An ambitious and engaging study of two of the medieval world’s most mythologised organisations.
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The World’s Reformation: How Protestantism Became a Global Religion, by Alec Ryrie
A nuanced and globe-spanning examination of how Protestantism’s often chaotic missionary efforts helped shape the early modern world.
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Building Britannia: A History of Britain in 25 Buildings, by Steven Parissien
British history is traced through 25 iconic buildings – from Maiden Castle to 30 St Mary Axe – in this blend of architectural perusal and cultural insight.
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Operation Berlin, by Michael Ridpath
An aspiring journalist and an historian investigate a murder in the German capital amid Hitler's rise and the collapse of the Weimar Republic.
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Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood, by Steve Tibble
An ambitious and engaging study of two of the medieval world’s most mythologised organisations.
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Shadow of a Queen, by Peter Tonkin
Robert Poley returns amid the intrigue surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots’s captivity in another of Peter Tonkin's depiction of plots and political tension in Elizabethan England.
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Berlin: Endgame 1945, by Prit Buttar
A study of the fall of Berlin revealing how rivalries, ideology, and personal testimonies defined the chaotic end of the Nazi regime.
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Building Britannia: A History of Britain in 25 Buildings, by Steven Parissien
British history is traced through 25 iconic buildings – from Maiden Castle to 30 St Mary Axe – in this blend of architectural perusal and cultural insight.
An ambitious and engaging study of two of the medieval world’s most mythologised organisations. A nuanced and globe-spanning examination of how Protestantism’s often chaotic missionary efforts helped shape the early modern world. British history is traced through 25 iconic buildings – from Maiden Castle to 30 St Mary Axe – in this blend of architectural perusal and cultural insight. An aspiring journalist and an historian investigate a murder in the German capital amid Hitler's rise and the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Trevor James A study of the fall of Berlin revealing how rivalries, ideology, and personal testimonies defined the chaotic end of the Nazi regime. Nicola Cornick An exploration of British parliamentary history from 1603 to 1945 through the scandals, misconduct and crimes of rogue MPs. A worthy re-evaluation of the reign of Offa, showing through varied evidence how his power shaped Mercia’s dominance and early English state formation. An examination of Lincolnshire's folklore, tracing how legends like Yallery Brown and the Lincoln Imp have evolved over time through storytelling, embellishment, and cultural memory Robert Poley returns amid the intrigue surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots’s captivity in another of Peter Tonkin's depiction of plots and political tension in Elizabethan England. An ambitious and successful account demonstrating how unlikely alliance and antagonism, rooted in identity and ambition, led to the Peloponnesian War.
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The World’s Reformation: How Protestantism Became a Global Religion, by Alec Ryrie
Building Britannia: A History of Britain in 25 Buildings, by Steven Parissien
Operation Berlin, by Michael Ridpath
Berlin: Endgame 1945, by Prit Buttar
Members Behaving Badly: A History of Britain in 52 Parliamentary Rogues, by Debbie Kilroy
Offa: King of the Mercians, by Rory Naismith
Devils in the Details: On Location with Folk Tales in England’s Forgotten County, by Rory Waterman
Shadow of a Queen, by Peter Tonkin
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry that Shaped Ancient Greece, by Adrian Goldsworthy
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