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Broad in scope and rich in detail, 1215: THE YEAR OF MAGNA CARTA is a vivid exploration of what may have been the most important year of our lives.

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Does he deserve to be thought of as 'the greatest man who ever ruled England'

In Ian Mortimer's groundbreaking book, he portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign. Recording the dramatic events of 1415, he offers the fullest, most precise and least romanticised view we have of Henry and what he did.

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In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world.

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Mann brings together all of the latest research, and the results of his own travels throughout North and South America, to provide a new, fascinating and iconoclastic account of the Americas before Columbus.

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An extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand

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1709: Twilight of the Sun King is a narrative history of the greatest crisis France faced between the Fronde and the Revolution. A vigorous study of France at the height of absolutism.

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A searing account of the oppression of a peaceful and progressive community, and how this has affected Iran's national identity

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Drawing on a mass of primary materials - from texts in the Vatican archives to oral histories of the North American Indians, this title shows how the conflict between Britain and France triggered the first 'world war', raging from Europe to Africa; the Caribbean to the Pacific; the plains of the Ganges to the Great Lakes of North America.

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Presents the story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. This book tells two stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colonies became the United States, and how the British Empire tried to stop them. It features a cast of amazing characters from George III to George Washington, to soldiers and their families.

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Adam Zamoyskis bestselling account of Napoleons invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history.

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* A brilliant, colourful narrative history of a pivotal year in European history

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"1858" explores the events and personalities of the year that would send the America's North and South on a collision course culminating in the slaughter of 630,000 of the nation's young men, a greater number than died in any other American conflict.

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If Downton Abbey still colours your impression of what Britain was like on the cusp of the First World War, 1913 could be a useful corrective Scotsman

2018 marks the centenary of the end of the Great War.

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From James Joyce to Coco Chanel, 1913 is an irreverent but poignant portrait of Europe on the brink of war.

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In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. This title re-examines the causes, course and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics.

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'No part of the Great War compares in interest with its opening', wrote Churchill. In this history, the author brings his experience as a professional soldier to bear on the circumstances, events, actions and individuals and speculates - tantalizingly - on what might have been...

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A fascinating examination of the First World War beyond the Western Front told through the significant global events of 1916, which dramatically altered the fate of many nations.

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An account of the events, personalities and repercussions of the Irish rebellion

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The story of the huge mobile battles of 1918, which finally ended the Great War.

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The astonishing story of one of the most significant years in modern European history.

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A vivid people's history of the twelve months leading up to the outbreak of war in 1939.