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Genre: History

The Garments of Court and Palace

Philip Bobbitt

RRP: £20.00

The Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely regarded as the most important exploration of politics – and in particular the p …

Unholy Joy: 50 Years On – A Short History of the Profumo Affair

John Lawton

Named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, the Profumo Affair was the biggest British political scandal of 1963. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Soviet …

Inside Private Equity

Bill Ferris

Bill Ferris has led the field in Australian venture capital and private equity for over forty years. He has seen his share of successful floats, fly-by-night wonders and companies gone wrong. In his b …

The Crossing

Ben Fogle

RRP: £17.99

‘Read this… Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.’ The TimesWhen James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew …

Masters of the Word

William L Bernstein

RRP: £30.00

From the author of A Splendid Exchange comes a remarkable history of media – from the alphabet to the internet – that examines how it has shaped human society over millennia.

A Higher Call

Adam Makos

RRP: £12.99

This instant Sunday Times bestseller tells the story of two fighter pilots whose remarkable encounter during World War II became the stuff of legend.Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged Am …

Fire in the Sky

Michael Molkentin

RRP: £9.99

‘I half rolled, and there before my eyes was as perfect a target as I had ever seen in my life. A pressure of a thumb, a short burst, a puff of smoke, a flash of flame, a hole on the clouds – and it w …

Great Anzac Stories

Graham Seal

RRP: £12.99

Over the years, the experiences of soldiers at war become the stuff of legend: tales of great bravery, battlefield wins, and also the tragic losses and poignant moments. Great Anzac Stories gathers ic …

The British Dream

David Goodhart

RRP: £24.00

One of Britain’s most influential centre-left thinkers examines UK immigration policy and argues that there have been unforeseen consequences which need urgently to be addressed.

Carl von Clausewitz's On War

Hew Strachan

RRP: £16.99

On War by Carl von Clausewitz was first published in Germany after the Napoleonic Wars. One of the most significant treatises on military strategy ever written, it is still prescribed at various milit …

Hardmen

Malcolm Andrews

RRP: £12.99

When the going gets tough, the tough get tougher.The ranks of rugby league around the world have been liberally peppered with hardmen. With violence that would never be tolerated off the footy field, …

Uncommon Soldier

Chris Masters

In this new book from Australia’s foremost investigative journalist, Chris Masters turns his attention to the modern Australian soldier. Moving away from the ongoing fascination with the Anzac story, …

Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

Louis Barfe

RRP: £9.99

Louis Barfe’s elegantly written, authoritative and highly entertaining history charts the meteoric rise and slow decline of the popular recording industry. Barfe shows how the 1920s and 1930s saw the …

In the Hour of Victory

Sam Willis

RRP: £30.00

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 MARITIME MEDIA AWARDSBetween 1794 and 1815 the Royal Navy repeatedly crushed her enemies at sea in a period of military dominance that equals any in history. When Napoleon eve …

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Rian Malan

RRP: £9.99

For Rian Malan, the blessing of living in South Africa is that every day presents him with material whose richness astounds those who live in saner places. Twenty years after the publication of his be …

Bang!

Graham Stewart

RRP: £20.00

‘Graham Stewart has done a terrific job. His book brings the decade vividly to life and convincingly places it in perspective… Excellent’ — Toby Young, Mail on SundayBritain in the 1980s was a pola …

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