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Beyond The Edge of Light: History behind the Fiction

Beyond The Edge of Light: History behind the Fiction

Melding family history with real wartime figures and events, the author outlines the inspirations at play behind his Second World War love story, ranging from the ruined palaces of East Prussia, Bletchley Park, developments in RADAR and a paratrooper raid on Fort Ében-Émael.
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
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Beyond The Edge of Light: History behind the Fiction

Beyond The Edge of Light: History behind the Fiction

Melding family history with real wartime figures and events, the author outlines the inspirations at play behind his Second World War love story, ranging from the ruined palaces of East Prussia, Bletchley Park, developments in RADAR and a paratrooper raid on Fort Ében-Émael.
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
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Sir Gruffydd Donne: Knight of Kidwelly

Sir Gruffydd Donne: Knight of Kidwelly

The novelist traces one man's journey from the shadow of his grandfather’s support for Owain Glyndwr to a career fighting for Henry V and Henry VI, and explores a Welsh family whose fortunes hinged on some of the defining conflicts of medieval Britain.
John Pitts
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Rethinking Communism’s History

Rethinking Communism’s History

Karl Marx was never the original architect of the communist tradition, which traces deeper roots from French revolutionary thought and the utopian ideals of Babeuf and Blanqui.
Paul Mason
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What is Unique About the Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II

Gautam Hazarika

So many stories have emerged in a new book on Indian POWs

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Family Stories of The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II

Gautam Hazarika

There are many stories in a new book on Indian POWs of the Japanese.

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The Succession of King James: A Robert Cecil Masterclass

Karen Haden

The transition from Elizabeth I to James I is examined by the historical novelist.

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A captured Bf 110C-5 in the service of RAF

‘Let’s Get Those Jerries!’: Luftwaffe Airmen and British Captors

Victoria Taylor

Encounters between captors and captives, many exemplifying hospitality, some harm, are explored through newspapers and personal accounts of the time.

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London Blitz

The History behind the DCI Frank Merlin Books

Mark Ellis

As celebrations this year spotlight those years of action on the battlefield, the author of historical thrillers discusses the boom in wartime crime that sets the foundations for his series.

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Rupert of the Rhine portrait

Historical Heroes: Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Mark Turnbull

A dashing cavalier or a Prince Robber - a new biography re-examines the life of a key figure in the tumult of the 17th century

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Who Will Rescue Us?

Laura Hobson Faure

The story of the Jewish children who fled to France and America during the Holocaust

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R.J. Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire

Paul Beaver

The iconic Spitfire's designer was an extraordinary aeronautical engineer.

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MACBETH (solo) – Review

Jemima Mallock

The Shakespeare Edit presents the tragedy condensed into monodrama.

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King Arthur asleep

Why You Won’t Find King Arthur in My New Dark Ages Trilogy

M.J. Porter

The legendary monarch dominates the headlines in early British history, but the period has a rich landscape to be explored and enjoyed.

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