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Empire What Ruling the World Did to the British
Jeremy Paxman
From the bestselling author of The English comes Empire , Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr. The influence of the British Empire is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Sister Queens : Katherine of Aragon and Juana Queen of Castile
Julia Fox
Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile were the daughters of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, pawns on the European political stage. Approaching their history from this family perspective gives a very different viewpoint on the two women. Juana,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Foundation : The History of England
Peter Ackroyd
First in a planned series of 6 volumes retelling the drama of English history. This first volume takes us from the time when human activity barely registered on the landscape down to the last days of Henry VII in 1509....
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2012
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Dig WWII BBCTV Tie-in to the Series Presented by Dan Snow
Jean Hood
Military archaeology is amongst the newest academic disciplines and is also one of the fastest growing. The BBC TV series Dig WWII will be using this discipline to examine some of the most compelling stories of the Battle of the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Double Cross The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Ben Macintyre
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 29 March 2012.
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation:...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/03/2012
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Blitz Kids: The Children's War Against Hitler
Sean Longden
Sean Longden's gripping retelling of the conflict uncovers some amazing stories of Britain's children in WWII, both at home and on the front line. They include the girl guide who was awarded the George Medal for bravery for saving a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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James Joyce : A Biography
Gordon Bowker
Inspiring, learned and readable this is the long-awaited, comprehensive biography of the great Irish author James Joyce, who died 70 years ago and who wrote the outstanding novels Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Jerusalem : The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore
March 2012 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 February 2011.
A triumphant history, a compelling...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Stalin : The Court of the Red Tsar
Simon Sebag Montefiore
A Special Edition of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
The remarkable untold story of the men and women who sustained Stalin in power in the Soviet Union for nearly 30...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Antonia Fraser
A Special Edition of The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane
Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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Young Henry : The Rise of Henry VIII
Robert Hutchinson
January 2012 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
The compelling, dynamic, unfussy history of the first 35 years of Henry VIII, a magnificent and ruthless monarch. Readable and very accessible this was a huge...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire
Walter Reid
Churchill’s gift for words as a speaker and a writer – “we will fight them on the beaches”...”we will not give in”...and most tellingly “history will be kind to me for I intend to write it” has given us a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/12/2011
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Heroes 100 Poems from the New Generation of War Poets
John Jeffcock
In 2010, with the full support of the MOD, John Jeffcock, poet and a former soldier in the Coldstream Guards, invited contributions for a book of modern war poems. He was overwhelmed by the response: contributions came from serving soldiers,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2011
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The Romantic Revolution
Tim Blanning
A compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves.
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/10/2011
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Jerusalem : The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore
November 2011 MEGA Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 February 2011.
A triumphant history, a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/10/2011
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Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
Norman Davies
April 2012 Guest Editor Paul Torday on Vanished Kingdoms...
I found this book about states and kingdoms that have had their day in
the sun, and then vanished, compelling and very relevant. Norman Davies
writes about lost nation states such...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/10/2011
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Atrocitology : Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements
Matthew White
If we study history to avoid the mistakes of the past, then there can
be no more important place to start than this eye-opening and
entertaining book. In this wholly original and remarkably ambitious work, 'Atrocitologist'
Matthew White considers man's...
Format: Hardback - Released: 20/10/2011
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Great Olympic Moments : A Visual History
Sir Steve Redgrave
Great Olympic Moments celebrates the moments that make the Olympic Games the sporting spectacle of our time. Complete with stunning, specially selected photographs, Sir Steve
Redgrave recounts his favourite Olympic stories and reveals what it is
that makes these moments...
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/10/2011
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The Story of English in One Hundred Words
David Crystal
David Crystal, draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you...
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/10/2011
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Titanic Love Stories
Gill Paul
Love stories from the Titanic include a multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeleine, who had eloped to escape the gossip-mongers. Only Madeleine and their unborn child would make it home. Then there was Daniel Marvin, whose wedding to...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/10/2011
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