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Ben MacIntyre / Michael Tudor Barnes Available 20th March 2025

D-Day 6 June 1944 was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation..

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Annie Gray / Annie Gray

Bustling with rich detail historical vignettes and surprising wares this is the story of Britain's b..

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Giles Whittell / Jonathan Keeble Available 18th March 2025

Who were the three men the Soviet and American superpowers exchanged on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge on..

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Antony Beevor / Seán Barrett

On 16 December 1944 Hitler launched his “last gamble” in the snow-covered forests of the Ardenne..

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Diane Atkinson / Patience Tomlinson

Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm met at a motorcycle club in Bournemouth and when war broke out they..




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Ben MacIntyre / Ben MacIntyre Available 3rd March 2025

In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..

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Sam Willis; James Daybell / Sam Willis James Daybell

Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of pape..

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Antony Beevor / Seán Barrett

Operation Market Garden the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine ..

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Penrose Halson / Patience Tomlinson

In the spring of 1939 two determined 24-year-olds Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver decided to open a m..

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Chris West / Gordon Griffin

This delightfully playful history uses 36 of our most expressive quriky beautiful and sometimes baff..




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Helen Rappaport / Mark Meadows

Helen Rappaport’s masterful telling of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness ..

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Lizzie Collingham / Jilly Bond

In 20 meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the British created a global network of trade i..

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Kate Adie / Kate Adie

In 1914 the world changed forever when World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to f..

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Jane Robinson / Karen Cass

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation..

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Clare Hunter / Siobhan Redmond

In Tudor England Mary Queen of Scots was under house arrest and her letters were censored so she sew..