The Secret Cold War

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The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn’t end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to pl …

Ireland

A fascinating cornucopia of facts about Ireland and the Irish, covering its history, culture, land and people.In this enthralling celebration of the places and people that make the country unique, Ric …

Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book

RRP: £9.99

‘Fascinating… A vivid account’ – Philippa Gregory, The Times’Moore’s prose is witty. Her book is full of arresting detail and thoughtful comment’ – Sunday Times’An enchanting, idiosyncratic Tardis o …

Railways and The Raj

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The epic story of the British construction of the railways in India, as told by Britain’s bestselling transport historian.’Christian Wolmar is Britain’s foremost railway historian.’ The Times ‘Our lea …

The Seventh Circle

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A harrowing account of Afghanistan’s notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison, written by its longest-serving western inmate.Former soldier Rob Langdon was working as a security contractor in Afghanistan when h …

Rome: A History in Seven Sackings

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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWaterstone’s Book of the Month, 2018Nominated for the 2017 Pen Hessell-TiltmanDaily Telegraph’s Best History Books of 2017Sunday Times’ Best History Books of 2017A sweeping hi …

Africa: A Modern History

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A magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa.The end of the Second World War signalled the rapid end of the European African empires. In 1945, only four African countries were independent; by 1 …

Bomber Boys

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March 1942. Singapore is about to fall. In Java, a Dutch civilian pilot and an Australian military dispatch rider embark on a frightening escape from the advancing Japanese that takes them from Bandun …

Mail Men

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Mail Men is the gripping, unofficial story of an institution that has become the self-proclaimed voice of middle England, and the adversary of liberals everywhere. Journalist Adrian Addison investigat …

Manderley Forever

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Bestselling novelist Tatiana de Rosnay pays homage to Daphne du Maurier, the writer who influenced her deeply, in this startling and immersive new biography. A portrait of one writer by another, Mande …

Blitzkrieg

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The German campaign in France during the summer of 1940 was pivotal to Hitler’s ambitions and fundamentally affected the course of the Second World War. Having squabbled about fighting methods right u …

Fracture

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When the Great War ended in 1918, the West was broken. Religious faith, patriotism and the belief in human progress had all been called into question by the mass carnage experienced by both sides. She …

Red Star Over China

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The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorised account of Mao’s life, as well as a history of the famous Long March …

The Forgotten Children

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In 1959 David Hill’s mother – a poor single parent living in Sussex – reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in Australia where, she was led to believe, they would have a good …

Hue 1968

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Times September 2018 paperbacks A New York Times bestsellerBowden’s most ambitious work yet, Hue 1968 is the story of the centrepiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American war in Vi …

Daughter of the Territory

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Daughter of the Territory is the amazing life story of Jacqueline Hammar. Born in Darwin in 1929, Jacqueline’s childhood was spent in a succession of bush towns before she was sent to school in Darwin …