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.
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Devils in the Details: On Location with Folk Tales in England’s Forgotten County, by Rory Waterman
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
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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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Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry that Shaped Ancient Greece, by Adrian Goldsworthy
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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No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One, by Andrew Lambert
As debate intensifies over Britain’s role in world security, Andrew Lambert offers a timely reassessment of the country’s 19th-century grand strategy.
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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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Queen High, by C.J. Carey
An alternate reality where Wallis Simpson is queen is a compulsive literary thriller.
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Behind Caesar’s Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors, by Caillan Davenport
Modern-day understanding of the Roman world was frequently shaped by public perception and talk of the emperors played a role in influencing that history.
A survey of modern political assassinations that questions how far such killings have truly shaped historical outcomes. A lively and at times polemical biography that challenges Orwell’s mythology while presenting a flawed, contradictory and influential writer. This portrayal of Ney examines a brilliant yet flawed commander whose legacy is shaped by both tactical brilliance and tragic misjudgement. A review of Berenice: Queen in Roman Judea explores Bruce Chilton’s reconstruction of a largely voiceless historical figure within the complexities of Roman and Judaean history. An account of Howard Triest, a Jewish interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials, lays out the personal toll of psychologically examining the perpetrators of the Holocaust Jasmine Guama A thoughtful and immersive portrayal of Roman Britain, blending historical context with compelling narrative. An affecting and meticulous study of Jewish child refugees during World War II is based on personal testimony. Edited by historian Geoffrey Roberts, the American's letters open up the workings of Allied diplomacy and reveal optimism as she navigates the turning points of the 20th century. As debate intensifies over Britain’s role in world security, Andrew Lambert offers a timely reassessment of the country’s 19th-century grand strategy. A long-overdue study in English, Kevin Passmore’s account examines the Maginot Line's strategic origins, construction, daily life within the forts and its contested legacy after 1940.
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Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination, by Simon Ball
George Orwell: Life and Legacy, by Robert Colls
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Nuremberg: The Translator’s Tale, by Helen Fry
Carausius and Allectus: The Britons Who Stood Against Rome, by John Pitts
Who Will Rescue Us?, by Laura Hobson Faure
Wartime Letters: London and Moscow 1941-1945, by Kathleen Harriman
No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One, by Andrew Lambert
The Maginot Line: A New History, by Kevin Passmore
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