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British Historical Biographies from 1901 Onwards

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Guilty but Insane:: J. C. Bowen-Colthurst - Villain or Victim?

By James W. Taylor

The Century Girls: The Final Word from the Women Who've Lived the Past Hundred Years of British History

By Tessa Dunlop

Churchill and the Jews

By Martin Gilbert

The Windsors: A Dynasty Revealed

By Whitehead, C, Brendon, Dr Piers

Oliver Baldwin: A Life of Dissent

By Christopher J. Walker

Hitler: 1936-45 : Nemesis

By Ian Kershaw (University of Sheffield)

The Crichel Boys: Scenes from England's Last Literary Salon

By Simon Fenwick

Spitfire: The Autobiography

By Jon E. Lewis

The Paras: 'Earth's most elite fighting unit' - Telegraph

By Arthur, Max

What You Did Not Tell: A Russian Past and the Journey Home

By Mazower, Mark

Churchill Defiant: Fighting On 1945-1955

By Barbara Leaming

A Critical Woman: Barbara Wootton, Social Science and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century

By Ann Oakley

Modern British History: The Essential A-Z Guide

By Dr Mark Garnett, Richard Weight

The Thirties: An Intimate History of Britain

By Gardiner, Juliet

Descents of Memory: The Life of John Cowper Powys

By Morine Krissdottir

THE FALLING ANGELS

By Walsh

Mother Ireland

By Edna O'Brien

Too Close To The Sun: The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton

By Sara Wheeler

SILVERTOWN: An East End family memoir

By Mcgrath

Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition

By Sian Evans

Lusting for London: Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950

By P. Morton

Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club

By David Fleming

Churchill & Smuts: From Enemies to Lifelong Friends

By Richard Steyn

No Easy Answers

By Lou Lewis, C. Leonard

The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood

By Eugenie Fraser

A Woven Silence

By Felicity Hayes-McCoy

Her Majesty The Queen: The Official Platinum Jubilee Pageant Commemorative Album

By Katie Nicholl, Robert Jobson

The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler

By Robert Hutton

Thank You Mr Crombie: Lessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British

By Mihir Bose

My Darling Buffy: Early Life of the Queen Mother

By Grania Forbes