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.
Giles Milton's latest and eminently readable book is full of a cast of sometimes larger-than-life characters. Peter Tonkin once again demonstrates why he stands head and shoulders above the crowd with a novel to be enjoyed by those who know the era well as well as newcomers. Oliver Webb-Carter Dominic Sandbrook’s latest entry to his Adventures in Time series, aimed at younger readers, is perhaps his best yet. The combination of Murray and Holland is a marriage made in heaven. A compelling examination of war and peace written with great skill and poignancy. The new book from Kohn reveals gems of living history that leap from the pages of this ever-fascinating tale. Mya Jheeta The Bratinsky Affair offers a gripping blend of espionage, history, and personal legacy. James Dunford Wood delves into the reasons for the ultimate British success and why, at the time, the achievements of these men was kept relatively quiet. Lily Lowe Along the Roads to Hell is a moving and haunting account. Trevor James Hero City enhances Buttar's reputation as a detailed chronicler of the military campaigns in Eastern Europe in the Second World War.
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The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War, by Giles Milton
Shadow of Poison, by Peter Tonkin
Nelson: Hero of the Seas, by Dominic Sandbrook
Victory ’45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders, by James Holland & Al Murray
Lest We Forget, by Tessa Dunlop
The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through the Cities at the Heart of Europe, by Marek Kohn
The Bratinsky Affair, by Jim Loughran
The Big Little War, by James Dunford Wood
Along the Roads to Hell, by Michael Admiraal
Hero City: Leningrad 1943-44, by Prit Buttar
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