Race, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica: The Biography of Patrick Nelson, 1916-1963
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This is the first biography of the extraordinary, but ordinary life of, Patrick Nelson. His...
Running for Their Lives: The Extraordinary Story of Britain's Greatest Ever Distance Runners
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In 1928 two extraordinary Englishmen competed in an unprecedented event - a transcontinental road...
Spymaster: The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield
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"I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief." (Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator). The...
Storming Home: British Soldier, Bodyguard to the Stars, Boozer and Addict - Could Billy Change?
Billy Gilvear and Eric Gaudion
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Son of a missionary, born in the Congo, Billy endured a strict upbringing before escaping to the...
Finding the Few: Some Outstanding Mysteries of the Battle of Britain Investigated and Solved
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1940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave...
Malcolm -soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India: The Life of Sir John Malcolm (1769 - 1833)
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Highly regarded in India and Persia to this day, Sir John Malcolm is remarkably little known in his...
Mail Men: The Unauthorized Story of the Daily Mail - The Paper That Divided and Conquered Britain
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"A wonderfully gossipy history" Sunday Times "Riotously Entertaining" New Statesman Perhaps because...
The Education of the Eye: Painting, Landscape, and Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Britain
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The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain. It...
Cabin Class Rivals: Lafayette & Champlain, Britannic & Georgic and Manhattan & Washington
David L. Williams and Richard P. de Kerbrech
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During the late 1920s and early 1930s three pairs of unique and innovative passenger liners emerged...