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Genre: History

Bastard Behind the Lines

Tom Gilling

RRP: £14.99

‘The way I look at it is this…When you’re behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you’ve got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That’s why I like it.’Scottish-born but …

Cathedrals of Steam

Christian Wolmar

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‘Fascinating’ ‘Books of the Year’, Financial Times’London’s twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age… Wolmar brings them to life with the knowledge of an expert and the …

Treasured

Christina Riggs

RRP: £12.99

‘Impeccably researched and beautifully written’ David Wengrow’Utterly original’ Paul StrathernWhen it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turnin …

Gilligan

Paul Williams

RRP: £9.99

John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise …

Spying and the Crown

Rory Cormac

RRP: £12.99

A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021’Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.’ Ben Macintyre, The Times’A fascinating history of royal espionage.’ Su …

The Jackdaw Mysteries Books 1-3

S. W. Perry

The Angel’s Mark London, 1590: Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I’s control over her kingdom is wavering. And a killer is at work, …

The Secret Royals

Richard Aldrich

A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021’Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.’ Ben Macintyre, The Times’A fascinating history of royal espionage.’ Su …

The Secret Royals

Richard J. Aldrich

A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021’Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.’ Ben Macintyre, The Times’A fascinating history of royal espionage.’ Su …

Chief of Staff

Gavin Barwell

RRP: £10.99

BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect’Fascinating and instructive… his decency and pragmatism shine through.’ The Times’Candid, valuable and insightful.’ ObserverSince the EU referendum …

The Reckoning

Mary L Trump

RRP: £9.99

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica is suffering from PTSD. The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps begin the healing process.For four years, Donald J Trump inflicted an onslaught of overla …

Eleven Bats

Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt

RRP: £14.99

Alongside the SAS, Harry’s other lifetime love is cricket. An improvised game of cricket was often the circuit-breaker Harry and his team needed after the tension of operations. He began a tradition o …

The Infiltrators

Norman Ohler

RRP: £12.99

A Daily Telegraph History Book of the Year ‘An astonishing story… brilliantly told’ Antony Beevor’Gripping… Will appeal to anyone who relishes Ben Macintyre’s tales of wartime espionage and crypti …

The Irish Assassins

Julie Kavanagh

RRP: £12.99

ONE OF THE TIMES’ BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2021’The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar, but Kavanagh recounts it with a great sense of drama… Kavanagh’s account reminds me of the very b …

The Last Hours: The Complete Omnibus Edition

Minette Walters

RRP: £10.99

The definitive edition of Minette Walters’ thrilling tale of courage and defiance during the time of the Black Death, featuring The Last Hours and The Turn of Midnight.England, 1348: A deadly plague i …

Hard Choices

Peter Ricketts

RRP: £9.99

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS’Thought-provoking and well worth reading’ Times Literary SupplementAfter decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World …

Four Weeks in May

David Hart-Dyke

RRP: £10.99

Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.A Sunday Times Bestseller’Electric… Outstanding.’ GuardianIn March 1982 the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron o …

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