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By: OBE Andrew Hussey
ISBN: 9781847082596
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2015
UK Publication Date: 19th January 2015
Publisher: Granta Books
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From the leading British commentator on France, this is an absorbing, vivid, and monumental account of the tortured relationship between France and its ex-colonies, from the first days of Empire to the ongoing eruptions of violence in the Parisian suburbs.
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By: Christopher Hibbert
ISBN: 9780140049459
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1982
UK Publication Date: 28th January 1982
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this era.
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By: Dr David Andress
ISBN: 9781788540087
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2023
UK Publication Date: 8th December 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A short and controversial new interpretation of arguably the most important revolution of all time: the event that made the rights of man and the demand for liberty, equality and fraternity central to modern politics.
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By: Thomas Carlyle
ISBN: 9780375760228
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2002
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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The classic history of the origins, events, and results of the French Revolution from 1774 to 1795.
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By: Jeff Maynard
ISBN: 9780008532727
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 13th April 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet.
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By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
ISBN: 9781472824882
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 19th October 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Charles Emmerson
ISBN: 9780099523536
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2011
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2011
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Long at the margins of global affairs, the Arctic now finds itself at the frontline of issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century. This title weaves together the history of the region with reportage and reflection, revealing a vast and complex area, loaded with opportunity and rich in challenges.
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By: Felicity Day
ISBN: 9781788706391
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 29th September 2022
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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By: Herbert Asbury
ISBN: 9780099436744
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2003
UK Publication Date: 2nd January 2003
Publisher: Cornerstone
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The classic book about gangs in 19th-century New York, now filmed by Martin Scorsese. The story tells of the city's dire abysmal poverty and violence, researched from stories, memory and police records.
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By: Kelly Grovier
ISBN: 9780719561337
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
UK Publication Date: 25th June 2009
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The extraordinary human story of London's most infamous prison
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By: Edwy Plenel
ISBN: 9781635425598
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
UK Publication Date: 9th September 2025
Publisher: Other Press LLC
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By: Francois Bizot
ISBN: 9780099449195
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
UK Publication Date: 5th February 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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In 1971, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of American imperialism, he was chained and imprisoned. Four years later, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Francois Bizot became the official intermediary between the ruthless conqueror and the refugees behind the French embassy gate.
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By: Stephen Turnbull
ISBN: 9781472813848
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 28th July 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An illustrated account of The Gempei War - a conflict that defined the age and the ethos of the samurai. It examines the events of the five-year long conflict, revealing the changes that the war inflicted on Japanese culture and the establishment of many of the traditions of the samurai.
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By: Winston Groom
ISBN: 9781426216916
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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Following up on his 2013 national bestseller, The Aviators,Winston Groom returns to tell the intertwined and uniquely American tales ofGeorge Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall--from the World WarI battle that shaped them to their greatest victory: leading the allies to victoryin World War II.
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By: Robert Lyman
ISBN: 9781472132840
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 17th October 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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(Hardback)
By: Helen Lewis
ISBN: 9781787333246
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
UK Publication Date: 19th June 2025
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Dr Ned Richardson-Little
ISBN: 9781350341517
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback, New Edition)
By: Sylvre Lotringer
ISBN: 9781584350798
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2009
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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A first-hand account of the Western world on the threshold of a major global mutation, bridging art and intellect, culture and politics, Europe and America.
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By: Gitta Sereny
ISBN: 9780140292633
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2001
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2001
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Gitta Sereny is one of the world's most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together her writing on Germany. It amounts to a portrait of the country and its people, how they have come to terms with their Nazi past, both collectively and in specific instances - and how the burden of their guilt has altered the national identity.
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By: Nicholas Stargardt
ISBN: 9780099539872
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE
The Second World War was a German war like no other.
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By: Peter Millar
ISBN: 9781911350583
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
UK Publication Date: 10th December 2020
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A personal history of Germany and its position in Europe by award winning journalist and author told through nine cities
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By: Frank McDonough
ISBN: 9781444778076
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
UK Publication Date: 8th September 2016
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A profound account and analysis of the Gestapo.
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By: Steven Johnson
ISBN: 9780141029368
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2008
UK Publication Date: 31st January 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making.
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By: Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder
ISBN: 9781728271798
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
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