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Chernobyl
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Chernobyl
Serhii Plokhy
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Bloody Brilliant Women
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Bloody Brilliant Women
Cathy Newman
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France
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France
John Julius Norwich
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A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell
£20.00   £16.99
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Big Week
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Big Week
James Holland
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How Democracies Die
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How Democracies Die
Steven Levitsky
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The Rise and Fall of the British Nation
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The Rise and Fall of the British Nation
David Edgerton
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'Cherry' Ingram
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'Cherry' Ingram
Naoko Abe
£18.99   £16.99
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A Spy Named Orphan
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A Spy Named Orphan
Roland Philipps
£9.99   £7.99
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The Silk Roads
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The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
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The Century Girls
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The Century Girls
Tessa Dunlop
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An Impeccable Spy
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An Impeccable Spy
Owen Matthews
£25.00
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Yorkshire
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Yorkshire
Richard Morris
£10.99
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The Shortest History of Germany
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The Shortest History of Germany
James Hawes
£8.99
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Viking Britain
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Viking Britain
Thomas Williams
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Medieval Bodies
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Medieval Bodies
Jack Hartnell
£12.99   £10.99
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The Patient Assassin
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The Patient Assassin
Anita Anand
£20.00   £16.99
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Our Best New History Books 

Appeasing Hitler
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Appeasing Hitler
Tim Bouverie
£20.00   £16.99
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First Man In
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First Man In
Ant Middleton
£8.99   £6.99
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The Fear Bubble
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The Fear Bubble
Ant Middleton
£20.00   £14.99
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Break Point
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Break Point
Ollie Ollerton
£20.00
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The Hard Way
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The Hard Way
Billy Billingham
£20.00
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I Spy
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I Spy
Tom Marcus
£18.99   £15.99
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Arnhem
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Arnhem
Antony Beevor
£8.99   £6.99
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Ships Of Heaven
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Ships Of Heaven
Christopher Somerville
£20.00   £16.99
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Freedom
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Freedom
Professor James Walvin
£20.00
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The Man Who Was Saturday
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The Man Who Was Saturday
Patrick Bishop
£20.00
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Maoism
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Maoism
Julia Lovell
£30.00   £25.00
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How Was It For You?
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How Was It For You?
Virginia Nicholson
£20.00   £16.99
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Greece
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Greece
Roderick Beaton
£30.00
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The Vory
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The Vory
Mark Galeotti
£10.99   £8.99
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The Five
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The Five
Hallie Rubenhold
£16.99   £14.99
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Daughters of Chivalry
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Daughters of Chivalry
Kelcey Wilson-Lee
£20.00
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The Race to Save the Romanovs
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The Race to Save the Romanovs
Helen Rappaport
£9.99
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Deeds Not Words
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Deeds Not Words
Helen Pankhurst
£9.99
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Our Best British History Books

Big Week
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Big Week
James Holland
£9.99   £7.99
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The Century Girls
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The Century Girls
Tessa Dunlop
£8.99
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The Border
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The Border
Diarmaid Ferriter
£12.99
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Viking Britain
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Viking Britain
Thomas Williams
£9.99   £7.99
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Mary Queen of Scots
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Mary Queen of Scots
John Guy
£8.99
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London Made Us
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London Made Us
Robert Elms
£16.99
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The Favourite
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The Favourite
Ophelia Field
£9.99   £7.99
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Rise Up Women!
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Rise Up Women!
Diane Atkinson
£12.99   £10.99
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King of the North Wind
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King of the North Wind
Claudia Gold
£9.99
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Enemies Within
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Enemies Within
Richard Davenport-Hines
£9.99
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A Short History of England
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A Short History of England
Simon Jenkins
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A Raid Over Berlin
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A Raid Over Berlin
John Martin
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The Birth of the RAF, 1918
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The Birth of the RAF, 1918
Richard Overy
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A History of Britain in 21 Women
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A History of Britain in 21 Women
Jenni Murray
£9.99   £8.99
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Secret Pigeon Service
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Secret Pigeon Service
Gordon Corera
£9.99
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Rule Britannia
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Rule Britannia
Danny Dorling
£12.99
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A Line in the Sand
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A Line in the Sand
James Barr
£9.99
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White King
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White King
Leanda de Lisle
£10.99
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Our Best Military History Books

Appeasing Hitler
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Appeasing Hitler
Tim Bouverie
£20.00   £16.99
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Arnhem
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Arnhem
Antony Beevor
£8.99   £6.99
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War Doctor
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War Doctor
David Nott
£18.99   £15.99
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Big Week
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Big Week
James Holland
£9.99   £7.99
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A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell
£20.00   £16.99
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An Inconvenient Death
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An Inconvenient Death
Miles Goslett
£8.99   £7.49
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The Shortest History of Germany
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The Shortest History of Germany
James Hawes
£8.99
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Stasi 77
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Stasi 77
David Young
£7.99
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Double Crossed
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Double Crossed
Brian Wood
£20.00
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The Spy and the Traitor
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The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre
£25.00   £21.99
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Vietnam
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Vietnam
Sir Max Hastings
£30.00   £25.99
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Churchill
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Churchill
Andrew Roberts
£35.00
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The Templars
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The Templars
Dan Jones
£9.99
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The Man Who Was Saturday
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The Man Who Was Saturday
Patrick Bishop
£20.00
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A Raid Over Berlin
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A Raid Over Berlin
John Martin
£8.99
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East West Street
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East West Street
Philippe Sands
£9.99
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Enemies Within
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Enemies Within
Richard Davenport-Hines
£9.99
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Spitfire
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Spitfire
John Nichol
£20.00
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Our Best European History Books

Travellers in the Third Reich
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Travellers in the Third Reich
Julia Boyd
£10.99
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Red Famine
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Red Famine
Anne Applebaum
£10.99
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East West Street
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East West Street
Philippe Sands
£9.99
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The Shortest History of Europe
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The Shortest History of Europe
John Hirst
£8.99   £6.99
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Imperial Tea Party
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Imperial Tea Party
Frances Welch
£12.99
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A Certain Idea of France
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A Certain Idea of France
Julian Jackson
£35.00
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France
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France
John Julius Norwich
£25.00
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The Race to Save the Romanovs
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The Race to Save the Romanovs
Helen Rappaport
£25.00
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October
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October
China Mieville
£9.99
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Les Parisiennes
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Les Parisiennes
Anne Sebba
£9.99   £8.99
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The Templars
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The Templars
Dan Jones
£9.99
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1000 Years of Annoying the French
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1000 Years of Annoying the French
Stephen Clarke
£9.99
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Chernobyl
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Chernobyl
Serhii Plokhy
£20.00
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Blitzed
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Blitzed
Norman Ohler
£9.99
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Istanbul
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Istanbul
Bettany Hughes
£12.99
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City of Light
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City of Light
Rupert Christiansen
£18.99
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The Years
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The Years
Annie Ernaux
£12.99
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Our Best Ancient History Books

SPQR
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SPQR
Mary Beard
£10.99   £8.99
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The Darkening Age
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The Darkening Age
Catherine Nixey
£9.99
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The Great Empires of Asia
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The Great Empires of Asia
Jim Masselos
£9.99
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The Odyssey
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The Odyssey
Homer
£30.00
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Legionary
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Legionary
Philip Matyszak
£8.99
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Pax Romana
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Pax Romana
Adrian Goldsworthy
£10.99
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Rubicon
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Rubicon
Tom Holland
£12.99
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The Classical World
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The Classical World
Robin Lane Fox
£14.99
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Meditations
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
£7.99   £5.99
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The Story of Egypt
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The Story of Egypt
Joann Fletcher
£12.99
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The Mighty Dead
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The Mighty Dead
Adam Nicolson
£9.99
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The Spartans
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The Spartans
Paul Cartledge
£10.99
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Babylon
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Babylon
Paul Kriwaczek
£11.99
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The Ancient Paths
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The Ancient Paths
Graham Robb
£10.99
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The Twelve Caesars
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The Twelve Caesars
Matthew Dennison
£10.99
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Our Best World History Books

Prisoners of Geography
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Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall
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The Square and the Tower
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The Square and the Tower
Niall Ferguson
£10.99
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The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu
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The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu
Charlie English
£9.99
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The Silk Roads
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The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
£10.99
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A Little History of the World
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A Little History of the World
Ernst H. Gombrich
£9.99
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Koh-I-Noor
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Koh-I-Noor
William Dalrymple
£9.99
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Histories of Nations
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Histories of Nations
Peter Furtado
£9.99
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Pale Rider
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Pale Rider
Laura Spinney
£10.99
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The Earth is Weeping
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The Earth is Weeping
Peter Cozzens
£10.99
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The Secret World
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The Secret World
Christopher Andrew
£35.00
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A Line in the Sand
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A Line in the Sand
James Barr
£9.99
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The Cold War
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The Cold War
Odd Arne Westad
£10.99
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Money
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Money
Yuval Noah Harari
£3.50
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Jerusalem
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Jerusalem
Simon Sebag Montefiore
£12.99
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The Islamic Enlightenment
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The Islamic Enlightenment
Christopher de Bellaigue
£10.99   £8.99
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On Tyranny
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On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
£9.99
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor
£10.99
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