of the leading power of Europe in the Dark Ages…

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\nWith a foreword by William Boyd, Checkpoint Charlie is a vivid and poignant exploration of the history surrounding the…

An entertaining tour of the wilder shores of the British legal system…

A colourful and brilliantly researched study of closet homosexuality in twentieth-century British politics.…

\nA comprehensive yet concise history of the United States of America, from the 1500s to the present day.\n…

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* From the author of the bestselling BOOKSELLER OF KABUL, 101 DAYS is a fascinating and insightful account of the Iraq war.…

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\nThe story of the British Empire at its maximum territorial extent, including a wider range of voices of the colonised than…

The charming true story of four young women working in a glamorous department store in the 1950s.…

Warlords, Popes, Poisoners - the true story of the Borgias, the first family of the Italian Renaissance…

From the Great Exhibition to Dickensian slums, the triumph of empire to the anxiety of revolt - Victorian Britain was an age…

* A fascinating study of the spectacular explots if robbers and outlaws from Robin Hood to Jesse James.…

* Dazzling biograpy of James Dean (1931-1955), a movie actor who has become an icon.…

\nA highly readable history of the stock market crash of 1929, and the depression that followed it\n…

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* Timeless, inspiring and universal words of wisdom, this collection features the milestone speeches, including 'I have a…

A great war has raged for years between the scientifically advanced Empire and Nebulis, the realm of the witches-until the…

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A brand new, highly-addictive and fast-paced series full of banter, tension and betrayal. Perfect for fans of Raven Kennedy,…

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Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of European life by…

*A great historian tells the inside story of how history is recorded.…

Commando is the first authoritative book on these formidable fighting forces of WWII for a general readership - out now in…

\nThe biography of David Stirling, founder of the SAS.\n…

Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor is a lively, revelatory and gloriously well-written memoir of Dave Haslam's life and work in…

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The magnum opus of the First World War, from the outstanding historian at the King's College Department of War Studies.…

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In this wholly definitive work, David Andress examines the The French Revolution: the birth of a new ideological age and the…