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The latest volume in Peter Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series, combining gripping history with vivid eyewitness testimony

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Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea.

For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer.

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Or did they instead help regulate the conduct of war and moderate its violent excesses

Nigel Saul charts the introduction of chivalry by the Normans, the rise of the knightly class as a social elite, the fusion of chivalry with kingship in the fourteenth century and the influence of chivalry on literature, religion and architecture.

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The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. This title deals with this topic.

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Following his highly successful life of Sassoon, Max Egremont turns his attention to a world that has vanished into history.

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Gripping tales of ordinary men whose extraordinary deeds changed the course of history

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From the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War 2 - the Burma Campaign.

In 1941 the Allies fought in a disastrous retreat across Burma against the Japanese - an enemy more prepared, better organised and more powerful than anyone had imagined.

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Offers accounts from ordinary men and women who were there. This book features personal experiences of these soldiers, civilians, marines and medics from both sides tell us what it was really like to live through what was supposed to be the war to end all wars.

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Following the success of Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Lyn Smith visits the oral accounts preserved in the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, to reveal the sheer complexity and horror of one of human history's darkest hours.

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The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during WW2.

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The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words.

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Drawing on a wealth of material from the vast Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, this book offers insight into life on the front line: from the day-to-day struggle of circumstances to the white heat of battle and the constant threat of injury or death. It features contributions from soldiers of both sides and of differing backgrounds.

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The Victoria Cross (VC), awarded to the most courageous and determined servicemen, is the highest military decoration that can be bestowed. This title presents first-hand accounts of soldiers, sailors and airmen describing the incredible events that earned these extraordinary men the VC in the last century.

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From the Amazons to the Ukraine conflict, women have always been on the front line of war: this is their surprising and heroic history.

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An essential history of the struggle by both Black and white women to achieve their equal rights.Hillary Rodham Clinton

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FORTUNE'S BAZAAR is a story of empire, race and sex, and it offers startling insights into the ambiguous identity of Hong Kong to this day, just as its wonders may be on the verge of disappearing forever.

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A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen.

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The first volume in Peter Ackroyd's stunning six-part history of England, taking us from Stonehenge to the death of Henry VII

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