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Rebel Sisters
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The centenary of ‘The Rising’ in Ireland has despatched a battalion of excellent (mainly Irish) writers off on a research and remind mission. ...Read Review
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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Everyone has been taught that the sinking of the merchant liner R.M.S. Lusitania drove the United States of America to enter ...Read Review
The Mongol Empire
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John Man is an acknowledged authority on Mongolia and its history. His book presents a sweeping account of the Mongol empire, from its ...Read Review
Liberty Silk
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This is the story of three generations of women linked by a silk dress. First there’s Jessie, whose artist husband inexplicably deserts ...Read Review
Rome: The Eagle of the Twelfth
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This is the story of Demalion of Macedon, who joins the Twelfth Legion. The story opens in AD 57 in Hyrcania, where the young ...Read Review
We Fought at Arnhem
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Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan in 1944 to capture Dutch bridges over the Rhine using airborne troops to outflank the German front ...Read Review
Eclipse
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This is the story of perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time, unbeaten throughout his career and so feared by rivals that finally ...Read Review
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain
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This is essentially 1066 and All That for the 21st century. John O’Farrell, who is better known for his Guardian articles and novels ...Read Review