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British Historical Biographies from 1901 Onwards

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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

Gur Cake and Coal Blocks

By Eamonn MacThomais

Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 1901-1910 in Their Own Words

By Max Arthur

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

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

Daring to Hope: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter, 1946-1969

By Violet Bonham Carter, Mark Pottle, Mary Soames

A Yorkshire Boyhood

By Roy Hattersley

The House of Mitford

By Jonathan Guinness, Catherine Guinness

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

By Chips Channon

Churchill: A Life

By Dr Martin Gilbert

Eminent Churchillians

By Roberts, Andrew

Last Guardians: Crown Service in Sudan, Northern Rhodesia and Britain

By Philip Bowcock

In Search of Churchill

By Martin Gilbert

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

By Arthur Aldridge, Mark Ryan

John Major: The Autobiography

By John Major

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

By Martin Gilbert

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

By Chips Channon

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

By Susan Ottaway

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

By Ken Aedy