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Drawing on a wide array of never-before-seen archival sources and eyewitness testimonies, Mad Mitchs Tribal Law tells the remarkable story of inspiring leadership, loyalty and betrayal in the final days of British Empire.

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When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'.

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18th century literary salon hostess Lively debauched youth, would even shock modern society Witty correspondence with key thinkers of the time: Voltaire and Horace Walpole

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Norman Podhoretz, the son of Jewish immigrants, grew up in the tough Brownsville section of Brooklyn, attended Columbia on a scholarship, and later received degrees from the Jewish Theological Seminary and Cambridge University. This is his account of fighting his way out of Brooklyn and into, then out of, the Ivory Tower.

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Malcolm X was a country bumpkin who became a zoot-suited entertainer; who became a petty criminal; and, who became a self-taught intellectual. This title chronicles these many incarnations of Malcolm X, describing the multiple masks he donned over the years.

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Examines the "life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant--a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War--told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant"--Amazon.com.

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Mandela: His Essential Life is the only short, popular and accessible book that tells Mandela's entire and remarkable story.

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Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampsons remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby.

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From Major General Jeffrey Schloesserformer Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division and Regional Command-Eastcomes a revealing memoir of leadership in the chaos and fog of the Afghanistan War.

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The extraordinary life of one of the great travellers of world history

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Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death.

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This biography does full justice to the scientific and human aspects of Marie's life, detailing her tumultuous personal history at a time of social upheaval, and her struggle to gain recognition in an era when female scientists were almost unknown.

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Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cementing its position as a major player on the European stage and saviour of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Martha Jefferson is the first and only biography of Thomas Jeffersons greatest love and true kindred spirit. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sources, including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes, William Hyland captures the charm, sophistication, grace and a profound sense of history of this little known and elusive figure.

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She reveals the often contradictory psychological forces that drove Luther forward and the dynamics they unleashed, which turned a small act of protest into a battle against the power of the Church.

A New Statesman, Spectator, History Today, Guardian and Sunday Times Book of the Year

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A new biography of the iconic US civil rights leader.

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Sister to Anne Boleyn and seduced by two kings, Mary Boleyn has long been the subject of scandal and myth.

In this, the first full-length biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject's notoriety.

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A biography of the Sinn Fin leader, and Taoiseach in waiting, Mary Lou McDonald.

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Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend - and competitor - Pablo Picasso. This title reveals the origins of Matisse's astonishing talent and provides an insight into his life and work.

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A Financial Times Book Best Book of the Year 2020

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year 2020

The gripping, untold story of how Saudi Arabia's secretive and mercurial new ruler rose to power.