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British Historical Biographies from 1901 Onwards

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A Companion to Contemporary Britain 1939 - 2000

By Paul Addison (University of Edinburgh), Harriet Jones (Institute of Historical Research, University of London)

Fighter Aces! the Constable Maxwell Brothers: Fighter Pilots in Two World Wars

By Alex Revell

The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram: A Compelling Story of Courage and Endurance in the Second World War

By David M. Guss

Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters

By Laura Thompson

Killing Zone

By Harry McCallion

The Literary Churchill

By Jonathan Rose

Gordon Welchman: Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence

By Joel Greenberg

Emily Wilding Davison

By Lucy Fisher

Princess Margaret: A Life Unravelled

By Heald, Tim

Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint's Trunk

By Christina Hardyment

This Birding Life: The Diary of a Lifetime's Hobby

By Stephen Moss

Cash for Honours

By Andrew Cook

Troublemaker: The Life and History of A.J.P Taylor

By Kathleen Burk

Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage

By Gyles Brandreth

Churchill: An Unruly Life

By Norman Rose

War Of The Windsors

By Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, Stephen Prior

Ettie: The Intimate Life And Dauntless Spirit Of Lady Desborough

By Richard Davenport-Hines

Ma’am Darling: : The hilarious, bestselling royal biography, perfect for fans of The Crown

By Brown, Craig

The Maisky Diaries: The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London

By Ivan Maisky, Gabriel Gorodetsky

Anti-Semitism in the Third Reich

By Hermann Graml, Tim Kirk

Goodbye to All That

By Robert Graves, Richard Perceval Graves

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

By Anne Sebba

Royal Family

By Unknown

Edward VII's Children

By John Van der Kiste

Rules of the Game: Sir Oswald and Lady Cynthia Mosley, 1896-1933

By Nicholas Mosley

The Queen at 90

By St James's House

The Last Great Edwardian Lady

By Ingrid Seward

Young Lawrence: A Portrait of the Legend as a Young Man

By Anthony Sattin

This Bright Field: A Travel Book in One Place

By William Taylor

The Diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten: Tours with the Prince of Wales

By Earl Louis Mountbatten Mountbatten of Burma, Philip Ziegler, Lord Louis Mountbatten