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From the Crusades to the Cold War, and from Spitfires to spies, our vast range of military history books spans centuries of global and local conflict. This is where you will find books on military operations, specific battles, the First World War and the Second World War, espionage and more. Reflecting on the impact of war on societies and economies worldwide, these books are essential guides to understanding the conflicts of the past and how they’ve shaped our world.

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Ukraine Diaries
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Andrey Kurkov
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Operation Pedestal
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Max Hastings
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The Escape Artist
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The Escape Artist
Jonathan Freedland
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Colonialism
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Nigel Biggar
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SAS
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Ben Macintyre
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A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell
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The Armchair General
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The Armchair General
John Buckley
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Russia
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Russia
Antony Beevor
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The Art of War
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The Art of War
Sun-tzu
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The Pathfinders
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The Pathfinders
Will Iredale
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Overreach
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Overreach
Owen Matthews
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Command
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Command
Al Murray
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The Spy and the Traitor
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The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre
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Barbarossa
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Barbarossa
Jonathan Dimbleby
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Aftermath
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Aftermath
Harald Jahner
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Operation Mincemeat
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Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre
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Invasion
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Invasion
Luke Harding
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The Bomber Mafia
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The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell
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Make It Count
Make It Count
Benjamin Ferencz
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A truly extraordinary memoir from 100-year-old WWII veteran and lawyer Benjamin Ferencz, Make It Count maps a tumultuous century through one man’s eyes and experiences and shares nine invaluable lesson on how to lead our lives with integrity and meaning.
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Colonialism
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Colonialism
Nigel Biggar
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Abyss
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Abyss
Max Hastings
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Command
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Command
Al Murray
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SAS Brothers in Arms
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SAS Brothers in Arms
Damien Lewis
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Invasion
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Luke Harding
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Mosquito Men
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Mosquito Men
David Price
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Diary of an Invasion
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Andrey Kurkov
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The Commanders
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Lloyd Clark
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The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire
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The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire
Ryan Gingeras
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Red Devils
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Red Devils
Mark Urban
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The Hunt
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The Hunt
Andy McNab
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Devil Dogs
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Devil Dogs
Saul David
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Legacy of Violence
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Legacy of Violence
Caroline Elkins
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The Curtain and the Wall
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The Curtain and the Wall
Timothy Phillips
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Berlin
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Berlin
Sinclair McKay
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The Lighthouse of Stalingrad
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The Lighthouse of Stalingrad
Iain MacGregor
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To Save An Army
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Robert Forsyth
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Operation Pedestal
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Max Hastings
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The Confidence Men
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Margalit Fox
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The Armchair General
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John Buckley
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The Pathfinders
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Will Iredale
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Barbarossa
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Barbarossa
Jonathan Dimbleby
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The Greatest Raid
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Giles Whittell
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The Bomber Mafia
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Malcolm Gladwell
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SBS - Silent Warriors
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Saul David
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Eight Days in May
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Eight Days in May
Volker Ullrich
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Make It Count
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Make It Count
Benjamin Ferencz
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The Nine
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The Nine
Gwen Strauss
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Operation Jubilee
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Operation Jubilee
Patrick Bishop
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Tornado
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Tornado
John Nichol
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Topgun
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Topgun
Dan Pedersen
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SAS Bravo Three Zero
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Damien Lewis
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Culloden
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Culloden
Paul O'Keeffe
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Barbarossa
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Barbarossa
Stewart Binns
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The Battle for the Falklands
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Max Hastings
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The Escape Artist
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Jonathan Freedland
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The Traitor of Colditz
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The Traitor of Colditz
Robert Verkaik
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Cinderella Boys
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Cinderella Boys
Leo McKinstry
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Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
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Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
Daniel Finkelstein
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A Stranger in Your Own City
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A Stranger in Your Own City
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
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Eject! Eject!
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Eject! Eject!
John Nichol
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Men at War
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Men at War
Luke Turner
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The Russo-Ukrainian War
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The Russo-Ukrainian War
Serhii Plokhy
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Commando
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Commando
Monty Halls
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The Weaponisation of Everything
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The Weaponisation of Everything
Mark Galeotti
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Military Intelligence Blunders
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Military Intelligence Blunders
John Hughes-Wilson
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The Survivor
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The Survivor
Josef Lewkowicz
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The Art of War
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu
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Elite Forces

SAS: Rogue Heroes
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Ben Macintyre
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SBS - Silent Warriors
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Saul David
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Mosquito Men
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Mosquito Men
David Price
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Never Give In
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Never Give In
Major Scotty Mills
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SAS Bravo Three Zero
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Damien Lewis
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SAS Great Escapes
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Damien Lewis
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SAS Band of Brothers
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Damien Lewis
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Speed, Aggression, Surprise
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Speed, Aggression, Surprise
Tom Petch
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The History of the SAS
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The History of the SAS
Chris Ryan
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SAS: Who Dares Wins
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SAS: Who Dares Wins
Ant Middleton
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Paddy Mayne
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Paddy Mayne
Hamish Ross
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Abducting a General
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Abducting a General
Patrick Leigh Fermor
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SAS Shadow Raiders
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SAS Shadow Raiders
Damien Lewis
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Commando
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Commando
Monty Halls
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The Paras
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Max Arthur
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The Complete History of the SAS
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The Complete History of the SAS
Nigel McCrery
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Our Boys
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Our Boys
Helen Parr
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Russia and Ukraine

A Message from Ukraine
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A Message from Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky
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Diary of an Invasion
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Andrey Kurkov
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The Gates of Europe
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The Gates of Europe
Serhii Plokhy
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You Don't Know What War Is
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You Don't Know What War Is
Yeva Skalietska
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Putin's People
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
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Everything is Possible
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Everything is Possible
Mary Wood
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Gorbachev
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Prof. William Taubman
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The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
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Sheila Fitzpatrick
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Putin
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Putin
Philip Short
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Ukraine Diaries
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Ukraine Diaries
Andrey Kurkov
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Zelensky
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Zelensky
Steven Derix
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In Wartime
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In Wartime
Tim Judah
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Kleptopia
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Kleptopia
Tom Burgis
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The Road to Unfreedom
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Timothy Snyder
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Borderland
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Borderland
Anna Reid
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Red Notice
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Red Notice
Bill Browder
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Lost Kingdom
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Serhii Plokhy
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The First World War

The Confidence Men
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Margalit Fox
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The Path of Peace
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The Path of Peace
Anthony Seldon
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The Facemaker
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The Facemaker
Lindsey Fitzharris
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Storm of Steel
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Storm of Steel
Ernst Junger
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The Guns of August
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The Guns of August
Barbara Tuchman
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The Western Front
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The Western Front
Nick Lloyd
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Passchendaele
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Passchendaele
Paul Ham
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The Searchers
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The Searchers
Robert Sackville-West
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
T. E. Lawrence
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Catastrophe
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Catastrophe
Max Hastings
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1914-1918
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1914-1918
David Stevenson
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Where Poppies Blow
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Where Poppies Blow
John Lewis-Stempel
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The Great War: 1914-1918
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The Great War: 1914-1918
Peter Hart
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The Sleepwalkers
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The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark
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Marked for Death
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Marked for Death
James Hamilton-Paterson
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On a Knife Edge
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On a Knife Edge
Holger Afflerbach
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The Wipers Times
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The Wipers Times
Christopher Westhorp
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The Second World War

SAS: Rogue Heroes
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Ben Macintyre
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Colditz
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Colditz
Ben Macintyre
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Operation Pedestal
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Operation Pedestal
Max Hastings
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The Escape Artist
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The Escape Artist
Jonathan Freedland
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SAS
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Ben Macintyre
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A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell
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The Pathfinders
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The Pathfinders
Will Iredale
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Command
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Command
Al Murray
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Barbarossa
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Barbarossa
Jonathan Dimbleby
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The Bomber Mafia
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The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell
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The Battle of Britain
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The Battle of Britain
James Holland
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The Commanders
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The Commanders
Lloyd Clark
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The Nine
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The Nine
Gwen Strauss
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The Crew
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The Crew
David Price
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Agent Zigzag
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Agent Zigzag
Ben Macintyre
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Normandy '44
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Normandy '44
James Holland
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Lancaster
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Lancaster
John Nichol
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Spitfire
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Spitfire
John Nichol
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Espionage & Secret Services

SAS: Rogue Heroes
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Ben Macintyre
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A Spy Among Friends
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Ben Macintyre
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A Woman of No Importance
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Sonia Purnell
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The Spy and the Traitor
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Ben Macintyre
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Operation Mincemeat
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Ben Macintyre
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Agent Zigzag
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Agent Zigzag
Ben Macintyre
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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park
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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park
Sinclair McKay
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MI6
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MI6
Gordon Corera
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The Walls Have Ears
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The Walls Have Ears
Helen Fry
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The Billion Dollar Spy
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The Billion Dollar Spy
David E. Hoffman
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The Defence of the Realm
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The Defence of the Realm
Christopher Andrew
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A Spy Named Orphan
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A Spy Named Orphan
Roland Philipps
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The Secret World
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The Secret World
Christopher Andrew
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Game of Spies
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Game of Spies
Paddy Ashdown
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GCHQ
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GCHQ
Richard Aldrich
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Soldier Spy
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Soldier Spy
Tom Marcus
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The Spy Who Loved
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The Spy Who Loved
Clare Mulley
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Post-Second World War Conflicts

Vietnam
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Max Hastings
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The Cold War
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The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis
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Bravo Two Zero
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Bravo Two Zero
Andy McNab
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Dispatches
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Dispatches
Michael Herr
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The Cold War
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The Cold War
Odd Arne Westad
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Boys in Zinc
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Boys in Zinc
Svetlana Alexievich
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Chickenhawk
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Chickenhawk
Robert Mason
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The Operator
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The Operator
Robert O'Neill
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Generation Kill
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Generation Kill
Evan Wright
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The Outpost
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The Outpost
Jake Tapper
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Operation Mayhem
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Operation Mayhem
Steve Heaney
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Hue 1968
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Hue 1968
Mark Bowden
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Born on the Fourth of July
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Born on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic
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Directorate S
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Directorate S
Steve Coll
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A Rumor of War
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A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo
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Katanga 1960-63
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Katanga 1960-63
Christopher Othen
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The Crusades

A History of the Crusades I
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Steven Runciman
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A History of the Crusades II
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A History of the Crusades II
Steven Runciman
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A History of the Crusades III
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A History of the Crusades III
Steven Runciman
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The Templars
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The Templars
Dan Jones
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The Crusades
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The Crusades
Thomas Asbridge
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The First Crusade
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The First Crusade
Peter Frankopan
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Chronicles of the Crusades
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Chronicles of the Crusades
Joinville and Villehardouin
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
Amin Maalouf
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Crusaders
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Crusaders
Dan Jones
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Queens of Jerusalem
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Queens of Jerusalem
Katherine Pangonis
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How to Plan a Crusade
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How to Plan a Crusade
Christopher Tyerman
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Accursed Tower
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Accursed Tower
Roger Crowley
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The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191
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The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191
John D. Hosler
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The Albigensian Crusade
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Jonathan Sumption
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The Napoleonic Wars

Waterloo
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Bernard Cornwell
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Napoleon
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Adam Zamoyski
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Napoleon the Great
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Napoleon the Great
Andrew Roberts
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1812
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1812
Adam Zamoyski
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Britain Against Napoleon
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Britain Against Napoleon
Roger Knight
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Waterloo
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Waterloo
Tim Clayton
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The Longest Afternoon
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The Longest Afternoon
Brendan Simms
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This Dark Business
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This Dark Business
Tim Clayton
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Witnessing Waterloo
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Witnessing Waterloo
David Crane
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The Peninsular War
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The Peninsular War
Charles J. Esdaile
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Russia Against Napoleon
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Russia Against Napoleon
Dominic Lieven
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24 Hours at Waterloo
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24 Hours at Waterloo
Robert Kershaw
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Napoleon in Egypt
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Napoleon in Egypt
Paul Strathern
£16.99
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Military Dispatches
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Military Dispatches
The Duke of Wellington
£12.99
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In Nelson's Wake
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In Nelson's Wake
James Davey
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Napoleon: On War
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Napoleon: On War
Bruno Colson
£16.99
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Waterloo
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Waterloo
Gordon Corrigan
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