The Bodley Head
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
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Restoration Britain
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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