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Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August

By Jefferson Chase (trans.) - By Oliver Hilmes - Published 2018

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Nonfiction

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

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Restoration Britain

By Ian Mortimer - Published 2017

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Nonfiction

This is part of the author’s series which has the stated intention of taking the reader back in time to see just ...Read Review

Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison

By Jerry White - Published 2016

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Nonfiction

This thoroughly engaging book manages to present the factual and dark history of the notorious London debtors’ prison, Marshalsea, in an accessible and ...Read Review

The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro De’ Medici

By Catherine Fletcher - Published 2016Published 2016-09-01

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Nonfiction

Few today remember Alessandro, the first Duke of Florence. During the 1520s and 30s the rivalry between the two illegitimate young Medici heirs, ...Read Review

Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World

By Frank McLynn - Published 2015

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Nonfiction

A new history by Frank McLynn is always a treat to be savoured, and his latest release is no exception. It’s a ...Read Review

An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came To Fight America

By Nick Bunker - Published 2015

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Nonfiction

Since the arrival of the Mayflower, the American colonies had been a prized possession of the British Empire. Yet in 1775 violence erupted and ...Read Review

Introducing the Ancient Greeks

By Edith Hall - Published 2015

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Nonfiction

Plato described his fellow-Greeks as living “like frogs or ants around the pond.” To the newcomer, they can seem bafflingly hard to grasp, ...Read Review

Centuries of Change

By Ian Mortimer - Published 2014

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Nonfiction

I am sure that Ian Mortimer needs little introduction to most of us. His grip on our history is one of the best ...Read Review

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

By Stephen Greenblatt - Published 2005 (US)Published 2014 (UK)

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Nonfiction

There have always been significant and considerable gaps and uncertainties in the historical record of the life of William Shakespeare. These have prompted ...Read Review

Waterloo: The Aftermath

By Paul O’Keeffe - Published 2014

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MilitaryNonfiction

Using contemporary eyewitness accounts, anecdotes and reports, O’Keeffe paints a vivid picture of the events that followed the battle, with harrowing descriptions ...Read Review