The Great Cat and Dog Massacre: The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy
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The tragedies of World War II are well known. But at least one has been forgotten: in September...
Fighting on All Fronts: John Rothenstein in the Art World
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John Rothenstein, son of Sir William Rothenstein, the celebrated portrait painter, was born in 1901,...
Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria: A Mirror to the World
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This book rewrites the history of jewellery in the age of Victoria. The 'age of Victoria' is taken...
Queen Elizabeth II
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This is a unique collection of 250 photographs celebrating the life and long reign of Queen...
24 Hours on the Somme: My Experiences of the First Day of the Somme 1 July 1916
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There are many accounts of the Battle of the Somme by surviving British soldiers. But the Somme was...
A Walk by the Sea: A Journey into the New Millennium
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"The British coast is where journeys begin and where journeys end, where sun rises and where sun...
Sugar and Spice: Grocers and Groceries in Provincial England, 1650-1830
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Consumers in eighteenth-century England were firmly embedded in an expanding world of goods, one...
The Night Manager
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In The Night Manager, John le Carre's first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British...
Winter of the World
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Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions...
Opium and Empire: The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson
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In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British...