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The Last Slave Market

by Alastair Hazell
The story of Dr John Kirk's work to close down the Zanzibar slave market is told using private diaries and papers. A long forgotten Victorian hero and an extraordinary chapter in British history are revived in detail.
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The Real Mrs Beeton

by Sheila Hardy
A brilliantly researched book is a must for anyone interested in food and cookery, or simply as an insight into the life of a unique lady who was years ahead of her time.
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne

by Simon Winchester
Unbelievable life of one the volunteers who worked on the Oxford English Dictionary, a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English la
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Thomas Becket

by John Guy
Drawing on a vast array of contemporary records, personal letters and first-hand accounts, John Guy has reconstructed a psychologically compelling, stunningly nuanced and utterly convincing account of this most remarkable man.
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Tolkein & the Perils of War

by Robert S Blackham
J.R.R. Tolkien’s experiences of the Battle of the Somme forever imprinted on his mind, and became a dramatic source of inspiration for The Lord of the Rings.
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Wellington

by Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon.
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Wellington's Wars

by Huw Davies
Offers an accurate—and controversial—new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career revising the view of Arthur Wellesley as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents.
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Why Spencer Percival Had To Die

by Andro Linklater
Linklater brilliantly deconstructs the assassination of Spencer Perceval - the only British Prime Minister ever to have suffered that fate - to offer a fresh perspective on Britain and the Western world at a critical moment in history.
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William Pitt The Younger

by William Hague
The Sunday Times bestselling biography of one of the towering figures in British history who became Prime Minister at the age of twenty-four, written by the youngest-ever leader of the Tory Party.
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Winston Churchill

by Andrew Norman
Dr Andrew Norman approaches Churchill’s state of mind from an entirely new medical angle in order to understand the man himself and what made him tick.
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