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Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before.Traditionally, World War II has been understood in a straightfo …
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National Geographic Traveller’s the best books on European cities, 2019In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway was approaching fifty and hadn’t published a novel in nearly a decade. He travelled for the first …
At Histories of the Unexpected, we believe that everything has a history – even the most unexpected of subjects – and that everything links together in unexpected ways.We believe that the history of t …
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Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia’s interests from the Ger …
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On the evening of 24 February 1944, RAAF Lancaster bomber J for Jig took off from an airfield in Lincolnshire. On board was a crew of seven young men-five Australians, two Scots-whose mission was to b …
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What did happen to Agatha Christie during her mysterious eleven-day disappearance just as she was on the cusp of fame?Yes, she said, finally. Breaks are important. There are times when it’s wiser to g …
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A thrilling tale of incredible courage and resilience, a true wartime story of William Ash.The Cooler King is at once uplifting and inspirational, and stands as a testament to the durability of decent …
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Ian Buruma’s maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun & Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still at school …
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‘This survey of British political crises is invaluable for anyone concerned with politics today, and it reinforces George Santayana’s dictum that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.. …
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This instant Sunday Times bestseller tells the story of two fighter pilots whose remarkable encounter during the Second World War became the stuff of legend.Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly da …
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Britain in the 1980s was a polarized nation. Determined to take the country in a radically different direction was the most dominant, commanding and controversial leader of her age, Margaret Thatcher. …
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Brian Thompson groped his way to being a grown up. He excelled at school and met a girl – the girl of the title – who recognised his ambition to escape the miserable lives his parents had made for eac …
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‘The prefect antidote to the ‘misery memior’.’ — The Judges, Costa Book Award 2006 for BiographyMum and Dad – Squibs and Bert – were a complete mystery to Brian Thompson, as he grew up in Cambridge a …
Judgement Day exposes how the actions of one man led to the birth of the world’s first war crimes court.The Hague Tribunal began the trial of Slobodan Milosevic in February 2002, after a long battle t …
A Guardian Science Book of the Year 2020’A wonderful book about one of the most important, brilliant and flawed scientists of the 20th century.’ Peter Frankopan’Superb’ Matt Ridley, The Times’Fascinat …
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By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for advent …
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