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This book teases out the similarities and differences between the sweat' and its better-known, if equally feared, contemporary infectious disease, bubonic plague.

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Demonstrates how the tactical, command and staff errors on the first day of the battle meant the inexperienced Peninsular Army still had much to learn. Describes how, following the lightening victory over Marshal Soult at Oporto, Wellesley and his army were brimming with confidence.

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Highlights the overlooked importance of, and threat to, the River Thames during the Blitz, WW2.

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The perfect gift for history fans.

Follow the conflict of World War 2 from 1939 to 1945 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary and photographs. Published in association and including material from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, London.

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When the Titanic sank in 1912, many women and their families were left bereaved and in perilous situations on account of their losses.

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Includes some 100 stories concerning omens and premonitions of people who sailed on the ill-fated liner. Reveals accounts from those who, in many cases because of their concerns, did not sail on the disastrous voyage and thereby survived. Provides a fascinating insight into the Titanic tragedy from an unusual aspect.

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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.

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This book will delve into how the Tudors exerted their control over their empire and domains, stretching from the north of England, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall, all the way to European possessions, as well as fresh colonies in the New World.

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The Tudors by Numbers is a whole new way to looking at the dynasty we think we know so well.

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Graphic account of the two major battles fought at Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars. Confirms Gareth Glovers reputation for pioneering work on the less-well-known aspects of the Napoleonic Wars.

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A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations, and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945.

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This book describes one of the most terrible tragedies of the 2nd World War & the events preceding it. The horrible miscalculations made by the Stavka of the Soviet Supreme High Command & the Front commands led in Oct 1941 to the deaths & imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of their own people.

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Major new study of the war that shaped eighteenth-century Europe. The first comprehensive history of the war to be published for ninety years.

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In 1829, surgeon and amateur naturalist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward placed soil, dried leaves, and the pupa of a sphinx moth into a sealed glass bottle, intending to observe the moth hatch. Ward created traveling glazed cases that would be able to transport plants around the world.

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Explores all of Napoleon's campaign of 1815 through 100 of the key locations associated with it. Visit the key places on all the battlefields of the campaign.

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The prequel to Frank McDonough's Hitler Years series, covering the period of German history that led to the rise of Hitler in 1933.

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With new illustrations, maps and colourful biographies of key figures, The Welcome of Strangers is an enriching narrative of southern Mori traditions and peoples.

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First full book devoted to the Wigwam murder. Uses hitherto unseen Canadian files for the first time. Includes eye-witness testimony of those who were there. Gives the full background to both victim and alleged killer. Describes in detail the brilliant forensic science in the case.

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The full story of the four capital ships taken over from foreign orders during the First World War. Insights into the Latin-American and Balkan naval races that preceded the First World War. The first overview of the naval export trade in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century.