Red

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A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, J …

This Earthly Globe

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‘A dazzling tale, brilliantly told’ Peter Frankopan’Marries the intrigue of Europe’s most powerful royal courts with the globe-trotting thrill of adventure and discovery’ Sunday Telegraph, 5* reviewDU …

Jack and Eve

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Vera Holme, known as Jack, left a career as a jobbing actress to become Emmeline Pankhurst’s chauffeur and mechanic. Evelina Haverfield was a classic beauty, the daughter of a baron and fourteen years …

Johnson at 10

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***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****A FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*’Excellent… first class… both fair and damning.’ Daniel Finkelstein, The Times ‘Aut …

The Path of Peace

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Blackwell’s Non-Fiction Book of the Month’A formidable achievement’ Rory Stewart’Thoughtful [and] heartfelt’ Observer’Profound [and] compelling’ Spectator’A noble endeavour’ New StatesmanWithout a per …

The Irish Difference

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An Irish TImes Book of the Year’The beauty of this book is in the telling: The Irish Difference lays out its themes and chronologies with impeccable clarity, and is full of fascinating detail… Exemp …

On This Day in Politics

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Who became Britain’s first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721?When was Karl Marx born?Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses?When did Big Ben first bong?When did the first British wo …

A Bloody Good Rant

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‘When I was born in 1935 I grew up, despite depression and World War II, with a primitive sense of being fortunate . . . The Utopian strain was very strong . . . if we weren’t to be a better society, …

The Irish Difference

For hundreds of years, the islands and their constituent tribes that make up the British Isles have lived next door to each other in a manner that, over time, suggested some movement towards political …

The Trial of Henry Kissinger

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Christopher Hitchens goes straight for the jugular in The Trial of Henry Kissinger. Under his fearsome gaze, the former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor is accused of being a war crimi …

The Subterranean Railway

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Revised and updated edition of Christian Wolmar’s classic history of the London Underground, with a new chapter on Crossrail.’I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaitin …

The Great Secret

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On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand servicemen and hundreds of civilians. Caught in the su …

The Great Imperial Hangover

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‘An exceptional account.’ Prospect’Enlightening.’ SpectatorFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel their presence rumbling through history. …

Spitfire

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Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balleti …

Anzac and Aviator

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In November 1919, a year after the Great War, four Australian servicemen made a unique and epoch-making journey home. In the open cockpit of a twin-engine Vickers Vimy bi-plane, brothers Ross and Keit …

Convict Colony

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The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the …