Nonfiction
Richard III: England’s Most Controversial King
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For a king who has been the subject of so much controversy, Richard III has given rise to surprisingly few popular biographies. With ...Read Review
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Elizabeth, Louise, Henrietta, and Sophia were the four daughters of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I of England, and granddaughter ...Read Review
The Medici
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The notorious Medici were a Florentine family that rose to prominence through a highly profitable banking business. They then dabbled in politics, art ...Read Review
The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
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The Roaring ‘20s were a time of ebullience and adventure: ticker-tape parades for heroes such as Lucky Lindy, with his solo flight across ...Read Review
Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August
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The Nazi Olympics are told, day by day, through the lives of an impressive array of sources, including top Nazi officials, international athletics, ...Read Review
No Forgotten Fronts: From Classrooms to Combat
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As World War II began, Lauren Post, an accessible, dynamic, rope-trick-twirling geography professor at San Diego State University, did a simple thing: he ...Read Review
Hearts and Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgimage and How Women Won the Vote
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Knowing the differences between suffragists and suffragettes may seem clear cut to us now, but at that distance in history, fake news was ...Read Review
1917: War, Peace, and Revolution
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After nearly three years of worldwide global conflict and warfare the likes of which the world had never seen, the battle lines had ...Read Review
Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister
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This is a fascinating, detailed account of the political issues which led to the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston ...Read Review
The Life & Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler
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This not a book of mediaeval history. It begins with a brief account of what is known about Wat Tyler, leader of the ...Read Review
