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Offa: King of the Mercians, by Rory Naismith
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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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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A Suspicion of Spies, by Tim Spicer
A biography of the spy Biffy Dunderdale offers an invaluable insight into the key role he played in MI6.
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The King’s Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein, by Franny Moyle.
A new bioraphy of the great Tudor artist.
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The Newspaper Axis, by Kathryn A. Olmsted
A new history on the press barons that enabled Adolf Hitler.
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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.
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