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Surviving Aberfan: The People's Story
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Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
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The history of Ireland for much of the Twentieth century is the history of Eamon De Valera. From the...
England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York
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England has always been a place of queens. The earliest known lived nearly 2,000 years ago. Early...
Eve's War: The Diaries of a Military Wife During the Second World War
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Joyce's War: The Second World War Journal of a Queen Alexandra Nurse
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Joyce Ffoulkes Parry was an Australian nurse who came to Britain in 1937 to rediscover her Welsh...