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British Historical Biographies from 1901 Onwards

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Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist

By Andrew Robinson

Churchill and Chartwell: The Untold Story of Churchill's Houses and Gardens

By Stefan Buczacki

Gordon Welchman: Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence

By Joel Greenberg

Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation

By Susan Williams

Oblivion or Glory: 1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill

By David Stafford

Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

By Michela Wrong

The Horsieman: Memories of a Traveller 1928-58

By Duncan Williamson

In Pursuit of Spring

By Edward Thomas, Alexandra Harris

Golden Sheaves, Black Horses

By Fred Archer

Asquith

By Roy Jenkins

Churchill and the Dardanelles

By Christopher M. Bell (Professor of History, Dalhousie University)

Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front

By Anthony Fletcher

Under Two Flags: Life Of General Sir Edward Spears

By Max Egremont

The Letters

By T. E. Lawrence, Malcolm Brown

Clarissa Eden: A Memoir - From Churchill To Eden

By Clarissa Eden, Cate Haste

Political Lives

By Hugo Young

Freedom at Midnight

By Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre

A Man of Contradictions: A Life of A.L.Rowse

By Richard Lawrence Ollard

Hunter to Hunted - Surviving Hitler's Wolf Packs: Diaries of a Merchant Navy Radio Officer, 1939-45

By Alex Anderson

Che Guevara: the definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating historical figures, by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson

By Jon Lee Anderson

From Biplanes to Fast Jets: A pilot's life in the Royal Air Force 1942-1973

By Ken Aedy

Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne

By Susan Ottaway

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

By Ben Macintyre

The Last Torpedo Flyers: The True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies

By Arthur Aldridge, Mark Ryan

Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1): 1918-38

By Chips Channon

Churchill, Winston S.: v. 7: Road to Victory

By Martin Gilbert

John Major: The Autobiography

By John Major

The Past Is Myself

By Bielenberg, Christabel

Healing in Hell: The Memoirs of a Far Eastern POW Medic

By Michael Adams

Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War

By Tim Marshall