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British Historical Biographies from 1901 Onwards

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Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man

By Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh

In Search of Churchill

By Martin Gilbert

University Politics: F. M. Cornford's Cambridge and his Advice to the Young Academic Politician

By Gordon Johnson (University of Cambridge)

The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War

By Dimbleby, Jonathan

Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan

By D R Thorpe

Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940–45

By Hastings, Max

Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Biography

By Adam Sisman

Duchess of Windsor and Other Friends: An Illustrated Biography

By Diana Mosley

Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece

By Hugo Vickers

Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord

By Adrian Smith (University of Southampton, UK)

An African Life: Tales of a Colonial Officer

By M.C. Atkinson

George V (Penguin Monarchs): The Unexpected King

By David Cannadine

The Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and her People

By Andrew Marr

Eminent Edwardians

The Scent of Eucalyptus: A Journal of Colonial and Foreign Service

By Richard Posnett, David FWD>Owen

Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London's East End

By Connelly, Charlie

Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought us Back from the Brink

By McCarten, Anthony

Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete

By Leigh Fermor, Patrick

Lost Voices of the Royal Air Force

By Max Arthur

The Happy Valley

The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish: My Life in Churchill's School for Spies

By Noreen Riols

Michael Foot - A Life

By Kenneth O. Morgan

Young Elizabeth: The Making of our Queen

By Kate Williams

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

By Natasha Walter

The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

By Lord John Julius Norwich

Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One 1944-1979

By Kenneth Rose, Richard Thorpe

Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916

By Anne de Courcy

A Soldier's Story: Neville 'Timber' Wood's War, from Dunkirk to D-Day

By Mike Wood

A Soldier's Story: Neville 'Timber' Wood's War, from Dunkirk to D-Day

By Mike Wood

One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

By Barbara Winton