From the earliest days of the Second World War, Hitler's U-Boats were unleashed with the mission of sinking as much Allied merchant tonnage as possible. This book covers accounts of U-Boat actions against British merchant shipping in WW2 and includes tales of courageous and determined resistance against overwhelming odds.

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In August 1914, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz convinced the German armed forces to create a new unit, called the MarineDivision Flandern, to garrison the Belgian coastline and prepare naval bases in for the implementation of a naval guerrilla war against Great Britain.

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William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup. This book makes both monarchs vivid, the cold, shrewd 'Dutch' William and the shortlived Mary, whose life and death inspired Purcell to write some of his greatest music.

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How has a student debating society at Cambridge University thrived for nearly two centuries, and commanded such attention from the outside world

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Richard Milton exposes the secrets of a relationship steeped in mutual admiration, blood and propaganda.

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A brilliant new history of the city, told through the lens of its popes.

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Headline Britons is a series of short books that paint a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters.

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Shines new light on Britain's history by examining some of the most notable and influential characters.

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How did a British queen foster a court of women writers in the 1600san age when female authorship was rare Follow American scholar Susan Godwins quest to unearth Mary of Modenas real storya journey that involves revisiting seventeenth-century British spaces and delving deep into Oxfords archiveseven as Godwin charts the course of her own resilient, feminist path.

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The 50 Britons who have had most impact on today's world.

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Think you know where the English language came from This work seeks to destroy the cherished national myths of the English, the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish and the French. It shows that: most of the entries in the Oxford English Dictionary are wrong; the whole of British place-name theory is misconceived; Latin is not what it seems; and more.

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A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history.

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A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it, by one of the UK's most exciting young historians

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For the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of war in 1939, a new history of the 'Phoney War'.

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For the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of war in 1939, a new history of the 'Phoney War'

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