History

The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History [9781787381940]

The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to rec…

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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 Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company [9781408864371]

In August 1765 the East India Company defeated and captured the young Mughal emperor and forced him to set up in his richest provinces a new governmen…

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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Black and British: A Forgotten History [9781447299769]

Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize A Waterstones.com History Book of the Year Longlisted for the Orwell Prize Shortlisted for the inaugural …

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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…

The Madman's Library: The Greatest Curiosities of Literature [9781471166914]

'Anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this amusing, erudite, beautiful book about books. It is in every way a triumph. One of the…

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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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The Tank Book: The Definitive Visual History of Armoured Vehicles [9780241250310]

From the birth of the tank to unmanned vehicles and the tanks of the future, The Tank Book offers a truly definitive look at over 400 different tanks,…

Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 [9780008280529]

A brand new history of the Dambusters raid from best-selling and critically acclaimed military historian, Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the destr…

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The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War [9781408853986]

The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The Spanish Civil War was …

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Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain [9780241445297]

In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our …

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Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War: The SAS in the Falklands War [9781787381124]

In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a Royal Navy Task Force is assemble…

Christmas: A Biography [9781509833603]

Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, in the fourth century, the Pope was already warning that too many people were spending the day not in…

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The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company [9781408864395]

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE…

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

The No. 1 Sunday Times and international bestseller - a major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the …

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The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story [9781408895450]

'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY 'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATER…

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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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Lancaster: The Making of a Very British Legend [9781471180460]

'There are not many of us left, most of us who survive are over 95 and this is a story of young men. We were the cutting edge of the 'Shining Sword' t…

Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain [9781786496478]

Avocado or beans on toast? Gin or claret? Nut roast or game pie? Milk in first or milk in last? And do you have tea, dinner or supper in the evening? …

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