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 rich quarry for artists and writers alike, the psychology and morals of an era can be unearthed from cricket's plotlines and characters. Trevor James A ‘forgotten’ conflict, but one with brutal and present-day consequences, is probed 75 years after it began. Steven Veerapen A new biography uncovers just how much of a mark the 17th-century prince left on Stuart Britain. Another Clara Vine thriller set in Nazi Germany promises espionage, historical detail and intrigue. The last volume in an entertaining and rip-roaring trilogy that tackles the First Crusade. Paul Bingley A superbly crafted biography that will delight aviation enthusiasts. Richard Foreman An exploration of gladiatorial life and Ancient Rome that is packed with wit, scholarship, and gripping storytelling. Robert Lyman A globe-crossing examination of the historical forces at play in the the final year of World War Two. Isabella O’Neill The harrowing first few weeks of the largest offensive in human history. This timely book is a love letter to the British Army.
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Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination, by Brendan Cooper
Korea: War Without End, by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman
Prince Rupert of the Rhine: King Charles I’s Cavalier Commander, by Mark Turnbull
The Judgement of Stars, by Jane Thynne
Crusader, by Adam Staten
Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire, by Paul Beaver
Those Who Are About To Die: Gladiators and the Roman Mind, by Harry Sidebottom
1945: The Reckoning: War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World, by Phil Craig
Operation Nightfall, by Karl Wegener
The Rise and Fall of the British Army by Ben Barry
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