A wide-ranging account of how innovation, economic conditions and ambition transformed early railways into a global revolution that reshaped the modern world.
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Stealing Hitler’s Rocket: The Incredible Mission to Smuggle a V-2 Rocket Out of Nazi-Occupied Europe to Britain, by Guy Walters
In 1943 Allied reconnaissance identified a major military development site on the Baltic coast, and so began a complex and hazardous smuggling mission of supersonic weaponry.
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Empire’s Witness: A Soldier’s Secret War Diary 1942-5, by Philip James Day
A moving and beautifully crafted blend of wartime memoir, transforming one soldier’s forgotten journal into an extraordinary journey across the British Empire and back home again.
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Watching the Detectives: An Aspects of Crime Short Story Collection
Watching the Detectives is an exciting and engaging anthology that combines crime writing, psychological suspense and science fiction.
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The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850, by David Gwyn
A wide-ranging account of how innovation, economic conditions and ambition transformed early railways into a global revolution that reshaped the modern world.
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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.
Trevor James Hero City enhances Buttar's reputation as a detailed chronicler of the military campaigns in Eastern Europe in the Second World War. Oliver Webb-Carter Macintyre has an extraordinary ability to find new things in this well-known event. Rupert Hague Holmes Saul David has written an excellent account of British Airborne Forces during the Second World War. A cracking good read, without compromising on historical fact. An examination of Ireland’s affinity for a ‘foreign’ sport. Lily Lowe Foreman weaves a unique blend of genres in this short story, packed with peril, secrecy, and intrigue. Oliver Webb-Carter With richly drawn characters and a brisk narrative, The Plaster Saints earns its place among the novels of the Troubles. Zoe Brunskill What stands out about this perfect, page-turning thriller is its knife-edge storytelling. Lily Lowe The astonishing true story of a Polish family’s unexpected journey during WWII This book is a necessary testament to the spirit, intelligence, and impact of women throughout history.
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Hero City: Leningrad 1943-44, by Prit Buttar
The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama, by Ben Macintyre
Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War, by Saul David
Crécy: Men-At-Arms, by Richard Foreman
Blood And Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life: A History, by Liam O’Callaghan
Assassin, by Richard Foreman
The Plaster Saints, by David Roy
The Secretary, by Deborah Lawrenson
The Chocolate Suitcase, by Bryan Wiles
Herstory: An Aspects of History Anthology
Zoe Brunskill
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