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.
The book is full of the rich detail you would expect from an author with personal experience of his subject matter. This is definitely a book for Shakespearian Scholars. This is an immaculately researched book, written in a fluent and engaging style. This book is a fascinating insight into the mind of a far thinking officer with, in many respects, a brilliant mind. The relentless pace, the breath-taking action and the engaging characters all combine to produce a tale that keeps you hooked from the first page to the last. This is a book about much more than a house. It’s a book about the headquarters of a resistance movement. Michael Ward A Leap in the Dark is a fast-moving crime adventure based in Edinburgh in 1798. A comprehensive guide that makes the subject more accessible to readers. An important and fascinating story written in considerable detail. This book and its predecessor will surely be the definitive history of the war on the Eastern Front and the siege of Leningrad.
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Found, by Will Erikson
A Serpent in the Garden, by Howard Linskey
The Last Days of Budapest, by Adam LeBor
Military Maverick – Selected Letters and War Diary Of ‘Chink’ Dorman Smith, by Lavinia Greacen
Oath Breaker, by Adam Staten
Churchill’s Citadel, by Katherine Carter
A Leap in the Dark, by Justin Kerr-Smiley
The Holocaust: A Guide to Europe’s Sites, Memorials & Museums, by Rosie Whitehouse
I Am André, by Diana Mara Henry
Hero City: Leningrad 1943–44, by Prit Buttar
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