20th Century History
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Love in a Time of Hate
Florian Illies
Read more ▸ Order ▸Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39
1930s Europe – as the Roaring Twenties...
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The Russian Revolution
Victor Sebestyen
Read more ▸ Pre-order ▸An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history – the...
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1923
Mark Jones
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Coup
The astonishing year when German democracy faced...
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Come to This Court and Cry
Linda Kinstler
Read more ▸ Order ▸Secrets and Survival at the Last Nazi Trials
To probe the past is to submit the...
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Colditz
Ben MacIntyre
Read more ▸ Order ▸Prisoners of the Castle
The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller on the incredible true story of...
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Abyss
Max Hastings
Read more ▸ Order ▸World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the...
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Attack Warning Red!
Julie McDowall
Read more ▸ Order ▸How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War
The atomic bombs of 1945 changed war forever. The awesome...
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Five Love Affairs and a Friendship
Anne de Courcy
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age
Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and...
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Beyond the Wall
Katja Hoyer
Read more ▸ Order ▸East Germany, 1949-1990
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply...
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The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Read more ▸ Order ▸From Revolution and Lenin to Stalin’s Terror, from the Great Patriotic War to Gorbachev, ‘The...
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Iconicon
John Grindrod
Read more ▸ Order ▸A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain
A captivating exploration of Britain’s most iconic...
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A Terribly Serious Adventure
Nikhil Krishnan
Read more ▸ Order ▸Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60
- What are the limits of language?
- How to bring philosophy closer to everyday...