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HOODWINKING CHURCHILL
Tito’s Great Confidence Trick |
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'This minutely researched and closely
argued tour-de-force of revisionist history … forces us to
rethink a critical aspect of the Second World War in Yugoslavia’
Sir Jeremy Isaacs
Finalist
in THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE
ISBN: 9780856832826
Price £ 25.00 |
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| THIS LIFE OF GRACE |
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John
Symons
ISBN: 9780856832833
Price £ 7.95 |
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| JOHN CLARE: Voice of Freedom |
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‘this exploration of John Clare’s
life highlights the socio-economic and environmental aspects of
his observations and includes his reports on an insidious revolution
taking place in the English countryside.’
Featured
in THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE
R S ATTACK
ISBN: 9780856832703
Price: £ 9.95 |
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THE GREATEST BRITON
Essays on Winston Churchill's Life and Political Philosophy |
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‘Despite his record as ‘the
man who won the war’, Winston Churchill is often accused of
being a war criminal. This book sets out to correct the historical
record in a stimulating collection of essays.’
Jeremy Havardi
ISBN: 9780856832659
Hardback Price: £25.00
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BRITAIN's PRIME MINISTERS
(From Walpole to Blair) |
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‘This book offers
brief portraits of each occupant of the highest political office
in Britain’
Roger Ellis & Geoffrey Treasure
Preface by Lord Butler of Brockwell
ISBN: 9780856832345
Hardback Price: £25.00
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NO END TO SNOWDROPS
A Biography of Kathleen Raine |
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‘Philippa Bernard follows Kathleen
Raine’s struggle against the constrictions of her suburban
childhood to her exciting days at Girton College in the twenties,
where she became friends with many brilliant writers, artists and
scientists’.
Featured
in THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE
Philippa Bernard
ISBN: 9780856832680
Hardback Price: £20.00
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LITTLE MOTHER OF RUSSIA
A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna |
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Empress Marie (1847-1928) lived one
of the most dramatic lives of any princess who sat on the Russian
throne. Born Princess Dagmar of Denmark she was betrothed to Tsarevitch
Nicholas of Russia, a love match on both sides, but he died months
before the wedding. Out of duty she married his brother who came
to the throne as Tsar Alexander III in 1881 on the assassination
of his father Alxander II. Her son was Nicholas II, the last Tsar.
Coryne Hall
ISBN: 9780856832291
Paperback Price: £19.95
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| STRANGER ON THE SHORE |
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‘Tracing the life of the author’s
father, this passionate, vivid memoir follows him through his childhood
in the west of England, his successful 25-year career in the Indian
Army prior to the country’s independence in 1947, and his
final years in Devonshire, where he raised a family while the symptoms
of Huntington's disease gradually set in.’
Featured
in THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE
John Symons
ISBN: 9780856832642
Paperback Price: £12.95
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SCILLY
Through the Eyes of the 'Duchess' of Auriga |
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A tribute to the people of the Isles
of Scilly. Past and Present – may your Scillonian stories
be told. While to those who have made the long journey and discovered
the secret that is Scilly, let's just keep it just that –
a secret!
Jeremy Reseigh Watts
ISBN: 9780856832390
Hardback Price: £17.50
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STANDING FOR JUSTICE
A Biography of Andrew MacLaren MP |
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Redistributing ever-growing levels
of taxation has always been the major weapon for alleviating poverty
but what is the cause of poverty? Andrew MacLaren MP, inspired by
Henry George, saw clearly the underlying reasons. His views, and
the solution to this grave social problem, which were endorsed by
no less than five Prime Ministers, make fascinating reading.
John Stewart
ISBN: 9780856831942
Hardback Price: £12.95 |
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| WHO's WHO IN BRITISH HISTORY |
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Short biographies of the men and women
who helped make Britain what it was - and is The eight volumes
which make up the Who's Who in British History series, range from
Roman to Victorian times, presenting history as biography, complementing
the conventional approach. The authors give us more than the bare
facts of their subject's lives: they place them in the context of
the age, evoke their personalities and their achievements.
ISBN: 9780856831737 ISBN:
9780856831744
Hardback Price: £200.00 Paperback
Price: £140.60
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| WHO's WHO IN ROMAN BRITAIN
& ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND |
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'When histories, too often, have
little room for the individuals who are the life and soul of the
past, there is a place for a history which is composed of the lives
of those who helped to make it what it was - and is.'
GEOFFREY TREASURE, Series Editor, from the INTRODUCTION
Richard Fletcher
ISBN: 9780856830891
ISBN: 9780856831140
Hardback Price: £27.50 Paperback
Price: £14.95
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| WHO's WHO IN EARLY MEDIEVAL
ENGLAND (1066 - 1272) |
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'These well-constructed and and informative
essays, almost all of which end with two or three specific recommendations
for further reading, are masters of their kind ... '
REFERENCE REVIEWS
Christopher J Tyerman
ISBN: 9780856830914
ISBN: 9780856831324
Hardback Price: £27.50 Paperback
Price: £17.95
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WHO's WHO IN LATE MEDIEVAL
ENGLAND (1272 - 1485) |
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Each biographical entry is a complete
essay, skilful in its selection of evidence and its methods of assessment.
The authors have all been teachers, but it is their view that history
which is instructive can also be entertaining.
Michael Hicks
ISBN: 9780856830921
ISBN: 9780856831256
Hardback Price: £27.50
Paperback Price: £17.95
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WHO's WHO IN TUDOR ENGLAND |
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'Readers will be instructed, stimulated
and entertained '
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
C R N Routh, revised by Peter Holmes
ISBN: 0856830938
ISBN: 0856831195
Hardback Price: £27.50
Paperback Price: £17.95
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WHO's WHO IN STUART BRITAIN |
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The range of personalities included
is extensive, embracing royalty, politicians, poets, playrights,
inventors and artists. The sequence is broadly chronological rather
than alphabetical, making it easier for the reader to browse from
one contemporary to another, building up a picture of the age in
which they lived. The index, with it's cross references, facilitates
the tracing of further information.
C P Hill
ISBN: 9780856830754
ISBN: 9780856831102
Hardback Price: £27.50
Paperback Price: £17.95
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WHO's WHO IN EARLY HANOVERIAN
BRITAIN (1714 - 1789) |
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'Highly recommended for all history
lovers, students - and indeed historical novelists.'
SARAH BROADHURST, THE BOOKSELLER
Geoffrey Treasure
ISBN: 9780856830761
ISBN: 9780856831317
Hardback Price: £27.50
Paperback Price: £17.95
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WHO's WHO IN LATE HANOVERIAN
BRITAIN (1789 - 1837) |
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'This series brings history to life
and its completion is welcomed.'
CONTEMPORARY REVIEW
Geoffrey Treasure
ISBN: 9780856830945
ISBN: 9780856831379
Hardback Price: £27.50 Paperback
Price: £17.95
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WHO's WHO IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN |
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'Eminently readable' The Good Book
Guide
Roger Ellis
ISBN: 9780856830952
ISBN: 9780856831386
Hardback Price: £27.50
Paperback Price: £17.95
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ESPAÑA BRITANNIA
A Bitter-Sweet Relationship |
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‘the result of eight years research,
España Britannia is the first book to reveal how much more
there is to Anglo-Spanish history than the Armada and Gibraltar.’
Alistair Ward
ISBN: 9780856832246
Paperback Price: £11.95
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A PROMISE KEPT
The Life and Work of Tom Chapman |
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‘There are always two sides to
every conflict in negotiation, but it is also true that both sides
have a common objective. This common objective is the continued
success or prosperity of the company, the industry, or even the
nation.’
John Stewart
ISBN: 9780856832185
Hardback Price: £12.95
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FLORA MAcDONALD
The Jacobite Heroine in Scotland and North America |
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Her name is immortalised because of her
part in the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince
Charlie', in 1746 but little is known about the rest of her life,
especially her adventures in the American Revolution.
'…a finely documented and vivid portrayal of her life in
North Carolina…'
THE SCOTSMAN
Ruairidh H MacLeod
ISBN: 9780856831478
Paperback Price: £9.95
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JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS
The Life and Works of the Shakespearean Scholar and Bookman |
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The first book-length
presentation of the life and works of James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
(1820-1889), the eminent Shakespearean scholar and author, whom
critics of widely diverse orientation recognize as the greatest
contributor of his age to our knowledge of Shakespeare's life and
times .
Marvin Spevack
ISBN: 9780856831935
Hardback Price: £25.00
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