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The Templars [9781781858912]

'A new knighthood has appeared on the earth...' The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful and most secretive of the military orders that …

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The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam [9781472942241]

The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigrat…

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Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India [9781849048088]

In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased…

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A History of Modern Britain [9781509839667]

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visi…

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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World [9781408839997]

0AUTHOR: Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, where he is also Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and…

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SAS: Rogue Heroes - The Authorized Wartime History [9780241186626]

The first ever authorised history of the SAS, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Regiment. In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in t…

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind [9780099590088]

The global phenomenon. The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fr…

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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts [9780241003046]

'An endlessly fascinating and enjoyable book' - Neil MacGregor 'Full of delights' - Tom Stoppard An extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - …

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Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 [9780670918669]

The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historianOn 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder…

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The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 [9781847947420]

`A magnificent account of a less than magnificent epoch.' Jonathan Meades, Literary Review The folk-memory of Britain in the years before the Gre…

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The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West [9781786491497]

Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History In a sweeping narrative, Peter Cozzens tells the gripping story of the wars that destroyed n…

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Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race [9780008201326]

THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE FILM FROM TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at…

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A Century of Hull [9780750948944]

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Hull during the 20th century. The book …

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Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492-1900 [9781847922809]

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE The Jewish story is a history that is about, and for, all of us. And in our own time of anxious arrivals and…

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Viking Britain: An Exploration [9780008171933]

A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: t…

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Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble [9780141046587]

The No. 1 Bestseller: Hitler's ill-fated final stand, from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launch…

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Revolution: A History of England Volume IV [9780230706422]

The fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ac…

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Spitfire: A Very British Love Story [9781471159206]

'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane.' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys. `A rich and heartfelt tr…

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The English and Their History [9780141031651]

In The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the Eng…

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Passchendaele: A New History [9780241004364]

'A masterpiece' - General the Lord Dannatt Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, …

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