Allen Lane
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
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This meticulously-researched and documented biography is far more than the story of Eva Braun, Hitler’s longtime mistress and, very briefly, wife. Gö...Read Review
The Crimean War: A History
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When asked about the Crimean War, many readers may be able to recall only the barest of details, such as Tennyson’s “Charge ...Read Review
Ancient Worlds
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In his trailer for the TV series which accompanies this book, Richard Miles describes his work not as the history of other people, ...Read Review
The Inheritance of Rome
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A distinguished professor of medieval history at Oxford and author of the award-winning Framing the Middle Ages, Chris Wickham presents a comprehensive and ...Read Review
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
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Seemingly innocent, nonsensical children’s rhymes that we may think were merely intended to amuse were, in reality, anything but. Many of the ...Read Review
The Penguin Book of Ghosts
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The study of history and its less serious but much prettier sister, the creation of historical fiction, is on one level always a ...Read Review
The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street
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In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster. Eight years previously he had lodged with the Mountjoys, a family of ...Read Review
Hatfield’s Herbal
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To ensure your partner’s fidelity, ladies, sprinkle over his chest a mixture prepared from butterbur, foxglove, royal fern and an old man’...Read Review
West End Chronicles: 300 Years of Glamour and Excess in the Heart of London
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In this, Ed Glinert describes 300 years of glamour and excess in the heart of London. Its streets and squares have been home to ...Read Review
Reading Judas, The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of History
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One of the big questions about the death of Jesus, of abiding fascination to theologians, historians and the just plain curious, is the ...Read Review
