A sweeping, vividly told history of the Arctic convoys, combining harrowing first-hand testimony and sharp political analysis to reveal the brutal cost and strategic importance of supplying Stalin’s USSR.
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A gripping Tudor court drama that imaginatively fills the gaps of history, re-casting Jane Boleyn as a sharp-eyed, tragic survivor in Henry VIII’s lethal court.
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A nuanced reassessment of Sparta that challenges the myths and looks closely at the society behind them.
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The Fall, by Henry Reece
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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. 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 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. An ambitious and successful account demonstrating how unlikely alliance and antagonism, rooted in identity and ambition, led to the Peloponnesian War. 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. Lara Bentley The story of a foundling-turned-dancer and her twins spans decades and entwines art, identity and survival together into a rich work of historical fiction. Dominic Mullens A reimagining of the troubled marriage of Charles Dickens through the eyes of his wife, Catherine, and her endurance in the face of love, loss, and betrayal. A study of gladiators that uses the arena to examine life and attitudes in Ancient Rome. A lively survey of English and British monarchs that combines humour with a broadly informative narrative of the nation’s past. A biography of Edith Tudor Hart that highlights her role in Soviet espionage while reassessing her life as a politically driven photographer.
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Offa: King of the Mercians, by Rory Naismith
Devils in the Details: On Location with Folk Tales in England’s Forgotten County, by Rory Waterman
Shadow of a Queen, by Peter Tonkin
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry that Shaped Ancient Greece, by Adrian Goldsworthy
Behind Caesar’s Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors, by Caillan Davenport
Dance of the Earth, by Anna M Holmes
Mr & Mrs Charles Dickens: Her Story: “So The World May Know He Loved Me Once.”, by Annie Elliot
Those Who Are About To Die: Gladiators and the Roman Mind, by Harry Sidebottom
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, by Charlie Higson
A Woman Named Edith: Emigre, Photographer and Secret Agent – The Extraordinary Life of Edith Tudor Hart, by Daria Santini
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