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.
Trevor James The harrowing first few weeks of the largest offensive in human history. Letizia Turini Tim Grady expertly guides readers on a historical journey in this moving and powerful book. This meticulously researched volume explores the government and people of the Third Reich, questioning how they rose to power and what drove their actions. A thrilling mystery set amongst the religious conflict of 1600s England. Richard Stone In this wonderfully entertaining book, written with assured flair, historian Alice Loxton takes the age of eighteen as a unifying theme for telling the story of Britain. James Sewry Bull’s readable and entertaining work will surely revive interest in The Great Siege of Malta. The third instalment of Simon Scarrow’s excellent Berlin Noir series is a pacey and compelling novel. This magnificent book traces the story of people in Naples, 1944, making it compelling and difficult to put down. Damien Lewis's third SAS World War II escape instalment blends painstaking research with firsthand accounts that let the men tell their stories. Crowley takes us on a journey through time and across oceans and continents.
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Opening the Gates of Hell, by Richard Hargreaves
Burying the Enemy, by Tim Grady
Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich, by Richard J. Evans
Paying in Blood, by Karen Haden
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Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives, by Alice Loxton
The Great Siege of Malta, by Marcus Bull
A Death in Berlin, by Simon Scarrow
Naples 1944: War, Liberation and Chaos, by Keith Lowe
SAS Great Escapes Three, by Damien Lewis
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World, by Roger Crowley
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