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By: Procopius
ISBN: 9780140455281
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2008
UK Publication Date: 4th October 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. This book depicts holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule.
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By: Stephen Davis
ISBN: 9781789465365
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 21st July 2022
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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**Soon to be a major TV drama**
The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years.
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By: Martyn Whittock
ISBN: 9781472142405
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 23rd July 2020
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Repression, control, manipulation and elimination of enemies assisted in the establishment of the Soviet state, and helped maintain it in power, but could not, in the end, prevent its collapse.
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By: Christopher P. Atwood
ISBN: 9780241197912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
UK Publication Date: 27th July 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Prokopios
ISBN: 9781603841801
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Prokopios' Secret History, circa 550, presents the author's disillusionment with the reign of the Roman emperor Justinian.
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By: Oliver Tearle
ISBN: 9781789295924
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 28th March 2024
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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The Secret Library is a fascinating tour of Western history through the medium of its most emblematic invention the book.
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By: Sinclair McKay
ISBN: 9781845136338
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2011
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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The first oral history of one of the most fascinating aspects of the war effort.
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By: Kassia St Clair
ISBN: 9781473630833
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2018
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The unforgettable history of colours and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-coloured volume
(Hardback, Illustrated edition)
By: Kassia St Clair
ISBN: 9781473630819
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
UK Publication Date: 20th October 2016
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The unforgettable history of colours and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-coloured volume
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By: L. Fletcher Prouty
ISBN: 9781616082840
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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Presents an expose of the CIA in which the author accuses the organization of using brutal tactics to maintain security during the Cold War, including sabotaging the Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks and assassinating President Kennedy to keep the United States in Vietnam.
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By: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780007503902
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2016
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastingss achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject Sunday Times
Authoritative, exciting and notably well written Daily Telegraph
A serious work of rigourous and comprehensive history royally entertaining and readable Mail on Sunday
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By: Patricia Skehan
ISBN: 9780733651564
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Hachette Australia
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By: Bettany Hughes
ISBN: 9781474610346
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2024
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A revelatory new history of the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments, by bestselling author and TV historian Bettany Hughes
(Hardback)
By: Arash Azizi
ISBN: 9781786079442
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2021
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Reveals the military mastermind who established Iran as a major power in the Middle East and the regional ambitions of the Islamic Republic today
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By: Joe Fox
ISBN: 9781922613998
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
Publisher: Magabala Books
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(Hardback)
By: Tom Nancollas
ISBN: 9780241434147
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Tom Nancollas
ISBN: 9780241434154
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th March 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Adam Courtenay
ISBN: 9780733338571
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
Publisher: ABC Books
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By: Larry Writer
ISBN: 9781760879105
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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The epic story of one of Australia's greatest maritime disasters, the wreck of the Dunbar.
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By: John Taylor Williams
ISBN: 9781250867162
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 7th June 2023
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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An intimate portrait of a legendary generation of artists, writers, activists, and dreamers who created a utopia on the shores of Cape Cod during the first half of the twentieth century.
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By: Ross King
ISBN: 9781760644437
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
Publisher: Black Inc.
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(Paperback)
By: Linda Jaivin
ISBN: 9781760641122
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Black Inc.
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By: John Hirst
ISBN: 9781863955652
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Black Inc.
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Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation.
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By: John Zubrzycki
ISBN: 9781760641788
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: Black Inc.
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