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Covering a rich and diverse cast of characters from spies to survivors and from royalty to rebels, here you’ll find our bestselling historical and political biographies. Fascinating portraits of figures who shaped our world and sealed the fate of many, these are life stories the legacy of which lives on.

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Our Best Historical & Political Biographies

Unwell Women
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Unwell Women
Elinor Cleghorn
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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The Escape Artist
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The Escape Artist
Jonathan Freedland
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Putin's People
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
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Lady in Waiting
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Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner
£10.99
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Queen of Our Times
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Queen of Our Times
Robert Hardman
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Shackleton
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Shackleton
Ranulph Fiennes
£10.99
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A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell
£9.99
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Chums
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Chums
Simon Kuper
£16.99   £14.99
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The Five
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The Five
Hallie Rubenhold
£10.99
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Philip
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Philip
Gyles Brandreth
£12.99
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The Prime Ministers We Never Had
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The Prime Ministers We Never Had
Steve Richards
£10.99
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The Hong Kong Diaries
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The Hong Kong Diaries
Chris Patten
£30.00   £26.99
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Black Spartacus
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Black Spartacus
Sudhir Hazareesingh
£10.99
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War Doctor
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War Doctor
David Nott
£9.99
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Agent Sonya
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Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre
£8.99
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The Good Germans
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The Good Germans
Catrine Clay
£9.99
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Killer in the Kremlin
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Killer in the Kremlin
John Sweeney
£16.99
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Prince Harry
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In what is undoubtedly one of the biggest memoirs of 2023, Prince Harry tells his side of the story about life within the Royal Family with his characteristic warmth and honesty.
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Our Best New Historical & Political Biographies

Diary of an Invasion
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Diary of an Invasion
Andrey Kurkov
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The Commanders
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The Commanders
Lloyd Clark
£25.00
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Harold Wilson
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Harold Wilson
Nick Thomas-Symonds
£25.00
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Boris Johnson
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Boris Johnson
Andrew Gimson
£25.00   £22.99
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Putin
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Putin
Philip Short
£30.00   £26.99
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Cleopatra's Daughter
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Cleopatra's Daughter
Jane Draycott
£27.99
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Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
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Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
Chips Channon
£35.00   £31.99
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The Young Alexander
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The Young Alexander
Alex Rowson
£25.00
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The Chief
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The Chief
Andrew Roberts
£25.00
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Bacon in Moscow
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Bacon in Moscow
James Birch
£17.99
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How We Might Live
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How We Might Live
Suzanne Fagence Cooper
£30.00
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Agent Twister
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Agent Twister
Philip Augar
£20.00
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The Story of a Life
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The Story of a Life
Konstantin Paustovsky
£25.00
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The Love That Dares
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The Love That Dares
Rachel Smith
£16.99
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Snakes and Ladders
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Snakes and Ladders
Andrea Leadsom
£20.00
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I Am Norwell Roberts
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I Am Norwell Roberts
Norwell Roberts
£16.99
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One Kensington
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One Kensington
Emma Dent Coad
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Coffee with Hitler
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Coffee with Hitler
Charles Spicer
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A Village in the Third Reich
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Julia Boyd
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
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Becoming
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Becoming
Michelle Obama
£12.99
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Black Spartacus
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Black Spartacus
Sudhir Hazareesingh
£10.99
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Dreams From My Father
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Dreams From My Father
President Barack Obama
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Agent Sonya
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Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alex Haley
£9.99
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Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria
Lucy Worsley
£10.99
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House of Glass
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House of Glass
Hadley Freeman
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Diary of an MP's Wife
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Diary of an MP's Wife
Sasha Swire
£12.99
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Fall
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Fall
John Preston
£9.99
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If This Is A Man/The Truce
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If This Is A Man/The Truce
Primo Levi
£12.99
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The Ratline
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The Ratline
Philippe Sands
£9.99
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JFK
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JFK
Fredrik Logevall
£14.99
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Thomas Cromwell
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Thomas Cromwell
Diarmaid MacCulloch
£12.99
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Dead Famous
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Dead Famous
Greg Jenner
£9.99
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Queens of the Crusades
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Queens of the Crusades
Alison Weir
£10.99
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Long Walk To Freedom
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Long Walk To Freedom
Nelson Mandela
£14.99
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A Promised Land
A Promised Land
President Barack Obama
£35.00
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The biggest book of the decade is a Presidential memoir like no other. Recounting Barack Obama’s journey to the White House in matchless, eloquent prose, A Promised Land is utterly essential reading.
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Our Best Historical Biographies

Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria
Lucy Worsley
£10.99
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Genghis Khan
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Genghis Khan
Frank McLynn
£14.99
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Thomas Cromwell
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Thomas Cromwell
Diarmaid MacCulloch
£12.99
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Elizabeth of York
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Elizabeth of York
Alison Weir
£10.99
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Napoleon the Great
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Napoleon the Great
Andrew Roberts
£18.99
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Alexander Hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow
£15.99
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Thomas Becket
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Thomas Becket
John Guy
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Che Guevara
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Che Guevara
Jon Lee Anderson
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Catherine the Great
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Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie
£12.00
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Isabella
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Isabella
Alison Weir
£12.99
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Mary Queen Of Scots
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Mary Queen Of Scots
Lady Antonia Fraser
£16.99
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A Certain Idea of France
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A Certain Idea of France
Julian Jackson
£18.99
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Hitler
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Hitler
Ian Kershaw
£18.99
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Saladin
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Saladin
John Man
£10.99
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Nelson
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Nelson
Andrew Lambert
£12.99
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Robespierre
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Robespierre
Peter McPhee
£13.99
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The Sun King
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The Sun King
Nancy Mitford
£10.99
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Ataturk
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Ataturk
Andrew Mango
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Our Best Royal Biographies

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Prince Harry
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Lady in Waiting
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Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner
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Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria
Lucy Worsley
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The Queen
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The Queen
Matthew Dennison
£12.99
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The Mountbattens
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The Mountbattens
Andrew Lownie
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A Queen for All Seasons
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A Queen for All Seasons
Joanna Lumley
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Ma'am Darling
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Ma'am Darling
Craig Brown
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The Final Curtsey
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The Final Curtsey
Margaret Rhodes
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The Quest for Queen Mary
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The Quest for Queen Mary
James Pope-Hennessy
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Queen of the World
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Queen of the World
Robert Hardman
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My Husband and I
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My Husband and I
Ingrid Seward
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Traitor King
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Traitor King
Andrew Lownie
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Scandals of the Royal Palaces
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Scandals of the Royal Palaces
Tom Quinn
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Rebel King
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Rebel King
Tom Bower
£9.99
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The American Duchess
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The American Duchess
Anna Pasternak
£9.99
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That Woman
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That Woman
Anne Sebba
£12.99
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Finding Freedom
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Finding Freedom
Omid Scobie
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Penguin Monarchs Series

Athelstan (Penguin Monarchs)
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Athelstan (Penguin Monarchs)
Tom Holland
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Edward I (Penguin Monarchs)
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Edward I (Penguin Monarchs)
Andy King
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Oliver Cromwell (Penguin Monarchs)
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Oliver Cromwell (Penguin Monarchs)
David Horspool
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Charles I (Penguin Monarchs)
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Charles I (Penguin Monarchs)
Mark Kishlansky
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Henry V (Penguin Monarchs)
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Henry V (Penguin Monarchs)
Anne Curry
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Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
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Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
Helen Castor
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Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs)
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Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs)
John Guy
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James I (Penguin Monarchs)
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James I (Penguin Monarchs)
Thomas Cogswell
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Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)
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Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)
Jane Ridley
£6.99
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Charles II (Penguin Monarchs)
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Charles II (Penguin Monarchs)
Clare Jackson
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Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs)
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Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs)
Douglas Hurd
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James II (Penguin Monarchs)
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James II (Penguin Monarchs)
David Womersley
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Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)
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Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)
Richard Barber
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Richard II (Penguin Monarchs)
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Richard II (Penguin Monarchs)
Laura Ashe
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Cnut (Penguin Monarchs)
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Cnut (Penguin Monarchs)
Ryan Lavelle
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Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)
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Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)
Stephen Alford
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Our Best Political Biographies

Dreams From My Father
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President Barack Obama
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Alex Haley
£9.99
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JFK
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JFK
Fredrik Logevall
£14.99
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Long Walk To Freedom
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Long Walk To Freedom
Nelson Mandela
£14.99
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Citizen Clem
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Citizen Clem
John Bew
£14.99
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The Death of Consensus
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The Death of Consensus
Phil Tinline
£20.00
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Richard Nixon
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Richard Nixon
John Farrell
£14.99
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Dallek
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Gorbachev
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Gorbachev
Prof. William Taubman
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The Truths We Hold
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The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris
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Team of Rivals
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Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin
£14.99
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Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Charles Moore
£18.99
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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson
£14.99
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David Lloyd George
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David Lloyd George
Roy Hattersley
£16.99
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Mao
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Mao
Philip Short
£18.99
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A View From The Foothills
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A View From The Foothills
Chris Mullin
£12.99
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Disraeli
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Disraeli
Douglas Hurd
£10.99
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A Fortunate Life
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A Fortunate Life
Paddy Ashdown
£9.99
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Our Best Military Biographies

A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell
£9.99
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War Doctor
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War Doctor
David Nott
£9.99
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Bravo Two Zero
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Bravo Two Zero
Andy McNab
£10.99
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Dispatches
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Dispatches
Michael Herr
£10.99
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The Unwomanly Face of War
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The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
£9.99
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Storm of Steel
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Storm of Steel
Ernst Junger
£9.99
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First Man In
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First Man In
Ant Middleton
£9.99
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If This Is A Man/The Truce
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If This Is A Man/The Truce
Primo Levi
£12.99
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Codebreaking Sisters
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Codebreaking Sisters
Patricia Owtram
£8.99
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Last Witnesses
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Last Witnesses
Svetlana Alexievich
£10.99
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First Light
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First Light
Geoffrey Wellum
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Goodbye to All That
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Goodbye to All That
Robert Graves
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Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front
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Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front
Serhii Plokhy
£10.99
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Nelson
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Nelson
Andrew Lambert
£12.99
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The Railway Man
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The Railway Man
Eric Lomax
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A Moment of War
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A Moment of War
Laurie Lee
£8.99
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Gurkha
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Gurkha
Colour-Sergeant Kailash Limbu
£8.99
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