20th Century History
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Architects of Terror
Paul Preston
Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco’s Spain
From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul...
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Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber
Sean O'Driscoll
The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale
The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her...
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The Palace Papers
Tina Brown
‘Never again’, became Queen Elizabeth II’s mantra shortly after Diana’s death. More specifically, there could...
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Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage
Nathalia Holt
The never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early...
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A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre
Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double...
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Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre
April, 1943: a sardine fisherman spots the corpse of a British soldier floating in the...
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Double Cross
Ben Macintyre
The True Story of The D-Day Spies
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the...
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Agent Zigzag
Ben Macintyre
One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission:...
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The Spy and the Traitor
Ben MacIntyre
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
On a warm July evening in 1985, a...
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The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
Robert K. Massie
The compelling quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth century: the ultimate fate...
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Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village
Marit Kapla
Near the river Klaralven, snug in the dense forest landscape of northern Varmland, lies the...
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Colditz
Ben MacIntyre
Prisoners of the Castle
In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of...