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This is the story of a national obsession.

Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'.

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Reveals the hidden secrets of palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories of Tudor England. This book reveals the history of the Tudors and paints a vivid and captivating picture of what it would have been like to live in Tudor England.

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Parks are such a familiar part of everyday life, you might be forgiven for thinking they have always been there. In fact, public parks are an invention.The author excavates the history of parks in all their colour and complexity. It is a celebration of a small wonder that - in an age of swingeing cuts - we should not take for granted.

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A sweeping saga of the longest and possibly most brutal campaign of World War II. Renowned historian Robert Lyman traces this so-called 'Forgotten War', revealing it to be a ferocious clash of competing visions of empire, which would irrevocably change the future of both Britain and the Indian subcontinent forever.

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A sweeping saga of the longest and possibly most brutal campaign of World War II. Renowned historian Robert Lyman traces this so-called 'Forgotten War', revealing it to be a ferocious clash of competing visions of empire, which would irrevocably change the future of both Britain and the Indian subcontinent forever.

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An alternative to the Blue Plaque Guide that drags the scheme into the twenty-first century by showing where notable women not currently recognised by the guide lived and telling us something about their lives.

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A bite-sized feminist history of food, filled with illustrations, recipes, and illuminating tales of women who broke the mold to change the way we eat--and to change the world.

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Six historians focus on the major themes and most dramatic moments of the last two millenia: the rise and fall of empires; reformation, revolution and restoration; wars both civil and global; and the enduring question of what it means to be British. .

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A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern world

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A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern world

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Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded in 1941, the author became a special correspondent for Red Star, the Red Army newspaper, observing on the Eastern front with a writer's eye the most pitiless fighting ever known. This title offers an account of the war on the Eastern Front.

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This fascinating title offers a new study of the loss of six British ships during the Falklands War of 1982. Based on new evidence released following freedom of information requests, it will tell the full story of these dramatic events for the first time.

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Place of publication taken from publisher's website.

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From the Pan Military Classics Series comes a hugely accomplished, definitive account of one of history's most pivotal wars.

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A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis Daily Telegraph

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How the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over the Western Front

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But Apollo 11 was but a prelude to what came later: while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin trod a sliver of flat lunar desert smaller than a football field, Apollos 15, 16, and 17 each commanded a mountainous area the size of Manhattan.

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Based on a 15-part BBC Radio 4 series: What has held the United Kingdom together - and what is driving it apart

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A riveting account of the men who built Britain's astounding fighting force on the seas.

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Frank Joseph reveals that modern civilization in North America was preceded by four advanced cultures that rose and fell over the past three thousand years. How they achieved greatness and why they vanished so completely are explored in this unconventional prehistory.

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From Bronze Age India to a Surrey Stationers via pencil wars and accidental inventions: a hilarious insight into the familiar yet unexpectedly bizarre world of stationery.