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1	Six Wives of Henry VIII more books like this by B Alison Weir, Alison Weir add to wishlist This history of the reign of King Henry VIII of England is told through the lives of his wives--Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.57! \| first editions
2	Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxfo more books like this by Simon Winchester add to wishlist The fascinating true story about the relationship between the man who compiled the first Oxford English Dictionary and his major collaborator, an imprisoned murderer. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk add to wishlist IN see all copies from £7.48! new only from £11.13! \| first editions
4	Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath more books like this by Michael Norman, Elizabeth M Norman add to wishlist For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the ... see all copies from £12.86! new only from £15.08! \| first editions
5	The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World more books like this by Steven Johnson add to wishlist Bestselling author Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of cholera in 19th-century London, the rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry, offering both a riveting history and a powerful explanation of how it has shaped the world of today. see all copies from £5.90! new only from £8.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Angela's Ashes: A Memoir more books like this by Frank McCourt (Read by) add to wishlist After years of teaching creative writing, Frank McCourt published his first book, thus obliging his many friends who had been urging him to write about his childhood--a subject they knew from the many uproarious and affecting stories he told about it. ANGELA'S ASHES traces the tortuous path of his life from his days in abysmal poverty in Limerick ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 more books like this by Robert Middlekauff add to wishlist The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire more books like this by Amanda Foreman add to wishlist This biography of Georgiana Cavendish reveals the important role she played in the social and political circle of Whigs in 17th-century England. It shows her to be a woman of high influence but also one caught up in scandalous behavior in her household. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts more books like this by Robert Bolt (Preface by) add to wishlist Robert Bolt's classic play about Thomas More, the Catholic saint beheaded by Henry VIII at the birth of the Church of England, is now in trade paperback for the first time. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.01! \| first editions
10	The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington more books like this by Jennet Conant add to wishlist During the desperate winter of 1940, as the threat of German invasion hung over England, the British government mounted a massive, secret campaign of propaganda to weaken the isolationist sentiment in America and manipulate the country into entering the war on England's behalf. Under the command of the now legendary INTREPID, the British planted ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
11 view cover	A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East more books like this by David Fromkin add to wishlist This history charts the post-World War I efforts by the Allies to deal with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and how decisions made then influenced the region's history and geopolitics for the rest of the century (and beyond). These efforts included creating new states and entities, including what was to become Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and, later, ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.42! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Life of Elizabeth I more books like this by B Alison Weir, Alison Weir add to wishlist Acclaimed biographer Alison Weir brings the enigmatic Elizabeth to life as never before in a brilliantly researched, fascinating book that is both an enthralling epic and an amazingly intimate portrait. 16-page photo insert. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.62! \| first editions
13 view cover	With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain more books like this by Michael Korda add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Ike" returns with the first complete history of one of the most significant conflicts of World War II--the Battle of Britain. see all copies from £6.94! new only from £13.67! \| first editions
14 view cover	Children of Henry VIII more books like this by B Alison Weir, Alison Weir add to wishlist At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, Prince Edward; his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth; and his great-niece, Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account, Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. of ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.41! \| first editions
15 view cover	Henry VIII: The King and His Court more books like this by Alison Weir add to wishlist Weir's popular biography of the most famous king in English history deals with his life and life in the court--and conveys a prodigious amount of historical research. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Princes in the Tower more books like this by B Alison Weir, Alison Weir add to wishlist Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill "the Princes in the Tower", as is commonly believed, or was the murderer someone else entirely? In ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time more books like this by Dava Sobel add to wishlist In this title the author sets the stage by recounting the difficulties early navigators had in determining their exact longitude. After the loss of many ships and human lives, Parliament in 1714 offered a rich prize for a practical way to measure longitude at sea. John Harrison, an apparently self-taught English clockmaker undertook the task. Over ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England more books like this by Daniel Pool add to wishlist Essays provide a view of British life during the nineteenth century. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.34! \| first editions
19 view cover	Churchill: A Life more books like this by Sir Martin Gilbert add to wishlist This edition of the highly acclaimed one-volume CHURCHILL: A LIFE, is the story of adventure. It follows Winston Churchill from his earliest days to his moments of triumph. Here, the drama and excitement of his story are ever-present, as are his tremendous qualities in peace and war, not least as an orator and as a man of vision. Martin Gilbert ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	West with the Night more books like this by Beryl Markham add to wishlist In this moving autobiography, Beryl Markham describes growing up in East Africa with her horse-breeder father, who taught her to care for and train the animals for racing. In her 20s, Markham discovered flying, and worked as an airborne deliverer of supplies and mail. In 1936, she became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Gathering Storm more books like this by Winston Churchill add to wishlist Volume one of a six-volume work on World War II. see all copies from £1.61! new only from £12.11! \| first editions
22 view cover	Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times more books like this by Professor Thomas R Martin add to wishlist This compact, comprehensive and illustrated history of ancient Greece takes us from the Stone Age roots of Greek civilisation to the early Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great. Thomas Martin begins with a prehistory of late Stone Age activity that provides background for the conditions of later Greek life. He then ... see all copies from £6.14! new only from £6.90! \| first editions
23 view cover	Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya more books like this by Caroline Elkins add to wishlist This account of the horrific treatment of Kikuyu people in a prison-camp system established by the British colonial rulers in 1950's Kenya lays bare a long-suppressed chapter in the history of atrocity. Harvard historian Caroline Elkins researched the extant official documents (many were destroyed in 1963 as the British departed from Kenya). She ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible more books like this by Adam Nicolson add to wishlist Nicolson gives a fascinating and dramatic account of the era of the King James Bible and its translation, immersing readers in an age whose greatest monument is not a painting or a building but a book. 16-page insert. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
25 view cover	Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War more books like this by Paul Fussell add to wishlist World War II has been romanticized almost beyond recognition by "the sentimental, the loony patriotic, the ignorant, and the bloodthirsty". In this study, Paul Fussell goes behind the familiar diplomacy and heroics of history to examine the blunders, petty tyrannies, inconveniences, and deprivations that are many British and American people's ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.10! \| signed copies \| first editions

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