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1 On the Map (Hardback)

by Simon Garfield

Format: Hardback 304 pages
Published: 04/10/2012

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Maps have the most amazing stories. Suitable for mapophiles, this book offers narratives on everything from the challenge of mapping the oceans to... Read more

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2 The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-century Spain (Hardback)

by Paul Preston

Format: Hardback 720 pages
Published: 01/03/2012

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Selected as the Sunday Times History Book of the Year for 2012, this is a meticulous work of scholarship from the foremost historian of 20th-century... Read more

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3 Beside the Seaside: A Celebration of the Place We Like to Be (Hardback)

by Jane Struthers

Format: Hardback 288 pages
Published: 07/04/2011

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Can you remember why the sea is salty? How does the moon affect the tide? And what was the mystery of St Michael's Mount? Answering such... Read more

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4 Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady (Hardback)

by Kate Summerscale

Format: Hardback 320 pages
Published: 30/04/2012

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From the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher comes a brand new true story of Victorian scandal Read more

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5 Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Hardback)

by Tom Reiss

Format: Hardback 432 pages
Published: 20/09/2012

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Born in St Dominigue in 1762, the son of a French nobleman and a sugar plantation slave, General Alexandre Dumas did not have an auspicious start in... Read more

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6 Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base (Hardback)

by Annie Jacobsen

Format: Hardback 544 pages
Published: 17/05/2011

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The Explosive, Untold Story of the Cold War's Biggest Secret. The REAL X-Files. Read more

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7 The Secret Listeners: How the Y Service Intercepted the German Codes for Bletchley Park (Hardback)

by Sinclair McKay

Format: Hardback 352 pages
Published: 04/10/2012

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Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret. Read more

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8 The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England (Hardback)

by Ian Mortimer

Format: Hardback 432 pages
Published: 01/03/2012

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We think of Queen Elizabeth I as 'Gloriana': the most powerful English woman in history. We think of her reign (1558-1603) as a golden age... Read more

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9 Murder at Wrotham Hill (Hardback)

by Diana Souhami

Format: Hardback 320 pages
Published: 27/09/2012

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Murder at Wrotham Hill takes the killing in October 1946 of Dagmar Petrzywalski as the catalyst for a compelling and unique meditation on murder and... Read more

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